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Restored Victorian Palm House dome at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh after reopening

Edinburgh Palm Houses Reopen After Five-Year Restoration of Historic Glasshouses

The Edinburgh Palm Houses restoration is complete, as the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh reunites two A-listed glasshouses and returns nearly 600 plants.
Architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, recipients of the Charlotte Perriand Prize 2027

Lacaton & Vassal Win the Charlotte Perriand Prize for 2027

Lacaton & Vassal receive the Charlotte Perriand Prize 2027 for transforming and preserving existing buildings, to be presented in Paris on January 16, 2027.
Render of the Sharjah Creative Quarter development showing the cultural district where the design centre will sit

Sharjah Design Centre Plans Rammed Earth Building for 2029 Opening

Sharjah Design Centre, a rammed earth institution by Taller de Arquitectura, Mauricio Rocha, will open in 2029 with seven labs and a Material Library.
Lacaton & Vassal social housing block at Rixheim near Mulhouse, France, photographed by Philippe Ruault

Lacaton & Vassal Receives the 2027 Charlotte Perriand Award

Pritzker laureates Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win the Charlotte Perriand Award 2027, given by the Créateurs Design Awards for adaptive reuse work.
Rendering of the converted Novato warehouse with its folded white concrete roof for the Eames Institute museum

Herzog & de Meuron and EHDD Turn Novato Warehouse into Eames Institute Museum

Herzog & de Meuron and EHDD unveil the Eames Institute museum Novato masterplan, converting a mid-century warehouse in Marin County, California, by 2030.
Exterior view of Generali Stadium with its double-curved roof and concrete X-frame facade

Foster + Partners and MANICA Design 71,500-Seat Generali Stadium to Replace San Siro

AC Milan and Inter unveil Generali Stadium Milan, a 71,500-seat venue by Foster + Partners and MANICA planned beside San Siro, with first matches due ...
Tree-lined street in Barcelona's Sant Antoni superblock given over to walking and planting

Urban Design: Streets, Blocks and the Public Realm

Urban design is the design of the spaces between buildings: the pattern ...
Merdeka 118 tower with its tall spire rising above Kuala Lumpur, with the KL Tower on the left

Merdeka 118 Explained: Architecture and Engineering of the World’s Second-Tallest Building

Merdeka 118 is a 118-storey skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the ...
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Is Snaptrude’s Promise of Blending Sketching Ease and BIM Power Achievable?

Unveiling Creativity: Snaptrude as the Nexus of Vision and Reality in Architecture ...
Read Space Planning and Standard Dimensions: A Reference Guide for Architects and Designers

Space Planning and Standard Dimensions: A Reference Guide for Architects and Designers

Space planning is the process of arranging rooms, furniture and circulation so ...
Exposed LVL, CLT and steel structure in a building lobby, a hybrid frame typical of embodied carbon comparisons

Embodied Carbon in Buildings: How to Read a Material Comparison

Embodied carbon is the greenhouse gas emitted to make, transport, build with, ...
Travertine-clad buildings and pale travertine paving in a courtyard of the Getty Center, Los Angeles

What Is Travertine? Properties, Finishes, Pros and Cons

Travertine is a natural stone: a form of limestone deposited by mineral-rich ...

Architecture Projects

Silhouetted cockpit framing an aerial view of a large oval building.

Alma Sports Hall | Benjamín Murúa Arquitectos

The design is a response to the environmental constraints encountered during the ...
Person walking through a narrow corridor lined with timber-framed glazing.

Oden Jiu-Jitsu Academy | 0E1 Arquitetos

The Oden Jiu-Jitsu Academy was commissioned by a client seeking a more ...
Empty studio with a timber ceiling and tall windows overlooking trees.

Sports Hall in den Breitwiesen | THOMA. LAY. BUCHLER. Architekten

Sport and dancing between trees. New sports hall „In den Breitwiesen“, Gerlingen. ...
Sunlit corridor with full-height glazing and planted courtyards alongside.

Vanke Xi An Club | gad

Vanke Xi An Club is located on the shore of Fuxian Lake ...
Architectural plan showing an oval sports enclosure and surrounding circulation.

Outdoor Sports Facilities of the German School of Athens | Katerina-Olympia Daskalaki + Myrto Matala

The German School of Athens’s new outdoor sports facilities is part of ...
Facade combining vertical timber slats with translucent corrugated panels above.

Östermalm Hall Padel | Tengbom

With “steel socks” and a more open interior volume, the temporary market ...
© Jim Stephenson

Rammed Earth Yoga Studio | Invisible Studio

The new Yoga Studio at the Newt Hotel in Somerset is the ...
Small pool framed by an open timber doorway with mountains beyond.

The Pool House | Simon Moosbrugger Architekt

The pool system docks geometrically precisely onto an existing carport and adopts ...

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