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The media library and music school are built against an ochre cliff, which gives them unique character. The aim here was to place a modern construction in one of Europe's most beautiful medieval towns, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and characterized by the golden hue of its maze of quaint alleyways with old townhouses.
Brick is one of Colombia's most widely used materials, helping its local architecture stand out globally. This is due to the excellent quality of the clay found in several regions of the country. In addition to cladding most of the buildings that define Bogota's urban landscape, the material is used in all its forms, from adobe to floor tiles in rural homes.
Transborder designs Arctic Ocean museum in wood, aluminum, and local stone.
Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes has developed a multidisciplinary practice that spans sculpture , architecture , social engagement, and activism. Trained as an architect , Reyes approaches sculpture as both a material and a collective process, combining traditional stone carving with participatory projects that address contemporary social issues. His work frequently explores transformation, whether…
Brattlandsdalen is a dramatic, narrow, and deep gorge along Norway's National Road number 13, shaped by steep mountainsides and the constant force of water. The gorge holds rare geological formations, including glacial potholes, and represents an important chapter in the history of Norwegian roadmaking. The historical pathway, defined by stone posts, steel railing, and the historic Kvelven Tunnel,…
The construction of the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common, the new venue at Boston's Museum of Science, one of the United States' oldest science institutions, is nearing completion. The 929 m² (10,000-square-foot) building, designed by William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc ., is expected to open to the public on October 10, 2026, followed by a celebratory event on October…
When African countries gained independence from European colonial rule during the mid-twentieth century, nation-building involved more than establishing new governments and political institutions. Newly sovereign states also needed to establish a built identity that could distinguish them from their colonial past, and architecture became an important tool in this process. Across the continent,…
Screened Space is the headquarters and experience centre of an electrical switches company, located within the densely packed historic core of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. It is conceived as an architectural response to its complex urban condition where streets are narrow, services are exposed and buildings line tightly with little to no space between them. Within this setting, the project…
Located in an urban area in western Denpasar, Bali, B Nesta is a residential complex comprising 20 apartment units and five private-pool townhouses. The program is complemented by shared facilities, including a communal kitchen, a meeting room, a multifunctional rooftop, and a 25-meter public swimming pool. More than simply providing a place to live, B Nesta is conceived as a residential…
The project is located in Shangxia Village, Jiashan, Zhejiang Province, with a total site area of approximately 15,600 square metres. It stretches 367 metres from east to west, with a maximum width of approximately 54 metres from north to south and a minimum of 21 metres. The site originally housed a village. When we first visited the site, the village had already been largely demolished, leaving…
Mérida knows how to consume itself, especially if we look away for a moment.
The project is part of an initiative to revive the "predinho" typology—low-rise residential building models common before the 1970s—reassessing their qualities of scale and community life in contrast to market logics focused solely on maximizing profitability.
Trilogy House reimagines a traditional Portland vernacular, creating a private refuge that engages the street while reconnecting to nature through carefully oriented living spaces.
The tourist farmstead complex, a former mill, comprises a cluster of five buildings. They stand in a forest-encircled clearing, with a stream running between them. The entire estate is designed, both architecturally and aesthetically, in a classic rustic manner, and the setting's scenography is romantic and idyllic.
In many Asian cities, eating has never belonged entirely to the private home. It spills into markets , hawker centers, street stalls, and wholesale districts embedded within larger buildings or areas. These are places where the city exchanges information and watches other people pass through . They are not restaurants in the conventional sense, nor are they simply markets. In some way, their…
Situated within Wuhan's Chenhu Wetland, the Migratory Bird Observation Tower is perched on Xianglushan, a natural promontory rising 22 metres above sea level. This vantage point offers sweeping views of Tonghu, the Tongshun River, and a sprawling marshland that serves as a vital sanctuary for over 100,000 migratory birds every winter. Rather than treating the tower as a mere functional route to a…
This week 's stories explore how architecture engages with questions of culture, access, and collective life, from new cultural institutions and exhibitions to public spaces and housing. This week, the 2026 NCARB by the Numbers report provided a broader perspective on the profession itself, showing that people of color accounted for 49% of licensure candidates in 2025 and women for 47% , compared…
The project was based on an extensive preliminary analysis which combined the study, mapping and measurement of the material city (shapes, stratifications, layouts, measurements, constituent elements of the landscape…).
ZHA has been selected to design a new 198-hectare urban district in Baku, Azerbaijan . The project surrounds the existing Baku Expo Center events venue in a pine forest area that is planned to be preserved. The plan responds to the city's population growth over the past decade with a masterplan to organize the provision of a wide variety of residences. This is the firm's second project in Baku,…
The Pyramid of Tirana opened as a museum to Enver Hoxha in October 1988, three years after his death and three years before the regime collapsed. In the decades that followed, it served as a radio station, a conference venue, a nightclub, and a base for NATO during the Kosovo war. In 2023, MVRDV reopened it as a park and technology school, adding steps to the façades so that the building could be…