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“We just wanted to have fun”

In eastern Barcelona, a residential building stands out with its flexible floor plans and a design concept centered on community spirit. What inspired the architects to rotate all the wet rooms in the building 45 degrees off-axis?

Light and structure

The Somnium lighting system from Artemide combines the lens, anti-glare shield and housing into a single component, achieving a UGR of less than 16. This is a design approach that rethinks the norm.

Visible layers of time

Reichel Schlaier Architekten have accomplished a complex task involving monument preservation, functional renovation and contemporary museum architecture with the careful transformation of the German Maritime Museum's headquarters in St. Catherine's Monastery.

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An energy-efficient behemoth

For the first time, Oxford University has brought together its seven humanities faculties under one roof. The new building, which has a glass dome, is the largest passive house in the UK to date, spanning 25,000 m².

Pritzker Prize: The Devil's Advocate

The world is watching the architecture world: The Pritzker Prize has been awarded to Smiljan Radić Clarke, and the debate could hardly be more heated. Unfortunately, however, this is not primarily due to Radić’s architecture, but to the recently alleged connection between Tom Pritzker and Jeffrey Epstein. When a lifetime achievement and global morality come knocking at your door at the same time, the dream turns into a nightmare.

Focus on natural materials

HEMAA Architectes has constructed a children's and sports centre at Parc des Loges, to the east of Paris. The deliberate use of natural building materials creates a harmonious balance between nature, functionality, and materiality.

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Enveloping wooden roof

REDO Architects carefully preserved the social and cultural character of the market hall in the Padre Cruz district on the outskirts of Lisbon.

A beacon for modern timber construction

Sawa is a timber building that makes a statement: 55 m tall, comprising more than 100 apartments that ­permit flexible conversion, and intended to contribute to species diversity. A new trailblazer for contemporary residential construction?

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Enveloped in willow mats

The small residential building by Atelier du Ralliement sits enthroned on a rocky plateau above a floodplain in the Loire river landscape. Simple willow mats from the hardware store cover the wooden structure.

A memorial to Jewish village life

Located in Šeduva, Lithuania, the Jewish Museum commemorates the culture of small Eastern European towns before the Second World War. The museum's architecture is reminiscent of the houses in the village that were destroyed by the Nazis in 1941.