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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
GO’C has transformed a historic Pioneer Square loft into a new architecture office that reflects both the material history of Seattle and the studio’s design approach. Located along Yesler Way, the project occupies the top floor of the Schwabacher Building, a brick landmark constructed after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The renovation converts a […] More
Located on a secluded peninsula along a quiet, motorboat-free lake in Ontario’s Muskoka region, Long Lake Cottage offers an off-grid retreat shaped by its natural surroundings. The project, designed by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, occupies a forested site where the owners spent a full year camping before deciding where and how to build. Their goal […] More
On a steep plot in Braga, Casa A negotiates gravity through calibration rather than force. Designed by L2C Arquitetura under the direction of Luís Cunha, with collaboration from Rui Forte, the 550-square-metre residence completes in 2024 as a measured response to a demanding site on Rua de Barros. The terrain unfolds as an irregular topography, […] More
Along the banks of the River Medway in East Farleigh, Kent, a Grade II-listed boiler house built in 1860 by James Pilbrow enters a new chapter. Designed in the Egyptian Revival style, the structure once stood crowned by an obelisk chimney and formed part of Britain’s brief nineteenth-century fascination with the architecture of Karnak, Luxor, […] More
Krisanova Design Studio completed Rethinking the Sky House, a 72-square-meter apartment in Moscow’s Prime Park residential complex, as a study in monochrome space and geometric continuity. Designer Arina Krisanova structured the interior around a restrained palette and carefully controlled spatial transitions, allowing walls, floors, and built-in elements to function as a continuous architectural surface. The […] More
Archi-Tectonics completed the London Solar House in Primrose Hill as a residential renovation and extension that doubles the footprint of a century-old brick townhouse while preserving its structural core. Designed for a family of four, the 2,250-square-foot project reinterprets the compact typology of London’s masonry row houses through volumetric expansion and integrated renewable energy systems. […] More
Studio Plyš has completed the renovation of Borová Lada Cottage, a late 19th-century house located along a quiet road in the Bohemian Forest. The project approaches the historic structure with restraint, maintaining its familiar silhouette while introducing structural reinforcements and contemporary living spaces. The architects treated the cottage as an evolving structure shaped by successive […] 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
BAT Bilbao Architecture Team has completed IB House, a 910-square-meter two-family residence in Galdakao, Basque Country, constructed entirely from cross-laminated timber and finished with a charred larch façade. The project examines how timber construction can define contemporary residential architecture while maintaining a strong connection to local building traditions. The architects used CLT as both structural […] More
Mix Architecture completed Red Box in Nanjing as a compact commercial structure defined entirely by red concrete. The project sits within the former industrial grounds of the Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory, established in the 1950s and later integrated into Red Mountain Park. The architects approached the building as a physical response to layered meanings of […] More
At Powder Mountain Ski Resort in Eden, Utah, Sparano + Mooney Architecture designed a ski-in, ski-out residence shaped by the principles of kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting and folding paper. The concept guided both the form and surface of the house, where bent metal planes wrap the structure and respond to the exposed alpine […] More