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Preserving historical heritage
Revitalisation of the Church of Sant Esteve near ...Targeted interventions by Santamaria Arquitectes have secured and revitalised this Romanesque church.
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Wooden house with brick rotunda
Villa Bjorland in Stavanger by Vatn ArchitectureEspen Vatn and his architectural firm, together with Laura Sæther Architecture, have renovated a residential building dating from 1955 in a suburb of Stavanger. The striking entrance area is inspired by the grain silos in the area.
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Landscape bridge in the floodplain forest
National Museum in Zhengzhou by gmp ArchitektenZhengzhou is one of the largest cities on China's lifeline, the Yellow River. In the forests on its banks, gmp Architekten has now completed a new 100 000 m² museum building, which will showcase the cultural and natural features of the river once it opens.
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Building in hot climates
Women's Mosque in Doha by Diller Scofidio + RenfroThe Al Mujadilah Education Centre is home to the world's first mosque built exclusively for women. Its 20 x 35 metre hand-knotted prayer carpet can accommodate 750 Muslim women.
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Multifaceted multipurpose building
Multipurpose Hall near Sydney by Sam Crawford Arc...The new community hall in Matraville, near Sydney, reflects the diversity of its uses in its architecture, featuring a large canopy and a hall structure made of glulam timber, as well as roof extensions made of aluminium sheet and polycarbonate.
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Redensification beneath the castle ruins
Residential Buildings on Baden's Schlossberg Hill...Menzi Bürgler Kuithan Architects have renovated a stately 1923 villa in Baden, near Zurich, and added two slender detached houses made of wood and hemp lime.
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Global stage for architecture and society
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2025: SHIFT – Archi...The 2025/26 Chicago Architecture Biennial celebrates its tenth anniversary as North America's largest architecture festival. Taking place from 19 September 2025 to 28 February 2026 at the Chicago Cultural Centre and throughout the city, it will explore how architecture responds to social, ecological and cultural upheavals under the motto SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change.
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Regional construction with a difference
Casa Lelis in Argentina by Valentin BrüggerBrügger and his firm, Vbrügg, have experimented with contrasting materials in their weekend home in the Sierra de Córdoba in Argentina. The building's core is made of rough, exposed concrete, which contrasts with the lightweight steel structure covering the terrace and bedrooms.
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An industrial building with character
Speaker Factory by FormalocalIn Soort-Hossegor in south-western France, the Paris-based architecture firm Formalocal has built the new headquarters of loudspeaker manufacturer La Boite Concept. The new building offers an alternative to the faceless corrugated sheet metal architecture of many commercial buildings.
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Three-storey concrete sculpture
Cultural Centre by Dominique CoulonColour, light, and a spectacular three-storey atrium are the main features of the new cultural centre designed by Dominique Coulon in the Basque municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
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Reinterpretation of the courtyard house
Jinji Lake Pavilion in Suzhou by BIGRoofs have always played a significant role in the work of BIG. This is also evident in the lakeside pavilion on Jinji Lake in Suzhou, where its two-layered, translucent roof structure filters subdued light into the interior.
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Sustainable among trees
Summer House in Denmark by Peter Kjaer ArkitekterWith its understated design and simple T-shaped floor plan, the single-storey wooden summer house blends harmoniously among the old pine trees on a wooded plot on the north coast of Zealand.
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Architecture Prize
Pritzker Prize 2025 for Liu JiakunThe 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.
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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.
