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ECC Creative / A Parallel Architecture

Nana Dokua — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

In the heart of East Austin's Cesar Chavez neighborhood, an abandoned auto parts warehouse is reborn not as mere structure but as a story of resilience, culture and sustainability. This transformation honors the past while shaping a future where architecture becomes a vessel for memory, creativity and community.

House Tenjin / atelier yoo

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

House Tenjin is located in Tenjinmae-cho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan. Operated by the hotel brand Keiyuugyo, the building was originally a timber machiya townhouse constructed in the early Showa period. In this renovation, we took the spatial typology of the machiya as a guiding framework, clarified the house's structural logic, and reorganized its spatial composition. Through a restrained architectural language, the project reweaves its functions, spaces, and living experience.

Park in Market / Office Canopy of Architecture

Andreas Luco — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

PARK IN MARKET — Commissioned by Westlake Construction Investment Group, Office Canopy of Architecture transformed a standardized public building into a park-style marketplace with community attributes. Since West Lake District launched the agricultural market quality enhancement action, marketplace renovation has become a cultural calling card of Hangzhou. The team of Office Canopy of Architecture was responsible for the full-professional design, construction drawings, and implementation management across architecture, interior, landscape, installation, graphic visuals, and lighting.

Piso Oliva / More&Co

Cristina Popescu — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

The renovation of Oliva Apartment by More&co reimagines a traditional urban dwelling into a fluid, luminous, and connected home designed for contemporary living. The primary objective of the intervention was to dismantle a previously compartmentalized layout, unlocking the space to maximize natural light and foster a sense of shared experience throughout the domestic sphere.

Godai Ceramic Studio / IBERÊ STUDIO

Susanna Moreira — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

Through a deliberate process of subtraction, this renovation turns a deteriorated early 20th-century house into a raw, tactile sanctuary for ceramic craft. Located in São Paulo, Brazil, the project avoids conventional restoration. Instead, it embraces irregularities, unfinished surfaces, and the patina of time as active parts of the experience. The architecture connects directly with Wabi-Sabi - the Japanese philosophy that finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

Comprehensive Renovation in Sagasta II / Ábaton

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

Preserving the original charm - In this renovation project, we intervened in an iconic 1920's building, maintaining the spirit of its original architecture. With 319 m² and ceilings of 3.3 meters high, the objective was to respect the distinctive elements of the period, highlighting them and adapting the distribution to a current lifestyle. The spaces were rethought to gain in spaciousness and functionality, prioritizing the connection of compatible environments in open areas.

GE Apartment / Balzar Arquitectos

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

Next to the iconic Colón Market, in the heart of Valencia, stands a series of modernist buildings from the late 19th century. Their facades, rich in ironwork, stained glass, and moldings, speak of an era when the city experienced a cultural and aesthetic awakening driven by the strength of the Valencian bourgeoisie. It was a time of floral motifs, the celebration of local identity, and a dialogue with nature that inspired Art Nouveau.

JAM House / gon architects

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

Casa JAM occupies the top floor of a residential building in Madrid's Argüelles neighborhood, within the 19th-century grid of the Castro Plan. This urban fabric, characterized by high ceilings and generous proportions, serves as the setting for the renovation of a 78 m² apartment with an east-facing terrace. The space is designed as the ultimate sanctuary for Toni, an aeronautical project manager and pop culture enthusiast, alongside his dog Kea, starting from an ambitious desire: to live inside a work of art and design his ideal residence.

Mexico City Stadium: Interior Remodeling & Hospitality Spaces / CUAIK CDS + Luis Huerta + ESTUDIO Ignacio Urquiza Ana Paula de Alba + CAAM Arquitectos + Clásicos Mexicanos

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

At the heart of one of the country's most iconic architectural landmarks, the renovation of the Mexico City Stadium stands as a contemporary manifesto of identity. Far from being a simple intervention, the project is a profound reading of what it means to build in Mexico today: a synthesis of memory and projection, of materiality and narrative. In this way, national identity is built as an open language, where architecture, design, and art operate as vehicles for collective expression. It is a language that integrates inclusion, progress, craftsmanship, and creative genius, finding in the stadium's scale the ideal stage to project Mexico into a global conversation.

A CORMELÁ Renovation / MARXE a+t

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:57:30 +0000

The project aims to reveal and enhance the latent qualities of the original building, an example of vernacular architecture that holds great value as a historical witness, being one of the last traditional fishermen's homes remaining unchanged in the area.

The 798·751 Train Street Renovation / Studio NOR

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The "Train Street," located in the core area of Beijing's 798·751 Park, originally served as the coal yard and railway terminus for the 751 Factory. It was later repurposed into an underground garage, and after a dozen decommissioned train carriages were placed along the tracks on both sides of the garage's rooftop plaza, the site was opened to the public. However, the space subsequently suffered from a loss of vitality. Studio NOR utilized a lightweight, modular micro-renovation strategy, successfully transformed this passive, corridor-like passage into a vibrant community destination.

Green House / Anna & Eugeni Bach

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:57:00 +0000

Enjoying being outdoors. Cooking, eating, and sharing the afternoon with friends under the leaves of a dense ficus tree in an open-air room. Turning the existing garden into an other room of the house creates an oasis within the neighborhood where much of the daily activity happens while enjoying the pleasant Mediterranean climate.

TCV House / André Becker

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:56:00 +0000

A residential renovation in Jardim das Bandeiras, a neighborhood adjacent to Vila Madalena in São Paulo.
The area features a hilly topography, with a steeply sloping lot accessed from the lower section.

Apartment Renovation in Madrid / midori arquitectura

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:56:00 +0000

Located in Madrid's Malasaña neighborhood, this small apartment of barely 30 square meters (323 square feet) possessed all the intangibles and potential to become a fantastic home. Being on the top floor of a century-old building, the space enjoyed natural light through a reasonably wide interior courtyard. On the street-facing facade, it only had a couple of small openings close to the ceiling, situated above the building's pitched roof. An attic space extended beneath this roof, but it was very low, difficult to access, and featured only a small skylight.

Casa More / Workshop Diseño y Construcción

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:54:00 +0000

Casa More, located in the historic center of Mérida, was built in the 1940s, influenced by the Art Deco style of the era. During the intervention process, the existing spaces were restored and remodeled, adding only a terrace and a pool at the center of the lot.

Born 10 / NORA studio

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:54:00 +0000

In a town with such a rich winemaking tradition as Binissalem, this project was approached much like the process of producing a wine—encompassing all its stages, from the harvest, destemming, crushing, and pressing, to letting it ferment until the prized wine is achieved. Throughout this process, by studying and gathering historical information about both the house itself and its surroundings, we broke down the key elements of the project, identifying three coexisting worlds.

Moiré Apartment / CODA Arquitetura

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:53:00 +0000

Located in one of the first duplex blocks of Brasília's superquadras, this 294-square-meter (approx. 3,165-square-foot) apartment underwent a renovation that completely transformed its layout and atmosphere. The design sought to celebrate the building's essence by leaving the concrete beams and columns exposed, highlighting the structural materiality. At the same time, it integrated spaces to provide a fluid living experience tailored to contemporary daily life. While the original structure of the staircase was preserved, it received a new metal handrail and guardrail, turning it into a central element that defines the project's identity. The overlapping of the metal meshes that form the staircase guardrail creates a moiré effect, which gives the project its name.

Nola Café & Kitchen / Baral Studio

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0000

Located in the heart of Bucaramanga, Nola Café & Cocina is an architectural conversion project that transforms a traditional mid-20th-century home into a contemporary space dedicated to gastronomy and social gathering.

Villa Lava / Nábito Architects

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0000

Villa Lava is a private residence located in Santa Tecla, in the province of Acireale, on the eastern coast of Sicily. The project is a unique architectural combination: the union of two houses into one large villa. On one hand, there is an old fisherman's cottage dating back to around 1900, completely restored by Nábito Architects to preserve its essential character while carefully uncovering and preserving the original lava stone vaults.

EME House / gon architects

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:20:00 +0000

The story of EME House is born from a memory and a desire. The memory of Manuel, its owner and a lover of design and cooking, who, upon visiting the apartment in the center of Madrid for the first time, felt as if he had already lived in a similar place, with a related spirit but in another time. And the desire to imagine himself reading on a Sunday in the living room, with light streaming through the large windows, framing views of the Plaza Mayor, Toledo Street, the Plaza de Puerta Cerrada, and the Collegiate Church of San Isidro el Real, landmarks of historic Madrid.

FV House / Worc Arquitectos

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:19:00 +0000

The intervention involves the remodeling and expansion of an existing house, situated on a steeply sloping lot with a northwest orientation. The project addresses the site's topographical complexity as an opportunity to redefine the relationship between architecture and landscape, enhancing distant views of the coastal environment while simultaneously providing protection from the area's prevailing winds.

Casa Tupis / LB Interiores

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:17:00 +0000

Located in the neighborhood of São Francisco, in Niterói (RJ), Casa Tupis is the home of a couple with a baby who dreamed of living in a house again. After living in an apartment for a while, Thais and Fernando found this sloping lot to be the perfect refuge to host their large family and friends, which is essential to their lifestyle.

Shanghai Panlong Tiandi / BWSS

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:39:00 +0000

Panlong Tiandi is a revitalized thousand-year-old Jiangnan water town, a vibrant "Xintiandi in the Park," where historic preservation seamlessly embraces modern urban vitality.

Casa Rocafull / osb arquitectos

Valentina Díaz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:36:00 +0000

Located in the heart of Valencia's historic Cabanyal district, Rocafull House by osb arquitectos stands as a testament to the transformative power of thoughtful rehabilitation. The project breathes new life into a long-abandoned ruin, converting it into a bespoke home that harmonizes modernist heritage with Arab-inspired design. In a neighborhood known for its architectural sensitivity, the challenge was to rehabilitate an unprotected building while respecting its urban context and fulfilling the client's vision for a space that is both contemporary and deeply rooted in tradition.