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Tiffany & Co / MVRDV

January 30, 2026

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Architects: MVRDV
Area: 1000 m²
Year: 2025

Beijing Art Villa / TEMP

January 17, 2026

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Architects: TEMP
Area: 1000 m²
Year: 2025

Snøhetta and BIAD Break Ground for the New Beijing Art Museum in Tongzhou

January 14, 2026

Snøhetta, in collaboration with the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD), has won the international competition to design the Beijing Art Museum in Tongzhou District, Beijing. The project officially broke ground on December 31, 2025, with completion and public opening anticipated in 2029. Conceived as a new landmark for the eastern part of the city, the museum will form part of Tongzhou's cultural and civic development strategy as Beijing's sub-center. The commission marks Snøhetta's second major cultural project in the Chinese capital, following the Beijing Library, which opened to the public in 2023 and has since become a key reference for contemporary civic architecture in the city.

CECEP·Shouzuo Beijing / gad

December 26, 2025

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Architects: gad
Area: 263955 m²
Year: 2024

Residential buildings in Xueshan Village / DL Atelier

December 04, 2025

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Architects: DL Atelier
Area: 350 m²
Year: 2022
Manufacturers: Parklex Prodema

Architectural Rebuilding as Cultural Memory: The Paradox of Ever-Fresh Heritage

October 13, 2025

Architecture—one of the few cultural artifacts made to be publicly lived with, preserved, and often capable of standing for centuries—contributes significantly to the cultural identity of places and people. Historically, buildings have expressed institutional attitudes, influence, and power; they are clear demonstrations of culture. Yet longevity complicates preservation: when a structure is rebuilt, repaired, or entirely reassembled, in what sense is it still the same building?

There's the classic Ship of Theseus puzzle from Plutarch. if a ship's planks are replaced one by one over time, is it still the same ship? Thomas Hobbes adds a twist—if the original planks are reassembled elsewhere, which ship is "the original"? The paradox tests what grounds identity: material fabric, continuous use and history, or shared recognition. In architecture and conservation, it reframes preservation as a choice among keeping matter, maintaining form and function, or sustaining the stories and practices that give a place meaning.

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