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Journals 1096
NAC Arquitectos Wraps Twin Valencia Towers in Spiraling Ribbon Balconies
Saler Homes places 27-story residential volumes at the city's southern edge, framing views from farmland to the Mediterranean Sea.
SBSA Dismantles and Rebuilds an Alpine Barn into a Mountain Holiday Home in the Dolomites
A century-old tabià in Santo Stefano di Cadore gets taken apart, cleaned, and reassembled as a larch-clad retreat with valley views.
Arquitectos Aliados Converts a Porto Factory into a Hotel Where Music Sets the Tempo
A 1980s electrical components factory in Porto becomes 62 hotel apartments organized around courtyards, gardens, and a 300-capacity concert hall.
Raul Gobetti Frames a Native Forest in Ourinhos with Two Terracotta Volumes and a Central Courtyard
House MYO sits high on a sloped lot in southern Brazil, using perforated brick and timber screens to filter sunlight and frame views.
Tadu Arquitetura Transforms a Jericoacoara Nightlife Landmark into a 33-Room Coastal Hotel
Café Jeri Hotel channels the rustic construction traditions of Brazil's northeastern coast into a layered retreat between dunes and sea.
Saunders Architecture Perches a Grey Timber Villa on a Bergen Hillside Overlooking the Fjord
Villa Grimseiddalen trades square footage for specificity, giving a Norwegian family a compact home tuned to water, weather, and light.
Chris Briffa Architects Wraps a Maltese Furniture Factory in a Curtain of Precast Concrete
In Qormi's industrial belt, a 10,000 square meter extension turns manufacturing into architecture worth looking at.
Fernandes Atem Arquitetos Builds a 1,400 m² House in Eusébio as One Continuous Porch
House GG reinterprets the northeastern Brazilian alpendre as a total domestic strategy, stretching concrete canopies across courtyards, pools, and gardens.
Constanti Architects Builds a Fortress of Privacy in Nicosia with House 345
A concrete and timber residence in Cyprus reinterprets the traditional introverted courtyard house for a new urban landscape.
Fernandes Atem Arquitetos Wraps an Exposed Concrete House Around Its Own Pool Courtyard in Eusébio
A 376-square-meter residence in northeastern Brazil turns inward, using sun protection and lush planting to tame its west-facing plot.
MVRDV and Studio Archohm Wrap 437 Apartments Around a Courtyard the Size of Two Football Fields
Oranje Castle in Lucknow rethinks Indian group housing with a brick perimeter block, terraced silhouettes, and a landscape inspired by Anish Kapoor.
Knight Associates and Lara Hoad Architecture Turn a Melrose Gallery into a Sanctuary for Lingerie
Lonely's first international flagship on Melrose Avenue balances raw materiality with intimate, transformable retail spaces.
B.E Architecture Builds a Modern Renaissance Home Behind a Victorian Facade in Albert Park
A three-storey residence in Melbourne's Albert Park weaves classical arches, stone craftsmanship, and passive design into 855 square metres.
mmkplus Resurrects a Forgotten Artificial Island on Seoul's Han River as a Modular Cultural Park
Nodeul Island Park reclaims a 30-acre abandoned landmass with terraced plazas, a performance hall, and a village-like grid of public life.
Moon Hoon Stacks Eight Concrete Boxes into a Wave-Shaped House on Jeju Island
A neurosurgeon's family home in Seogwipo channels volcanic geology and Pacific Ocean swells through split-level concrete volumes.
Moon Hoon Carves a Diagonal Staircase Through a 1980s Seoul Building to Unlock City Views
A tiny commercial renovation in Haebangchon turns a forgotten brick residence into a wormhole of pinkish concrete and timber arches.
MVRDV Peels Back a Haussmann Building to Create Etam's Revealing Paris Flagship
A 350 square meter lingerie store on Boulevard Haussmann uses glass floors and a pivoting stone wall to balance intimacy with spectacle.
locallll Replaces the Gas Station with a Timber Forest Canopy on the Norwegian Coast
A pilot charging station in Straume, Norway, uses modular wooden canopies, green roofs, and battery storage to rethink roadside infrastructure.
Claesson Koivisto Rune Let Strict Zoning Shape a Red House on Sweden's Lule River
Just south of the Arctic Circle, a 4.2-metre height limit and a red-roof mandate produced a home of two trapezoidal volumes.
Steve Burke Builds His Parents a House That Treats Old Stone Ruins as the Main Event
In rural County Kerry, a corrugated metal and reclaimed stone residence wraps around preserved agricultural ruins to form a sheltered walled garden.