Limberlost Place / Moriyama Teshima Architects
Limberlost Place, a 10‑storey mass‑timber campus on Toronto’s waterfront, is poised to become the world’s first public tall‑timber building. Designed by Moriyama Teshima Architects and Acton Ostry Architects for George Brown College, the 203,330 ft² facility houses classrooms, offices, a fitness centre, daycare and event space for 3,400 students. Its copper‑toned façade, monumental black‑spruce columns and passive‑ventilation solar chimneys showcase a net‑zero carbon ambition that required new structural solutions. The project has already garnered 24 international awards and over 350 public tours.
Eugen-Bolz Student Residence / Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten
German diocese of Rottenburg‑Stuttgart is constructing an expansion of the Eugen‑Bolz student residence, designed by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten. The 1,769 m² building, slated for completion in 2026, rises on an open plinth and adopts a tree‑like form that lifts four timber‑clad residential levels...
Peter Zumthor’s LACMA David Geffen Galleries Open in Los Angeles
On April 19, 2026, LACMA unveiled the David Geffen Galleries, a 900‑foot glass‑and‑concrete structure designed by Peter Zumthor. The elevated, 30‑foot‑high floor provides panoramic city views and a single‑level, non‑hierarchical exhibition space that houses roughly 155,000 objects spanning 6,000 years. The 207,000‑square‑foot...
La Vuelta Al Monte Installation / Rare Studio Experimental
The Rare Studio Experimental team unveiled La Vuelta al Monte, a 10‑meter, 100 m² installation for the 2026 Cosquín Rock Festival in Córdoba, Argentina. Designed by architects Ivan Ferrero and Agustín Willnecker, the tower supports over 900 native plant specimens, acting...
Saweol Space / Atelier Siyu
Saweol Space reimagines a 23 m² corner unit in a mall atrium as a high‑impact fashion boutique. The design uses a dual base‑and‑primary structure, preserving the existing framework while adding prefabricated metal frames for displays, storage and checkout. Perforated panels and...
Minamicho House / ROOVICE
ROOVICE applied its Kariage framework to a 112 m², 2025 family house in Minamicho, converting a vacant property owned by an overseas heir into a livable home. The renovation focused on removing restrictive partitions, exposing structural beams, and preserving original elements...
Islington House / Architecture for London + Hamish Vincent Design
Architecture for London partnered again with Hamish Vincent Design to remodel a Neo‑Georgian terrace house in Islington's Canonbury Conservation Area. The non‑listed property allowed the team to create a spacious open‑plan ground floor, add a new WC, and install a...
Hermi House / Superestudio
The Hermi House in Sagunto, designed by Nacho Marí, reinterprets a traditional courtyard home through a modular system of nineteen 3 × 3 × 3 m units. Built in 2019 with cross‑laminated timber, the residence achieves a 50 % interior‑surface ratio, letting patios and terraces dominate...
Exhibit Columbus 2023: Designed by the Public / Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO
Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO created a participatory installation on the library plaza in Columbus, Indiana, as part of the 2023 J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. The project, titled Exhibit Columbus 2023, introduced three blue volumes that reinterpret the historic façade...
The Blooming Haus / Studio WhiteScape
The Blooming Haus, a 5,000 ft² residence in Bengaluru’s RR Nagar, showcases modern minimalist architecture that merges indoor and outdoor realms through perforated concrete panels inspired by traditional Indian jalis. The design incorporates extensive green buffers, an indoor tree, and a yellow‑accented...
GLG Residence / Ximenes Leite Arquitetura
The GLG Residence, designed by Bruna Ximenes and André Leite, spans 1,350 m² in São Paulo’s Fazenda da Grama Condominium. The house is composed of two overlapping volumes that separate public and private functions while maintaining a fluid indoor‑outdoor relationship. Ground‑level spaces...
Pignatelli Reservoirs: From Water Infrastructure to Urban Park / Héctor Fernández Elorza
The historic Pignatelli Reservoirs in Zaragoza, once a 19th‑century water supply system, have been redeveloped into a 27,394 m² urban park. Designed by architect Héctor Fernández Elorza, the project reimagines the former 80,000 m³ reservoirs as three distinct zones featuring a navigable...
Holiday Homes in Moldovenești / MVAA
A new holiday‑home complex in Moldoveniști, Cluj County reinterprets the traditional Transylvanian courtyard for modern tourism. The development comprises a main residence, a guest house, and a converted barn serving as a remote‑working hub, arranged around a central courtyard. Sustainable...
The House of the Green Pond / aceboXalonso Studio
aceboXalonso studio is renovating a 1920s row‑end house in Madrid that gained a symbolic blue pool in 1971. The architects propose a flexible water platform that can function as a pond, pool or swimming area, while restoring the building’s original...
BIG Reveals Design for Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, United States
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), together with William Rawn Associates and HASTINGS Architecture, unveiled the design for Nashville’s new Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC). The 307,000‑square‑foot complex will feature four distinct venues—Broadway theater, dance and opera hall, black‑box theater, and cabaret—wrapped...
Pom - Two Residential Buildings Block III / Zanderroth
zanderroth architekten has finished two mixed‑use buildings at Potsdam’s Alten Markt, forming part of the new Potsdamer Mitte Block III development by the Karl Marx housing cooperative. The Friedrich‑Ebert‑Straße building houses four apartments per floor – two 2‑room units and two 4‑room through‑type units...
House of the Shattered Rock / SO Arquitetura & Design
SO Arquitetura & Design unveiled the House of the Shattered Rock, a 315 m² residence on São Miguel’s southern coast completed in 2024. Built for the studio founder’s parents, the home blends exposed concrete façades with warm wood interiors, creating a...
FN House / Anonym
FN House, a 650 m² residence completed in 2024 on Bangkok’s Prachauthit Road, was designed by lead architect Phongphat Ueasangkhomset. The narrow 500 m² site prompted an elevated floor plan 1.2 m above ground, creating visual separation and capitalising on a neighbour’s garden...
Eucalyptus House / Julia Yako + Laura Marino
Julia Yako and Laura Marino unveiled a 200 m² contemporary residence in Martínez, north of Buenos Aires, built around a mature white eucalyptus tree. The home’s volume embraces an interior courtyard, glass façades, and a thin concrete eave that creates controlled...
Itaipava Farm / Lucas Jimeno Dualde
Architects Lucas Jimeno Dualde and his team reimagined an 80‑year‑old stable on the Itaipava Farm in Brazil’s Fluminense mountains, converting it into a contemporary country house while preserving its historic fabric. The redesign reorganized the original program—turning the food pavilion...
Mozart House / Studio DERA
Studio DERA is adding an 85 m², two‑storey modern extension to Mozart House, a Grade II listed Georgian terrace in Belgravia. The design transforms a former swimming‑pool volume into light‑filled living spaces, including a master suite, dining area, bathrooms and a sunken...
House in a Garden / Edition Office
House in a Garden, designed by Aaron Roberts, is a family residence perched above the Birrarung floodplain. The timber‑walled home splits into two contrasting wings—one open and fluid, the other private and retreat‑oriented—while every view is framed by surrounding foliage....
Architecture of Water: Disappearing Fixtures in Contemporary Wellness
Contemporary bathroom design is shifting toward surface‑integrated fixtures that disappear into walls and ceilings, turning water itself into the primary spatial element. Manufacturers such as antoniolupi and systems like Lineadacqua, Ghost, and Foce e Platò embed plumbing before finishes, creating...
Ten Social Housing Units in Santa Margalida, Mallorca / Javier Gavín + Siddartha Rodrigo + Juan Moreno + DATAAE
The Ten Social Housing Units project in Santa Margalida, Mallorca, will deliver 10 affordable apartments and 10 multipurpose ground‑floor spaces across 1,112 m² by 2025. It employs locally sourced sandstone, brick and prefabricated timber panels, optimizing structural thickness to cut material use...
Renovation Design of Yongping Warehouses / Atelier cnS
The Yongping Warehouses in Dali’s Nanhai District have been reborn as a 4,311 m² waterfront park and mixed‑use complex, slated for completion in 2025. Designed by Atelier cnS, the project lifts a public “cloud‑in‑the‑sky” park onto the rooftops while preserving historic brick...
How Spanish Ceramics Bridge Culture, Memory and Identity at Milan Design Week 2026
During Milan Design Week 2026, Tile of Spain presented "Spanish Design as a Souvenir," an installation of eleven sculptural objects fully clad in ceramic tiles. Designed by Codoo Studio, the works reinterpret iconic Spanish cultural items such as flamenco tablaos, castanets,...
Earth Tree Installation / Kengo Kuma & Associates + Dinesen
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and his firm Kengo Kuma & Associates, together with Danish timber specialist Dinesen, opened “Earth | Tree” at Copenhagen Contemporary on March 28, 2026. The site‑specific installation transforms a former industrial hall using handcrafted Douglas fir, brick, and...
Bangsue Residence / Patara Architects
Bang Sue Residence, designed by Patara Warathanasin, is a 1,333 m² home built for three generations in Bangkok. The layout centers on a second‑floor common area that opens onto a central pool, while each private unit offers self‑contained living spaces with...
HarPie / Nathalie Thibodeau Architecte
The HarPie residence, designed by lead architect Nathalie Thibodeau and completed in 2025, spans 6,350 ft² on a narrow strip between a lake and an access road. The building leverages the site’s natural slope to position water‑facing public spaces while shielding...
The Babel Community - Coliving Residence / D'HOUNDT+BAJART Architectes&associés
Architects D'Houndt + Bajart unveil the Babel Community, a 304‑room coliving residence slated for completion in 2025 on a 13,524 m² site in Lille’s historic business district. The development replaces inefficient office towers with a U‑shaped building that wraps a sun‑lit...
PUKKUN Residence / REIMS 502
The PUKKUN Residence in Cancun, completed in 2023, adopts a massive blind geometry to shield its 1,100 m² program from direct sun. Inspired by Puuc architecture of Chichen Itzá, the design fuses historic forms with a tropical landscape, featuring a central...
TerraSense Mountain Charm Retreat / Atelier DRK
The TerraSense Mountain Charm Retreat, completed in 2023, transforms two historic buildings in Portugal’s Serra da Estrela Natural Park into a 5,490 ft² rural‑tourism hotel. Lead architect Diogo Aguiar Almeida reimagines the traditional mountain house by preserving schist stone façades while adding bold...
Building Light in a Flood Zone: Architecture for Seasonal Inundation
Architects are redefining flood resilience by designing structures that embrace seasonal inundation rather than resist it. Lightweight, modular systems like Bangladesh’s Khudi Bari use bamboo frames and detachable joints to enable rapid disassembly and re‑assembly after floods. Projects such as the...
24 Affordable Housing Units in Igualada / 4RQ Arquitectura + MBM Arquitectes
In 2025, 4RQ arquitectura and MBM Arquitectes completed a 2,632 m² public‑housing project in Igualada, delivering 24 affordable units. The design pivots around an open, ventilated courtyard that bridges the city, the building, and a neighboring park, prioritising collective space over...
The Embarcadero Freeway: Elevated Infrastructure and Urban Regeneration in San Francisco
The Embarcadero Freeway, an elevated concrete viaduct built in the 1950s, was demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake exposed its structural flaws. The removal opened San Francisco’s waterfront to pedestrians, transit and mixed‑use development, adding roughly 30 acres of public space....
Josephine Baker Dance Hall / Onze04 Architecture
The Josephine Baker Dance Hall, designed by Gustavo Silva‑Nicoletti, will open in 2025 as a 2,500 m² cultural and sports hub adjacent to the Pierre de Coubertin complex and André Blot centre. The project re‑imagines a peripheral city district by introducing a...
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Gateway Centre in West Kowloon Hong Kong Nears Completion, Captured by Paul Clemence
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Gateway Centre in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, is nearing completion, with construction now at roof level and façade work underway. The mixed‑use complex sits directly above the operational West Kowloon high‑speed rail station, linking the Kowloon and Austin...
Stenkløvervej Vacation House / Filip Karl Edward Arkitektur
Filip Karl Edward Arkitektur unveiled a 95 m² vacation house in Denmark for 2025, embracing a “Less is Enough” philosophy. The compact rectangular volume houses four bedrooms, each opening onto a private corner of the landscape, fostering intimacy while sharing a...
From London to Houston: Four Ongoing Pedestrianisation Initiatives Shaping More Walkable Cities
Cities across four continents are scaling up pedestrian‑first projects to reshape streets as public spaces. London’s Oxford Street is moving from consultation to statutory action, with a Mayoral Development Area slated for 2026. New York’s Paseo Park is transitioning from a pandemic‑era...
Bellevue Villa / G8A Architecture & Urban Planning
G8A Architecture & Urban Planning is overhauling the 1980s‑era Bellevue Villa and its 19th‑century annex on the north shore of Geneva’s Leman Lake. The 2,300 m² lakeside residence will receive a geothermal heat pump, a full‑photovoltaic roof, and an upgraded building...
BAN MAA / Geemo Design
Geemo Design’s BAN MAA project, a 120 m² restaurant slated for 2025, interprets Jiulong Lake’s landscape through a “returning to the nest” concept infused with Lingnan dessert culture. Lead architects Kirin, Yi, and Hang employ authentic textures—handmade tiles, washed stone, and a...
Arquivo: Deconstruction and Material Reuse for a Circular Architecture
Arquivo, a Brazilian deconstruction firm and 2025 ArchDaily Next Practices Award winner, turns demolition waste into reusable building components. By operating as a mobile laboratory, it disassembles structures, evaluates each element through a “Reuse Report” that weighs technical and cultural...
Carrickalinga Shed / Architects Ink
The Carrickalinga Shed, designed by Architects Ink in 2021, reimagines an Australian Federation farmhouse for a windswept hilltop in Carrickalinga. By expanding the perimeter into a square and carving out a central courtyard, the design flips the traditional verandah to...
Philo Science Center at Institut Le Rosey / Bernard Tschumi Architects
Bernard Tschumi Architects has completed Philo, a 16,222 m² science and innovation center for Institut Le Rosey near Geneva, slated for 2025. The building features a central 30‑meter atrium with a spiral staircase, double‑helix toboggan slides, and three concentric walkways that blend...
Two Gabled Volumes, One Landscape / BRBB Architects
The Shin‑Dae‑Ri House, completed in 2023, provides an aging couple a quiet retreat in a mountain village of Gangwon Province. Set on a gentle slope, the residence pairs a solid concrete base with two rotated timber gabled volumes, creating distinct...
House SI / Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos
Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos completed a 187 m² prefabricated laminated‑wood house in Algarrobo, Chile, for a couple relocating from Iquique. The single‑story home follows a strict 1 × 1 m modular grid and emphasizes panoramic sea, ravine and horizon views. A future two‑story guest house is planned...
No Solid Ground: Three Approaches to Building Below Sea Level in Rotterdam
Rotterdam, sitting about one meter below sea level, confronts escalating flood risk as climate change intensifies storm surges and erratic rainfall. Architects are responding with three distinct foundation strategies: driven timber piles, rammed‑earth platforms, and poured concrete slabs, each tailored...
Le Grand Bercail House / L. McComber
Le Grand Bercail, a 2,800‑ft² contemporary residence in Charlevoix, was completed in 2023 under lead architect Laurent McComber. The home features a sweeping river‑view gallery, a double‑height central room, and a metal roof engineered for passive solar performance. Designed for multi‑family...
Lakeside Farms Coqueiros Beach / Estúdio Vinicius Macêdo + Novais Arquitetura
Lakeside Farms Coqueiros Beach, designed by Estúdio Vinícius Macêdo and Novais Arquitetura, introduces a two‑level club that frames the lagoon view without obstruction. The upper level features a linear plaza and lookout, while the lower level houses a gourmet deck, party...
Extension of a Primary School - New School Pavilion and Multipurpose Hall / Bakyta Architekti
Architectural firm Bakyta architekti completed a 2024 extension of a primary school, adding a new L‑shaped pavilion and a multipurpose hall covering 3,986 m². The design embeds the new volumes into the terrain, preserving green space and creating a public park...