Sustainable construction means

At an apartment complex in Inca, Mallorca, the architects Alventosa Morell and Joan Fortuny have combined natural materials and regional craftsmanship with modern energy technology.

Radical reduction

In Madrid, architects Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño of Takk Architecture have transformed this 110-m² apartment owned by a family of three into one that meets passive-house standards.

From sewage pipe to accommodation

The accommodation at a holiday home complex in Portugal's Arouca Unesco Geopark is based on a modular system inspired by sewer pipes.  

Dining with a wow factor

The Penthouse by Wow is a two-level restaurant featuring eclectic design. As part of what is known as the Wow Marketplace, it will offer an immersive consumer experience.

Restoration and renovation

The Palazzo dei Diamanti, a Renaissance masterpiece in Ferrara, is again accessible to the public following its painstaking restoration and renovation by the Labics architecture studio (Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori).

Theatre factory in old foundry

Assigned the task of repurposing an industrial building into a performing arts centre, the architects consistently set their focus on retaining and opening its historical structure.

Living in a warehouse

Caruso St John Architects have painstakingly transformed an old warehouse on the Philips site in Eindhoven into a multifunctional building. It will now be home to a market hall, offices, temporary rental spaces, a residential complex and a parkade.

A mixed-use urban mansion

The residential and office building planned by Dietrich Untertrifaller’s architecture studio occupies an eye-catching corner in diverse surroundings at the centre of Bregenz.

Vertical campus in New York

This university building accommodates a diversity of uses. Along with facilities for competitive sports and the performing arts, it offers two residential towers for lecturers and students.

Architecture Biennale 2023

The retrospective Kengo Kuma: Onomatopoeia Architecture, which is taking place at the Palazzo Cavallli-Franchetti in Venice, is showing around 22 models of some of the Japanese architect’s most significant buildings. The exhibition focuses on the dialogue between people and materials, as well as Kuma’s preoccupation with onomatopoeia, or the formation of words by imitating sounds.

Architecture Biennale 2023 – national pavilions

Decolonization and decarbonization are the guiding themes determined by Biennale director Lesley Lokko. The 64 national pavilions present rather humble self-portraits and timid approaches. Outside the green Giardini, the future of urbanization is being renegotiated: in the desert of Saudi Arabia.    

Architecture Biennale 2023

With Lesley Lokko as curator, the Architecture Biennale in Venice has taken on new momentum. Africa and its diaspora are the focus of the main exhibition, which demonstrates many different reflections.  

A modular lightweight

For this single-family dwelling in a steep forested area, the architects from DelaVegaCanolasso went with a partly prefabricated construction of steel modules that protrude dramatically over the slope.

A steel skeleton between stone facades

In transforming a hardware store into an office building, Daniel Modòl and his studio have opened up the facades and revealed the steel supporting structure.

Heritage-listed storage building

In the Californian city of Orange, Locan O’Herlihy has repurposed a former building for storing oranges into the Sandi Simon Center for Dance at Chapman University.

Concrete with texture

For the Lao Ding Feng baked-goods brand, which was established in Beijing in 1911, Neri&Hu have redesigned an old warehouse formerly devoted to the production of cotton textiles. The brick shell of the existing structure contrasts with the seeming softness of the newly added poured concrete.

Plugged together

At their London workshop, the two architects have developed and produced a building system, based on plug connectors, that enables construction by unskilled workers without heavy tools.

Roofs

Is the time of iconic-laden roof structures over? Current examples show how the roof landscape creates eventful interiors and contributes to the distinctive appearance of architecture.

Interview

How can coastal cities adapt to rising sea levels? Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, who works in Lagos and Amsterdam, seeks answers to climate change.

Interview architecture and climate

For the Mexican Architect Tatiana Bilbao, diversity and a culture of care are needed to combat the climate crisis.

Africa and climate change

Africa is suffering the consequences of climate change - and is also our last chance to test better models of urbanization, says Tarik Oualalou, an architect in Paris and Casablanca.

Lighting quality

The Tramao acoustic pendant luminaire by Zumtobel combines lighting quality with effective sound absorption, including direct and indirect light components.

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