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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.

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. 

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.

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. 

Formats and surfaces

Variability in ceramics

At Cersaie 2025, Casalgrande Padana is expanding its Lithos and Concept series. The new formats, thicknesses and surfaces make these collections highly versatile for indoor and outdoor spaces.  

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.

In dialogue with the landscape

Twin Daycare Centres by Löser Lott

The linear structure of the surrounding fields and the small-scale nature of the residential development inspired Löser Lott Architects to design two daycare centers on the outskirts of the North Hessian municipality of Edermünde.

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.

XXL log cabin

School and Community Centre by AOR Architects

In Tuusula, north of Helsinki, the young architectural firm AOR has brought together four educational institutions to create the Monio cultural and educational centre. Its construction is particularly unusual: Monio is the largest building in Finland to be constructed using logs to date.

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.