A team comprising ESTEYCO, UNS and b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos has won the competition for the integral remodelling and urban integration of Madrid-Chamartín Clara Campoamor station. Adif AV organized the competition, and a 16-member jury selected the proposal from a shortlist that included BIG, Foster + Partners, OMA, Zaha Hadid Architects, Grimshaw, RSHP and Souto […] More
Three years after completing an earlier production building for Shamim Polymer Factory, Davood Boroojeni Office returned to the site in Eshtehard expecting to assess a finished project. What they found instead was a building that had continued to change through use. Workers had developed routines beyond the original plans, informal gathering areas had appeared, circulation […] More
In Évry-Courcouronnes, France, HEMAA has completed the Jacques Prévert Public Services Center, a civic building conceived as a connector between Les Pyramides and Le Bois Sauvage. The project brings municipal, cultural, social and family services together within a single neighborhood hub. CULTURAL The program includes a branch town hall, a parenting center, a 30-cot nursery, […] More
In rural Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Né approaches hospitality through the physical conditions of its site. Designed by Kenta Fukunishi Architecture Office for Ahead of the Curve Inc., the one-group-per-day auberge occupies land associated with the Honma family for over three centuries. Earth, timber, clay and regional building knowledge determine its architecture, allowing the project to […] More
Atelier Sérgio Rebelo designed Quinta de Adorigo Winery in Tabuaço as part of a family wine tourism development in Portugal’s Alto Douro Vinhateiro. A hotel remains under construction within the wider property. UNESCO has recognized the wine-growing area as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site since 2001, and the winery responds directly to its […] More
Temporary architecture often receives permission to waste. Short use cycles, fast assembly and event driven programmes can produce structures that disappear without leaving much behind except material loss. THE ICON, conceived and commissioned by Hub Culture and designed and built with BYLD and SKREINSTUDIOS, takes a different route. The pavilion treats temporary construction as a […] 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
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
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
UMKY design creates BKD as a bakery that extends the public character of an Ajman park into a commercial interior. The 305-square-metre project responds to intense heat, pedestrian movement and daily bakery operations through an open plan shaped by shade, transparency and hospitality. The studio treats the building as part of the park, allowing guests […] More
Fabio Fantolino presents Lève Office Bar in Turin, a contemporary hospitality project that takes the office as its starting point and turns its visual codes into a fluid bar environment. Overlooking a garden in the city center, the venue moves through different moods during the day, guiding guests through spaces shaped by material precision, color, […] More