The Bruder Klaus Field Chapel in Mechernich-Wachendorf, Germany, is a 12 m-high rammed-concrete sanctuary by Peter Zumthor, formed as a pale pentagonal mass aro…
Yading Bore Secret Realm Hotel by AUP Architects and Jade Simple Design is a 2,600 square meter hospitality project in Yading Village, Daocheng, Sichuan, locate…
SANAA’s Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art is a low, square, glass-walled building in Toledo, Ohio, that combines collection galleries, glassmaking work…
It is difficult to imagine a kitchen without cabinets – they do not just fill the space, but shape everyday functionality. The furniture selection process deter…
Spa Hacienda Xcanatun by Taller Mexicano de Arquitectura is a 530 m2 wellness pavilion in Merida, Yucatan, organized as a sequence of low volumes, shaded passag…
Ascendente House by TETRO is a 274 m2 residence in Lagoa Santa, Brazil, organized around existing trees and a sloping site through a stepped section, a screened…
Tadao Ando’s 4×4 House in Kobe compresses domestic life into a narrow reinforced-concrete tower on the Seto Inland Sea, using a four-meter-square footprint, a v…
San Miguel de Allende is one of those rare cities where architecture still controls the pace of looking. Streets are narrow, walls rise close to the pedestrian,…
Block Kindergarten by SoBA is a 21-class early childhood campus in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, organized as a compact courtyard building within a dense urban set…
Thoughtful site preparation is the single biggest factor in whether a small-scale project finishes on time, on budget, and without structural headaches down the…
Morning starts at a transit gate where entry is a quick tap, almost automatic. A few blocks later, a café kiosk takes orders from a screen. At the curb, the... …
A mattress doesn’t fail dramatically. It doesn’t collapse one morning or split down the middle. It fails in millimeters, over months, in a way that is almost pe…
Spaziu Davia Franceschini in Corbara, Corsica, is a village cultural center embedded into the steep Balagne slope, where architecture is treated as an extension…
Casa Caiman is a coastal house in Barra de Navidad, Oaxaca, conceived as part of a larger settlement of houses, villas, and shared amenities positioned between …
As Wished reworks a 200-square-meter duplex apartment in Guangzhou by treating the inherited high-rise interior as a generic residential shell rather than a fin…
Casa en Palmilla is a 600-square-meter house in the desert hills of Los Cabos, organized as four independent volumes under two L-shaped roofs. Its architecture …
The Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Burckhardt + Partner AG, translates a private collection into a calibrated publi…
Music Room – Casa La Flecha is a 230-square-meter addition to an existing coastal house in Playa Matamora, Uruguay, conceived as a dedicated space for music, ga…
Tour & Taxis Towers by MVRDV introduces a mixed-use high-rise ensemble to the Brussels redevelopment area through two unequal towers and a five-story plinth tha…
Introduction: From Fixed Spaces to Flexible Living Architecture has always mirrored the way we live. From the compartmentalized homes of the industrial age to t…