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Mercado Central / Tadu Arquitetura

Nana Dokua — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Mercado Central: heritage, culture, and new uses in downtown Rio. Housed in a complex of five historic buildings that once home to the first Granado factory, opened in 1903, Mercado Central is born from the transformation of an industrial heritage site in downtown Rio de Janeiro into a new hub for gastronomy, art, culture, and urban life.

De Jonghe Residence Restoration / Michel Architects

Susanna Moreira — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Designed by Lloyd Wright in 1959, the De Jonghe Residence sits in the hills of Los Angeles with a quiet authority. Board-formed concrete, deep overhangs, and a landscape that was always intended to be read as part of the architecture.

Stadtforum in Dresden / Tchoban Voss Architekten

Cristina Popescu — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

During redevelopment of the area around the historical Ferdinandplatz in the center of Dresden, the first prize in a design competition held for Stadtforum, the city's new administrative center, was won by a proposal submitted by TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and Barcode Architects.

Building to Teach: 15 Schools That Explore Timber as a Primary Material

Camilla Ghisleni — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Over the past decades, timber has expanded its presence in contemporary architecture—driven both by the development of new construction technologies and by the rediscovery of traditional building techniques, all with a focus on lower-impact environmental solutions. Schools are among the building types that best reflect this movement: it is in these environments that the environmental, constructive, and sensory qualities of timber find particularly fertile ground.

Limmattal Cantonal School / PENZISBETTINI Architekten

Cristina Popescu — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The new extensions expand the existing school with an auditorium, sports halls, science classrooms, and a canteen. The new volumes read as "pearls on a string"—similar in form but varied in height, stepping towards the street to define the volumetric closure of the campus while creating a generous outdoor forecourt.

Reflections from UIA 2026 Barcelona about the Future of the Built Environment

Kiana Buchberger — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

As the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 came to a close in Barcelona, one message resurfaced across debates, exhibitions, talks, and conversations alike: the future of architecture will depend less on definitive answers than on the ability to accept change and collectively question established models. At this year's Congress, under the theme "Becoming. Architectures for a Planet in Transition," architecture was framed as an evolving practice shaped by interdisciplinary dialogue, research, and collaboration.

The Architecture of the FIFA World Cup: Looking Back at 2026 and Ahead to 2030

Reyyan Dogan — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

The conclusion of the FIFA World Cup 2026 marks the end of the tournament's largest edition to date. Hosted across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the competition expanded to 48 national teams and brought together sixteen host cities distributed across three countries. For decades, FIFA World Cups have served as catalysts for architectural production. Each edition has generated a distinct collection of stadiums, transportation investments, public spaces, and urban interventions that often remain part of their host cities long after the tournament concludes. While recent competitions have become associated with landmark stadium projects and ambitious national building programs, the 2026 edition followed a different trajectory, relying primarily on existing venues adapted to FIFA's technical and operational requirements.

Hotel Aurora / feld72

Nina Vuga — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Hotel Aurora stands in Merano, a nineteenth-century spa town shaped by hotels, villas, and promenades along the Passer River. Despite changing architectural languages, the city has preserved its distinctive character — a continuity in which the hotel typology has played a central role. Aurora holds one of the city's most distinctive sites at the threshold between the open river landscape of the Passer Promenade and the dense urban fabric around Piazza Teatro. Set beside the municipal theatre and adjoining a 1960s residential building by Armando Ronca — one of the leading figures of South Tyrolean modernism — the hotel mediates between historic fabric, post-war modernism, and contemporary intervention.

Selldorf Architects Unveils Design for Clark Art Institute Extension in Massachusetts

Antonia Piñeiro — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

The Clark Art Institute, a prominent art institution located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, United States, has unveiled images of the design for the extension of its current facilities. The institution, opened in 1955, is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. The new wing, commissioned to Selldorf Architects in October 2024, will expand the current gallery and art storage space and connect the Museum Building and the Manton Research Center, previously renovated by the same firm. The new building will be complemented by a landscape design by Reed Hilderbrand, reinforcing the experience of the architecture, art, and surrounding Berkshire landscape.

"Architecture Is Not Jewelry": Xing Ruan on Building for Time, Not Perfection

Yifan Zhang — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In 2023, the School of Design Building at Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its doors after a complete remodeling and adaptation of an existing structure. Designed by architect and scholar Xing Ruan, who also serves as Dean of the school, the building went on to receive two recognitions at the Prix Versailles: the World Title of the Most Beautiful Campus and the Special Prize for an Interior, one of the three major honors of the competition. Awards of this kind tend to generate their own momentum. Once a building is recognized, it is quickly placed within a convenient narrative — its materials, techniques, form, and spatial decisions all assigned meanings that make the project legible, categorizable, and easy to cite.

A Courtyard House / Office MI—JI

Pratik Mour — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000

A new house on a large block, this residence brings the garden inside. Through a planimetric arrangement that separates the differing living styles of its occupants and their loved ones, the house allows for a diversity of spaces, and gathers the extended family centrally when they are around.

Splitscape Residence / SpaceDNA

Pratik Mour — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Splitscape Residence explores how section, rather than plan, can become the primary design tool for creating spatial generosity within the constraints of a compact urban site. Located in Coimbatore, India, the residence occupies a 114 sq.m plot within a dense residential neighborhood.

Green Heart Commercial Complex & A4X Art Center / E PLUS DESIGN

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

At LUXERIVERS in Chongqing, the Green Heart commercial complex and the A4X Art Center, conceived by E+UV, emerges as an iconic park-integrated destination upon opening. Rooted in the concept of "a boundless mountain city," the project departs from conventional commercial typologies, weaving Chongqing's mountainous urban fabric, everyday vitality, public art, and the surrounding picturesque landscapes into a cohesive whole. Amid the fast-paced rhythm of the social media era, the project embraces a more grounded path: one rooted in place, attuned to everyday life, and oriented to long-term evolution.

Urban Egg Mixed Use Facility / U.GA Architects

Pratik Mour — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Busan's Jeonpo-dong was once an industrial alley defined by the mechanical hum and the friction of metal. Over time, glass facades replaced steel shutters, and a new sentiment layered over the past, transforming the area into the vibrant 'Jeollidan-gil.' Situated where past temporalities intersect with present sensibilities, 'Urban Egg' intervenes in the street's flow to construct a profound spatial 'crevice.'

Thomas Residence / Embrace Architects

Pratik Mour — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Thomas Street Residence by Embrace Architects is a refined private home in Melbourne, Australia, shaped by proportion, light, curved geometries and enduring materiality.

Casa Libertad / Clusellas Ades

Valentina Díaz — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The project develops a version of a suburban house that distances itself from the limitations traditionally associated with a lot between party walls. To achieve this, it steps away from them, observes them from a certain distance, and treats them as a green surface continuous with the garden's soil.

Illapangui del Peumo House / Vergara Arquitectos

Valentina Díaz — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000

The Illapangui del Peumo House organizes its program around an open courtyard street that, positioned perpendicular to the horizon, frames a view of the sea upon opening and establishes the spatial logic of the entire project.

Humaitá Penthouse / Huma Arquitetura

Nana Dokua — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000

To accommodate the daily routine of a young actress and theater director, HUMA developed the design for this penthouse in Rio de Janeiro. From the very first conversations, the resident expressed her desire for a cozy home that conveyed the genuine feeling of a house. One of her most striking references was a passion for stripes, an element she wished to see incorporated into the spaces. The architects embraced this request, transforming it into a powerful compositional tool that enriches the space in a balanced way, avoiding visual saturation.

Fire Station and Community Hall Mötz / Imgang Architekten

Cristina Popescu — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The Mötz Fire and Community Hall brings together a diverse range of civic and community functions within a single, compact building. It accommodates a fire station, a public library, the district archive, club facilities, and a multipurpose event hall for up to one hundred people, creating a shared civic destination that strengthens the social life of the village. Designed following the winning competition proposal of 2023, the project seeks to foster interaction between its different user groups while providing each function with a clear identity.

Hotel Nobis Palma / Jordi Herrero Arquitecto

Cristina Popescu — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Hotel Nobis Palma is the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of Can Oliver, a historic palace located in the old town of Palma de Mallorca. Rather than adapting the building to fit the hotel program, the central concept of the project was the opposite: allowing the hotel to adapt to the existing architecture. This approach became the project's main inspiration and guided every design decision.

Rivers Before Roads: How Southeast Asia's Waterways Produced an Alternative Urbanism

Ananya Nayak — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000

For most of the twentieth century, architecture has learned to read cities through roads. Street hierarchies define urban plans, intersections organize movement, and buildings are understood by the façades they present to sidewalks. Roads appear so fundamental to urban life that they are often mistaken for a universal condition. Across much of Southeast Asia, cities developed according to an entirely different spatial logic. Long before automobiles reordered urban landscapes, rivers served as streets, marketplaces, civic spaces, and public infrastructure. Movement occurred primarily by boat, commerce unfolded along waterfronts, and architecture addressed water rather than asphalt. Reading these cities through their waterways changes how architecture itself is understood. Infrastructure, in this case, is not the road but the river.

The Pedestrian Bridge across the River Rinža / dans arhitekti

Cristina Popescu — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The footbridge across the Rinža River is experienced as a highlight and focal point of the Gaj sports park area before the river enters the center of Kočevje. The footbridge spans in a long elegant curve, passing over two existing supports and gently resting on the riverbanks. The width and slope of the bridge reflect its use as part of a cycling path, giving it a light and slender appearance in a way that preserves and enhances the surrounding landscape.

Tiansong Headquarters / ZIAD

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000

01 Architecture and the City - Tiansong Headquarters is situated in Chengxi Subdistrict, Wenling, Taizhou, at the confluence of the old town and the new urban district. The existing urban fabric around the site is fragmented and lacks coherence. In response, the design embraces the corporate ethos of precision craftsmanship and openness, arranging two slab office volumes along the city's dual axes. Through axial torsion and volumetric expansion and contraction, the building establishes a restrained yet distinctive landmark at the intersection. A transparent atrium is enclosed within, giving the composition a cohesive order. The project opens itself to the city: the main entrance along the arterial road is paired with a public plaza, offering an inviting leisure space for citizens; on the north side, the terrain's level changes are leveraged to create a retail terrace; and the secondary entrance, with its landscaped courtyard and inner skywell, provides a warm and welcoming arrival experience.

Koenji Office Building / SO&CO.

Miwa Negoro — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000

This headquarters building is situated on a flagpole-shaped lot near Koenji Station, with a frontage of just 2 meters. The building comprises three above-ground stories and one basement level. We sought to free the design from the constraints imposed by the conventional rationality of reinforced concrete structure frames with shear walls, and to expand the roles of concrete.