West Canal Yards / Graham Baba Architects
West Canal Yards, a 30,000‑sq‑ft former fish‑processing freezer in Seattle, is being transformed by Graham Baba Architects into a mixed‑use, flexible campus. The redesign removes sections of the tilt‑up concrete façade, replacing them with glass and metal panels, and adds steel‑and‑mass‑timber mezzanines and a skylight “zipper” to flood the 22‑foot volume with daylight. The project targets makers, marine‑related firms, and public‑facing businesses, leveraging 1,000 ft of wharf frontage and ample parking. It serves as the first phase of a multi‑decade effort to revive the maritime‑industrial edge between Ballard and Queen Anne.
West London House / Goldstein Heather
Goldstein Heather has completed West London House, a 244 sqm four‑storey lateral extension that transforms a narrow Victorian terrace in Stamford Brook into a near‑independent residence, bringing the total floor area to almost 500 sqm. The design prioritises natural light through a...
A Place in the Country / Studio Ben Allen
Studio Ben Allen has completed a comprehensive renovation of a 2024 country house, reconfiguring circulation, adding an oak‑clad “cocktail library,” and expanding the master suite. The kitchen blends concrete, reclaimed brick, and an oversized enamel sink, while a CNC‑cut timber...
Sheep Field Barn / DSDHA
DSDHA has completed a major refurbishment and extension of the Sheep Field Barn at Henry Moore Studios, doubling its size with a timber cart‑shed addition. The redesign incorporates reclaimed Silver Spruce and Douglas Fir, ground‑source heat pumps, solar panels and sheep‑wool...
Bofill Taller De Arquitectura Unveils Landscape-Inspired Resort in Dhërmi, Albania
Bofign Taller de Arquitectura has released final renderings for The Veil, a new resort in Dhërmi, Albania. The development will comprise 366 apartments and 77 villas arranged on two adjacent plots, with architecture that follows the rugged coastal‑mountain terrain. The...
Pomona House / Hive Architecture
The Pomona House, a 355 m² residence slated for completion in 2026, was designed by Damian Goode to merge seamlessly with its ridgeline site. Set back from the street, the home maximizes privacy while framing expansive Hinterland views from every room....
Tropical Flow / H&P Architects
Tropical Flow, a 1,150 m² residence completed in 2023 in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district, merges traditional Vietnamese bricks and tiles with a contemporary, flow‑driven design. The house serves both living and office functions for multiple generations, featuring diagonal light and air...
Astaka Kota Selera / EA Architects
Astaka Kota Selera, a 13,300 ft² food‑court redesign in George Town, Penang, relocates the original market to enable the excavation of Fort Cornwallis’s western moat. Led by architects Liou Hung Woei and Lui Sy Ying, the project blends heritage preservation with...
El Camino: Housing Complex for Older Adults and Formerly Unhoused People / FP Arquitectura
El Camino, a new 11,853 m² public complex in Bogotá, provides 118 rooms for older adults and formerly unhoused individuals. The facility integrates three service centers—Centro Vida, Centro Día, and Centro Protección—offering permanent care, daily assistance, and protection for vulnerable seniors....
Unwhite Office / Brenzo
Unwhite Office, designed by brenzo, transforms a 70 m² unit in Barcelona’s new mixed‑use tower into a calm, adaptable workspace. The layout centers on a large table, a full‑perimeter curtain, and a repurposed structural beam that now serves as a bench,...
The Green Courtyard House
The Green Courtyard House is a 450 m² residential project completed in 2025 on the outskirts of Vilnius. The design reshapes the existing slope, carving an inner courtyard that serves as a light well and frames lake views. Two volumes echo...
Ecosystème D / Snøhetta + Santer Vanhoof
Écosystème D, a 4,400 m² positive‑energy building on Dunkirk’s Mole 2, opens in 2024 as a flagship of the city’s Neptune port‑revitalisation plan. Designed by Snøhetta, the structure produces more power than it consumes, thanks to 1,200 m² of rooftop photovoltaics and a rigorous...
Casa L5 / Pasqual Giner Arquitectura
Casa L5, a 573‑m² seaside residence designed by Pasqual Giner and María José Auñón Cabrera, opens on an elevated plot in Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Alicante. The house uses white horizontal planes on stone plinths to balance lightness with tectonic weight, while floor‑to‑ceiling...
O16 House / Studiokian
The O16 House, a 580 m² private residence slated for 2025, reimagines tropical living within an urban gated complex. Designed by Kalvin Widjaja and Dian Indah, the home positions its main living spaces on the second floor to capture uninterrupted views...
MP House / 73.Onze Arquitetura
The MP House, a 1,039 m² vacation residence designed by Julia Regis Bittencourt, was completed in 2024 within a residential condominium. The project uses wood, tile, rustic plaster, burnt cement and eucalyptus pergolas to echo the region’s natural and cultural character. Organized into...
House in the Meadow / Team Tonbo
Team Tonbo’s “House in the Meadow” is a 180 m² residence completed in 2025, built on a former farm site with uninterrupted meadow and woodland views. The design splits the program into three interconnected volumes—living, sleeping, and dining—each expressed in reclaimed...
Moksha House / SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop
Moksha House, a 3.1‑acre residence in Portola Valley, was completed in spring 2025 after a decade‑long, emotionally charged development for the late Aruna and Sanjiv Gambhir. Designed by Dan Spiegel and Megumi Aihara of SAW, the 7,797‑sq‑ft main house and...
Vihara House / Di Frenna Arquitectos
Di Frenna Arquitectos unveiled the Vihara House, a 634 m² residence slated for 2025 that mirrors mangrove ecosystems through fluid volumes and water‑centric spaces. The design layers privacy, guiding visitors through a central courtyard that shields interiors from sun while fostering natural ventilation....
Kiellandsstien Residence / Hoem + Folstad Arkitekter
The Kiellandsstien Residence, completed in 2021 by Hoem + Folstad Arkitekter, adds an annex and a closed courtyard to a modest fjord‑side home. The courtyard, framed by the original house, new annex and retaining walls, creates a sheltered outdoor space protected from...
Ideology of Performance: Sustainability and the Limits of Efficiency
The article argues that today’s sustainability agenda in architecture and urban planning prioritises efficiency over demand reduction, perpetuating a post‑war growth model built around private cars, single‑family homes, and climate‑controlled interiors. While green certifications and net‑zero targets lower energy intensity...
Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects Designs Sea of Time – TOHOKU in Fukushima, Japan
Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects, in partnership with artist Tatsuo Miyajima, is developing Sea of Time – TOHOKU, a circular art‑and‑architecture installation on a cliff in Tomioka, Fukushima. The project, slated for construction from 2024 to 2027 with a spring 2028...
Podium–Tower Urbanism in Southeast Asia: Density, Management, and the Disappearing Street
The podium‑tower typology is reshaping Southeast Asian cities by stacking low‑rise commercial podiums beneath slender high‑rise towers. This hybrid model concentrates housing, offices, retail and transit in a single, managed parcel, delivering rapid density while keeping street‑level activity human‑scaled. Planners...
Lumen Coffee 1936 / Snkh Studio
Yerevan’s Lumen Coffee 1936, designed by Armine Snkhchyan, transforms the city’s oldest preserved 1930s interior into a modern café using a reversible stainless‑steel intervention. The project restores the original Oriental Art Nouveau woodwork while introducing independent steel furniture and lighting that can...
GS House / Studio FP02
GS House / Studio FP02, a 545 m² residence completed in 2024, occupies a 2,400 m² gated lot and is designed by architects Fernando Pinto, Pedro Nogueira and Juliana Braga. The home features two stacked rectangular volumes and an L‑shaped plan that integrates living areas with a veranda,...
Newhouse Building Replacement / Miller Hull Partnership
The Miller Hull Partnership is delivering the Newhouse Building Replacement, a 59,000 ft², LEED‑Platinum civic office slated for 2025 on Washington’s Capitol Campus. The project replaces a 1934 temporary structure with a mass‑timber, all‑electric building that incorporates a 90 kW photovoltaic array and a...
Casa Lèvanzo / Margine
Casa Lèvanzo, a 140 m² villa in Caprarica, Lecce, was completely renovated for a young professional couple. The 1970s‑era villa shed its complex canopies and overhangs, revealing a cleaner composition of cylindrical and rectangular volumes finished in white plaster. Original Rosa...
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...
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...