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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.

Interview with Mariam Issoufou

Mariam Issoufou began early on to make earthen architecture socially acceptable in West African cities. An interview about her experience with natural materials, climate change in Africa, and what she has learned from software engineering for her career as an architect.

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Checkerboard facade made of solid limestone

The thick limestone walls protect the design faculty of the University of Cergy-Paris in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The new building, designed by the architectural practice SAME, is part of a campus that mainly houses technology start-ups. 

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?

Coral-red brise-soleil

The orange facade cladding of the “Be Orange” office building is an unexpected sight in the immediate vicinity of Regensburg's old town, a Unesco World Heritage Site. A supplier from the automotive industry provided the extremely lightweight shading modules.

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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.

Café on wheels

In the suburbs of Bucharest, architect Stefan Pavaluta and his team at Vinklu have built a café on a narrow plot of land that, with its pointed gable shape, could also pass for a chapel.

Omnidirectional hashtag

The science centre forms part of BIG's master plan for Claremont McKenna College, located east of Los Angeles. Like Lego blocks, the laboratories and seminar rooms are stacked three storeys high around a central atrium.