Dec 17, 2025the project restores aspects of the original structure and introduces new spaces that align the museum with current international standards.
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renovation and restoration architecture and design (1126)
Dec 17, 2025
Dec 16, 2025the barbican centre will be closed from june 2028 until summer 2029 for an ambitious renovation led by buro happold and asif khan.
architecture in spain (750)
Dec 20, 2025a roofed porch traces a perfect square, enclosing a 15 × 15 meter courtyard framed by a colonnade.
Dec 18, 2025designed by luca poian forms and frade arquitectos, 'espardenyer' proposes a climate responsive congress centre for elche, spain.
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recycling (454)
the current sample builds on the team’s previous research of the same topic, but this time, the version moves closer to manufacturing.
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Dec 17, 2025the startup everbloom describes the output as softer than merino, more indulgent than cashmere, and stronger than silk.
temporary pavilions (562)
Dec 22, 2025from bamboo vaults rising in flood-prone villages to inflatable dream temples, here are ten pavilions reshaping how we think about space right now.
Dec 21, 2025the abstracted landscape is formed through organic structures, referencing the mythical garden of eden.
architecture in the netherlands (394)
Nov 30, 2025exterior colors echo the earthy tones of the surrounding landscape.
Nov 28, 2025each block's unique combination of fenestration and color references different landmarks across rotterdam.
museums and galleries (844)
Dec 17, 2025lina ghotmeh leads a phased expansion of mathaf: arab museum of modern art in doha that reshapes the campus for research and making.
Dec 17, 2025the project restores aspects of the original structure and introduces new spaces that align the museum with current international standards.
architecture in greece (329)
Dec 18, 2025commissioned by the dinos and lia martinos foundation (DLMF), the project is scheduled for completion in late 2028.
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Dec 09, 2025beginning at reception, the line traces and outlines architectural elements, merges with joinery, and concludes in a large-scale wall installation.
water vehicles (121)
Oct 16, 2025designed to be small enough to fold and fit in the trunk of a car, the portable vehicle is easy to deploy and unfold.
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Sep 26, 2025foster + partners' 88-meter yacht has expansive interiors and 40% more deck space, setting a new benchmark for megayachts.
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carbon neutrality? (179)
Dec 07, 2025'what if one of the building industry’s most hazardous materials could become one of its most promising?’
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Nov 03, 2025baleBio serves as a prototype for buildings that store carbon instead of emitting it, housing collective needs.
residential architecture and interiors (4665)
Dec 25, 2025the modest structure explores how light and seasonal conditions can continually reshape interior experience.
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Dec 20, 2025a roofed porch traces a perfect square, enclosing a 15 × 15 meter courtyard framed by a colonnade.
architecture in albania (47)
Nov 10, 2025MVRDV's 'grand ballroom' will take shape as a colossal sphere in tirana, where apartments and hotel rooms overlook a sporting arena below.
Oct 18, 2025eduardo souto de moura and OODA plan the fifty-story oricon tower from concrete, marble, and glass to define tirana’s western gateway.
masterplans and urban revitalization (52)
Dec 11, 2025MVRDV’s plum village will deliver timber structures and landscapes that support retreat life through environmentally-responsive design.
Oct 25, 2025timber facades and green roofs merge NOA's 'renneria' masterplan with the mountain landscape of south tyrol, italy.
OMA / rem koolhaas (363)
Oct 14, 2025four residential categories emerge from the study, including terrace houses, urban villas, row units, and towers.
spread across the 18th-century palazzo, the exhibition assembles more than 300 objects, exploring how diagrams shape the way we communicate knowledge.
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retail interiors (804)
Dec 19, 2025the architects allow the perimeter of the site to define the volume, resulting in an architecture that bends, adjusts, and aligns itself with the movement of the street.
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Dec 18, 2025sejima frames the project as a garden-like environment that operates on its own sense of time.
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architecture in germany (334)
Nov 18, 2025snøhetta draws inspiration from the rhine, as the opera house's interiors read as an eroded cavern in central düsseldorf.
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Nov 13, 2025BIG's new hamburg state opera will expand outward like ripples on the surface of the water.
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