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  • McMaster Life Sciences Building and Greenhouse by Moriyama Teshima Architects

    Moriyama Teshima Architects has completed the McMaster University Life Sciences Building and Greenhouse in Hamilton, Ontario, creating an 11,400-square-foot addition that brings plant research, teaching, and student activity into direct contact with campus life. The project replaces an aging off-site greenhouse and integrates the new facility with the existing five-storey Life Sciences Building, while establishing […] More

  • TAUTEM Reworks Espace Ambroise Croizat as a Social Third Place in Montpellier

    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 Green Public Hub in Barbiano

    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

  • Espace citoyen des Confluents by Projet Paysage

    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

  • Monica C. Gratton Library Brings a Civic Landmark to Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard

    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 Completes Timber and Straw Social Services Center in Langon

    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

  • Sanjay Puri Architects Designs Prestige University Campus Building

    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

  • Leisure Centre with Dormitory by Atelier Quatre and r2k architectes

    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

  • Centre Sanaaq Introduces a New Model for Cultural Space in Montreal

    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

  • Architecture and Afterlife: The New Judicial Morgue in Santa Fe

    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 Opens as a New Art Library in Shanghai

    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

  • CRJDA Sainte-Thérèse by ACDF Architecture

    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

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