Between Montpellier’s Arceaux and Figuerolles districts, Espace Ambroise Croizat converts a fragmented institutional site into an open social facility built around access, dignity and daily support. Designed by TAUTEM Architecture for the CCAS de Montpellier, the 1,370 square metre project rehabilitates the former Centre for Social Experimentation and Innovation while retaining the physical traces left […] More
Roland Baldi Architects completes a multifunctional public building at the southern entrance to Barbian, or Barbiano, in South Tyrol, Italy. The project brings together a kindergarten, daycare centre, children’s restaurant, tourist office, public restrooms, mobility infrastructure, and a barrier-free connection to the village centre. Set into a steep site, the building turns a complex civic […] More
The Espace citoyen des Confluents transforms a former petrochemical brownfield in Laval into a civic landscape that integrates ecological regeneration with public amenity. Projet Paysage, collaborating with Cardin Julien, reimagines a 13-acre site as a living infrastructure that supports social engagement, biodiversity, and stormwater management. The intervention reverses decades of industrial impact, creating a landscape […] More
Perrault Architecture has completed the Monica C. Gratton Library in Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Canada, introducing a new civic space that strengthens cultural life in the municipality. Designed as a modern public institution, the LEED Gold project responds to environmental challenges while improving access to cultural services for residents and visitors. The building also addresses flooding issues previously […] More
ABF-LAB has completed the Maison des solidarités du Département in Langon, Gironde, introducing a social services facility defined by bioclimatic design and bio-sourced construction. Built on the site of a former gendarmerie, the project replaces conventional institutional architecture with a structure shaped by environmental responsibility and spatial clarity. The architects used wood, earth, lime plaster, […] More
Prestige University in Indore introduces a large academic and civic structure within a 32-acre campus, designed by Sanjay Puri Architects. The building consolidates the university’s administration offices, auditorium, seminar halls, library, cafeteria, and classrooms into a single institutional complex. Completed in January 2026, the project extends across 30,843 square meters and rises five levels above […] More
Set within a three-hectare former campsite near Limoges, the Leisure Centre with Dormitory represents a carefully calibrated response to landscape, childhood, and environmental responsibility. Designed by Atelier Quatre in collaboration with r2k architectes, the project transforms an underused site surrounded by remarkable trees into a year-round destination for leisure, learning, and overnight stays for up […] More
Located in Montreal’s Peter-McGill district, Centre Sanaaq introduces a new type of cultural and civic space defined less by monumentality and more by participation. Designed through a close collaboration between Pelletier de Fontenay, Architecture49, and Atelier Zébulon Perron, the project occupies the podium of a residential development on the former site of the Montreal Children’s […] More
In Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina, the new Judicial Morgue emerges as a nuanced exercise in architectural sensitivity. Conceived by the Architectural Office of the Judiciary of Santa Fe, the project confronts the challenge of designing for a program often relegated to the periphery of public awareness. Completed in 2024, the building occupies a 5,000 m² […] More
Espace Gabrielle Chanel, a new public library devoted to contemporary art, opens on the third floor of Shanghai’s Power Station of Art (PSA). Created with support from Chanel, the 18,000 square foot space offers a major resource for reading, research, and study, with more than 50,000 books and audio editions forming one of the largest […] 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
In Burlington, Alva Roy Architects have unveiled Nexus House, a project that redefines what a cultural institution can be. Conceived as both landmark and innovation hub, it fuses education, creativity, and civic life under a single roof. Neither purely a convention centre nor exclusively a cultural venue, Nexus House positions itself at the crossroads of […] More