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The two residential buildings are connected by a shared ground-floor entrance. © Karina Castro

Assisted living
Borna Park in the Canton of Aargau by Malte Kloes
Malte Kloes Architects are designing a residential and work complex that will enable people with disabilities to enjoy a structured daily routine while strengthening their connection to nature.

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.

A wooden coffered ceiling connects the café and shop. © Marco Cappelletti

Abstract waffle pattern
Loacker Galaxy by MoDusArchitects
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Loacker wafer, MoDusArchitects completely redesigned the flagship store in Heinfels, Austria.

The folded roof of the building rises from one to four storeys from south to north. © Timothy Hursley

Tour de force in timber construction
University Building in Arkansas by Grafton Archit...
Grafton Architects' first timber construction is located at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In collaboration with the local firm Modus Studio, they designed a transparent building that brings together workshops, a lecture hall, and design studios under one roof.

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 Nanihuena house can be accessed at ground level from the mountainside. Its wooden structure rests on four solid, spacious concrete supports. © Luis Díaz Díaz

Lightweight construction on solid foundations
Residential Building in the Basque Country by BeAr
The La Nanihuena residential building in Gorliz, northern Spain, plays with contrasts: four large concrete supports hold up a delicate wooden structure. Red and light green facades envelop the interior, which is largely decorated in wood tones.

The unusual roof construction of the boathouse is evident even from the outside. © O.C. Photography

The tree in the house
Boathouse in Scotland by Barboza Blanco Office
On the banks of the Firth of Tay, the Portuguese firm has renovated a dilapidated boathouse and transformed it into a retreat for the client. A single tree trunk supports both the roof and floor of the house.

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?

This is a view of the women's mosque in the Al Mujadilah Centre educational complex in Doha: The Qibla wall, facing Mecca and clad in travertine, curves outwards at its highest point in the centre of the room to form a Mihrab prayer niche. © Iwan Baan

Building in hot climates
Women's Mosque in Doha by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
The 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.

A wide canopy surrounds the multi-purpose hall on three sides. A striking polycarbonate roof structure illuminates the entrance area. © Brett Boardman

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Thanks to the diamond-shaped floor plan, most rooms have a south-facing view while remaining shielded from neighbouring properties. © José Hevia

Neutral in terms of use, but not anonymous
Casa GJ in Catalonia by Alventosa Morell
Located in Matadepera, Catalonia, Casa GJ is a prime example of flexible living space. Its diamond-shaped floor plan comprises nine equivalent living rooms and two bathrooms, with ample outdoor access.

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.