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Minimal intervention has been used to consolidate the historic fabric of the Romanesque church of Sant Esteve near Barcelona. © Judith Casas

Preserving historical heritage
Revitalisation of the Church of Sant Esteve near ...
Targeted interventions by Santamaria Arquitectes have secured and revitalised this Romanesque church.

Red bricks meet dark wood at Villa Björland. Both materials were added during the renovation. © Johan Dehlin

Wooden house with brick rotunda
Villa Bjorland in Stavanger by Vatn Architecture
Espen 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.

The two 125 m² residential buildings are located on the steep slope of the Badener Schlossberg. © Beat Bühler

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.

View of the Lina Bo Bardi Building and the Pietro Maria Bardi Building, © Leonardo Finotti

Brazilian architectural icon
Metro Arquitetos Expand Museu de Arte de São Paulo
57 years after the inauguration of Lina Bo Bardi's iconic Museo de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), the museum recently unveiled its latest extension, called Edifício Pietro Maria Bardi, designed by Metro Arquitetos.

The Chaki Wasi craft centre in the Ecuadorian community of Shalalá was designed by Marie Combette and Daniel Moreno Flores, who are architects at the La Cabina de la Curiosidad practice. © Jag Studio

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.

The height gradation of the side veranda is continued inside the Karuizawa holiday home. © Yasuhiro Nakayama

Built topography in the forest
Holiday Home in Japan by Takahiro Endo
A 30 m long building block with a floor that follows the gently sloping topography – this is the principle Takahiro Endo used to design a holiday home for four families in Karuizawa, central Japan.

The summer house nestles gently into the wooded surroundings. © James Silverman

Sustainable among trees
Summer House in Denmark by Peter Kjaer Arkitekter
With 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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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 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.

A massive concrete base encased in steel is designed to keep unwanted intruders out of the water tower. © Miguel Fernández-Galiano

Habitat for birds and mammals
Water Tower in Luxembourg
The structure, designed by the Spanish architecture firm Temperaturas Extremas, supplies water to the nearby Kirchberg Plateau in Luxembourg. It will also provide nesting sites for birds.

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.

In 2025, more than 2000 exhibitors from 37 countries will participate in the Salone del Mobile.Milano. © Ludovica Mangini | Salone del Mobile.Milano

Thought for Humans
Preview: Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025
The Salone del Mobile.Milano will open its doors from 8 to 13 April 2025 under the motto "Thought for Humans". More than 2000 exhibitors, cultural installations and futuristic discussions await visitors. One of the highlights is the return of the Euroluce Biennale.

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.