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Building into the Topography: A Vilnius Home Shaped by Woodland and Slope

Building into the Topography: A Vilnius Home Shaped by Woodland and Slope

Inblum Architects' 259-square-metre residence in Lower Pavilnys navigates mature forest and rolling terrain with a design that responds to site rather than imposing upon it.

14 Sept · 5 min read

When the Roof Becomes the Landscape: Atelier OO's Floating Canopy in Chengdu

When the Roof Becomes the Landscape: Atelier OO's Floating Canopy in Chengdu

A timber structure negotiates ten metres of terrain while unifying scattered commercial nodes beneath a single continuous gesture

14 Sept · 4 min read

The Grain Store Reimagined: A Bathing Cabin Rooted in Woodland Ritual

The Grain Store Reimagined: A Bathing Cabin Rooted in Woodland Ritual

Built Works embeds a sauna-topped retreat into an East Sussex slope, where blackened larch and living moss erase the line between shelter and forest floor.

13 Sept · 8 min read

Reimagining a 1940s Railway Structure as Contemporary Domestic Space

Reimagining a 1940s Railway Structure as Contemporary Domestic Space

Verónica Gilotaux transforms industrial heritage in Buenos Aires into a light-filled family residence that honours material history while embracing adaptive reuse principles.

13 Sept · 5 min read

MAD Reimagines a 1923 Warehouse as Rotterdam's New Centre for Dance

MAD Reimagines a 1923 Warehouse as Rotterdam's New Centre for Dance

The Beijing studio transforms an Art Deco riverside structure into Danshuis, a 9,500-square-metre facility designed to make movement visible from the water.

12 Sept · 6 min read

When Colour and Craft Collide: Inside Ubud's Moon Gang Hotel

When Colour and Craft Collide: Inside Ubud's Moon Gang Hotel

YSG Studio rewrites Bali's boutique hospitality script with recycled materials, Indonesian artisans, and a refusal to play it safe.

11 Sept · 7 min read

Architecture as Memory: How One Family's Retreat Reinterprets Childhood on a Saudi Cliff

Architecture as Memory: How One Family's Retreat Reinterprets Childhood on a Saudi Cliff

AZAZ Architects' Wa ssl house distils togetherness and landscape into built form on the edge of Alwasseel valley

11 Sept · 5 min read

When Architecture Dissolves Into Landscape

When Architecture Dissolves Into Landscape

HW-STUDIO's Casa Malonic on Mexico's Pacific coast challenges the boundary between built form and natural terrain.

11 Sept · 6 min read

Climate-Responsive Design Shapes New Brisbane Tower

Climate-Responsive Design Shapes New Brisbane Tower

At 205 North Quay, a shading system of copper ellipses and layered outdoor spaces respond to Queensland's subtropical heat.

11 Sept · 5 min read

The Architecture of Thresholds: How Casa One Redefines Domestic Boundaries

The Architecture of Thresholds: How Casa One Redefines Domestic Boundaries

Jorgelina Tortorici's layered approach to residential design in Buenos Aires explores the shifting frontier between intimacy and exposure

11 Sept · 6 min read

A Prototype for Radical Domesticity Finds Its Public

A Prototype for Radical Domesticity Finds Its Public

Richard Rogers' 22 Parkside, built as a family home beside Wimbledon Common, now enters the National Trust collection as a teaching document for flexible, light-filled living.

10 Sept · 4 min read

Elevating the Velodrome: How Edmonton's New Recreation Hub Rethinks Indoor Track Design

Elevating the Velodrome: How Edmonton's New Recreation Hub Rethinks Indoor Track Design

By suspending a high-performance cycling track above ground level, hcma, Dub Architects, and FaulknerBrowns have created spatial relationships that make elite sport visible to everyday visitors.

10 Sept · 5 min read

When Architects Inherit Ruins: Building a Home Inside the Shell of an Adobe House

When Architects Inherit Ruins: Building a Home Inside the Shell of an Adobe House

In southern Ecuador, Alvariño & Felipe Arquitectos confronted a question many architects avoid - whether to demolish or preserve - and chose to make their own dwelling a test of that conviction.

10 Sept · 8 min read

When a Home Becomes Sculpture: Villa Mahler and the Architecture of Artistic Life

When a Home Becomes Sculpture: Villa Mahler and the Architecture of Artistic Life

Philipp Architekten's 2024 project in Germany reimagines domestic space as a habitable work of art, challenging the boundary between shelter and creative expression.

10 Sept · 6 min read

Industrial Reverence: A Tram Depot Becomes Tashkent's New Cultural Core

Industrial Reverence: A Tram Depot Becomes Tashkent's New Cultural Core

Studio KO reimagines two Wilhelmine-era structures, threading monumental heritage with contemporary interventions to anchor a new art centre in Uzbekistan's capital.

10 Sept · 5 min read

A House That Carves Its Place Between Roof and Field

A House That Carves Its Place Between Roof and Field

Yusuke Sagawa's dual-purpose residence and studio in Saitama demonstrates how vernacular forms can frame both agricultural land and domestic life.

10 Sept · 6 min read

A Riverside Pavilion Reimagines the Chinese Courtyard Garden

A Riverside Pavilion Reimagines the Chinese Courtyard Garden

Haus of hu's 70-square-metre kiosk in China folds centuries-old spatial logic into a contemporary public programme.

10 Sept · 7 min read

How a 70,000-Square-Metre Library in Xi'an Rethinks the Monumental Atrium

How a 70,000-Square-Metre Library in Xi'an Rethinks the Monumental Atrium

Chang'an Academy dissolves the boundary between civic landmark and everyday gathering space through sectioned massing and a central void designed for lingering.

10 Sept · 6 min read