ArchDaily Global

Bunkers and Arks: Escaping the Future We Built Ourselves

Camilla Ghisleni — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Inverting the conventional narrative, this story begins at the end. The day after the world's collapse. While almost the entire population struggles to survive flames and solar storms, a tiny fraction is greeted by a heavily armed guard at the entrance to the Survival Condo Project, a former missile silo in Kansas converted a few years ago into luxury apartments.

Prague Fire Rescue Service / Architektura

Andreas Luco — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The Prague Fire Rescue Service headquarters complex in Holešovice is conceived as civic infrastructure anchored by a strong urban presence at a highly exposed intersection. The project develops a long-term strategy for the Fire Rescue Service to consolidate its operational and administrative functions within a coherent campus, combining clarity of organisation with a distinctly public architectural expression.

HARMAY Changsha Guojin Street Store / STUDIO SPLASH

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Located on Guojin Street at the core of Changsha's Wuyi Square commercial district, the project sits within an underground retail spine linking street-level entrances with subterranean transit hubs, marked by crisscrossing interior corridors. The HARMAY store occupies the B1 level, bridging the B2 double-height atrium with the north-south ground access routes at a major intersection of pedestrian circulation.

CCLM 280 House / Barbalaco Arquitectos

Valentina Díaz — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Located in a residential neighborhood in the Cañuelas district, this weekend home was conceived from the very beginning as a gathering place to share with family and friends.

Ella House / Studio Memo

Nana Dokua — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Casa Ella is divided into two blocks around a central garden, connected by a fluid path of ramps that link the zones at every half-level up to a roof garden, gradually revealing the relationships between the home's interior and exterior. It features a sculptural volumetry that embraces, protects, and welcomes, while also enabling multiple connections with the outdoors. Among the design solutions adopted, the project prioritizes the residents' privacy while offering spaces filled with natural light.

Pavilion for Good Sleep / WHALE!

Paula Pintos — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

A pavilion for good sleep requires an eastern orientation, to wake up with the morning sun.

Gondomar Urban Park / Paulo Merlini arquitetos

Nana Dokua — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The challenge set out was to create an urban park with a large green area associated with recreational and leisure functions, on a site of approximately 20,000 square metres located in the centre of S. Cosme, which currently served no particular purpose for the city.

Central Library at Stevens Ranch / Miller Hull Partnership + Steele Associates Architects

Nana Dokua — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Deschutes County's New Central Library Reimagines What a Library Can Be Designed by Miller Hull and STEELE Associates, the 100,000-square-foot Stevens Ranch library brings together learning, creativity, coworking and community through a mass-timber design. Stevens Ranch, Oregon — A library means something different to everyone. For some, it's a place to do research. Others come to read in peace, to write, to code, to collaborate. The new Central Library at Stevens Ranch in Deschutes County, OR, designed by The Miller Hull Partnership and local architects STEELE Associates, acknowledges these different user groups and welcomes them all. At over 100,000 square feet, the three-story library accommodates the diverse experiences of modern life and learning.

Two Multi-Family Housing Units / Aplomb

Nana Dokua — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000

This project involves the construction of two social housing units for SOMCO, the historical social housing provider (bailleur HLM) for the City of Mulhouse, which is widely renowned for its architectural heritage and social commitment. From its very inception, the project brief has demonstrated a strong environmental and eco-responsible ambition.

Transforming Barcelona's Waterfront: A Story of Urban Renewal

Moises Carrasco — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

As one walks along the beachfront of Barcelona, the shoreline feels like it has always been there: sand, palm trees, a long promenade, restaurants, shops and modern hotels, when the reality is that it has not always been this way. Until the 1980s, Barcelona's seafront was a working barrier of railway lines, factories and informal housing, and wastewater ran straight into the Mediterranean. Starting in 1987, Barcelona has continuously created large promenades and passages between the city and the sea, creating an environment that today many might read as previously empty space, but is actually the result of decades of infrastructure and social complexity, along with a municipal effort to transform the city's territory and its relationship to the water. Following that transformation raises three questions that frame this article: who was displaced to open the waterfront, who governs it today, and who keeps it standing?

City Pride School / A Threshold

Pratik Mour — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

This primary educational institution, known as City Pride School, is situated in the newly developed region of Ravet Pradhikaran, Pune, characterized by densely populated urban neighborhoods. The school occupies a compact, high-rise urban landscape where the scarcity of space and significant commercial value necessitated a six-story design, limiting the availability of horizontal open and communal areas. In response to this challenge, the architectural design embraces a "school within a school" philosophy, structuring the building in a manner that ensures the spatial scales are perceived as intimate, thereby enhancing the learning environment. This approach aims to cultivate a self-sufficient educational setting that promotes a sense of community and interconnectedness.

What Should Exterior Insulation Do Beyond Thermal Performance?

Rene Submissions — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000

The buildings and construction sector accounts for around 39% of global CO₂ emissions and nearly 50 per cent of global material extraction. Operational carbon emissions which are associated with the energy consumed to run the buildings also rose by 1% to 9.9 billion tonnes of CO₂ in 2024, even as building energy use intensity (EUI) has improved. These figures point to persistent gaps in the way buildings are designed, constructed and upgraded. One important area for closing those gaps is the building envelope insulation, which remains central to controlling energy demand, improving thermal resilience and reducing carbon emissions.

Lion Green Road by Mary Duggan Architects and RUFFARCHITECTS Wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2026

Reyyan Dogan — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

The RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 has been awarded to Lion Green Road, a housing development in Coulsdon, South London, designed by Mary Duggan Architects with RUFFARCHITECTS for Croydon Council. Comprising 157 homes across five residential blocks, the project combines privately owned and socially rented housing on a former car park. Presented annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Stirling Prize recognizes a building considered to make a significant contribution to the evolution of architecture and the built environment. The 2026 winner was announced at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London on October 15, marking the prize's 30th anniversary.

House With a Red Addition / Facha architekti

Valeria Silva — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The project is the renovation and extension of a small house in the Příbram region of the Czech Republic, continuing the building's long and gradual evolution. Originally, the site contained a single-storey pigsty, on top of which a simple weekend cabin was later constructed. Over time, the cabin was gradually adapted into a permanent home while retaining visible traces of its successive transformations. This natural process of growth became the starting point for our design.

World Monuments Watch 2027 Nominations Point to Government Austerity, Climate Impact and Skills Shortages as Main Threats to Heritage

Antonia Piñeiro — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0000

The World Monuments Fund (WMF), an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage since 1965, receives nominations through the World Monuments Watch, a flagship advocacy and conservation program. Every two years, the Watch selects 25 sites from the nominations received from individuals and community-based organizations worldwide. Nominations for the 2027 World Monuments Watch closed on March 20, 2026, with a total of 372 public nominations from 84 countries and territories. Before announcing the selected sites in early 2027, the WMF offers an analysis of the nominations. Global data shows three main causes of heritage endangerment worldwide: government austerity, intensifying climate impact, and lack of access to specialized skills and expertise. At a time when political priorities tend to stray from history, the call is to recognize heritage sites as an area of shared opportunity rather than a burden.

The Expanded Scope of the Architect: Moving Windmills Innovation Center

Mohieldin Gamal — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000

What do architects do? This age-old question reveals the perennial dichotomy between two aspects of building–how to construct, and why to build. Despite its ancient origins and its name deriving from Ancient Greek, the profession is one that has transformed over the centuries. Its present-day form, usually dated to the Italian Renaissance, makes a distinction between the act of building and the intellectual and aesthetic decision-making behind it. However, we may be in the midst of another nascent transformation. The commissioning of architecture has historically remained separate from the practice, but as can be seen in the work of MASS and projects like the Moving Windmills Innovation Center, this distinction is beginning to blur.

SIMOSE Museum & Auberge / Shigeru Ban Architects

Pratik Mour — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Located on a 4.6-hectare site facing the Seto Inland Sea, the facility consists of a museum, 10 villa-style accommodations, and a restaurant. In the center of the site, parallel to the coastline, a 180m-long, 8.5m-high mirrored glass wall has been erected to create a visual effect that doubles the landscape through reflection.

Holland Grove / Blair Smith Architecture

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Located in Melbourne, Holland Grove involved the comprehensive refurbishment of a two-level residence originally constructed in 2005, paired with the insertion of two new lightweight backyard pavilions. Designed by Blair Smith Architecture in collaboration with interior design studio Hecker Guthrie, the project re-evaluates the existing footprint to accommodate a blended family, prioritizing spatial expansion through quiet, landscape-focused additions.

In Conversation with Liu Jiakun, Dong Gong, and Luo Yujie: Small-Scale Timber Buildings—Why Build Them and How?

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000

As timber architecture moves beyond traditional residential and rural settings to find new applications in urban regeneration, commercial spaces, public activities, and everyday life, we face new challenges and a growing need for "new architecture" that continues to evolve.

Renovation of the Core Area of TAFA Art Block / Mix Architecture

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

To the west of the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts lies a century-old urban fabric. With the completion of the Tianjin Eye, the Haihe River's cultural and tourism flows converge at the Sancha Estuary, yet this nearby old town had remained a value depression dormant for two or three decades in the heart of the city. In 2022, the Hebei District Government of Tianjin and the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts signed an agreement to jointly advance the campus development and the comprehensive enhancement of the surrounding area, giving rise to the TAFA Art Block urban renewal project. The operator and the design team proposed the concept of an open art district integrating "the neighborhood, the campus, the scenic area, and the community"—a four-zone fusion. The core area is divided by Tianwei Road into Zone A to the south and Zone B to the north.

Son Ferriol Health Centre / LaBoqueria

Cristina Popescu — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

The project starts with a simple question: how can a building designed to care for people also care for its surroundings, its materials, and its own future?

Ibitipoca House / Gávea Arquitetos

Nana Dokua — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The Ibitipoca House is born from the logic of reuse. Faced with an old ruined building in the Serra do Ibitipoca, in Minas Gerais, the project begins with a disassembly operation that seeks to preserve, reconfigure, and re-inscribe the materials and traces of what already existed into the present. Instead of erasing the previous construction, the proposal transforms it into the material and conceptual origin of the new house.

Casa de Tierra / Walter Fernando Castañeda Luquerna

Valentina Díaz — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Located at an altitude of 3,012 meters above sea level, in a transitional landscape between Andean high-altitude forest and the páramo ecosystem, Casa de Tierra explores ways of inhabiting an environmentally sensitive territory through a strategy of minimal occupation and low environmental impact.

Loungueira House / Pontoatelier

Susanna Moreira — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The project begins with the complete demolition of a fragile and poorly built structure, replaced by a compact house designed for the son and his family. The first gesture is to define the largest possible inhabitable footprint while respecting the required setbacks and preserving the existing guava tree. From this limit, the house is organized as a clear and continuous structure.