ArchDaily Global ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 6 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[ 40+ Contemporary Architectural Works Across Ecuador Captured by Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040356/40-plus-contemporary-architectural-works-across-ecuador-captured-by-francesco-russo-and-luca-piffaretti Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/1040356/40-plus-contemporary-architectural-works-across-ecuador-captured-by-francesco-russo-and-luca-piffaretti Between 2023 and 2024, photographers Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti documented architecture and landscapes across Ecuador's coast, the Andes Mountains, the Amazon rainforest, the Galápagos Islands, and cities such as Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. The photographic documentation explores Ecuador's evolving identity through its contemporary architecture, examining how it engages with natural surroundings, urban conditions, and social contexts. The resulting archive includes more than 40 projects by renowned local practices such as Al Borde, Durán & Hermida, Emilio López, José María Sáez, La Cabina de la Curiosidad, MCM+A, Natura Futura, and RAMA Estudio, among many others. The selection demonstrates how architecture can create high-quality spaces that respond to contemporary demands for sustainability and environmental responsibility by combining creativity and technology with renewable resources, despite ongoing economic, climatic, and political challenges in Latin America and beyond.

]]> Mirador de Cristal, Daniel Moreno Flores + Javier Mera Luna + Jorge Javier Andrade Benítez, Quilotoa, 2013. Image © Francesco Russo Mirador de Cristal, Daniel Moreno Flores + Javier Mera Luna + Jorge Javier Andrade Benítez, Quilotoa, 2013. Image © Francesco Russo

Between 2023 and 2024, photographers Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti documented architecture and landscapes across Ecuador's coast, the Andes Mountains, the Amazon rainforest, the Galápagos Islands, and cities such as Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. The photographic documentation explores Ecuador's evolving identity through its contemporary architecture, examining how it engages with natural surroundings, urban conditions, and social contexts. The resulting archive includes more than 40 projects by renowned local practices such as Al Borde, Durán & Hermida, Emilio López, José María Sáez, La Cabina de la Curiosidad, MCM+A, Natura Futura, and RAMA Estudio, among many others. The selection demonstrates how architecture can create high-quality spaces that respond to contemporary demands for sustainability and environmental responsibility by combining creativity and technology with renewable resources, despite ongoing economic, climatic, and political challenges in Latin America and beyond.

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]]> <![CDATA[Building Light in a Flood Zone: Architecture for Seasonal Inundation]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040233/building-light-in-a-flood-zone-architecture-for-seasonal-inundation Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Ananya Nayak https://www.archdaily.com/1040233/building-light-in-a-flood-zone-architecture-for-seasonal-inundation The flood does not arrive as a surprise. It returns, following the same swollen rivers and monsoon skies, loosening the ground and entering homes that were never meant to resist it. Walls are untied before they are lost, materials are gathered before they drift, and structures are rebuilt with a familiarity that suggests this is not destruction, but sequence. In landscapes where water returns each year, survival is defined by the ability to begin again.

]]> Aerial View of the Floating Village of Ganvie_2018. Image © Victor Espadas González Aerial View of the Floating Village of Ganvie_2018. Image © Victor Espadas González

The flood does not arrive as a surprise. It returns, following the same swollen rivers and monsoon skies, loosening the ground and entering homes that were never meant to resist it. Walls are untied before they are lost, materials are gathered before they drift, and structures are rebuilt with a familiarity that suggests this is not destruction, but sequence. In landscapes where water returns each year, survival is defined by the ability to begin again.

Across the floodplains of Bangladesh, the Brahmaputra basin, and the Mekong Delta, inundation is a seasonal certainty. Reports by institutions such as the World Bank and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change often frame floods through exposure and damage, measuring success through resistance and durability. Yet in territories that are submerged annually, such metrics only partially describe the problem. The ground itself oscillates between solid and liquid states. To build as if it were fixed is to design against the very condition that defines it.

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]]> <![CDATA[Popopô Gallery / Guá Arquitetura]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040255/popopo-gallery-gua-arquitetura Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Susanna Moreira https://www.archdaily.com/1040255/popopo-gallery-gua-arquitetura On the Island of Combu, about 15 minutes by boat from Belém, the Popopô Gallery transforms the riverside crossing into architecture. Located in the Combu Island Environmental Protection Area, amidst the forest and water, the project arises from listening to the territory and its ways of life, converting the everyday memory of river crossings into built space. More than just hosting exhibitions, the gallery inaugurates a symbolic landmark for the territory by asserting itself as the first art gallery on the island—a place where artistic production meets the social and emotional repertoire of riverside life.

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  • architects: Guá Arquitetura
  • Location: Guamá, Brasil
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Manuel Sá
  • Area: 52.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[L’appartement Hu / OUJ]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040260/lappartement-hu-ouj Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1040260/lappartement-hu-ouj After the pandemic, the elderly parents and their daughters, previously living in southern and northern Taiwan, began considering future care needs and decided to live together in Taipei. Located in a 40-year-old public housing complex, this 72-sqm apartment navigates two opposing conditions: the tranquil greenery of the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab to the south, and the bustle of a major commercial boulevard to the north. The low ceilings and original layout with three small bedrooms intensified the narrow proportions and the sense of enclosure. Moreover, iron window grilles and fixed AC units obstructed the openings, severely compromising natural light and ventilation.

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]]> <![CDATA[Jinyi Landmark / CM Design]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040195/jinyi-landmark-cm-design Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Andreas Luco https://www.archdaily.com/1040195/jinyi-landmark-cm-design "Built on the former site of Tianjin First Machine Tool Factory, Jin 1 PARK revitalizes existing resources by introducing diverse business formats while preserving industrial heritage and continuing the area's industrial spirit. It has transformed into a dynamic hub for emerging industries and a new hotspot for cultural tourism. This initiative not only preserves the city's memory but also injects contemporary vitality, serving as a vivid example of Tianjin's connotative development driving the renewal of its old urban areas."
— Tianjin Daily.

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  • architects: CM Design
  • Location: Hedong, Tianjin, China
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Guowei Liu
  • Photographs: Weiqi Jin
  • Area: 809.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Old Folk House in Iwakura / td-Atelier]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040323/old-folk-house-in-iwakura-td-atelier Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1040323/old-folk-house-in-iwakura-td-atelier This project is the renovation of a traditional house located in Iwakura, in the northern part of Kyoto City. Although its exact origin is unclear, it is presumed to be a farmhouse built in the Meiji period. According to archival research, the building conforms to the typology of the "Iwakura-type minka (folk house)." This regional house type is characterized by a linear doma (earthen-floored passage) running north–south, with rooms arranged alongside it, and by a robust timber beam structure. The building is therefore considered to date from the late Edo to the Meiji period. Further investigation, including registry records and architectural surveys, revealed that extensions and alterations were carried out in the 1970s.

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  • architects: td-Atelier
  • Location: Kyoto, Japan
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Kohei Matsumura
  • Area: 150.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Serindang House 2 / PSA Studio]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040321/serindang-house-2-psa-studio Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1040321/serindang-house-2-psa-studio The process of designing this building began with the challenge of creating an extension to a structure that had been in place for nearly two decades since its initial construction. The original building was completed in 2008, while the expansion was carried out in 2025. This time gap is not merely a matter of changing spatial needs, but also involves bridging two distinct design eras—connecting the context of the old building with the requirements of the new one.

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  • architects: PSA Studio
  • Location: Kecamatan Beji, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Mario Wibowo
  • Area: 280.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[JL Residence / Kiko Castello Branco Arquitetura + Lucas Cunha]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1039989/jl-residence-kiko-castello-branco-arquitetura-plus-lucas-cunha Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Susanna Moreira https://www.archdaily.com/1039989/jl-residence-kiko-castello-branco-arquitetura-plus-lucas-cunha Set on a corner lot marked by a gentle slope and broad views of the landscape, the JL Residence, completed in 2025, is organized from two independent volumes connected by a single metal structure. Located in Bragança Paulista, in the interior of São Paulo, the house adopts an architectural language that emphasizes structural lightness, transparency, and integration with the vegetation and views of the land.

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]]> <![CDATA[Kaye Residences / Grzywinski+Pons]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1039999/kaye-residences-grzywinski-plus-pons Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Susanna Moreira https://www.archdaily.com/1039999/kaye-residences-grzywinski-plus-pons Kaye is a new thirty-one-story building in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood comprising 324 apartments, hospitality-grade amenities on the ground, seventh, and thirty-second floors, a co-working space on the mezzanine, and commercial space at grade. Grzywinski+Pons designed both the building and all of the interiors, as well as much of the furniture, for our client, Skanska.

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  • architects: Grzywinski+Pons
  • Location: Seattle, United States
  • Project Year: 2026
  • Photographs: Courtesy of Grzywinski + Pons
  • Area: 35117.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[House in Cervelló / arqbag]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040078/house-in-cervello-arqbag Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1040078/house-in-cervello-arqbag A single-family home, distributed in two isolated volumes that rise with the slope of the land, with an atrium space between them, which resolves the entrances, communications, and generates a multipurpose gathering space, protecting them bioclimatically.

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  • architects: arqbag
  • Location: Cervelló, España
  • Project Year: 2024
  • Photographs: arqbag
  • Area: 186.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Built Path: Pilgrimage and Architectural Sequence on the Camino de Santiago]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040104/the-built-path-pilgrimage-and-architectural-sequence-on-the-camino-de-santiago Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Olivia Poston https://www.archdaily.com/1040104/the-built-path-pilgrimage-and-architectural-sequence-on-the-camino-de-santiago Pilgrimage is one of the oldest and most persistent cultural practices, a spatial expression of humanity's search for meaning that has taken form across geographies and religions. While traditionally tied to formal belief systems, its definition has expanded in recent decades, reflecting new understandings of what is sacred and where meaning can be found. This shift reveals something fundamental: the act of moving through space remains central to how people construct meaningful experience. Yet most built environments constructed today are designed to be approached at speed from roads, transit corridors, airports, and optimized urban cores. The Camino de Santiago stands as a sustained counterargument to this condition. It is a piece of distributed architecture, refined over centuries, that remains a sophisticated example of design organized around the moving human body.

]]> Pedestrian Connection Between Barcelona and Montcada i Reixac / Batlleiroig. Image © Jordi Surroca Pedestrian Connection Between Barcelona and Montcada i Reixac / Batlleiroig. Image © Jordi Surroca

Pilgrimage is one of the oldest and most persistent cultural practices, a spatial expression of humanity's search for meaning that has taken form across geographies and religions. While traditionally tied to formal belief systems, its definition has expanded in recent decades, reflecting new understandings of what is sacred and where meaning can be found. This shift reveals something fundamental: the act of moving through space remains central to how people construct meaningful experience. Yet most built environments constructed today are designed to be approached at speed from roads, transit corridors, airports, and optimized urban cores. The Camino de Santiago stands as a sustained counterargument to this condition. It is a piece of distributed architecture, refined over centuries, that remains a sophisticated example of design organized around the moving human body.

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]]> <![CDATA[Zdar Wooden Housing / Kuba & Pilar architekti]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040230/zdar-wooden-housing-kuba-and-pilar-architekti Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Valeria Silva https://www.archdaily.com/1040230/zdar-wooden-housing-kuba-and-pilar-architekti The construction site is part of the Klafar area in the northwest of the city. The urban layout of the apartment buildings is based on the principle of a traditional city block, which defines a hierarchy and character of spaces—from public street areas, through semi-private courtyards, to private front gardens. The proposed block forms the corner of Sázavská and K Milířům streets. The spatial arrangement of the buildings creates a semi-public courtyard oriented to the south, while leisure areas with vegetation are located in the western part of the site.

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]]> <![CDATA[Senpop / amass]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040021/senpop-amass Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +0000 韩爽 - HAN Shuang https://www.archdaily.com/1040021/senpop-amass Senpop is a retail brand that began with socks and has expanded into accessories centered around clothing and textiles. This project reinterprets the processes of production and distribution, transforming the store into a hybrid space between factory, warehouse, and retail.

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  • architects: amass
  • Location: Chengdu, China
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Xinxin Guo
  • Area: 70.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunrise Garden Restaurant / M9 Design Studio]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040320/sunrise-garden-restaurant-m9-design-studio Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1040320/sunrise-garden-restaurant-m9-design-studio Located within an industrial suburb of Bangalore, Sunrise Garden Restaurant emerges as a quiet counterpoint to its context — transforming a previously utilitarian structure into a layered spatial experience rooted in the idea of the garden as a place of pause, gathering, and imagination. Conceived as an urban oasis, the project explores how architecture can introduce softness, greenery, and sensory calm within an otherwise rugged industrial landscape.

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  • architects: M9 Design Studio
  • Location: Bengaluru, India
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Ekansh Goel
  • Area: 830.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Abbie Abbotsford Terrace / Eckersley Architects]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040161/abbie-abbotsford-terrace-eckersley-architects Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1040161/abbie-abbotsford-terrace-eckersley-architects Located directly opposite a leafy park, Abbie House is a modern, single-level addition to an existing Victorian weatherboard in Melbourne's inner-city suburb, Abbotsford.

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]]> <![CDATA[PETÉN / REIMS 502]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1039290/peten-reims-502 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/1039290/peten-reims-502 In Mexico City, buildings from the 1950s in the Vértiz-Narvarte neighborhood displayed a modern architectural style characterized by clean lines, bold geometry, and minimalist façades. Within this context, in 1956 a multifamily residential building for working-class residents was constructed, designed by architect and civil engineer Enrique Hernández Camarena.

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  • architects: REIMS 502
  • Location: Petén 476, Col. Vertiz Narvarte,Ciudad de México, Mexico
  • Project Year: 2023
  • Photographs: Ariadna Polo
  • Photographs: Courtesy of REIMS 502
  • Area: 1200.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Mennorode Hotel and Conference Center - Phase I. / Namelok]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040070/mennorode-hotel-and-conference-center-phase-i-namelok Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Hadir Al Koshta https://www.archdaily.com/1040070/mennorode-hotel-and-conference-center-phase-i-namelok Mennorode is a phased renovation and masterplan for a former Mennonite community house, now operating as a hotel and conference centre in Elspeet, the Netherlands. Founded in 1925, the site has developed over time into a dispersed ensemble of low-rise buildings embedded among the trees.

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  • architects: Namelok
  • Location: Elspeet, The Netherlands
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Crispijn van Sas
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]]> <![CDATA[Infante House / Blaanc]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1039988/infante-house-blaanc Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Susanna Moreira https://www.archdaily.com/1039988/infante-house-blaanc Situated in the vibrant urban fabric of Lisbon, this 150 m² project unfolds over two floors of an iconic building from the 1950s, recently rehabilitated to embrace the demands of contemporary life. The intervention goes beyond mere restoration; it emerges as a manifesto of respect for the modernist legacy, reinterpreting the sobriety of the era through a bold and current lens. The central proposal was clear: to honor the memory of the original structure while injecting new energy that responds to the fluidity of today's daily life.

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  • architects: Blaanc
  • Location: Lisboa, Portugal
  • Project Year: 2020
  • Photographs: Luis Nobre Guedes
  • Photographs: Courtesy of Blaanc
  • Area: 154.0 m2
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