ArchDaily Global ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[Neighborhood Cinema ‘Le Rio’ / FAB Architects + Unes Architectes]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041328/neighborhood-cinema-le-rio-fab-architects-plus-unes-architectes Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Valeria Silva https://www.archdaily.com/1041328/neighborhood-cinema-le-rio-fab-architects-plus-unes-architectes Formerly a community cinema serving an entire neighborhood made up of large 1960s housing estates, the Rio is reclaiming its '1930s' identity, which had been lost following a previous refurbishment.

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  • architects: FAB Architects
  • architects: Unes Architectes
  • Location: Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • Project Year: 2026
  • Photographs: Salem Mostefaoui
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  • Area: 400.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[L33 Narrow House / BAST]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041327/l33-narrow-house-bast Mon, 11 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/1041327/l33-narrow-house-bast The site, composed of two through parcels, forms a pause within the built density of the Bonnefoy district. On one side, the plot is an urban infill gap between two townhouses typical of this suburban neighborhood. On the other side, the land is occupied by dense vegetation, characteristic of an undergrowth atmosphere, including a majestic hackberry tree that extends widely over Massé Street, signaling the presence of a green plot along this urban street.

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  • architects: BAST
  • Location: Toulouse, France
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Courtesy of BAST
  • Area: 370.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Understanding Light Sources: Types, Metrics, and Their Role in Architectural Design]]> https://www.archdaily.com/928655/how-to-choose-light-bulbs-for-an-architectural-project Mon, 11 May 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Eduardo Souza https://www.archdaily.com/928655/how-to-choose-light-bulbs-for-an-architectural-project Walking into an electrical store can be intimidating. At first glance, all the lights are on, and the thousands of chandeliers and lamps are blinding. When you walk toward the shelves, you see dozens of options, shapes, colors, prices, and uses. On each package, informational tables display numbers that can seem confusing at first. Lumens, color temperature, wattage—there are many unfamiliar terms. Before defaulting to the cheapest option, only to find that it creates an uncomfortable or poorly balanced atmosphere, understanding a few key concepts can make a significant difference.

Lighting design plays a fundamental role in shaping how spaces are perceived and used, influencing comfort, atmosphere, and even productivity. Poorly designed lighting, on the other hand, can compromise these qualities. Rather than approaching lighting as a purely technical decision, it can be understood as an integral part of architectural design. To help clarify these choices, the following overview introduces the most common types of light sources and key concepts associated with them.

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Walking into an electrical store can be intimidating. At first glance, all the lights are on, and the thousands of chandeliers and lamps are blinding. When you walk toward the shelves, you see dozens of options, shapes, colors, prices, and uses. On each package, informational tables display numbers that can seem confusing at first. Lumens, color temperature, wattage—there are many unfamiliar terms. Before defaulting to the cheapest option, only to find that it creates an uncomfortable or poorly balanced atmosphere, understanding a few key concepts can make a significant difference.

Lighting design plays a fundamental role in shaping how spaces are perceived and used, influencing comfort, atmosphere, and even productivity. Poorly designed lighting, on the other hand, can compromise these qualities. Rather than approaching lighting as a purely technical decision, it can be understood as an integral part of architectural design. To help clarify these choices, the following overview introduces the most common types of light sources and key concepts associated with them.

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]]> <![CDATA[C1 Workplace / Bruzkus Greenberg]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041337/c1-workplace-bruzkus-greenberg Mon, 11 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/1041337/c1-workplace-bruzkus-greenberg The shared amenity spaces at Berlin's C1 office building draw on the warmth and ease of the home office — comfort, domesticity, and informality — while embracing the energy of a shared workplace. Here, social interaction and collective identity unfold within generously scaled furniture and welcoming environments designed to bring people together.

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  • architects: Bruzkus Greenberg
  • Location: Mollstrasse, Berlin, Germany
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Robert Rieger
  • Area: 1600.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Rethinking the Architecture Firm for the AI Era]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1039777/rethinking-the-architecture-firm-for-the-ai-era Mon, 11 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000 Agustina Iñiguez https://www.archdaily.com/1039777/rethinking-the-architecture-firm-for-the-ai-era Artificial intelligence has made its way into almost every corner of professional workflows, prompting the architectural industry to rethink how it works. To adapt to this shift, firms are now facing the limits of a model that has changed very little over the past few decades.

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Artificial intelligence has made its way into almost every corner of professional workflows, prompting the architectural industry to rethink how it works. To adapt to this shift, firms are now facing the limits of a model that has changed very little over the past few decades.

What has shifted, and noticeably so, is the pressure on productivity. Today's studios are expected to deliver more work faster and with greater accuracy, while managing tighter budgets, complex regulations, and rising client expectations. In practice, this translates into compressed timelines and a constant demand for precision that leaves little room for error. Often, much of this pressure falls on a small group of individuals who hold critical project knowledge.

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]]> <![CDATA[One Week Until WUF13 Begins in Baku: Exploring Safe and Resilient Cities Under the Theme “Housing the World”]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041422/one-week-until-wuf13-begins-in-baku-exploring-safe-and-resilient-cities-under-the-theme-housing-the-world Mon, 11 May 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/1041422/one-week-until-wuf13-begins-in-baku-exploring-safe-and-resilient-cities-under-the-theme-housing-the-world Co-organized by UN-Habitat and the Government of Azerbaijan, the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum 13 will take place in Baku from May 17 to 22, 2026, under the theme "Housing the World: Safe and Resilient Cities and Communities." Convened every two years by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum is considered one of the leading international conferences dedicated to urbanization and the future of cities. Bringing together architects, planners, policymakers, researchers, local governments, and civil society organizations, the forum serves as a platform for discussing the challenges shaping contemporary urban environments and the strategies needed to address them.

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Co-organized by UN-Habitat and the Government of Azerbaijan, the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum 13 will take place in Baku from May 17 to 22, 2026, under the theme "Housing the World: Safe and Resilient Cities and Communities." Convened every two years by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum is considered one of the leading international conferences dedicated to urbanization and the future of cities. Bringing together architects, planners, policymakers, researchers, local governments, and civil society organizations, the forum serves as a platform for discussing the challenges shaping contemporary urban environments and the strategies needed to address them.

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]]> <![CDATA[Warsaw Uprising Mound / Archigrest + topoScape]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041329/warsaw-uprising-mound-archigrest-plus-toposcape Mon, 11 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/1041329/warsaw-uprising-mound-archigrest-plus-toposcape The Warsaw Uprising Mound Park is the Fourth Nature refuge created on an anthropogenic hill. For years, this site served as a repository for the debris from Warsaw after the city was destroyed in World War II, gradually giving rise to an artificial hill that now stands 35 metres above the surrounding flat and marshy landscape. After the landfill was closed in the mid-1960s, the hill became overgrown with vegetation that, over time, transformed into a ruderal "forest".

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  • architects: Archigrest
  • architects: topoScape
  • Location: Warsaw, Poland
  • Project Year: 2023
  • Photographs: Michał Szlaga
  • Area: 83000.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Casanova+Hernandez Architects Advances Renovation of Albania’s National Historical Museum]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041413/casanova-plus-hernandez-architects-advances-renovation-of-albanias-national-historical-museum Mon, 11 May 2026 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/1041413/casanova-plus-hernandez-architects-advances-renovation-of-albanias-national-historical-museum The initial phase of the complete renovation project for the National Historical Museum in Tirana is approaching completion. The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Culture, and Innovation of Albania and UNOPS, and financed by the European Commission through the EU for Culture (EU4C) program in Albania. The full restoration of the museum's 21,400 square meters is planned in two phases, led by Rotterdam-based Casanova + Hernandez Architects in collaboration with local partner iRI. The first phase consists of the restoration of the existing building located in Skanderbeg Square and is expected to be completed this year, enabling the immediate start of the second phase focused on the redesign of the interior spaces.

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The initial phase of the complete renovation project for the National Historical Museum in Tirana is approaching completion. The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Culture, and Innovation of Albania and UNOPS, and financed by the European Commission through the EU for Culture (EU4C) program in Albania. The full restoration of the museum's 21,400 square meters is planned in two phases, led by Rotterdam-based Casanova + Hernandez Architects in collaboration with local partner iRI. The first phase consists of the restoration of the existing building located in Skanderbeg Square and is expected to be completed this year, enabling the immediate start of the second phase focused on the redesign of the interior spaces.

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]]> <![CDATA[Furniture as Architecture: Micro-Modernisms Inside the Home]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041170/furniture-as-architecture-micro-modernisms-inside-the-home Mon, 11 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Ananya Nayak https://www.archdaily.com/1041170/furniture-as-architecture-micro-modernisms-inside-the-home Modernism is often encountered through built form, photographed facades, canonical plans, concrete manifestos. For most people, its first encounter was far more immediate. It was a chair in an office, a shelf in a living room, a compact unit that reorganized how one sat, stored, or slept. Long before modern architecture could be widely commissioned, it was furniture that entered everyday space, carrying with it a new logic of living. Modernism's promise of transforming life was often delivered through these smaller, repeatable objects.

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Modernism is often encountered through built form, photographed facades, canonical plans, concrete manifestos. For most people, its first encounter was far more immediate. It was a chair in an office, a shelf in a living room, a compact unit that reorganized how one sat, stored, or slept. Long before modern architecture could be widely commissioned, it was furniture that entered everyday space, carrying with it a new logic of living. Modernism's promise of transforming life was often delivered through these smaller, repeatable objects.

To understand this shift, furniture has to be read as a condensed form of architecture rather than decoration. Early twentieth-century designers treated it precisely this way. Le Corbusier described furniture as équipement de l'habitation (equipment of living), placing it within the operational system of the building rather than outside it. Similarly, the Bauhaus approached chairs and tables as industrial prototypes, embedding principles of standardization, efficiency, and mass production into their design. As architectural historian Beatriz Colomina has argued, modern architecture did not circulate only through buildings, but through media and objects that translated its ideas into everyday life. Furniture became architecture in miniature: portable, reproducible, and capable of reorganizing space without reconstructing it.

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]]> <![CDATA[Landscape Staircase in the Vall del Pardís / Comas-Pont arquitectes]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040689/landscape-staircase-in-the-vall-del-pardis-comas-pont-arquitectes Mon, 11 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1040689/landscape-staircase-in-the-vall-del-pardis-comas-pont-arquitectes The Landscape Staircase in the Vall del Paradís is an intervention that recovers a lost section of the Camino de Ignacio de Loyola in Manresa. The project reconnects Pont Vell and Creu del Tort with the Pou de Llum, restoring part of the historic path where Ignatius of Loyola walked in 1522, during his stay in the city when he wrote the Spiritual Exercises. This path was also traditionally used by residents of the Les Escodines neighbourhood, especially women, to reach the Cardener River.

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]]> <![CDATA[Innovation Lab / MTA ARCHITECTS ]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041343/innovation-lab-mta-architects Mon, 11 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1041343/innovation-lab-mta-architects The Innovation Lab is MTA Architects' own satellite office, located in Chennai. The project was built as a working studio and client lounge, and also as a chance to build the way they believe buildings should be built - with local materials, passive environmental strategies, and construction techniques rooted in the region's traditions. The concept behind the project is the Convergence of Culture and Nature. Rather than imposing a design, the building draws from its context - the climate, the site, and the materials available in the region. The site includes a planted garden of native species, a pool, and a generous outdoor area. The building sits snugged in the landscape rather than on top of it.

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  • architects: MTA ARCHITECTS
  • Location: Chennai, India
  • Project Year: 2024
  • Photographs: 0nebox photography
  • Area: 6750.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Mastering Interdisciplinary Architecture and Sustainable Urbanism at UC Berkeley]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1037525/one-roof-many-disciplines-uc-berkeleys-summer-programs-offer-interdisciplinary-learning Mon, 11 May 2026 01:30:00 +0000 Rene Submissions https://www.archdaily.com/1037525/one-roof-many-disciplines-uc-berkeleys-summer-programs-offer-interdisciplinary-learning Today, interdisciplinary learning and exchange are more important than ever in addressing increasingly complex environmental, social, and urban challenges.

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Today, interdisciplinary learning and exchange are more important than ever in addressing increasingly complex environmental, social, and urban challenges.

Each summer, the University of California, Berkeley's College of Environmental Design (CED) becomes an intensive laboratory for architectural, landscape, and urban exploration. Through two complementary programs—Design + Innovation for Sustainable Cities (DISC) and the Summer Institutes—Berkeley offers an immersive curriculum grounded in disciplinary rigor, intentional exchange, and a shared institutional culture. Together, these programs reflect CED's long-standing multidisciplinary structure, with architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, and urban design thriving and collaborating under one roof.

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]]> <![CDATA[Shenzhen Longhua Foreign Languages School (Fucheng Campus) / Z&Z STUDIO]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041124/shenzhen-longhua-foreign-languages-school-fucheng-campus-z-and-z-studio Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 韩爽 - HAN Shuang https://www.archdaily.com/1041124/shenzhen-longhua-foreign-languages-school-fucheng-campus-z-and-z-studio This project is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Guanlan Avenue and the planned Xitian Road in Longhua District, Shenzhen. Covering a site area of 24,478.25 square meters and a total construction area of 55,737 square meters. It falls within the urban renewal unit of Tianbei Industrial Zone in Fucheng Street, Longhua District. The project is a nine-year compulsory education school comprising 54 classes—36 primary school classes and 18 middle school classes—with a total capacity of 2,520 students. Located within a high-density urban village undergoing regeneration, the campus forms a key educational facility within the urban renewal context.

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  • architects: Z&Z STUDIO
  • Location: The Southwest Corner of the Intersection of Guanlan Avenue and the Planned Xitian Road in Longhua District, Shenzhen, China
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Tianpei Zeng
  • Area: 55737.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tiny House / 7th Hue Architecture Collective]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041344/the-tiny-house-7th-hue-architecture-collective Sun, 10 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1041344/the-tiny-house-7th-hue-architecture-collective "Within limits, the idea of space is not reduced—it is reimagined." Tiny House emerges as a response to constraints, where compact living is shaped through light, ventilation, and spatial clarity. Inspired by tropical design principles and a minimalist approach, the project focuses on creating an environment that feels open and breathable despite its limited footprint. The design is driven by the idea of transforming inward—using courtyards, layered volumes, and filtered openings to establish a strong connection between built form and nature.

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]]> <![CDATA[The Southern Lookout / AJC Architects]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041345/the-southern-lookout-ajc-architects Sun, 10 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1041345/the-southern-lookout-ajc-architects A precise architectural intervention in the bushland landscape surrounding a former rock quarry. Located on Sydney's northern edge, the Southern Lookout is a 42‑metre‑long elevated viewing platform in Hornsby, designed by AJC Architects.

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  • architects: AJC Architects
  • Location: Hornsby, Sydney, Australia
  • Project Year: 2026
  • Photographs: Alexander Mayes
  • Area: 200.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Vallarta Forest House / Díaz Webster Arquitectura]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040448/vallarta-forest-house-diaz-webster-arquitectura Sun, 10 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1040448/vallarta-forest-house-diaz-webster-arquitectura Located in a residential subdivision to the west of Zapopan, Casa Bosques Vallarta emerges as an exercise in synthesis and functionality, where volumetric sobriety and connection to the outdoors guide the design.

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]]> <![CDATA[MOM Apartment / J. Mayer H. Architects]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041322/mom-apartment-jmayer-h Sun, 10 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Andreas Luco https://www.archdaily.com/1041322/mom-apartment-jmayer-h MOM transforms a home set within a historic, stately apartment building in Berlin dating from around 1900. At the time of its construction, the building represented a remarkable example of innovative residential design. Each apartment features an individual floor plan, distinguishing it clearly from the standardized housing typologies typical of its era.

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]]> <![CDATA[Bearing House / Dub Studios]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1036376/bearing-house Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Hadir Al Koshta https://www.archdaily.com/1036376/bearing-house The Bearing House was designed as a retirement home for a couple in their late seventies. This loving pair moved from New York to Los Angeles to be reunited with their children, grandchildren, parents, and siblings; a close-knit family of thirty-two people.

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  • architects: Dub Studios
  • Location: Santa Monica, United States
  • Project Year: 2023
  • Photographs: Dub Studios
  • Area: 2500.0 ft2
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