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Introverted sports oasis
Indoor Swimming Pool near Tours by Dominique Coulon & Associés
Lots of light, lots of glass and purist white are the hallmarks of Dominique Coulon's l'Ô Bleue swimming pool in the small town of Fondettes, near Tours. It is shielded from its anonymous surroundings by high walls.
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Pop colour accents
Start-Up Centre in Cologne by Kadawittfeldarchitektur
The University of Cologne's business incubator offers student start-ups a variety of workspaces. The highlight: two pop-coloured, two-storey volumes, the so-called Like-its.
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Communal mixed use
Bradbury Works in London by YN Studio
In London, architects YN Studio are refurbishing and extending the Bradbury Works commercial building on Gillett Square.
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Exhibition in Brussels
Simone Guillissen-Hoa
As part of an extensive program on feminism, the museum civa.brussels offers the first monographic exhibition on the architect Simone Guillissen-Hoa.
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Beneath the roofs of Madrid
Apartment conversion in Madrid by Gon Architects
In the centre of Madrid, Gon Architects have converted a small, low penthouse flat into a bright, open-plan space with sophisticated zoning.
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Piranesi in the industrial harbour
BIG's new headquarters in Copenhagen
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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Climate-friendly renovation
Residential and Office Building in the Canton of Vaud
Swiss architects Madeleine Architectes and Studio Nantermod have transformed an old pigsty into a residential and office building. Hempcrete, a natural building material, was used to insulate the existing brick shell.
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Interview with architect Paul Robbrecht
Let’s Be Gentle on the Stock
Robbrecht en Daem architecten has a profound understanding and respect for historic buildings and listed monuments. Their international projects are characterised by thoughtful interventions in urban and architectural settings. Paul Robbrecht provides insight into their approach.
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Urban retreat
Garden Pavilion in Prague by Byró Architekti
In a garden colony in Prague, Byró Architekti has designed a small wooden pavilion whose interior blends seamlessly with the exterior.
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Homage to architectural tradition
Summer House in Denmark by PAX Architects
Skagen Klitgård House by PAX Architects unites three generations under one roof. The design of the holiday home is inspired by the local Danish architecture and history of the town.
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A room with a view
Residence by Selgascano and Diego Cano
In Mount Washington, a neighbourhood in the north-east of Los Angeles, Selgascano and Diego Cano have built a colourful home in a hilly landscape with impressive views.
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Daring prestressed concrete
Alta Tower in Le Havre by Hamonic + Masson
The 17-storey residential tower rises boldly above its neighbours in the centre of Le Havre. But it also makes numerous references to the surrounding post-war planned city centre.
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Pavilion in the green
Swiss Embassy in Singapore by Berrel Kräutler Architects
Zurich-based Berrel Kräutler Architects are renovating and extending the Swiss Embassy in Singapore.
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Living behind monastery walls
Conversion near Brussels by Jo Taillieu Architecten
Jo Taillieu Architecten juggle with geometry in the conversion of a dilapidated tenement. By moving the existing roof, private outdoor spaces are created in the publicly accessible monastery garden.
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Refuge between greenhouses
Residential House in a Nursery by Jahnke Architektur
The detached house in Tamm, near Stuttgart, fits perfectly between the greenhouses of an old nursery. The architects also paid attention to resource conservation when choosing the building materials.
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Interview with Tatiana Bilbao
Climate Change as a Social Issue
For Tatiana Bilbao from Mexico City, diversity and a culture of care are needed to combat the climate crisis. In conversation with Sandra Hofmeister, she describes how architecture can help.
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Micro living with maximum freedom
IAAC designs Mobile Catalyst near Barcelona
Students from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) develop MOCA – a mobile, convertible and self-sufficient home on wheels.
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Basketball hall with a view
Dream's Hybrid Timber Building in the Paris Olympic Village
Dream's new building in the Olympic Village in Saint-Ouen, north of Paris, combines seven floors of offices with a sports hall on the top floor. Like most of the new buildings in the area, it was built using a hybrid timber construction method.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Hotel Marcel by Becker + Becker
In 1969, Marcel Breuer designed the office and research building for the Armstrong Rubber Company in New Haven, USA. Becker + Becker converted the iconic building into a 165-room boutique hotel.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Residence Kazemat Koningsweg
The holiday home Kazemat Koningsweg by JCR Architecten in the Netherlands is hidden in the landscape. The small holiday home is embedded in the ground and covered with natural flora.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Fire training tower in Barcelona
The Fire Training Tower in Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, with its exposed brick facades, echoes the material of the city walls and the residential towers in the neighbourhood.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Conversion of Homerton College in Cambridge
For the growing number of staff and students at Homerton College, Feilden Fowles designed a sensitive extension.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Living in the centre, living in the neighbourhood
The cultural landscape is our greatest common asset in the Alpine region. In harmony with their surroundings, good buildings strengthen the power of a place.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Amant in New York
Amant is a cultural centre located in the industrial area of North Brooklyn, SO - IL. It consists of an ensemble of four buildings spread over two city blocks.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Swimming pool in Brittany
The new swimming pool in Saint-Méen-Le-Gran uses resources sparingly by utilising and extending the existing building.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Opera Park in Copenhagen
Cobe Opera Park is a green oasis next to the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen's Inner Harbour. It is divided into six gardens with fauna from all over the world, including a subtropical garden in a greenhouse.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Performative house in Zurich
The new replacement building by EMI Architekt:innen for the residential building on Stampfenbachstrasse in Zurich is a lightweight, prefabricated timber construction based on the existing basement floors.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Grain Test Storage Berlin
Characterised by its striking funnel-shaped warehouse ceilings, this listed historic warehouse building is one of the most important early examples of concrete construction technology in Germany.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Factory Lisbon
Julian Breinersdorfer Architects has transformed the historic pasta factory on Lisbon's waterfront into office spaces.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Isarphilharmonie in Munich
The Isarphilharmonie by gmp architects in Munich forms the centre of the Gasteig HP8 with the historic Hall E and is planned as a temporary performance venue.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
San Juan de Ruesta in Aragon
The hermitage of San Juan de Ruesta, at the foot of the Pyrenees, is a stopover for pilgrims on the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
Maison Gonner in Luxembourg
Heisbourg Strotz Architectes (hsa) transformed the historic Maison Gonner into a shelter for hikers on the Minett Trail in the Unesco Biosphere Reserve in the south of Luxembourg.
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Nominee DETAIL Readers‘ Award 2024
In the icy landscape of Greenland
Dorte Mandrup's Kangiata Illorsua Visitor Centre is a shelter, meeting place and viewpoint in the Arctic landscape between the Unesco-protected Kangia Icefjord and the town of Ilulissat on Greenland.
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Prefabricated timber-hybrid building
Fuchshof School in Ludwigsburg by Von M
For its new primary school, the city of Ludwigsburg has opted for timber as the main construction material. With the exception of the central stairwell and the emergency staircases, the entire structure is made of this renewable raw material.
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Original hut in the Bregenzerwald
Gapfohl House in Vorarlberg by Bernardo Bader Architects
An archetypal wooden house with 80 m2 of living space and just two rooms – Bernardo Bader Architects have translated this programme into architecture at 1100 m above sea level in the Bregenzerwald.
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Grain sacks as a facade
Pop-Up Café and Bakery in China by F.O.G. Architecture
F.O.G. Architecture designed the Cycle Cycle mobile bakery – a temporary pop-up café with an integrated bakery. Grain sacks form the facade of the small wooden structure.
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Care for body and soul
Health Centre in Belgium by Ark-Shelter and Archekta
Inspired by the Maggie's Centres, the wooden modular building in the Belgian coastal town of Knokke-Heist is designed to provide healing for body and soul.
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Green foyer
Copenhagen Opera Park by Cobe
Cobe has designed a green oasis in Copenhagen's inner harbour, right next to the opera house. Originally, the 21,5 ha meadow in a prime inner-city location was earmarked for residential development.
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Four floors of solid wood
House of the Mountains in Sesto by Delueg Architects
Siegfried Delueg and his team of architects used glued laminated timber from local forests for the new visitor centre in the Dolomite village of Sesto.
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Fashion in a central location
Milan Flagship Store by OMA
In Milan, OMA have designed a flagship store for fast-fashion brand Bershka that redefines the role of the store in the age of online retailing.
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Micro house on stilts
Zen House in Austria by Jan Tyrpekl
On a farm in the Austrian town of Hainburg an der Donau, Czech architecture studio Jan Tyrpekl is building a 33 m² Zen house on stilts.
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More light, better insulation
Camberwell Cork House in London by Delve Architects
In South London, Delve Architects renovated a Victorian terraced house and added a 20 m² cork extension.
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A different kind of greenhouse
Orchid Pavilion in Mexico by CCA
In Puerto Escondido, on Mexico's Pacific coast, the architecture firm CCA has built a wooden pavilion that doubles as a place of contemplation and orchid cultivation.
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Three colors: green, yellow, red
Bicocca Superlab by Balance Architettura
In Milan's industrial district of Bicocca, Balance Architettura has opened up the former office building of a steelworks operator, exposing its delicate steel structure.
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A retreat by the sea
Holiday Cabin in British Columbia
On behalf of a writer, Canadian studio Laura Killam Architecture (LKA) have designed a tranquil retreat with an impressive view.
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Architectural gem on the European route
Lofoten Service Area by Vatn Architecture and Jørgen Tandberg
Vatn Architecture and Jørgen Tandberg's small service building on the Norwegian coast is a minimalist structure of white concrete and glass.
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A family refuge
Holiday Home in Normandy by Studio Guma
Hécourt has 300 inhabitants and is located in the Eure Valley just 80 km west of Paris. The village is the setting for Studio Guma‘s transformation of a farmhouse and two outbuildings into a second home for a family. The project was carried out with few structural interventions.
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Experimentation with space
Apartment Renovation in Geneva by Bureau
In Geneva, Bureau have transformed a former dental practice into an experimental sequence of spaces that tests the possibilities of apartment design and functionality.
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A creative place for encounters
Sydney Community Centre by Sam Crawford Architects
Western Sydney has a new community centre thanks to Sam Crawford Architects. The Hurlstone Memorial Reserve Community Centre provides space for cultural activities and connects with local heritage.
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A barrier-free farmyard
Holiday Flats by Clementine Blakemore
In the British county of Dorset, Clementine Blakemore Architects have transformed a group of dilapidated agricultural buildings into holiday flats as part of a 250-ha organic farm.
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