Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Grand Canal Gateway Bridge in Hangzhou, China, a 390-metre-long structure that serves as the centrepiece of the city’s new 14.7-hectare River Middle public park. When it opens later this year, the bridge will link the east and west banks of the 800,000-square-metre Seamless City masterplan, reconnecting Hangzhou’s urban development with […] More
In the Lin-gang Special Area of Shanghai, c+d studio has completed Island City Life, a new campus for the Shanghai High School Senior Division that redefines the relationship between education, landscape, and urban life. Surrounded on three sides by greenery and water, the 48-class residential high school responds to the challenge of density, integration, and […] More
In Prague, Martin Cenek Architecture transforms a 1930s functionalist apartment into a deeply personal reflection on authorship, memory, and restraint. The project, the architect’s own home, unfolds as both a renovation and an introspective study of what it means to inhabit one’s own design. Located in a tenement building by Ladislav and Jaroslav Šimek, the […] More
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, Marazzi invited British designer Charlotte Taylor to create Under the Skin, an imagined house that explores the relationship between material, memory, and emotion. Through her poetic and architectural lens, Taylor reinterprets Marazzi’s ceramic collections as storytelling tools, transforming surfaces into narrative and spatial elements. MATERIALS The project reflects Marazzi’s vision […] More
In Portland’s dynamic Division Street district, the Ellen Browning Building by Hacker redefines aging in place through architecture rooted in friendship, care, and community. Conceived by a group of close friends determined to preserve their social bonds into later life, the mixed-use residential project transforms the co-housing model into a refined, urban expression of independence […] More
Perched on a steep site above Lake Fournelle in Saint-Hippolyte, Intervalle by Atelier BOOM-TOWN turns topographical constraint into design intention. The residence stretches across two levels that follow the natural slope, transforming elevation into experience. Through this calibrated descent, the architecture becomes an instrument of observation, framing shifting perspectives of the Laurentians with each step. […] More
In Sainte-Thérèse, Canada, ACDF Architecture, in collaboration with Stantec, has designed the Centre de réadaptation pour jeunes en difficulté d’adaptation (CRJDA), a facility redefining how architecture can support care, rehabilitation, and dignity. Rejecting the traditional institutional aesthetic, the project establishes a space that fosters empathy, autonomy, and trust. INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE Partner Joan Renaud describes the […] More
Located on the eastern edge of iXcampus in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the new Design School by SAME architectes defines a contemporary model for sustainable academic architecture. Set between the town center and the dense state forest, the project bridges innovation and nature through a precise dialogue with its surroundings, expanding the campus while maintaining harmony with its […] More
FUSO introduces a new standard for sustainable urban living with its public housing project at 39 Rue Myrha in Paris’s La Goutte d’Or district. RESIDENTIAL Designed with LM engineers, the building is the first in the city to combine a wooden structure with reused brick facades, reflecting the firm’s commitment to ecological construction and adaptive […] More
Set on a hilltop in Manaus, Brazil, Pupunha House is surrounded by the lush expanse of the Amazon rainforest. The landscape design by Hana Eto Gall Landscape transforms the property into a living dialogue between architecture and nature. Working alongside Laurent Troost Architectures and interior designer Chris Coimbra, the project proposes a way of inhabiting […] More
In Prague, Iva Hajkova Studio has transformed a panel apartment into a serene escape that looks toward the horizon for inspiration. Positioned above a bustling artery of the city, the residence finds beauty in contrast, between movement and stillness, concrete and wood, the hum of traffic and the vast expanse of sky. INTERIOR DESIGN The […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects have announced that the Danjiang Bridge, set to become the world’s longest single-tower, asymmetric cable-stayed bridge, will officially open on 12 May 2026. The completion of its final steel decking segment marks the first direct connection between the east and west banks of the Tamsui River estuary in northern Taiwan. BRIDGES Designed […] More