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A profiled glass shell

In this infrastructure project in western Zurich, the building's structure and technical features are visible through a profiled glass facade. Graber Pulver has created a modern cathedral of energy supply. 

Industrial culture meets commercial ruin

Located on the west bank of the Huangpu River, MVRDV has transformed the remains of an old cement factory and the ruins of a failed revitalisation project into the city's latest cultural and entertainment hub. The architectural firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Atelier Deshaus assisted them in this endeavour.

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Preserving historical heritage

Targeted interventions by Santamaria Arquitectes have secured and revitalised this Romanesque church.

Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

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? 

Cultural and Learning Center

One of Studio Saar’s latest project reimagines the third space as a dynamic cultural center rooted in Indian heritage.  

Redensification beneath the castle ruins

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.

Brazilian architectural icon

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. 

Winner of the Aga Khan Award

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. 

Global stage for architecture and society

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. 

Rollercoaster ride on the Maas

Ma Yansong and his MAD architectural firm have crowned a 550 m long stainless steel viewing platform to the Fenix Museum in Rotterdam. However, Europe's first art museum dedicated to the theme of migration has much more to offer than just this spectacular gesture.

Piranesi in the industrial harbour

The Bjarke Ingels Group has built its new headquarters in Copenhagen's North Harbour. The Brutalist-style building conceals a networked working environment at all levels. 

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A house of many roofs

The swimming hall in the Breton town of Saint-Méen-le-Grand is a complex of many small gabled roofs. The Raum studio has now expanded the centre and covered it with a minimalist shell of wood and slate.

Aluminium tubes for a tube manufacturer

In the middle of a residential area in Gliwice, Upper Silesia, building services manufacturer Gambit has built new headquarters. The facades are completely clad in aluminium tubes.