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The “Six Columns” residential building gets its name from the six brick pilasters on the upper floor. © Nick Dearden

A house full of stories
Detached House in London by 31/44 Architects
In London's Crystal Palace, Will Burges has built a house for himself and his family of four that stores knowledge and memories within its compact structure.

Pieces from Rotterdam, Zurich and St. Gallen are housed in the new Jim Dine studio. © Katalin Deér

Pragmatic down to the last detail
Artist's Studio in the Sitterwerk by Flury + Furrer
In 2023, a new studio was built for artist Jim Dine in the Sitterwerk. The architecture combines purism and pragmatism with the design of old and new, while retaining a sense of atmosphere.

Exterior view of the Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel, © Stefan Müller

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.

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.

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.

Minimal intervention has been used to consolidate the historic fabric of the Romanesque church of Sant Esteve near Barcelona. © Judith Casas

Preserving historical heritage
Revitalisation of the Church of Sant Esteve near ...
Targeted interventions by Santamaria Arquitectes have secured and revitalised this Romanesque church.

The new museum building is embedded in a park landscape that extends to the publicly accessible roof terrace. © Marcus Bredt

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.

Overall view of the new station building from the west. The old station building can be seen in the background on the left, with the Ciudad de la Cultura above it in the background. © Luis Diaz Diaz

Building bridges to nature
Santiago de Compostela Railway Station by Estudio...
The extension of the historic railway station in Santiago de Compostela builds bridges in two ways: it links different modes of transport and it connects the city centre with the southern suburbs surrounding the Ciudad de la Cultura.

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.

Facade of The Third Space from Studio Saar, © Edmund Sumner

Cultural and Learning Center
Third Space in India by Studio Saar
One of Studio Saar’s latest project reimagines the third space as a dynamic cultural center rooted in Indian heritage.

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.

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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.

The sequence of barrel vaults cleverly exploits the triangular shape of the square. © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Deed Studio

Winner of the Aga Khan Award
Jahad Metro Plaza in Teheran by KA Architecture S...
The new underground entrance at Meydan-e Jahad in Tehran shows how urban spaces can be enhanced without any commercial involvement. Mohamad Khavarian and his firm KA Architecture Studio won the 2025 Aga Khan Award for their barrel-vaulted brick construction.

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.

Pavilion for Expo Osaka 2025 by Lina Ghotmeh - Architecture, © Iwan Baan

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.