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A house full of stories

Detached House in London by 31/44 Architects

In London's Crystal Palace, Will Burges has built a house for himself and his family of four that stores knowledge and memories within its compact structure. 

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. 

Cultural village restoration

Museum in China by Team_Bldg

The architects at Team_Bldg have converted a three-storey 1990s house in the small Chinese village of Songzhuang into China's first museum of contemporary weaving art.

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. 

Harmonious ensemble

Daycare Centre in the Julian Alps

Designed by Arrea and KAL A, the daycare centre blends harmoniously into the rural surroundings on the edge of the Julian Alps.

Robot chapel

Housing for a Milling Robot near Barcelona

Students at the Catalan Institute for Advanced Architecture (IAAC) designed an almost sacred-looking shelter for a milling robot on their university campus near Barcelona.

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 structure remains

How a Half-Timbered House Lives on as a Timber Frame

Degelo Architects have reinterpreted the historic half-timbered house in Allschwil, Switzerland,  transforming it into a sustainable timber-frame construction with a clear structure and reduced material usage.

Conversion and extension

Weekend House near Berlin

On Lake Ziest in Bindow, near Berlin, Cama A restored a weekend house from the 1920s to its original condition and added a wooden extension.

Between inside and outside

An Extension to a Gründerzeit House in Berlin

The Supertype Group has extended an old building in Berlin with a flexible construction system that allows for different climate zones and different usage scenarios.

SUMA arquitectura

Ofis arhitekti

Felgendreher Olfs Köchling Architektur

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.