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Many contemporary homes rely on open plans and expansive glazing to create generous living environments. Bellwoods Residence, designed by Toronto-based StudioAC, takes a more deliberate approach. Instead of allowing light to enter from every direction, the house concentrates daylight into a single architectural gesture that organizes the entire project. A vertical light slot cuts through […] More
Industrial headquarters rarely receive the same architectural attention as museums, cultural institutions, or residential projects. Offices typically present the company’s public image, while warehouses remain anonymous structures hidden behind them. With the new Gambit Office and Warehouse in Gliwice, Robert Konieczny and KWK Promes challenge that familiar hierarchy. Instead of separating representation from production, they […] More
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
On the Magdalen Islands, architecture cannot ignore its surroundings. Wind, salt, shifting dunes, and a fragile coastline demand buildings that understand where they stand before defining how they look. Magdalen House, designed by Montreal-based Atelier L’Abri, approaches this condition with restraint, developing a contemporary residence that grows directly from the building traditions and ecological realities […] More
Architecture often arrives with certainty. It defines edges, fixes boundaries, and imposes permanence on places that rarely remain still. Studio 10 takes a different approach with the Wetland Caves Pavilion in Longyou County, Zhejiang. Instead of resisting the wetland’s annual transformation, the project accepts change as its defining condition, creating a pavilion that participates in […] More
Rhoēs by Sinas Architects begins with a question that continues to shape contemporary building across the Cyclades: how can a new house belong to the islands without copying the forms of traditional architecture? The project answers through climate, terrain, and spatial organization. It studies the forces that produced Cycladic building traditions, then uses those forces […] More
Rhyme Design Group’s Botanica Sales Gallery in Phuket examines how a commercial building can support several identities without losing architectural discipline. Completed in 2025 for Botanica Grand Avenue, the 1,118.87-square-metre project combines a private headquarters, residential show units, and a public exhibition setting within one compact structure. COMMERCIAL The architects draw on Zen philosophy to […] More
Hospitality architecture often borrows from local identity through decorative gestures. Athita Pool Villa and Spa takes a more structural approach. Designed by Studio Miti as an extension of Athita Hidden Court Chiang Saen, the project draws directly from the city’s urban fabric, construction traditions, and environmental conditions, allowing architecture itself to carry the cultural narrative. […] More
Every coastline demands its own architecture. The most successful houses acknowledge that wind, rain, salt, and topography shape a building long after construction ends. Porthmadog House, designed by Ström Architects on the North Wales coast, understands this condition from the outset. Set above an estuary overlooking the Irish Sea, the residence avoids picturesque gestures in […] More
The Production and Office Building by MVA (Mikelić Vreš Arhitekti) begins with an act of regeneration. Before architecture entered the site, the plot in Dubrovčan, northwest of Zagreb, served as a construction-waste landfill. Rather than treating this history as something to erase, the architects transformed it into the project’s defining condition. The remediation of the […] More
MZ Arquitectos developed Casa LC from the difficulties of its site rather than from a predetermined formal idea. Located in the Jardín Inglés neighborhood of Valle Escondido, Córdoba, the 360-square-meter residence occupies an irregular corner plot with a level change of more than 1.80 meters. One edge faces the neighborhood’s main avenue, exposing the property […] More
Greek villages have never functioned as collections of isolated buildings. They evolved through time, adapting to terrain, climate, and the changing needs of the communities that inhabited them. Streets followed the contours of the land, homes gathered around shared spaces, and architecture developed through gradual additions instead of predetermined masterplans. Shared Ground – A Contemporary […] More