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The football stadium is integrated into the urban perimeter block development. © Tuomas Uusheimo

Football fans as neighbours
Hybrid Stadium in Tampere by JKMM
In the Finnish city of Tampere, JKMM Architects have created an unusual hybrid block that combines a football stadium with residential and commercial buildings.

The old farmhouse opens up to the outside with much larger windows than before. The characteristic stone architecture has been retained. © Charles Petillon

A designer's refuge
Burgundy Farm
A few years ago, French designer Erwan Bourroulec bought a dilapidated farmhouse in Burgundy. He spent two years working with Vuarnesson Architectes to renovate it.

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Ofis arhitekti

The new building is located further down the slope and is connected to the existing building by a main road. © Nicolás Saieh

Between above and below
Extension of a Pavillion to a Residential House i...
In the Chilean coastal town of Zapallar, Ignacio Correa Arquitecto have extended a pavilion into a residential house and designed an ensemble that blends into the surrounding hilly landscape.

Liu Jiakun, ©︎ photo courtesy of The Hyatt Foundation/The Pritzker Architecture Prize

Architecture Prize
Pritzker Prize 2025 for Liu Jiakun
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Architecture goes to Chinese architect Liu Jiakun. The award ceremony will take place on May 3 at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, a building designed by Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel.

The 19th edition of the Architecture Biennale will take place in Venice from May 10 to November 23, 2025. © Giulio Squillacciotti - Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia

Architectural intelligence
Preview of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
At a time when reason and foresight are becoming less influential in world affairs, this Architecture Biennale may be just the response we need. Carlo Ratti, the Biennale Director, will be staging his exhibition “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective” at the Giardini and the Arsenale, as well as many other locations in Venice, from 10 May 2025. Will this Architecture Biennale offer fresh insights into the critical issues of our time?

The 80 m long building is divided only by doors and skylights of various designs. © Rory Gardiner

A line in the landscape
Residence in Morocco by Leopold Banchini Architects
It is single-storey, windowless and easily 80 m long: the Dar el Farina house near Marrakech radically breaks with conventional notions of comfort and is energy self-sufficient.

The two refurbished buildings are easily recognised by their corrugated fibre cement cladding. In the background is another owner's building, which was refurbished by a different architect using the same range of materials. © James Eagle

From cowshed to art studio
Barn Conversion by Gianni Botsford Architects
Near West Cowes on the Isle of Wight in southern England, Gianni Botsford Ateliers is converting a cowshed into an artist's studio using the simplest of industrial materials.

The two uses of the building are clearly visible. The two-storey base building houses the municipal gallery. The two upper floors are reserved for the Sféra educational institution. © Aleš Jungmann

A pair of buildings in brick-red
Gallery and Adult Education Centre in the Czech R...
On the site of the historic Winternitz Mill in the Czech city of Pardubice, Šépka Architekti have accommodated two uses in very contrasting structures. However, the brick-red colour palette helps to give the building a unified appearance.

Old and new meet in the courtyard. Although the building sections are only ten years apart, the change in design language is unmistakable. © Patrick Johannsen

Rammed earth meets wood
Windkraft Simonsfeld by Juri Troy Architects
The new building in Ernstbrunn, Lower Austria, will extend the company's existing headquarters from 2014 – and boasts a comprehensive sustainability concept in line with industry standards.

The German Pavilion is all about the cycle (of materials). Rendering © German Pavilion / MIR LAVA ff

Immersive pavilion structures and circular concepts
Expo Osaka 2025 – the Future of Our Society
Under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives“, architects such as LAVA, Nüssli, Foster + Partners, Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban and Nikken Sekkei are impressing visitors to this year's Expo in Osaka with futuristic and sustainable pavilion structures.

The new building's shell and roof were cast seamlessly in in-situ concrete. © Marcus Ebener

A place of learning and remembrance
Seminar Building in Berlin by Staab Architects
In 1942, the Wannsee Conference House in Berlin was the venue for the conference that decided on the 'Final Solution of the Jewish Question'. Staab Architects have now added a single-storey seminar building to the site.

Old and new bricks and red exposed concrete characterise the facades of the Spore Initiative in Berlin. © Tjark Spille

Layered solid construction
Spore Initiative in Berlin by AFF Architekten
A partially recycled brick facade and an unusual ribbed concrete ceiling are just two of the special features that characterise the headquarters of a cultural and environmental organisation.

The new dining and living area with lightning-like pendant lamp, © José Hevia

Struck by lightning
Conversion of a Barn into a Residential Building ...
On the outskirts of Barcelona, the young architecture firm H3o Architects has converted an old barn into a playful home, drawing inspiration from an old legend.

The extension fits naturally between the patrician towers and the medieval merchants' houses. © Norbert Miguletz

Roof ellipse
Document Kepler in Regensburg
The extension with lift and foyer completes the south side of the Document Kepler in Regensburg and provides barrier-free access to the new interactive exhibition. Its elliptical roof is striking.

A wooden bay window characterises the street facade of the house. It was renovated using traditional methods. © Adriá Goula

Dialogue between eras
Casa Castelar in Madrid by Solar
The renovation of a detached house from the end of the 19th century in Madrid is Janus-faced: the historic street facade has been completely preserved, while the courtyard facade and interiors are essentially new. Typologically, the building nevertheless returns to its roots.

Paola Corsini