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Dining with a wow factor
Restaurant in Madrid by External Reference
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.
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Perched on the slope
Subsidized Housing with a Sea View
On the outskirts of Barcelona, Dataae and Xavier Vendrell Studio have built 39 apartments – with a sea view and using climate-friendly techniques – for low-income residents.


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Undulating rooftop landscape
Sky Mountain in Haikou by Sou Fujimoto
The south Chinese city of Haikou wishes to enhance its shoreline with 16 new buildings by noted architects. Sou Fujimoto's ring-shaped pavilion with its undulating roof is the second such project to be completed.
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A modular lightweight
House in Madrid by DelaVegaCanolasso
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.
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Theatre factory in old foundry
The Mercury Store in New York by CO Adaptive Architecture
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.


Conversion of an Old Townhouse by Angela Deuber Architects
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Extended symmetry
Enlargement of Museum Paleis Het Loo by Kaan Architects
The Museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, has been renovated and enlarged. The extension below the forecourt of the former royal palace references its Baroque symmetry.
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A steel skeleton between stone facades
Coworking Office in Barcelona by Daniel Modòl
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.
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Heritage-listed storage building
Dance Center at Chapman University in California by Lorcan O’Herlihy
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.
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Stacked maisonettes
Residential Complex in Luxembourg
On Luxembourg’s Kirchberg Plateau, the Spanish architecture studios Amann Cánovas Maruri and Adelino Magalhaes have designed six subsidized housing buildings that meet passive-energy standards. The structures reflect the unusual typology of the apartments and access zones within them.
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Mixed Use
How can we design buildings with spaces that permit a flexible and diverse range of uses? First as offices, then as apartments or kindergartens and later, perhaps, as laboratories? We selected exciting projects for our September issue, focussing on mixed use concepts. They include residential and office spaces, sports halls and gastronomic functions, parking garages and student housing and many more within their complex programs. The possibly most interesting question regarding this building typology is how these different uses are organised: How are they accessed? How are they enmeshed, how are they separated? Are they stacked vertically or arranged horizontally? Which intersections between them are sensible? We present current project examples from Brussels, New York and Vienna. We hope you enjoy our concept issue! Sandra Hofmeister
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Agricultural poesy
Combined Café and Flower Shop in Japan by Fathom
In designing a combined cafe and flower shop for an agricultural business, the Japanese architectural practice Fathom took inspiration from neighbouring buildings and their use.
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Restoration and renovation
Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara by Labics
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).
Cost-Effective Buildings
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Sustainable construction means
Social Housing in Mallorca
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.
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Radical reduction
The Day After House in Madrid by Takk Architecture
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.
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From sewage pipe to accommodation
Holiday Home Complex in Portugal by Summary
The accommodation at a holiday home complex in Portugal's Arouca Unesco Geopark is based on a modular system inspired by sewer pipes.
Interiors & Design
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Dining with a wow factor
Restaurant in Madrid by External Reference
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.
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Restoration and renovation
Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara by Labics
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).
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Theatre factory in old foundry
The Mercury Store in New York by CO Adaptive Architecture
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.
Current Issue
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Living in a warehouse
Veemgebouw by Caruso St John Architects
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.
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A mixed-use urban mansion
Residential and Office Building in Bregenz by Dietrich Untertrifaller
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.
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Vertical campus in New York
Paulson Center by Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake
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
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Architecture Biennale 2023
Kengo Kuma: Onomatopoeia Architecture
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.
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Architecture Biennale 2023 – national pavilions
Self-Reflection, Diversionary Tactics and Real Science Fiction
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.
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Architecture Biennale 2023
Younger, More Diverse, More Political
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.
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Climate & Resources
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A modular lightweight
House in Madrid by DelaVegaCanolasso
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.
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A steel skeleton between stone facades
Coworking Office in Barcelona by Daniel Modòl
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.
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Heritage-listed storage building
Dance Center at Chapman University in California by Lorcan O’Herlihy
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.
Videos & Podcasts
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Concrete with texture
Flagship Store in Beijing by Neri&Hu
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.
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Plugged together
Do-it-yourself Building by Boano Prišmontas
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.
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Roofs
Far More than the Fifth Facade - Editorial Detail 5.2023
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.
Podcasts
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Interview
Kunlé Adeyemi On Rising Sea Levels
How can coastal cities adapt to rising sea levels? Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, who works in Lagos and Amsterdam, seeks answers to climate change.
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Interview architecture and climate
Tatiana Bilbao on the Future of Mexico City
For the Mexican Architect Tatiana Bilbao, diversity and a culture of care are needed to combat the climate crisis.
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Africa and climate change
Tarik Oualalou on the Urban Planning of the Future
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.
Products & References
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Revitalised industrial monument
AFF Architects renovated the Grain Test Warehouse on the former site of the Lehrter Güterbahnhof in Berlin Moabit and added a roof structure to the vacant industrial monument.
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Lighting quality
Sound-Absorbing Pendant Luminaire
The Tramao acoustic pendant luminaire by Zumtobel combines lighting quality with effective sound absorption, including direct and indirect light components.