Solid construction in masonry and reinforced concrete: projects and technical articles on structure, detailing and material properties.
In their restoration of the Monastery of Santa María of Sijena, Pemán y Franco and Sebastián preserve traces of destruction, rebuilding, and decay spanning 800 years. Recently, they remodelled the east and north wings into an exhibition space for the convent’s valuable artworks.
Brisbane is set to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. However, the city is also preparing for the future in cultural terms. In early 2026, Blight Rayner Architecture and Snøhetta completed the Glasshouse Theatre. Peter Brown and Michael Rayner explain the design.
Trainees are often housed in dreary rooms or anonymous flats. A new hall of residence by Dorte Mandrup shows how things can be done better, for it aims to be much more than just a temporary home.
Terraced gardens define the tiered levels of the five-storey school complex built by Tectoniques near Paris. It comprises 25 classrooms and a courtyard.
Projects such as the Federal Environment Agency headquarters in Dessau or the temporary residence of the Federal President in Berlin show: For more than two decades Sauerbruch Hutton have been advancing timber construction both in terms of materials and systems. How much repetition can a building tolerate - and where does architecture begin when applying serial production methods? Four modular construction projects offer answers to this question.
Scott & Scott Architects have incorporated a hybrid structure with staggered volumes of timber and concrete in southwest Vancouver. They used many locally sourced materials to complete the project.
Spanning five storeys, KUUB's concrete cube offers residents of Antwerp's new Nieuw-Zuid district a wide range of play and sports facilities. Its opening in autumn 2025 marked the happy ending to a five-year construction phase that had got off to a tragic start.
The Paris-based architect with roots in Beirut explains why architecture remains, above all, a matter of people.
Originally, only an artistically designed service station was planned along the tourist route in the hilly countryside of southern China. Luo Studio has transformed this into an exhibition building that celebrates the region's historic bridge-building heritage.
For a long time, an undeveloped plot of land lay next to Corbara Church. The new village square with its community centre not only blends in perfectly with the local topography - its retaining walls and facades were also constructed using earth excavated from the building site.
Ansgar Schulz supervised the construction of the Mother-of-Pearl Immersive Museum in Adorf, Saxony, from the very beginning. In our interview he describes which challenges the realisation of the hypar shell entailed and why rain played a central role in addressing them.
In the sprawling village of Goiáns, the team at Nula.Studio has created a bright-red community centre with a roof featuring numerous folds, thereby establishing a landmark that symbolises community spirit.