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Used cross-laminated timber (CLT) slabs and roof tiles as facade cladding: the LysP8 housing development is a pilot project for circular construction. Project manager Tenzin Tsamdha from Loeliger Strub Architektur talks about the challenges of planning with reclaimed materials.
The Jewish Museum in Šeduva commemorates the culture of Eastern European towns before World War II. With their building, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects from Finland reimagine the small-scale structure of one such village. Its residents were murdered in 1941 by Nazis and their local collaborators.
Lava architecten transformed an old mission building in Leuven into a place where circus arts, music, theatre, and dance coexist under one shared roof. Effective soundproofing is the precondition for the shared use of the facility.
Speed comes at a price, and the magic box has its limits. Modular construction is both a blessing and a curse. For years, politicians have promised that modular building would deliver housing faster and more cheaply, yet in 2026 the number of new homes is heading for its lowest level in years. Extremely fast building sites on the one hand, greater planning effort on the other. A look at modular construction, between promise and the reality on site.
In 1980, Jean Nouvel's Collège Anne Frank in the south of Paris reduced the state-mandated model for industrialised school buildings to the level of farce. Mars Architectes has now renovated the dilapidated building and helped to give new relevance to this architectural provocation.
From yoga to retro parties: with the Markelfingen multi-purpose hall on Lake Constance, Steimle Architects have designed a meeting place for all generations. Beneath the widely cantilevered coffered ceiling, adaptable spaces have been created using timber construction.
Seen from the air, the Brusk exhibition building looks like a spaceship that has made a stopover in Bruges' Old Town. From a pedestrian's perspective, it barely stands out in the cityscape. Paul Robbrecht explains why the building was constructed at this location and how its design relates to the neighbourhood.
The Friedland transit camp on the former inter-German border remains a point of contact for asylum seekers to this day. The new building for the local museum makes the experience of crossing the border tangible in a physical sense.
The design of the museum began with a largely cleared site, yet without an operator. Yutaka Terasaki and Bao Mengxian report on how Kengo Kuma & Associates planned the building without needing a detailed briefing.
Herzog & de Meuron has extended the Mandarin Oriental restaurant on Lake Como. Using local materials plus a new lighting and colour scheme, they draw attention to the surrounding landscape.
One of Switzerland's largest reuse projects is currently under construction in the southeast of Basel. Commissioned by the cantonal property management authority, the architectural practice Parabase is planning around 150 flats using the concrete elements from a demolished multi-storey car park.
How much utopia lies in a scaffold, a snow shovel or a city's rubbish? The award-winning projects from UTOPIA - NOW! show that the future sometimes begins where you least expect it.
The new UCCA Clay Museum advances the millennia-old tradition of artisanal ceramics the Chinese metropolis Yixing is renowned for. An armour of red clay tile encloses the exhibition spaces and the open timber roof constructions above them – an expressive space for the presentation of modern ceramic art.
The Caparol Architecture Award 2026 highlighted just how closely aesthetics, renovation and circularity are now intertwined. The prize for the winners is architecture - to be experienced on a joint trip to Ghent and Antwerp.
With the Landscape House in Ostabat-Asme, V2S Architectes have designed a visitor centre that blends seamlessly into the topography of the Pyrenean foothills. Regional materials, flexible exhibition spaces and a collaborative energy concept characterise the timber structure, which frames the view of the cultural landscape of the Basque Oztibarre Valley.
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.
AACM have integrated a vermilion-coloured nursery into the historic market town of Piove di Sacco near Venice. The ensemble of pyramid-shaped structures is reminiscent of the traditional Casoni Veneti.
Terraced gardens define the tiered levels of the five-storey school complex built by Tectoniques near Paris. It comprises 25 classrooms and a courtyard.