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Enlevo Residence / Drucker Arquitetos Associados

Andreas Luco — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

What If the Structure Is the Architecture? — Enlevo House, in Paraná, Brazil, was commissioned by a couple of entrepreneurs. They asked for a residence that would provide complete privacy from the neighbors, a spacious, functional, a naked architecture. In addition to the large glazed openings and exposed concrete, the layout of the spaces contributes to a fluid circulation.

Canopy House / Lamoureux Architect Inc.

Nana Dokua — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Set on a heavily treed, side-sloping site that runs parallel to the street, the home terraces upward with the natural topography, transforming grade change into a sequence of inhabitable platforms and culminating in a level, elevated rear yard.

House Südeifel / PUR+ Architekten

Nina Vuga — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Located within the historic village structure of Germany's southern Eifel region, Haus Südeifel sensitively transforms a heritage-listed 18th-century farmstead into a contemporary home and retreat. The ensemble belongs to the traditional Einhaus typology, combining a residential volume originating around 1700 with an adjacent barn under a single roof. The core concept was to revive the architectural clarity of this historic structure while developing a flexible, modern living environment tied to its rural setting.

Hidden Forces

Rene Submissions — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:05:00 +0000

Hidden Forces is a research project dedicated to the less visible dimensions that contribute to shaping architecture. Through an exhibition and a public programme of talks, the project transforms Bologna’s Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau into a space for investigating the processes, conditions and relationships that give form to architecture.

A House Above the Water: The Story of Amancio and Delfina Williams' Modernist Gem

Daniela Andino — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000

What happens to a house when the life it was designed for ends? In Casa sobre el Arroyo, the answer developed gradually as the building changed use, ownership, and condition over nearly eight decades. Even as these conditions changed, the structure, circulation, and relationship to the site remained central to how the house was understood and, eventually, restored.

Hug House / TTAD Arquitetura

Nana Dokua — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Casa do Abraço was conceived from the relationship between social interaction and privacy, organizing the residence to accommodate a family routine marked by different forms of use: gatherings, work, rest, and celebrations. The architecture is based on a spatial organization that brings the social spaces together while establishing gradual transitions toward the private areas.

Reinterpreting the Ruyi Knot as a Cultural Symbol in Contemporary Metalwork

Kiana Buchberger — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Symbols have always traveled through architecture. They appear in carved stone, woven textiles, painted ceilings and walls, door hardware, and everyday objects, carrying the beliefs, rituals, and histories of the cultures that first created them. Across contemporary interiors, designers continue this dialogue with place by revisiting historical symbols and translating them through new materials, manufacturing techniques, and architectural forms.

SAGA Space Architects and 3DCP Group Complete 36-Unit 3D-Printed Student Village in Denmark

Reyyan Dogan — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

3DCP Group has completed Skovsporet, a 3D-printed student housing development in Holstebro, Denmark, designed by SAGA Space Architects in collaboration with MS+. Located near VIA University College, the project comprises 36 ground-level apartments distributed across six building clusters, covering a total area of 1,650 square meters. Constructed over 12 months, Skovsporet applies large-scale 3D concrete printing at the scale of a residential development, combining printed structural elements with conventional construction methods. The project was developed for NordVestBO and is scheduled to receive its first students this month.

KEBAG Enova - Waste to Energy Plant / Penzel Valier

Pratik Mour — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The spatial form of the building is shaped by two key design principles. First, rather than reinforcing the delivery and process bunkers - comprising both existing and new structures with ribs, extending them vertically, and continuing the new construction in the same manner as originally planned, we sought to avoid the resulting heterogeneity. Instead, our goal was to develop a cohesive and powerful overall form that seamlessly integrates the different infrastructural components.

Assemble to Transform Grade II*-Listed Bromley Hall into a New Creative and Light Industrial Workspace in London

Antonia Piñeiro — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000

London-based art, architecture, and design collective Assemble has recently announced a new workspace project in the English capital. Since its founding in 2010, the studio has built a community around craft and making by providing creative and light industrial spaces resilient to market forces, working as a platform for ecologically and socially engaged work. It recently secured a 25-year lease, with the option to buy, on Bromley Hall, an early Tudor-period manor house considered one of the oldest houses in London. The plan is to transform the site's three buildings, Bromley Hall (c. 1485), the Old Poplar Library (c. 1904–5), and the RedBox container building, into Assemble's largest workspace to date, adding 14,000 sq ft to its current workspace provision, with the site's long-term development plan set to double this figure. The practice's new project follows a dual objective: restoring a Grade II*-listed building and increasing stability for the creative industries community, through long-term rental agreements and a new space for collaboration.

Modern Remnants: Calque Studio and the Race Against Tehran's Architectural Erasure

Camilla Ghisleni — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Nestled at the foot of the Alborz mountain range, Tehran grows beneath a ridge that protects and suffocates it at the same time. The same landscape that blocks the winds and traps pollution over the city also holds, along its slopes, centuries of disputes over this strategic territory. It is a capital built on unstable ground, both geologically and politically. Active seismic faults run beneath its avenues, while above them accumulate the traces of successive reconstructions, demolitions, and forced reinventions. Thus, the city continues to expand, a silent witness to a country that, for more than two centuries, has constantly negotiated between memory and erasure.

Mic(r)oLiving House / PSA Studio

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Designing homes in tropical climates is often associated primarily with responding to intense sunlight and high temperatures. However, an equally important aspect is the region's high humidity. Excessive humidity can significantly affect everyday living. While people are generally able to tolerate high temperatures, they tend to feel uncomfortable when the surrounding air is humid, creating a sense of stuffiness and leaving the skin feeling damp and sticky. Beyond occupant comfort, humidity also affects the durability of a building. Moist environments accelerate material deterioration and encourage the growth of mold, ultimately reducing the building's overall quality and lifespan.

Tsukumo Kiln Ceramic Studio / Dept.EPT.

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Tsukumo Kiln is a ceramic studio located in the rural landscape of Kobe, Japan. The project was conceived as a place where the processes of making and firing ceramics could coexist closely with the surrounding natural environment. Rather than creating a conventional enclosed workshop, the architecture establishes a simple and open framework that connects the activities inside with light, weather, and landscape.

Split-Level Apartment / Shiye Architecture Design and Research Practice

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When a home is freed from the complex demands of multi-generational living and serves only the long-term residence of a single individual, the conventional order of domestic life becomes open to reinterpretation. Located in Chongqing, this project involves a stacked villa spanning approximately 200 square meters. Taking this context as a starting point, the design unfolds as a spatial experiment centered on the concept of "living freely."

JH Gwangan Mixed-use building / U.GA Architects

Miwa Negoro — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Situated in Mangmi-dong, Busan, the site occupies a sharp, acute-angled corner where a dynamic, high-traffic arterial road heading towards Haeundae collides with the quaint charm of an old residential alleyway and antique shops. While this prominent location offers ideal commercial visibility, it simultaneously imposes a defensive burden on the residential volumes above: shielding the inhabitants from relentless urban noise and intrusive gazes. In response, the architecture does not retreat into a closed, defensive fortress; rather, it manifests as a "permeable filter" that embraces the cityscape and its intense sunlight while safely cradling its residents.

House and Studio in Kyoto / Tato Architects

Miwa Negoro — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000

This is a combined studio and residence for a couple of ceramic artists, located in a commercial district in central Kyoto, where the surroundings are already being rebuilt into dense mid- and high-rise blocks. Since the clients create large ceramic works, they asked us to secure as much space as possible for a studio at ground level. The site is a typical unagi no nedoko ("eel's bed") — a narrow plot facing the street on the west and extending deep to the east. Mid-rise housing and workshops stand to the north, a high-rise hotel is under construction to the east, and the parking lot to the south will likely soon give way to mid-rise buildings.

Base Rupanco / remo estudio

Valentina Díaz — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Located in a forest in Chile's Los Lagos Region, on a plot of land crossed by a river near the mouth of Lake Rupanco, this project arose from the need to complement an existing way of living. The owners used the site occasionally, sleeping in a tent pitched among the trees, but needed to add a bathroom—with a separate toilet and shower—as well as a small kitchenette to support gatherings and outdoor activities.

Marinas House / Pirca Arquitectura

Valentina Díaz — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Situated in front of a lake, the house was developed from a constant search to blur the boundaries between interior and exterior, allowing natural light, views, and vegetation to define the atmosphere of each space. Rather than merely responding to a functional program, the project proposes a sequence of pathways and spatial situations that highlight the relationship between architecture and its surroundings.

Costa Cabral Building / ATA - Atelier Tiago Antero + ENTRETEMPOS

Nana Dokua — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The project intents to solve the urban void by constructing a building that takes as reference the heights, alignments and constructive principles of the adjacent structures. As such, the building was designed to sit flush with the street façade, in continuity with the dominant morphology of the street, but ending with a recessed top floor that ensures both continuity to the north and a volumetric transition to the south.

Trailcenter Rytterknægten / Matters architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Trailcenter Rytterknægten is part of the nationwide initiative Danish Trailcentres, buildings designed to promote outdoor activity and nature access across Denmark. Designed by Matters in 2021, built in 2025, the project was initiated by DIF and Lokale & Anlægsfonden, in collaboration with Bornholm's regional municipality. Trailcenter Rytterknægten is located at the highest point in Bornholm, 162 meters above sea level, in the heart of Almindingen, Denmark's third largest forest. The pavilion offers visitors unique access to the island's diverse terrain and rich biodiversity through a series of scenic viewpoints and recreational zones.

Bota Dürnten School Building / Lukas Raeber Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000

The area encompassing the Bogenacker and Tannenbühl sites previously consisted of two primary school buildings and several small structures surrounding an undefined central space.

The Role of Urban Design in Women's Safety: Lessons from Four Public Spaces

Olivia Poston — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Public space is often intended to be perceived as universal, but access is unevenly experienced. For many women, moving through the city involves a continuous assessment of exposure, visibility, proximity to others, lighting, transport access, escape routes and the likelihood of harassment. These calculations are shaped by spatial conditions as much as social ones. Safety is a question of urban form, maintenance, mobility, governance and the distribution of public investment. While the built environment may not cause gender-based violence, it can intensify vulnerability and normalize unequal access, especially to public spaces.

Mobile Chicken Coop / Gerrit Müller-Scheeßel + Z.O.P. - Institute for Spatial Design

Nina Vuga — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Outsider magazine's Thinking Hands summer school transformed the winning proposal of its international Chicken Coop of the Future competition into a full-scale timber structure. Selected from 226 entries, the project by German architect Gerrit Müller-Scheeßel was collectively built by summer-school participants as a mobile home for ten hens.

House Above The Trees / Wallflower Architecture + Design

Miwa Negoro — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

At the top of a hill, the city meets the forest. The site lies at the edge of Singapore's Central Nature Catchment Reserve, one of the island's most extensive natural landscapes. It seemed to offer an extraordinary opportunity: a family home immersed in nature, yet still within the city. The promise was clear. The difficulty was less apparent. At the levels where family life would ordinarily unfold, neighbouring houses surrounded the site and obscured much of the forest beyond. Opening the house indiscriminately towards its surroundings would expose the family to neighbouring views. Turning inward for privacy would risk losing the very landscape that made the site exceptional.