ArchDaily Global ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[Osaka Lightning Rod Industry Sendai Branch Office / T2P Architects Office]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042629/osaka-lightning-rod-industry-sendai-branch-office-t2p-architects-office Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1042629/osaka-lightning-rod-industry-sendai-branch-office-t2p-architects-office In an area of Sendai City where condominium development is gradually progressing, we planned a branch office for Osaka Lightning Rod Industry, a specialized manufacturer of lightning protection equipment. At many of the company's previous branch locations, workspaces were divided across multiple floors, which hindered active communication. Furthermore, the company's operations span a wide range—from sales consultations and ordering to inventory management, assembly, transport, and onsite work—creating a need for a cross-functional, easily interconnected workspace. Inspired by the structure of a lightning rod, in which a collection of small parts forms a unified whole, our goal was to create a new workplace where individual spaces (the parts) and the overall space (the whole) maintain a tight relationship.

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  • architects: T2P Architects Office
  • Location: Sendai, Japan
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Vincent Hecht
  • Area: 415.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[House for María / Metriq Estudio]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042489/house-for-maria-metriq-estudio Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1042489/house-for-maria-metriq-estudio María’s House was born without a budget, in an adverse context, but with a clear purpose. Located in the working-class neighborhood of La Gatazo, in southern Quito, it emerged in the aftermath of the pandemic as a response to the neglect and vulnerability of an elderly woman whose home was on the verge of collapse. The project was conceived as an exercise in empathy, understood not only as design, but as action, self-management, and social commitment.

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  • architects: Metriq Estudio
  • Location: Quito, Ecuador
  • Project Year: 2021
  • Photography: Alex Santander
  • Area: 37.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Feeding the Land: What We Eat Built the World We Inhabit]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042008/feeding-the-land-what-we-eat-built-the-world-we-inhabit Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Diogo Borges Ferreira https://www.archdaily.com/1042008/feeding-the-land-what-we-eat-built-the-world-we-inhabit There is a standard way of telling the history of architecture and food. It begins with the human decision to cultivate, to store, to distribute, to consume, and ends with the building that decision produced. In this version of events, food is the occasion and architecture is the response.

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There is a standard way of telling the history of architecture and food. It begins with the human decision to cultivate, to store, to distribute, to consume, and ends with the building that decision produced. In this version of events, food is the occasion and architecture is the response.

But what if the story runs differently? What if the tomato built Almería? What if the cod redesigned the North Atlantic? What if the soybean is, at this moment, constructing a port in Santos and demolishing a forest in the Cerrado simultaneously, and the architect has simply not been told? These are descriptions of processes already complete, or well underway, that have produced some of the most spatially consequential contemporary landscapes. Much of the built environment is shaped by the pressures, metabolisms, and territorial ambitions of what we eat. Architecture, in this, is often less a project than a consequence, and the discipline has been telling its own story from the wrong end.

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]]> <![CDATA[Flat for One / Metrics Architecture Studio]]> https://www.archdaily.com/996366/flat-for-one-metrics-architecture-studio Sun, 21 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Collin Chen https://www.archdaily.com/996366/flat-for-one-metrics-architecture-studio The project was to transform a 55sqm 2-bedroom located in southern Taiwan into a suite for one, including a small work area; an opportunity to rethink an ideal space for the increasing modern single.

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  • architects: Metrics Architecture Studio
  • Location: Taiwan, China
  • Project Year: 2021
  • Photographs: Yucen Zhao
  • Area: 55.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Saddleback Mountain House / Casey Brown Architecture]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042571/saddleback-mountain-house-casey-brown-architecture Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/1042571/saddleback-mountain-house-casey-brown-architecture Saddleback Mountain House is the result of eight years of planning and construction to fulfill a family's dream for a home that would support their growing children and a lifestyle strongly connected to the outdoors. From the beginning, the clients asked for a house that responded directly to its landscape, using robust materials and passive design principles to create a sustainable home that would endure and adapt over time. 

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  • architects: Casey Brown Architecture
  • Location: New South Wales, Australia
  • Project Year: 2026
  • Photographs: Zella Casey Brown
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]]> <![CDATA[Naya Restaurant Ayutthaya / BodinChapa Architects]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042588/naya-restaurant-ayutthaya-bodinchapa-architects Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1042588/naya-restaurant-ayutthaya-bodinchapa-architects Following the successful transformation of a family-owned inherited site into a destination that has generated a positive impact within the local community and established a thriving family business through distinctive architecture, NAYA Café Ayutthaya entered its next phase of development. The expansion sought to accommodate a wider range of visitor experiences and programmatic needs, leading to the creation of NAYA Café & Restaurant Ayutthaya.

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  • architects: BodinChapa Architects
  • Location: Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
  • Project Year: 2026
  • Photographs: Witsawarut Kekina
  • Area: 250.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Macedonia House / bardo]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042617/macedonia-house-bardo Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1042617/macedonia-house-bardo This renovation project in Madrid arises from a simple idea: to surprise. The client had a clear vision: they wanted the home to have a fragmented layout, with independent spaces that provided intimacy to the different areas of the house.

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  • architects: bardo
  • Location: Madrid, España
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photography: Germán Saiz
  • Area: 120.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Percy Lake Cottage / Michael Taylor Architecture + Design]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042593/percy-lake-cottage-michael-taylor-architecture-plus-design Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Susanna Moreira https://www.archdaily.com/1042593/percy-lake-cottage-michael-taylor-architecture-plus-design Michael Taylor Architecture + Design was asked to build a quiet rural retreat for a couple the firm already knew, having earlier completed their condominium interior in busy downtown Toronto. The new site could not be more different: a heavily treed slope rising steeply above a calm lake, with a private beach below dotted with old tree stumps. The property occupies the shoreline of Percy Lake, close to Algonquin Park, Ontario. Its bedrock is Canadian Shield granite and stretches of that stone appear across the grounds and have been incorporated into the landscaping.

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]]> <![CDATA[Designing for Stray Cities: Architecture Beyond the Human]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042316/designing-for-stray-cities-architecture-beyond-the-human Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Ananya Nayak https://www.archdaily.com/1042316/designing-for-stray-cities-architecture-beyond-the-human Architecture continues to draw cities as though humans occupy them alone. Plans trace circulation routes, zoning maps assign functions, and buildings are evaluated according to human comfort, safety, and efficiency. Walking through cities across India and Southwest Asia reveals something much more complex. Dogs sleep beneath market stalls, monkeys move across rooftops, birds nest in temple towers and mosque façades, and insects pollinate urban landscapes hidden in plain sight. These species are woven into daily urban life as consistently as human occupants. Streets, courtyards, roofs, drainage systems, markets, and vacant lots are already occupied by multiple species simultaneously. Architectural thinking has been slower to account for this reality.

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Architecture continues to draw cities as though humans occupy them alone. Plans trace circulation routes, zoning maps assign functions, and buildings are evaluated according to human comfort, safety, and efficiency. Walking through cities across India and Southwest Asia reveals something much more complex. Dogs sleep beneath market stalls, monkeys move across rooftops, birds nest in temple towers and mosque façades, and insects pollinate urban landscapes hidden in plain sight. These species are woven into daily urban life as consistently as human occupants. Streets, courtyards, roofs, drainage systems, markets, and vacant lots are already occupied by multiple species simultaneously. Architectural thinking has been slower to account for this reality.

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]]> <![CDATA[amass workroom / amass]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042514/amass-workroom-amass Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000 韩爽 - HAN Shuang https://www.archdaily.com/1042514/amass-workroom-amass Eight years after its founding, amass undertook a renovation of its own workspace. The project was not driven by a need for expansion, but by a reconsideration of how the studio works: when a space must continuously adapt to new projects, materials, and modes of collaboration, are the fixed and irreversible elements of conventional fit-outs still necessary?

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  • architects: amass
  • Location: Chengdu, China
  • Project Year: 2026
  • Photographs: Bin Li
  • Area: 118.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Casa Alba II / Además arquitectura]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042587/casa-alba-ii-ademas-arquitectura Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1042587/casa-alba-ii-ademas-arquitectura "Los muros están ahí para otorgar privacidad, para ocultar a quien habita, para permitir desarrollar dentro de la casa la vida profundamente libre, al margen de toda moral o tradición, al margen de toda vigilancia social o policial –al margen, en definitiva, de esa insoportable visibilidad que la moral calvinista imponía a sus compañeros modernos y su arquitectura positivista."
Iñaki Abalos, "La buena vida", "La casa Zaratustra"

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  • architects: Además arquitectura
  • Location: Canning, Argentina
  • Project Year: 2024
  • Photographs: Federico Cairioli
  • Area: 289.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Apartment of Skewed Relations / fala]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042580/apartment-of-skewed-relations-fala Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Andreas Luco https://www.archdaily.com/1042580/apartment-of-skewed-relations-fala A large apartment in the city centre was to be renovated. The original plan, inefficient and deeply segregated, was hastily erased, leaving behind only a handful of columns, technical risers, and the peculiar outline of the perimeter. Within such an irregular boundary, any conventional orthogonal arrangement seemed inadequate. The project therefore adopts a different strategy: a fluid, deliberately fragmented space whose limits are often ambiguous.

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]]> <![CDATA[Huerquehue Refuge / DRAA]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041275/huerquehue-refuge-draa Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1041275/huerquehue-refuge-draa The Rock Refuge. We took on this commission a couple of years ago because the clients, a couple well-versed in the ideas of Byung-Chul Han, wanted a cabin in the woods that met at least two requirements: to withstand a forest fire (at least partially) and to blend into the landscape.

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  • architects: DRAA
  • Location: Pucon, Chile
  • Project Year: 2021
  • Photography: Marcos Zegers
  • Area: 45.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Bar Edicola / MRDK]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042501/bar-edicola-mrdk Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Andreas Luco https://www.archdaily.com/1042501/bar-edicola-mrdk Located in the former premises of a long-standing Montréal magazine store, MRDK approached the design of Edicola as both an homage to the social rituals of the Italian café and a reinterpretation of the site's cultural memory. By preserving the spirit of the original newsstand through an integrated wall-mounted magazine display, the project establishes an immediate connection between past and present. A place where browsing, gathering, drinking, and dining naturally coexist.

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]]> <![CDATA[City-Making Through Participation: Lessons from Utopian Hours 2026]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042568/city-making-through-participation-lessons-from-utopian-hours-2026 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Mohieldin Gamal https://www.archdaily.com/1042568/city-making-through-participation-lessons-from-utopian-hours-2026 Who has the right to the city? Henri Lefebvre's writings question the structures that control urban space and, instead, put the citizens at the center of decision-making. His ideas have influenced the way architecture and urban design are practiced, bringing about community participation and co-design. These have been some of the most prominent themes at Utopian Hours 2026, the festival of city-making, the first part of which was held in the Dutch city of Rotterdam to mark its tenth anniversary edition.

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Who has the right to the city? Henri Lefebvre's writings question the structures that control urban space and, instead, put the citizens at the center of decision-making. His ideas have influenced the way architecture and urban design are practiced, bringing about community participation and co-design. These have been some of the most prominent themes at Utopian Hours 2026, the festival of city-making, the first part of which was held in the Dutch city of Rotterdam to mark its tenth anniversary edition.

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]]> <![CDATA[Gallery For A Tree "Flyover" Marcellin College / Farrell Wray Architects]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042567/gallery-for-a-tree-flyover-marcellin-college-farrell-wray-architects Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1042567/gallery-for-a-tree-flyover-marcellin-college-farrell-wray-architects The evolution of the idea for this project began back in 2013-2015 at Caroline Chisholm College in Braybrook, where we designed the first iteration of a flyover typology for our then and now client, Principal Marco De Cesare. This project became a new and highly celebrated visual identity for the college. Seen on public billboards in wider Braybrook and Footscray, school publications, and published internationally through architectural media. The outcome of the project, along with extensive renovation to the quadrangle landscape, led to increased school enrolments and a new sense of optimism and pride for the college.

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]]> <![CDATA[Schmidt Hammer Lassen Completes ARoS Expansion with James Turrell's As Seen Below – The Dome]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042584/schmidt-hammer-lassen-completes-aros-expansion-with-james-turrells-as-seen-below-the-dome Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/1042584/schmidt-hammer-lassen-completes-aros-expansion-with-james-turrells-as-seen-below-the-dome Denmark's ARoS Aarhus Art Museum has unveiled As Seen Below – The Dome, a new Skyspace by American artist James Turrell that completes The Next Level, the museum's approximately 4,000-square-metre underground expansion designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen. Opened to the public on 19 June 2026, the project marks the culmination of more than two decades of collaboration between the City of Aarhus, ARoS, and the Danish architecture practice, following the completion of the museum building in 2004 and the addition of Olafur Eliasson's Your Rainbow Panorama in 2011. Located beneath the redesigned Musikhusparken in central Aarhus, the installation forms the centerpiece of the museum's latest expansion and adds a new large-scale work by Turrell to its collection.

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Denmark's ARoS Aarhus Art Museum has unveiled As Seen Below – The Dome, a new Skyspace by American artist James Turrell that completes The Next Level, the museum's approximately 4,000-square-metre underground expansion designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen. Opened to the public on 19 June 2026, the project marks the culmination of more than two decades of collaboration between the City of Aarhus, ARoS, and the Danish architecture practice, following the completion of the museum building in 2004 and the addition of Olafur Eliasson's Your Rainbow Panorama in 2011. Located beneath the redesigned Musikhusparken in central Aarhus, the installation forms the centerpiece of the museum's latest expansion and adds a new large-scale work by Turrell to its collection.

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]]> <![CDATA[The Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2026 Unveils Full Program, Venues, and Participants for 'How Much?']]> https://www.archdaily.com/1042583/the-tallinn-architecture-biennale-2026-unveils-full-program-venues-and-participants-for-how-much Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/1042583/the-tallinn-architecture-biennale-2026-unveils-full-program-venues-and-participants-for-how-much Following its 7th edition in 2024, an event centered around the theme "Resources For a Future," the Tallinn Architecture Biennale is coming back in 2026 with the question of "How Much?" Organised by the Estonian Centre for Architecture and curated by Stuudio TÄNA, Mark Aleksander Fischer, and Mira Samonig. From September 9 to November 30, 2026, the biennale will explore the relationship between constraint, cost, and architecture, often in the margins of the architectural discourse but inevitably shaping the built environment, to ultimately unlock new ways of understanding the meaning of value, affordability, and responsibility in architecture. The organization recently released the full program of exhibitions, workshops, concerts, family events, and films for TAB 2026, addressed to both architects and the general public.

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Following its 7th edition in 2024, an event centered around the theme "Resources For a Future," the Tallinn Architecture Biennale is coming back in 2026 with the question of "How Much?" Organised by the Estonian Centre for Architecture and curated by Stuudio TÄNA, Mark Aleksander Fischer, and Mira Samonig. From September 9 to November 30, 2026, the biennale will explore the relationship between constraint, cost, and architecture, often in the margins of the architectural discourse but inevitably shaping the built environment, to ultimately unlock new ways of understanding the meaning of value, affordability, and responsibility in architecture. The organization recently released the full program of exhibitions, workshops, concerts, family events, and films for TAB 2026, addressed to both architects and the general public.

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