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gmp Architects: CSCEC Headquarters in Guangzhou. © CreatAR Image

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The Return of Buildings as Breathing Systems
New projects in China focus on microclimates, open structures, and integrated systems, thus taking a contemporary approach to sustainable construction.

The eight-storey wooden structure towers almost twice as high as the neighbouring buildings nearby. © Arturo Arrieta

Experiment in hybrid timber construction
Boarding House in Mexico City by CRB Arquitectos
An eight-storey hybrid timber building on Avenida Álvaro Obregón is an eye-catching addition to Mexico City's townscape. Its regular facade gives an indication of the nearly 60 one-bedroom apartments inside, some of which are offered as holiday flats for overnight guests.

Exposed roof beams and light colours help to create a welcoming atmosphere in this sparsely lit attic flat. © Boysplaynice

Confident dialogue
Apartment in Prague by Formafatal
In Prague's Smíchov district, Studio Formafatal has converted an attic into a two-storey apartment with a gallery.

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Extension and redesign of Muskiz Secondary School
Designed by BAT Architecture, the IES Muskiz secondary school building features a custom-made, rear-ventilated ceramic facade by Faveker and has become a benchmark for sustainable educational architecture.

Architect Søren Pihlmann is turning the renovation of the Danish pavilion into an experiment and examining every detail. © Hampus Berndtson

Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
The Biennale, A Construction Site?
High-tech, low-tech, and AI: The 19th Architecture Biennale doesn’t refuse to showcase architecture – but does it meaningfully engage with the pressing realities its audience faces?

The restaurant is housed in a converted metal workshop. The kitchen, located at the back of the room, opens up to almost the entire width of the dining area. © Leonid Furmansky

Metal workshop becomes gourmet temple
Camaraderie Restaurant in Houston by Schaum Archi...
Schaum architects have converted a former metal workshop in the Houston Heights district into a 75-seat restaurant. While retaining the corrugated iron aesthetic and supporting structure of the old building, the space has been given a completely new atmosphere.

The Czech Republic's first Maple Bear School is housed in a converted industrial building in Brno. The interior design is characterised by the Canadian national colours. © Studio Flusser

Building for children in Canadian style
School and Kindergarten in the Czech Republic by ...
SOA Architekti are designing the Czech Republic's first Maple Bear School in Brno, which is located in a converted industrial building as part of a larger neighbourhood project.

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More than just a transport hub
The Intercambiador de Valdebebas in Madrid combines metro, suburban railway, buses and park & ride facilities on an area of 7,000 m². The 17 hexagonal roofs were constructed using a sustainable Kalzip

For the traditional Müllerbräu brewery, Studio Frick translated the historical heritage into a contemporary interior of contrasts. © Lilit Frick & Pia Zajewski

Industrial ambience
Müllerbräu in Pfaffenhofen
Studio Frick has designed a spacious 2,000 m² dining area for the family-run brewery, closely linking production and experience.

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ArchDaily Names 20 Winners of Next Practices 2025
ArchDaily announces 20 winners of the 2025 Next Practices Awards, celebrating global firms redefining architecture through sustainability, community, care and innovative, interdisciplinary design.

The three-storey museum building is a striking foreign body in the homogeneous village structure. However, this was already the case before its conversion. © Jonathan Leijonhufvud

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.

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 interior of the Plumbago restaurant features natural materials, an abundance of daylight and an array of green plants. © Ariadna Polo

Dining in an urban greenhouse
Plumbago in Mexico-City by OPA
The Mexican architecture firm OPA (Oficina de Práctica Arquitectónica) has completed a restaurant called Plumbago in Mexico City. Here, guests can enjoy dining and culture at the same time.

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 bistro has a view of the green inner courtyard, © Christian Dos Reis

Between work and leisure time
Bistro in the Salzburg-Urstein Knowledge Park
kadawittfeldarchitektur has designed a 400 m² bistro in the Salzburg-Urstein Knowledge Park that offers breakfast and lunch, as well as work areas.

Award for Innovative Building Structures
DETAIL Construction Award 2025
The award recognizes the achievements of companies that serve as role models. It highlights their social significance and relevance for the building culture and interior design of the future.

Three inclined structures with green roofs house the new company museum. The largely closed building envelope is clad with folded concrete elements. © Cyan & Orange Images

Monument to a chicken farmer
The Sunner Museum in China by Atelier Alter
In Fujian province, the Atelier Alter architectural practice has completed one of the most unusual privately financed cultural buildings in China: a company museum for a chicken farmer.

The perforated facade is based on the wooden shutters of traditional buildings. © BoysPlayNice

Minimalist residential chapel
Residential House in the Czech Republic by Jan Ža...
Inspired by traditional buildings, Czech architect Jan Žaloudek has built a house for himself and his family in the former castle gardens of a village in southern Bohemia.