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Humanity as practice: The 36th Bienal de São Paulo
Sep 23, 2025by Mercedes Ezquiaga Sep 23, 2025
Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the Bienal in Brazil gathers 120 artists exploring migration, community and what it means to “be human”.
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The House for Five Women exercises adaptability for an architecture of care
Sep 22, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 22, 2025
Designed by Serbia and Switzerland-based studio TEN, the residential project prioritises openness of process to allow the building to transform with its residents.
Avijit Mukul Kishore and Rohan Shivkumar on architecture as autobiography
Sep 16, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 16, 2025
At ADFF: STIR Mumbai 2025, the architect-filmmaker duo discussed their film Lovely Villa (2020) and how architecture can be read as a mirror of the nation.
Inside RIBA's 2025 Stirling Prize shortlist: big, beautiful architecture, but rarely bold
Sep 11, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Sep 11, 2025
With London at the heart of architectural enquiry again, the shortlist aims to tackle Britain's most pressing urban issues, but has a concerning geographic and functional concentration.
Songzhuang Z Museum: A Quartet of tiered terraces and a colour-shifting woven skin
Aug 27, 2025by Jincy Iype Aug 27, 2025
Neither concealed nor diminished, an incongruous structure is deconstructed into four ‘quartets’ by TEAM_BLDG, shaping China’s first contemporary rural art museum for weaving.
RAD+ar sculpts an office in West Jakarta as a dome for the tropical breeze
Aug 23, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 23, 2025
In a rapidly urbanising tropical neighbourhood, the Sagehaus Office Garden reveals a tripartite design animated by enclosures, fenestrations and terraces.
Ramón Esteve Estudio transforms a former hospice into a university campus in Valencia
Aug 09, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 09, 2025
Catering to the city’s evolving needs, the studio steers away from a "pastiche" approach to restore the 1873-built neoclassical complex for the EU Turia Campus.
Nina’s House: A 1970s home in London turns fossil fuel-free through a natural retrofit
Jul 21, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 21, 2025
Nina+Co and ROAR partner on the regenerative retrofitting of a South Tottenham house, prioritising performance over footprint.
SHAU on the mega-processes informing Microlibraries and their contextual impacts
Jul 18, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 18, 2025
STIR speaks to the interdisciplinary studio’s founders, Florian Heinzelmann and Daliana Suryawinata, on their vision for the small-scale cultural interventions in Indonesia.
Paulíny Hovorka Architects designs a brutalist Y-shaped haven in rural Slovakia
Jul 08, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jul 08, 2025
Rooted in Slovak culture, the Banánka House is an architectural narrative of family, culture and the seamless embrace of nature.
Modularity and an inner city charm inform Splinter Society’s tower of light
Jul 01, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Jul 01, 2025
The Newburgh Light House in Melbourne’s Auburn village embodies a clean expression of modularity to compose an alternative to the area’s existing housing stock.
Contextual kinship meets modern utility in RAMSA’s vision for Shinsegae Namsan
Jun 28, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jun 28, 2025
The New York-based practice’s debut project in South Korea offers a thoughtful take on how architecture stands to shape and support the city’s cultural and corporate future.
Symbiosis in conservation at SHROFFLEóN's House of Material and Character
Jun 18, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jun 18, 2025
The Mumbai-based architecture and design practice redesigns a home in Lonavala, introducing a contrasting steel expansion that dialogues with the house’s original essence.
Studio Sangath's recent residential design revels in the brutalist materiality of brick
Jun 10, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 10, 2025
The Alloa Hills weekend home, designed by the Ahmedabad-based studio, adopts a pavilion-like form to create a seamless connection between the house’s terracotta interiors and nature.
AGE360 stands as a discernible, concrete exoskeleton tower in Curitiba’s Ecoville
May 31, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi May 31, 2025
Architects Office and Triptyque Architecture’s housing tower in Brazil integrates a sculptural form and biophilic design, reshaping Ecoville’s skyline with elevated wellness amenities.
Vietnamese residence DB Horizon retains its spatial and sensorial memories
May 21, 2025by Bansari Paghdar May 21, 2025
Designed by SAL, the revived ancestral home is characterised by a metal structural system and wooden shutters, featuring communal spaces wrapped in a permeable envelope.
The Gower Mausoleum is a solemn, vertical addition to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
May 19, 2025by Aarthi Mohan May 19, 2025
The cemetery's landscape is transformed with the addition of the towering mausoleum, a 100 feet-tall landmark merging functionality, history and sustainability for a modern era.
Wick Lane by dRMM evokes and bolsters Hackney Wick's layered industrial context
May 17, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi May 17, 2025
The dense, mixed-use, co-living scheme blends housing and workspaces through developer-led planning and a disciplined material language.
Fusing cultures, ancient and modern, the JM Cafe in Beijing enlivens the public realm
May 15, 2025by Bansari Paghdar May 15, 2025
Renovated by B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio, the cafe and bakery reflect its context and uses grey bricks, stone and stainless steel to craft detailed, layered and cohesive spaces.
OMA envisions Dior’s 'Designer of Dreams' as a rhythmic journey of spaces and concepts
Apr 30, 2025by Anushka Sharma Apr 30, 2025
In its fifth collaboration with the luxury brand, the OMA-designed exhibition at DDP, Seoul, evokes the experience of "walking on a Parisian street, inside a skirt or a jar."
A disused Czech railway warehouse finds new life in the community space Drevak
Apr 21, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Apr 21, 2025
Sodomka Sodomková Architekti transforms a dilapidated railway warehouse into a hybrid public space, integrating reused shipping containers for a contextual belonging.
Animated by interstices, Casa nnCLP by nnarquitectos is a linear concrete monolith
Apr 16, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Apr 16, 2025
Structural design and bare architectural expression collide to form this robust residence in Córdoba, Argentina, featuring natural light and arrays of beams as stylistic devices.
CLOU Architects' Wuhan Ski Resort brings winter to subtropical Wuhan
Apr 16, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi Apr 16, 2025
With immersive programming and a striking modular design, the resort lends commentary on China’s dichotomous but hedonistic embrace of mega structures and simulated worlds.
S9 Architecture's redevelopment of Neuhoff District plays on the aesthetics of nostalgia
Apr 14, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 14, 2025
The New York-based studio's urban design scheme for an industrial neighbourhood in Nashville repurposes an existing building on site, creating office and commercial spaces.
Vector Architects crafts an 'urban public living room' at the Jingyang Camphor Court
Apr 02, 2025by Simran Gandhi Apr 02, 2025
The hotel architecture features an intimate courtyard in the heart of Jingdezhen, preserving the relics of a historic warehouse and a network of age-old camphor trees.
Urban Gauze by DOT allows breathing space for a textile house and office in Surat, India
Mar 29, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 29, 2025
A renovation exercise of a textile production facility in Surat, Gujarat, incorporates natural light by carving out courtyards and skylights within a tight building footprint.
TasteSpace's Another Smith is a bamboo-laden legacy in Tak province, Thailand
Mar 27, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Mar 27, 2025
The Thai practice's thoughtful use of bamboo, bold branding and spatial planning creates a restaurant that bridges generational shifts and cultural traditions.
ARCO (cc) by WORC is a contemporary cultural space against a historic tapestry
Mar 25, 2025by Anushka Sharma Mar 25, 2025
The architecture practice renovates a home in the San Miguel Chapultepec neighbourhood in Mexico City, reviving its original character with sensitivity and a renewed approach.
Hoso Tower bridges urban gaps with a design to foster community and efficiency
Mar 24, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Mar 24, 2025
Portuguese studio OODA Architecture's cylindrical design merges flexibility, efficiency and community in Porto’s student housing landscape.
From ruins to refuge: The architectural revival of Angkor Grace Residence
Mar 20, 2025by Nikitha Sunil Mar 20, 2025
Bloom Architecture transforms abandoned housing into a serene wellness retreat by weaving sustainability, culture and nature into a harmonious sanctuary in Siem Reap.
Benjamin Pennell's residence is an assemblage of his ideas and intrigues
Mar 19, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Mar 19, 2025
The speculative house, 300 John Lemley Lane, experiments with simple materials to create an unfinished aesthetic, featuring a central light shaft and layered roof design.
Wutopia Lab's tripartite architecture for Ceramic Pages traces a teapot's making
Mar 17, 2025by Nikitha Sunil Mar 17, 2025
In Yixing, China, the Wutopia Lab-designed bookstore unfolds as a multi-layered architectural allegory, basing its spatial design on the journey of crafting Zisha teapots.
Atelier d’More’s Chinese B&B Sleeping LabᐧTang is a minimalistic sanctuary
Mar 15, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Mar 15, 2025
Featuring a facade with organic forms, the lodging is located in a small village in Beijing, offering private rooms and shared spaces amidst two courtyards.
Gelephu International Airport by BIG seeks to catalyse Bhutan’s urban and economic rise
Mar 07, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Mar 07, 2025
Designed by the renowned Danish practice, the calming design of the aerial transport hub embodies Bhutanese cultural heritage through mindful spaces and timber motifs.
Kitsch, cute, almost crude: Japan’s 'Love Hotel' through the lens of François Prost
Mar 04, 2025by Jincy Iype Mar 04, 2025
Published by Fisheye Editions, this book relays the Parisian photographer’s documentation of peculiar hotels shaped like UFOs and cruise ships, offering privacy for amorous activities.
Moguang Studio's 'Treehouse' in Hubei is a suspended refuge among ginkgo canopies
Mar 03, 2025by Nikitha Sunil Mar 03, 2025
Where geometry meets organic beauty, the Beijing-based practice's elevated retreat becomes an observatory of light, shadow and the rhythms of the forest
The Tselinny Center emerges as a catalyst for art, community and change in Almaty
Feb 26, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Feb 26, 2025
British architect Asif Khan's architectural vision for the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture anchors a space for creativity, critical thought and ecological reflection.
The coastal residence of 'De Amicis 154' is an exploration of ‘Palazzina’ in Italy
Feb 24, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Feb 24, 2025
Designed by Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti, the multi-storey residential building features extruding terraces stacked on one another to create a porous exterior shell.
Toronto's first PHIUS-certified home adopts high-efficiency passive design concepts
Feb 15, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Feb 15, 2025
Embracing environmental stewardship, the West Don Ravine Passive House by Poiesis Architecture receives the PHIUS Passive House certification.
White Arkitekter's Våga reimagines the monotonous typology of water towers
Feb 12, 2025by Anushka Sharma Feb 12, 2025
The Swedish architecture firm conceives a sculptural concrete water tower in Varberg that pays tribute to the city’s deep connection to the sea through its unique form.
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