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Sensitive handling of existing structures

Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel by Office Winhov

A former laboratory and museum are being transformed into a five-star hotel in the park. The design strikes a sensitive balance between old and new, harmoniously combining history, architecture and park. 

Landscape bridge in the floodplain forest

National Museum in Zhengzhou by gmp Architekten

Zhengzhou is one of the largest cities on China's lifeline, the Yellow River. In the forests on its banks, gmp Architekten has now completed a new 100 000 m² museum building, which will showcase the cultural and natural features of the river once it opens.

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. 

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

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. 

Rollercoaster ride on the Maas

Fenix Museum in Rotterdam

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.

Iconic Awards 2025

Mapping the Present: Iconic Awards 2025

Renovation instead of new construction, attitude instead of icons: the Iconic Awards 2025 show how architecture is shaping change with everyday concepts for work, health, education and energy.

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.

Behind the scenes

V&A East Storehouse by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

In London, Diller Scofidio + Renfro have transformed the East Storehouse of the Victoria and Albert Museum into a compelling spatial experience.

Folly in the water

Floating Sauna in Oslo by Estudio Herreros

On the Oslo Fjord, Estudio Herreros has built a small floating sauna, offering a place for retreat and contemplation near the Munch Museum.

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.

Multi-purpose farm reloaded

Co-Living House near Frauenfeld by Bernath+Widmer

Bernath+Widmer have replaced a dilapidated farm near Frauenfeld with a modern co-living house. Using contemporary timber construction and exposed concrete, they have reinterpreted the traditional farm structure.

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.

Reinterpretation of the courtyard house

Jinji Lake Pavilion in Suzhou by BIG

Roofs have always played a significant role in the work of BIG. This is also evident in the lakeside pavilion on Jinji Lake in Suzhou, where its two-layered, translucent roof structure filters subdued light into the interior.

Recycled concrete meets regional building culture

Community Centre in Niederwerrn

Designed by Schlicht Lamprecht Kern Architekten, the community centre combines structural and social sustainability. Two new buildings made of wood and recycled concrete have been added to the two existing buildings to create a meeting place.

Stalin’s new neighbour

The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

Designed by Thomas Phifer, the National Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw is a building that demands a second look. Behind its smooth white concrete facade, an astonishingly light and diverse interior opens up.

SUMA arquitectura