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Living in a Japanese House

An in-depth, insider’s look at the private homes of Japan, from the quirky to the economical and the efficient to the lavish.

Urban Elegance: Classic Contemporary Living

A celebration of luxury apartment towers by RAMSA, the unquestioned leader in this architecture arena

Virtues of Verticality / La Verticalité vertueuse

"For Cro&Co Architecture, the vertical model seems capable of reinventing itself in favour of the environment and users, providing innovative solutions for carbon neutrality, combating soil artificialisation, creating cooling islands, promoting mixed use and reconnecting cities and citizens. Having designed and rehabilitated high-rise buildings, the agency is continuing its research into combining verticality, well-being and innovation. In 'The Virtues of Verticality', it offers ideas for restoring the legitimacy and desirability of this urban form.
Bilingual French/English edition, 144 pages.

Lima la Moderna

The participation of foreign intellectuals in the urban development of Peruvian cities, and particularly of Europeans in the introduction of new types of buildings in Lima, remains one of the most important influences on local architects and engineers.

100 21st Century Buildings

A celebration of some of the greatest modern buildings in Britain, all created in the 21st century.

Call for entries: Memorial to the Sixth Extinction - An Open International Ideas Competition

There have been five major extinction events in Earth's history, the fifth being the obliteration of the dinosaurs by an asteroid some 65 million years ago. For many plant and animal species today, humans are now the greatest threat to their survival. This is known as the sixth extinction, and its grim ledger is the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The unrestrained destruction of animal habitats for our cities and food production is the equivalent of a slow-motion asteroid. And yet, it is only the human who has the capacity to prevent a real asteroid hitting Earth.

Thinking Hands

International Summer School of Architecture – Thinking Hands
Dobrava pri Škocjanu, Slovenia

This Is Not a Game: Public Happenings in Former Churches for Manifesta 16 Ruhr

Join four days of public happenings that bring collective play, performance, and public action into former churches across Gelsenkirchen.

Architecture's Inscription

Architecture's Inscriptions will open this July at TANK Shanghai on the West Bund. Running from July 9 to October 7, 2026, this exhibition brings together works by contemporary architects and artists alongside ancient Chinese manuscripts, rubbings, scholar's rocks and paintings, exploring various forms of synthetic poetics grounded in inscription.

ASAP* (Architectural Studio Afterwork Paris)

Paris School of Architecture (PS-Arch) and the Pavillon de l'Arsenal invite you to a new professional architecture networking event: ASAP* (Architectural Studio Afterwork Paris).

My Favorite Material Is Light: & Other Quotes by Architects

The world’s leading architects offer inspiring advice, hard-earned wisdom, and frank opinions in this stylish volume.

Open Call for Exhibition Concepts

Van Alen Institute has spent more than 130 years at the intersection of design ambition, education, and civic life. Today, we are a driving force behind community-led urban design, which believes that local knowledge and care enrich the design process. Our archive—comprising thousands of competition boards, jury records, photographs, and correspondences—is one of the most significant collections of American architectural history in existence. Much of it has never been seen by the public.

Hold the Place: 16th international Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea

The Trieste Contemporanea Committee is pleased to announce the 16th edition of its International Design Contest: HOLD THE PLACE. The competition is carried out under the patronage of the ADI – Association for Industrial Design and the Central European Initiative. Supported by the co-financing from the Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, it is organised with the collaboration of the ADI's Friuli Venezia Giulia Territorial Delegation.

DiWine Path Summer School

The ‘DiWine Path’ Summer School explores how climate change is reshaping agricultural production, transforming mountainous areas into new territories for viticultural experimentation and rural regeneration. Through an integrated, interdisciplinary, and multiscale approach, the programme investigates strategies to enhance and recover fragile historic viticultural landscapes and rural heritage of Valle Maira in Piedmont (Italy).

TheatreDNA, 10 Years In, Is Changing How Performing Arts Venues are Planned, Designed & Operated

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Over the past decade, the definition of a performing arts venue has shifted. No longer singular-purpose destinations, today's cultural facilities are expected to operate as flexible, revenue-generating, community-centered ecosystems. This evolution has challenged architects, operators, and owners to rethink not just how venues are designed, but how they function over time.

Buildner Announces Museum of Emotions Edition 7 Winners as Edition 8 Registration Deadline Approaches

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Buildner has announced the results of its Museum of Emotions Competition Edition 7. The Museum of Emotions is an annual international design competition that tasks participants to explore the extent to which architecture can be used as a tool to evoke emotion.

The brief calls for the design of a conceptual museum with two exhibition halls: one designed to induce negative emotions; the other designed to induce positive emotions. Participants are free to choose any site of their liking, real or imaginary, as well as choose the scale of the project. The meaning of 'positive' and 'negative' is up for interpretation: What two emotions might a designer consider contrasting? How might an architect conceive spaces which elicit fear, anger, anxiety, love or happiness? 

Ventilated Facades and Fire Performance: A Global Approach to the System

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As the technical requirements of building envelopes have evolved, fire performance has become a key criterion in the design of ventilated facades. Given this situation, analyses no longer focus solely on the individual reaction of materials, but also on the joint response of the entire building envelope under possible scenarios of external fire propagation.

The Death of Dry Powder? Why Ready-Mixed Finishes Are Taking Over

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In an industry defined by engineering tolerances and performance certainty, interior finishing still relies on a process that introduces variability into every project. Even experienced applicators often depend on judgement-based mixing—estimating water ratios and adjusting by feel until the material appears workable. While skill reduces variability, it does not eliminate it. The result is inherent inconsistency that transfers directly onto the finished surface.