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Architects: Küster Brizola Arquitetos
- Area: 11 ft²
- Year: 2024
Céu Bar / Küster Brizola Arquitetos
https://www.archdaily.com/1035941/ceu-bar-kuster-brizola-arquitetosPilar Caballero
Lupita Pizzaria / XXXI.studio
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Architects: XXXI.studio
- Area: 71 m²
- Year: 2025
https://www.archdaily.com/1036845/lupita-pizzaria-xxxtudioSusanna Moreira
Anzio Laneway House / Imu Chan Architecture
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Architects: Imu Chan Architecture
- Year: 2023
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Professionals: Cypher Developments, Kontrol Engineering
https://www.archdaily.com/1037215/anzio-laneway-house-imu-chan-architecturePilar Caballero
The Past, Present, and Future of Hemp in Construction
Few plants have accompanied humanity as closely as cannabis. Used for millennia to make textiles, paper, and medicines, it has quietly shaped everyday life and built environments alike. Hemp, its non-psychoactive variety, is one of the earliest cultivated crops and a material of remarkable versatility: strong, breathable, and renewable. From ropes and sails to insulation and biocomposites, hemp’s fibers have been helping humans build for thousands of years.
https://www.archdaily.com/1019891/the-past-present-and-future-of-hemp-in-constructionEduardo Souza
Esca Playa / Badie Architects
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Architects: Badie Architects
- Area: 950 m²
- Year: 2025
https://www.archdaily.com/1037230/esca-playa-badie-architectsHadir Al Koshta
Barbican Center Renewal Program Moves Forward to Secure the Future of London’s Brutalist Legacy
The City of London Corporation has formally approved the delivery plan for the renewal of the Barbican Centre, confirming a £191 million investment to support the first five-year phase of a long-term transformation programme. Approved in December 2025, the decision secures funding for major repairs, infrastructure upgrades, and public space improvements across the Grade II-listed complex. Subject to planning permission, major construction is scheduled to begin in 2027, with completion of this phase targeted for 2030, ahead of the Barbican's 50th anniversary. To facilitate the works, most programmes within the Centre will pause for approximately one year between June 2028 and June 2029, while preparatory upgrades, including essential works to the Barbican Theatre, are set to begin in early 2026.
https://www.archdaily.com/1037394/barbican-center-renewal-program-moves-forward-to-secure-the-future-of-londons-brutalist-legacyReyyan Dogan
Les Fabriques School / Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés
https://www.archdaily.com/1037231/les-fabriques-school-brenac-and-gonzalez-and-associesHadir Al Koshta
Meganom Nears Completion of 262 Fifth Avenue Residential Skyscraper in New York City
Moscow-based architecture, urban design, and research practice Meganom is nearing completion of its residential skyscraper at 262 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. Designed for client Five Points Development, the project dates back to 2015 and brings together an international team that includes Norm Architects as interior architect, SLCE Architects as architect of record, and untitled architecture overseeing architectural supervision and project management. Rising 860 feet over 52 stories, the tower contains 26 residential units within approximately 140,000 square feet and draws conceptual inspiration from aeronautics, envisioning apartments as elevated "shelves" that frame expansive views of the city.
https://www.archdaily.com/1037382/meganom-nears-completion-of-262-fifth-avenue-residential-skyscraper-in-new-york-cityAntonia Piñeiro
Best Articles of 2025: Plural Practices, Environmental Responses, and an Architecture of Care
Across recent years, architectural discourse has been shaped by the emergence of new voices, rediscovered territories, and a growing commitment to shared forms of knowledge. These concerns remain fully present in 2025 as ongoing debates that continue to gain density and nuance. Questions of who produces architecture, from which contexts, and under what conditions remain central, increasingly informed by practices that operate collectively, across disciplines, and beyond singular authorship.
This continuity is reflected in how architecture is understood less as a finished object and more as an ongoing process embedded in social, cultural, and environmental systems. Discussions around agency, participation, and knowledge production persist, alongside sustained attention to rural, peripheral, and historically marginalized contexts. Rather than privileging a single scale or geography, architecture is approached as a practice that moves between territories, acknowledging the unequal conditions that shape how spaces are designed, built, maintained, and inhabited.
https://www.archdaily.com/1037263/best-articles-of-2025-plural-practices-environmental-responses-and-an-architecture-of-careRomullo Baratto
Escenario Hanabusayama / Ryuichi Sasaki + Sasaki Architecture
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Architects: Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture
- Area: 496 m²
- Year: 2023
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Professionals: Tatsumi Terado Structural Studio, Alpha Management & Partners
https://www.archdaily.com/1037101/escenario-hanabusayama-ryuichi-sasaki-plus-sasaki-architecturePilar Caballero
A Model of Sporadic Thoughts / FHHH friends
https://www.archdaily.com/1037093/a-model-of-sporadic-thoughts-fhhh-friendsMiwa Negoro
The Opened “White Box” Art Museum, OCAT-B10 / MENG YAN | URBANUS
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Architects: MENG YAN | URBANUS
- Area: 6109 m²
- Year: 2022
https://www.archdaily.com/1004207/ocat-b10-urbanusPilar Caballero
Nova Despensa Store / Solo Arquitetos
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Architects: Solo Arquitetos
- Area: 95 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Oikos Venezia, E.LED
https://www.archdaily.com/985573/nova-despensa-store-solo-arquitetosSusanna Moreira
House in Villa Paranacito / Martina Lew
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Architects: Martina Lew
- Area: 90 m²
- Year: 2025
https://www.archdaily.com/1037176/house-in-villa-paranacito-martina-lewValentina Díaz
Plivatri Pavilion / MEDS (Meetings of Design Students) + Ahmad El Zu'bi + Leda Demetriadou + Stefanie Zins
https://www.archdaily.com/1037214/plivatri-pavilion-meds-meetings-of-design-students-plus-ahmad-el-zubi-plus-leda-demetriadou-plus-stefanie-zinsHadir Al Koshta
899 - S29 House / exitprojectes estudi d'arquitectura
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Architects: exitprojectes estudi d'arquitectura
- Area: 270 m²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Bulthaup, Carl Hansen, Flos, Living Ceramics
https://www.archdaily.com/1036947/899-s29-house-exitprojectes-estudi-darquitecturaValentina Díaz
Shaping Desire: How Architects Redefine Commercial Spaces
In contemporary architecture, commercial spaces have become more than points of sale; they are stages where identity, image, and experience converge. Stores, showrooms, and branded interiors often operate as laboratories where architects experiment with form, material, and light, translating corporate narratives into spatial experiences. In this context, the architect emerges as a mediator of desire, shaping atmospheres that guide perception, evoke emotion, and subtly influence behavior. This role reveals a complex intersection between design and capitalism: the creation of spaces that sell not only products, but also aspirations, lifestyles, and cultural meaning. By transforming commerce into an architectural performance, these projects invite reflection on how the discipline negotiates its agency in a world where visibility and image have become as essential as function.
https://www.archdaily.com/1037309/shaping-desire-how-architects-redefine-commercial-spacesDiogo Borges Ferreira
Zhouzhuang Theater Façade Renovation / CAALADI + Practice on Earth
https://www.archdaily.com/1037003/zhouzhuang-theater-facade-renovation-caaladi-plus-practice-on-earth韩爽 - HAN Shuang
