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Renovation of a Lock Keeper's house / Atelier APA

Cristina Popescu — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The former Lock-Keeper's house is located on the edge of the Canal du Midi, and boasts a number of landscaping features that give it a special atmosphere: a waterside terrace and large century-old trees.

Housing CARNIVAL / Studio Profile

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

A Village Where Street Culture, Community, and Nature Converge - Bangkok is a cultural palimpsest shaped by layers of street markets, temples, contemporary skyscrapers, and organically evolved urban structures. Born from the streets of Bangkok, the pioneering streetwear brand CARNIVAL has grown beyond being a leader of local street culture, becoming a vibrant platform connecting youth subcultures, urban lifestyles, and community spirit. Within One Bangkok, a new urban destination at the heart of the city, we envisioned a "home" for CARNIVAL: a cultural village where street culture, community, and collective experiences converge.

Rain Rhizome / TANAT + Rizoma del Agua

Valentina Díaz — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

In many Mexican cities, drinking water has not simply disappeared from public life; it has been reorganized through a dense economy of substitution. It arrives by truck, in plastic bottles, in twenty-liter garrafones, through rooftop tanks, domestic filters, purification shops, informal deliveries, and routines of storage that turn access to water into an everyday practice of calculation. What appears as a failure of the network has also produced a spatial and economic culture in which responsibility is transferred to households, and often to the bodies that carry, buy, clean, mistrust, and manage water before it can be consumed.

Doutor Leite Lopes State Airport / Bacco Arquitetos Associados

Nana Dokua — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000

In contrast to the concept of the "non-place," the design transforms the airport into an active urban element integrated into the Ribeirão Preto community. The Glued Laminated Timber (glulam) structure reduces the carbon footprint and establishes a connection with the local agro-industrial identity, converting transit infrastructure into a welcoming space for social gathering.

Perichón House / ODB Arquitectos

Valentina Díaz — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Perichón House begins before its form is even defined. The starting point is to carefully recognize what already exists: a wooded lot, a clearing among the vegetation, and the environmental conditions characteristic of the subtropical landscape. Instead of understanding the site as an empty surface on which to place an object, the project seeks to occupy it with as little alteration as possible.

Encontros Sculpture / Estudio Guto Requena

Nana Dokua — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The Encontros ("Encounters") sculpture is the new public artwork created by Estudio Guto Requena, a tribute to Guto's hometown of Sorocaba ("torn land" in the native Tupi-Guarani language).

210 South 12th Building / RSHP

Andreas Luco — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, RSHP and co-architects Perkins Eastman have completed 210 South 12th for developer Midwood Investment & Development, a 31storey mixed-use tower offering 376 residential apartment homes alongside two floors of retail. Marking the practice's first project in the city, the tower presents a considered and contemporary addition to the urban landscape of downtown Philadelphia.

Pracownia - The Workshop / ACOS (A Collection of Stories)

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Pracownia is a story about holistic design, where a relationship between the user's needs and matter, both existing and conceived, forms a multi-layered spatial experience. It integrates local culture, nature, craftsmanship, and modern manufacturing methods. The space is shaped by overlapping volumes and their dialogue with the surroundings. Details, materials, and bespoke solutions achieve a quiet elegance, creating a balanced relationship between architecture and interior. Pracownia, designed for OMNI KAISER Patisserie, becomes a creative reflection of the people who initiated and created it, as well as those who are going to use it in the future.

ISOCARP Women in Planning Awards Nominations

Rene Submissions — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:15:00 +0000

ISOCARP Women in Planning is entering an exciting new chapter! This November in Glasgow, the Women in Planning Awards will be held for the first time as a standalone awards ceremony accompanied by a full day of engaging sessions and activities!

Submit your nominations in three Pillars:
1. Inspiring Individuals
2. Inclusive and Equitable Organisational Culture
3. Gender-Responsive Planning Practice, Policy & Research

UDL Thesis Publication Seminar 2026

Rene Submissions — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:10:00 +0000

The UDL Thesis Publication Seminar 2026 is a two-day international online seminar organized by Urban Design Lab, bringing together selected undergraduate and postgraduate thesis projects from across the world in the fields of urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, and planning.

The 2026 edition brings together 40 outstanding thesis abstracts from submissions across 15 countries. Selected for their originality, relevance, research quality, and innovation, the projects explore contemporary urban challenges and emerging approaches to the future of cities.

The seminar will take place online on 12 and 13 September 2026 and is structured around four thematic areas: Urban Landscape, Urban Management, Urban Networks,

Tbilisi Architecture Forum

Rene Submissions — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:05:00 +0000

Tbilisi Architecture Forum 2026 Announces "Places in Transition"
Tbilisi, Georgia — Tbilisi Architecture Forum (TAF) 2026 will take place 18–20 September 2026, bringing together leading international and regional voices in architecture, design, urbanism, and culture for three days of dialogue, exchange, and exploration.
Under the theme Places in Transition, TAF 2026 explores the evolving nature of our cities, landscapes, and communities. Places are never static. They are shaped by social change, technological innovation, climate challenges, shifting identities, conflict, development, and the continuous reinterpretation of heritage.
Rather than focusing solely on creating something new, the forum asks how architecture can question, adapt, preserve, rebuild,

ArchDaily Next Practices Awards 2026: Meet the Jury

Romullo Baratto — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Since its launch in 2020, the ArchDaily Next Practices Awards have spotlighted forward-thinking architecture practices that are redefining the boundaries of the discipline. Over five editions, the initiative has recognized 105 practices from 44 countries, amplifying voices from around the world and fostering a global conversation about architecture's evolving role in society. Across the winning practices, recurring values emerge: contextual sensitivity, sustainable material use, co-creation with communities, experimental and interdisciplinary approaches, memory and heritage, social responsibility, and human-scale interventions.

Nairobi Architecture City Guide: 11 Projects Building a Post-Independence Identity

Valentina Díaz — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Nairobi's architectural identity was transformed by Kenya's independence in 1963. As the new nation sought to define itself, the city became a testing ground for a modern architecture that could embody progress while responding to African culture, climate, and local conditions. This opened a period of architectural experimentation, with different approaches emerging to the relationship between modernity, identity, and place.

A Seaside Swing Installation / XBTW OFFICE

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

"Coral" is a swing art installation located at the northwest corner of West Park at Longfor Puti Coast in Yantai, China. Facing tidal flats and sea, the site is shaped by the daily rhythm of tides, sea breeze, and sunsets, which together form its most distinctive landscape.

AART Wins Competition for Underground Royal Treasury at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen

Reyyan Dogan — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Danish architecture practice AART has won the international competition for Rigets Skatkammer (The Royal Treasury), a new 1,300-square-meter underground extension to the museum at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. Developed in collaboration with VEGA Landskab, Fogh & Følner, and Artelia, the proposal places approximately 600 square meters of new exhibition space beneath the historic moat, while partially re-establishing the water surrounding Christian IV's Renaissance castle. The project is intended to provide new visitor facilities and exhibition spaces for the Royal Danish Collection, which includes the Danish Crown Jewels and historic costume collections and currently attracts more than 500,000 visitors annually.

House among the trees / Studio COSMO

Nina Vuga — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000

A family house nestled among the trees, where the surrounding landscape shapes every design decision from the ground up.

First Look at the Completed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Opening September 22, 2026

Antonia Piñeiro — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has confirmed that it will open to the public on September 22, 2026, releasing new images of its completed building. The date aligns with the announcement made by the institution nearly a year ago. The museum is housed in a building with a sculptural, curved silhouette designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, with landscape architecture by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA and Stantec serving as executive architect. The project was approved in 2017, with construction beginning the following year; the opening was originally planned for 2025. The museum sits within an 11-acre (4.5-hectare) site in Los Angeles's Exposition Park and comprises a 300,000-square-foot (27,900-square-meter) structure featuring galleries, two theaters, a retail store, a library, a café, a restaurant, and event spaces.

Green Space and the Price of a Home on the US West Coast

Ankitha Gattupalli — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Every housing crisis eventually becomes a land question, and every land question eventually becomes a values question. The United States' West Coast has arrived at that point. As cities from Los Angeles to Seattle search for parcels to build the affordable housing they have promised for years, they keep landing on the same answer: the park or the greenbelt. What looks like a zoning decision is a referendum on which form of wellbeing a city is willing to sacrifice for another.

Kaymana Wave Reception / Pablo Luna Studio

Pratik Mour — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Wave Reception, located in Uluwatu, Bali, takes its form from the image of a wave breaking along the coastline. The architectural gesture is intentionally simple: a single continuous curve that captures the immediacy and fluidity of that movement, transforming it into a soft, protective cocoon. More than a literal representation of a wave, the building translates the energy, rhythm, and sense of wonder of standing before the ocean into a welcoming architectural form.

House in Kamiyasu / Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates

Pratik Mour — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

This residence is built on a flagpole-shaped lot surrounded by single-family homes. Neighboring houses are close to the south and east sides of the lot, while on the west and north sides, it borders a village path used by local residents in their daily lives. On the side facing the village path, the lot is irregularly shaped, creating a site with significant constraints on building placement. On the other hand, the site offered a pleasant environment that formed a gentle connection with the surrounding community—such as the expansive approach leading to the Keitobara Yakushido Shrine in the southwest and the soothing sound of clear water flowing from the canal at the foot of the mountain on the north side of the lot.

Qingdeng Village Art Museum / atelier anonymous

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

From Administrative Void to Contemporary Village Entrance: Reviving Public Life in Qingdeng Village
The design finds its inspiration in the quiet disappearance of public life in Jiangnan's countryside. Under the old village banyan trees, where conversations once drifted through the afternoon shade, and in the ancestral halls that held weddings and funerals, these informal, spontaneous gathering places are fading as rural social structures shift. Meanwhile, countless administrative buildings stand vacant after functional consolidation. Our question became: can administrative space be relinquished to become living space?

Casa Solis 21 / iHouse estudio

Valentina Díaz — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Casa Solís 21 is a temporary residence located in a rural setting in Soca, Canelones, conceived as a weekend home for a family seeking a space to gather and rest within easy reach of Montevideo.

Beacon School High School / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados + Guido Otero Arquitetura + Ricardo Gusmão Arquitetos

Susanna Moreira — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The design for the Beacon School high school building is an integral part of a master plan, developed in 2016, for the establishment of the school's new campus, located in the former industrial neighborhood of Vila Leopoldina, in São Paulo. The early childhood and elementary school buildings are already built and active on the campus.

Los Navegantes House / María Catalina Picon Meleda + Alberto Browne Cruz

Valentina Díaz — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Los Navegantes House is the expansion and renovation of a 1963 home in Pedro de Valdivia Norte, a central residential neighborhood shaped by the presence of San Cristóbal Hill, its vegetation, and its gardens. The north-south orientation, the shadow of the hill, and the need to bring in more natural light were defining conditions, along with preserving privacy, the existing vegetation, and the relationship with the courtyards.