The original house is a simple weatherboard bungalow with charming stained-glass windows and internal timber detailing. However, at the rear, an uninspiring renovation from a few decades past was not making use of the north-oriented rear yard. Our brief was to update the house to accommodate a young family and establish a richer connection with the surrounding landscape and garden.
The Jinyu Xingfa Science Park has emerged as a campus for international cutting-edge research and development through the transformation of a former cement factory in Huairou Science City, Beijing. The multifunctional science park covers an area of approximately 36 hectares and is characterized by the preservation of 54 buildings.
SITE I – The project starts without a site. The client, now living in a small apartment in the middle of Tokyo, wants (the possibility) to commute. The idea is to get a sizeable piece of land within an hour's train ride from Tokyo. The architect is hired as an advisor to make sure that the place is right to do something interesting. Together, they visit several sites in Kamakura. A frustrating few weeks begin. The sites they visit together are either too small or too expensive. Or both. Nothing comes of it.
Casa de Puerto is a miniature-scale multifamily building, consisting of two flexible housing units, located in the port area of Progreso, Yucatán. Designed as an alternative lodging model, the project aims to provide visitors with an immersive experience that combines the proximity of the beach with the urban vitality of the boardwalk, situated just steps from the entrance.
In the vibrant heart of Milan, within the lively Moscova district, a space with an iconic past is reborn as a new hybrid destination: a Japanese-inspired tea house that coexists harmoniously with a pilates reformer studio. The project emerges from the transformation of a historic comic book store, once entirely lined with towering bookshelves. Today, that architectural shell reveals material and volumetric traces of great character, which have guided both the language and structure of the new design.
London-based architecture practice Atelier Baulier has completed the deep retrofit and extension of a previously underperforming and shabby Edwardian house in Ealing. Twin Pitches now stands as a joyful, light-filled four-bedroom, highly energy-efficient family home. The clients, Phoebe and Paul Sprinz, had a clear ambition to improve the spatial quality and comfort of the house, making thoughtful gestures to optimize and enhance the existing footprint. Setting out to build their forever home, the clients worked with Atelier Baulier to reimagine and extend the house, prioritising a low-impact, future-forward approach while creating a space full of personality and heart.
As cities continue to develop, we are seeing ever more well-planned, thoroughly executed, and tightly regulated approaches to shaping urban centres and their surrounding spaces—for better and for worse. As codes, restrictions, and guidelines improve and tighten, urban environments become safer, more balanced, and less prone to surprise. Yet the flip side is that highly managed districts can drift toward over-order and sanitisation, shedding the messy, accretive character that once produced alleyways, residual spaces, and unexpected sequences of movement—conditions often born from ongoing community improvisation in the grey zones of regulation.
The Rahmah Library at Rahmaniyeh Primary School in Cape Town's District Six is a vibrant new facility that celebrates how architects and school learners can work together to build user-oriented educational spaces.
Asking questions is the first step toward challenging what we take for granted and opening up new possibilities for planning and building. These questions, valuable in themselves, gain new strength when shared and examined through different perspectives. As they intersect with the experiences of professionals and brands, they weave together viewpoints that enrich the discussion. Design fairs and events around the world have become spaces where these conversations gain momentum, fostering connections and encouraging collaborative dynamics. In this landscape, Colombia has emerged as a hub, serving as a platform that promotes architecture and design across Latin America and the Caribbean while bringing the region's voice to the global stage.
The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF) has announced the transformation of a 1912 industrial building in Tashkent into the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), set to become the first permanent institution dedicated to contemporary art and research in Central Asia. Designed by the French architecture practice Studio KO, led by Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty, the project integrates preservation of the city's industrial heritage with a new cultural identity for the historic site. The building, originally designed by Wilhelm Heizelmann, known for the Treasury Chamber, was constructed as a diesel station and depot for Tashkent's first tram line. After decades of serving the city's electricity network, the structure was transferred to the Foundation in 2019 as part of Uzbekistan's long-term cultural development strategy. Under the leadership of Gayane Umerova, the project now represents a major step in shaping a contemporary cultural infrastructure for the region.
This home was designed for three generations of one family to live together, not just side by side, but with shared rhythms and spaces that bring them gently into contact. The footprint is compact, yet the spaces are generous where it matters. Every square metre is considered for use, and for the financial weight it carries.
This year, the Maison&Objet interior design trade fair and the city-wide celebration Paris Design Week joined forces to highlight emerging designers, bring renewed value to French métiers d'art, and temporarily transform heritage landmarks with contemporary design visions. Both events began on September 4, turning Paris into a city-wide design festival. Galleries, showrooms, and concept stores opened their doors, while renowned landmarks became venues for designers from more than 30 countries. The abundance and diversity of the program have drawn comparisons to Milan Design Week, while giving Paris a distinct platform on the global design calendar. This article presents a selection of installations and exhibitions of architectural interest that emerge from the synergy between the two initiatives.
In traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture works through strategically placed needles that trigger healing throughout the entire body. Urban planner Jaime Lerner's concept around targeted architectural interventions find success in China as well as neighboring countries in Asia, where localities are revitalized through simple interventions. Libraries, specifically, are bringing in social, cultural, and economic transformation to the continent.
Nestled within Dubai's first-ever forest living community, the Ghaf Woods Experience Centre stands as a landmark of sustainable innovation and immersive place making. Ghaf Woods community redefines urban living by weaving nature into the fabric of everyday life. At its heart stands the Ghaf Woods Experience Centre—a fully immersive, future-forward destination designed to engage, educate, and inspire, leading the way for future living experiences. This Experience Centre design leaded by Chinese architecture firm aoe, and design developed by Dubai architecture firm STUDIOI, it is the first overseas project of aoe , marking a milestone step in its interdenominational journey in Dubai.
Melbourne Place is a new independent hotel accommodated in a "complete design"; a new building with fully integrated interiors, carried out by a single team. Our work included collaborating on the development of the hotel brand in conjunction with Client Josh Taylor, brand agency Studio Round, and Hotel Managing Director Tracy Atherton. The design of the building, the interiors, and the hotel brand have informed each other from the very beginning, such that the identity of this hotel is expressed in every part of the physical object. Sensibilities around space, volume, light, colour, texture, and detail are consistent from the urban scale down to the cabinet hardware, lending a sense of substance, a complete vision, each element reinforcing and amplifying the unique character of the place.
In the 13,000-square-meter community park, we use the natural material of large boulders —representing eternity— as the core design element of the garden, naturally integrating with the functional and experiential activities. For example, boulders lying over a sandpit can be transformed into climbing and resting play structures; stones in the shallow creek can become part of the water play installation. And the massive rock cave adventure space is creatively realized by the increasingly advanced 3D-printed concrete technology.
The Lemaire boutique in Chengdu Taikoo Li is located in the bustling Taikoo Li district. Despite its proximity to landmarks like the Apple Store and Fountain Plaza, visitors experience a surprising sense of tranquility upon arrival. This contrast of "serenity amidst the bustle" inspired both the site selection and the design concept.
The idea of radical transformation on typical homes has informed most of our works and has continued so in the design of this apartment in the SS2 neighborhood of Petaling Jaya. Designing for a young couple who are Japan lovers, we deliberately created a modern Japanese living experience from the get-go, characterised by a series of spatial revelations at points of interest, stimulated by contrasts and contradictions. The apartment foyer was turned into a shadowy Zen-inspired garden with brushed cement walls and a compact artificial garden. From the foyer, the immediate living space that succeeds the entry, in stark difference, is an open, sun-flooded living area.
A Wall House is organized around a single line: a wall that spans 80 meters across the entire lot, from the access to the navigable canal. This element defines the structure, organizes the program, and provides unity to the project. On one side, the technical aspects: service areas, functional circulation, and systems. On the other, the living experience — pool, lounge, landscape.
For their latest retail design for the hip golf lifestyle brand, Malbon, the Los Angeles-based 22RE approached the design of the Malbon Miami boutique from all angles: the aesthetic, functional, and sensational.