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Trestle Cabin / Miller Hull Partnership

Hana Abdel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

This project seeks to develop a prototype for the development of low-impact cabins on challenging and remote sites. Borrowing conceptual strategies from Metabolist architecture of the 1960s, the proposal utilizes a language of superstructure and modules to allow for adaptations over time. Recognizing the immense investment and environmental impact of remote development, the strategy employs long-term thinking, allowing the structure to remain relevant across many generations and owners.

Meadows Primary School / Project 12 Architecture

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Meadows Primary School is a proudly multi-cultural school in Broadmeadow, in Melbourne's northern suburbs. Project 12 was commissioned to create a new 10-classroom building for 200 additional students, that incorporates support spaces, consultation/wellbeing rooms, staff work areas, and student and staff amenities. As part of the project, a range of learning spaces throughout the campus were also upgraded to offer separate classrooms, flexible teaching spaces, and consultation rooms to better meet the school's needs.

Our Lady of Victoria Monastery / Localworks

Hana Abdel — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Our Lady of Victoria Monastery was originally established in Kenya in 1952. It hosts a community of monks from the Cistercian Trappist order who moved to Uganda in 2008 following post-election unrest in Kenya. Localworks' architectural proposal followed a requirement to double the existing monastery in size and accommodate a growing community of monks. The design includes a total of four new buildings – Church, Noviciate, Guesthouse, and Gatehouse. All buildings are intricately detailed in clay brick and arranged around three courtyards.

Open Chapel / Christoph Hesse Architects

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The "Open Chapel" in Hillerhausen, Germany, stands as a powerful symbol of collaboration and serves as a transformative perspective-changer, inspired by the "Open Mind Places" in the nearby village of Referinghausen in the Sauerland region. Drawing from the ethos of openness and inclusivity, the chapel offers visitors a space that fosters both introspection and connection.

Montpellier Metropolitan Cemetery / Agence Traverses - Paysage, Urbanisme, Architecture

Valeria Silva — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The particularity of our project lies in the versatility of its responses to the program and its adaptation to the site. We treated the cemetery like a public landscaped park, we have developed a symbolic work on the relationship between death and the cosmos, nature, earth, sky, and light.

Temple Complex / James Gorst Architects

Paula Pintos — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

James Gorst Architects has completed a new temple complex in the village of Rake, Hampshire, within the South Downs National Park. The practice was selected following a two-stage design competition in early 2017 with a brief to replace the existing dilapidated 1970s complex.

Torre Picasso Offices / Destudio

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The office on the 42nd floor of Torre Picasso (Madrid) was born from a competition in which the client had a peculiar program for only 4 permanent workers in an area of 330 m2, to which occasionally are added more employees coming from different company locations to hold meetings in the rooms of this office.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Flaxman Library Renovation / Kwong Von Glinow

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Flaxman Library renovation project radically proposes an "open book" approach to the spatial experience of the library by connecting two previously siloed floors to create one visually and physically connected space where the collections and the work of the librarians preserving those collections are on view.

Forest House / Triangular

Clara Ott — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

This House is located in the middle of a “hualles” and “ulmos” forest with the Colico Lake in the background. In order to achieve a minimal environmental intervention, the house sits on a base that allows wild flora to grow through it.

Tunich House / Ápiron

Valeria Silva — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

House Tunich is located in Telchac Puerto, a coastal town north of the Yucatan Peninsula. The project displants on a regular beachfront estate with twenty linear meters in front of the sea of the Gulf of Mexico and twenty-four meters wide located right at the corner lot, these characteristics established the bases for the design of the project. The house was designed to prioritize the ocean views and seeking for the passing of the winds to provide freshness to the overall space.

Gea House / Studio AM11

Valeria Silva — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The feeling of flying and floating in the air is incredibly magical! The project is located at the base of Cerro de la Silla, in the municipality of Monterrey, Nuevo León. The property covers an area of 900 square meters and boasts a 430-square-meter construction, where the city's hustle and bustle successfully disconnects to create a space radiating peace and harmony with its surroundings.

Hull Mexico Park Clubhouse / MXTAD

Valeria Silva — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

"Casco Parque Mexico" is a clubhouse for a housing cluster located in one of the most important, and fastest-growing residential areas in Puebla. The building was projected with two main objectives: to function as a coexistence and leisure center for inhabitants and visitors of all ages and serve as the archetype for future residences within the cluster.

Madcoffee / Madarq studio

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Inspired by specialty coffee and the love for design, the place redefines the conventional design studio and is a physical representation or showroom where you can visualize the skills of the studio and the new design trends, promoting the creation of spaces that stimulate the senses and gradually enrich the local community.

“S” House / Gubbins Polidura Arquitectos + MasArquitectos

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Punta Pite is located between Zapallar and Papudo, about 150 km north of Santiago, Chile. The site, as its name indicates, is a rocky point that juts into the sea. The task was to design a second home for a couple and their three children.

Parque Esmeralda: Community Garden Project / CAW Arquitectos

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

From a landfill to Vergel in the desert. Parque Esmeralda is located in the piedmont of Copiapó city, Northern Chile. The Park is in one of the last peripheral social housing developments on the north side of this town, at the border with the Atacama Desert.

C MIL Building Renovation / CASTOR FIBER architecture studio

Andreas Luco — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Zone-foreign military building becomes a pleasant place to live and work. Even before the client decided to compete in the public sale of a military domain, he involved architect Maarten Dekoninck in his plans. He gave a positive recommendation and later transformed the brutalist building, characterized by concrete and steel windows, into a residential house with an office function. The very attractive location, at the highest point of the green belt around Brussels, was certainly an important asset. The plot offers a beautiful view of Brussels 20 kilometers away and you can also enjoy spectacular views in the other directions. To create is to delete.

Booking.com City Campus / UNStudio

Paula Pintos — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The architecture of the Booking.com City Campus. In 2015, Booking.com, together with BPD (Bouwfonds Property Development), selected UNStudio to design their new campus in the center of Amsterdam. From the outset, the goal for the buildings was to create a healthy community; to bring employees together and to attract new talent from across the globe.

National Museum of the United States Army / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Paula Pintos — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA), a cultural institution of national significance that is the first to tell the story of the oldest branch of the United States military. The building – which is located just 20 miles outside of Washington, D.C. – is designed to serve as a center of education, and the Army's symbolic front door. By walking visitors through every generation of the Army, the museum focuses not on battles or wars, but on the individual soldier – a centuries-long narrative of honor, sacrifice, and valor.