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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.

Overall view of the new station building from the west. The old station building can be seen in the background on the left, with the Ciudad de la Cultura above it in the background. © Luis Diaz Diaz

Building bridges to nature
Santiago de Compostela Railway Station by Estudio...
The extension of the historic railway station in Santiago de Compostela builds bridges in two ways: it links different modes of transport and it connects the city centre with the southern suburbs surrounding the Ciudad de la Cultura.

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.

The approximately 1,200 m² building complex consists almost entirely of recycled bricks. Its scale is based on the one- to two-storey buildings in the town centre. © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Dou Yujun

Winner of the Aga Khan Award
Community Centre near Hohhot by Zhang Pengyu
Zhang Pengyu and his architectural firm have won this year's Aga Khan Award for their design for a multi-ethnic community centre in Wusutu near Hohhot. In the 47-year history of the award, this is only the third winner from the People's Republic of China.

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.

With its black wooden facade and asymmetrical sheet metal roof, the Chappe Art House blends into the old town of Tammisaari while adding a contemporary touch. © Tuomas Uusheimo

Extension in historic district
Art Museum in Southern Finland by JKMM Architects
The three-storey Chappe Art House extension is located in the historic centre of Tammisaari, on the southern coast of Finland. The new building complements the Raseborg Museum, founded in 1906.

On the entrance side, the new building is whitewashed and relatively closed. © Eugeni Pons

Three-storey concrete sculpture
Cultural Centre by Dominique Coulon
Colour, 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.

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.

The contribution “Heatwave” in the Bahrain pavilion was awarded the Biennale's Golden Lion for the best national contribution. © Jakob Schoof

Architecture Biennale 2025 in Venice
What Helps to Combat the Heat in Cities?
Global warming is most noticeable in the world's cities. At this year's Architecture Biennale, it is not only the German pavilion that is focusing on urban heat islands. The solutions presented range from tree planting to cooling ceilings for urban open spaces.

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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.