•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 21, 2025
Nina+Co and ROAR partner on the regenerative retrofitting of a South Tottenham house, prioritising performance over footprint.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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."
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by Aarthi Mohan Mar 24, 2025
Portuguese studio OODA Architecture's cylindrical design merges flexibility, efficiency and community in Porto’s student housing landscape.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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
by 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.
by 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.
by Bansari Paghdar Feb 15, 2025
Embracing environmental stewardship, the West Don Ravine Passive House by Poiesis Architecture receives the PHIUS Passive House certification.
by 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.
by STIRworld Feb 11, 2025
The Rio de Janeiro based practice Siqueira+Azul expands an original Oscar Niemeyer house into the modern Itaúna House, integrating contemporary design with lush gardens.
by Simran Gandhi Feb 10, 2025
Selva & Maugin Architectes and urbanmakers conceive an architectural response that transforms a historic site into a model for sustainable living.
by Bansari Paghdar Feb 04, 2025
Designed by SJK Architects, the Light House is inspired by the 'wadas' unique to Maharashtra, featuring a contemporarily interpreted chowk, jharokhas and jaalis.
by Simran Gandhi Feb 04, 2025
The Mayoral New Warehouse Logistics Centre features a layered bioclimatic skin in translucent polycarbonate panels and micro-perforated zinc sheets.
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