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ICH: International Community Hub in Amsterdam: A Dark Stone Block That Folds Open to Its Neighbours
Delovan Delawer's Editor's Choice entry trades form follows function for form follows community, carving a canal-side hub from shuttered stone volumes.
FMD Architects Sinks a Melbourne Family House into Its Slope Beneath a Garden Inspired by Babylon
In Melbourne's north-east, Babylonia Residence sinks 928 m² of timber, concrete and stone into a slope beneath a suspended rear garden.
SAOTA Folds a Planted, Branching Roof over a Hillside House in the Los Angeles Bird Streets
Above Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, Helix Residence lets a sculpted, planted roof act as facade, landscape and privacy screen over a hillside site.
Vari Architects Turns the Roof Above Its Own Chongqing Studio into a Three-Tier Public Market
A 4,000 m² rooftop market in Chongqing that stacks shops, walkways and a sky garden on a retained concrete frame, run by the architects who built it.
Barde vanVoltt Softens Brutalism with Steel, Walnut and Curves in a Mexico City Penthouse
In Mexico City's Escandón neighborhood, a 300 m² two-level penthouse wraps a stainless steel core in walnut, stucco and stone for a writer and designer.
Gets Architects Stacks a Home, Offices and a Warehouse into One Headquarters in South Jakarta
In Tebet, South Jakarta, CMM (H)Office layers a penthouse, workspace and storage under timber fins, planted terraces and a third-floor lap pool.
Atelier Orzan Folds the Doorways of a Le Havre Enfilade into Built-In Furniture
In Le Havre's Costière district, a 55 m² ground-floor flat keeps its brick vaults while olive panels and okoumé joinery redraw every threshold.
Barde and vanVoltt Turn a Former Mezcal Tasting House in La Condesa into a Family Home Around a Courtyard Bar
In La Condesa, Mexico City, a 400 m² renovation keeps the arches, iron rails and mezcal bar of a former tasting venue and builds a home around them.
AsNow Design & Construct Stacks a Stepped Medical Building over an Existing Steel Frame in Marivan
On a main boulevard in Marivan, Iran, a 1,050 m² clinic climbs diagonally from a green pharmacy base to a rooftop cafe facing the mountains.
DATA architectes and THINK TANK Stitch Eight Paris Buildings into One Mixed-Use Block on Rue La Fayette
A 10,300 m² retrofit in Paris keeps eight mismatched buildings, threads them with a glass stair tower and makes a cobbled courtyard its heart.
Atelier Ma_BIAD Lifts a 240-Metre Office Ring over a Forest Plaza for Midea in Shanghai
In Shanghai's Xi-Hongqiao district, a cable-stayed steel ring for 15,000 Midea staff floats on cores, freeing the ground for parks, courts and water.
André Guerra Arquitetos and Douglas Vicentini Rework a São Paulo House Around Its Brick Walls and Garden
In São Paulo's Mooca district, a 400 m² renovation keeps the existing house and lets brick, oak and planting carry its contemporary reading.
Studio Maignan Architects Opens Up a 1930s Toronto Brick House and Crowns It with a Glass-Gabled Loft
In Toronto's Humewood Cedarvale, a compartmentalized 1930s brick house becomes an open, timber-lined family home that climbs toward its garden canopy.
Memola Estúdio Builds a Steel-Framed Restaurant in São Paulo That Translates Arab Space into Tile, Screen and Structure
In Higienópolis, São Paulo, Casa Baruk swaps applied ornament for a ceramic mashrabiya, a column-free steel hall and tile that does real work.
agence ontwerp Reworks a 1958 Rotterdam Gallery-Flat Apartment Around an Eight-Metre Plywood Storage Wall
On the seventh floor of Harry Nefkens' 1958 gallery-flat in Rotterdam, a 90 m² apartment is rebuilt around bare concrete, birch plywood and a long view.
Perkins&Will Gives a Ten-Unit São Paulo Tower the Garden Life of a House with Casa Arbo
In São Paulo's Jardim Guedala, Casa Arbo stacks ten apartments behind planted concrete balconies and timber shutters, scaled to its neighbors' houses.
Montalba Architects Threads Garden Courtyards Through a Single-Story Beverly Hills House Under Layered Rooflines
A 7,000 ft² hillside home in Beverly Hills where overlapping roofs, clerestories and woven courtyards favor shade and calm over spectacle.
Balaio Arquitetura Lets Raw Concrete and Walnut Share a 227 m² São Paulo Apartment
In São Paulo, a 227 m² apartment keeps its board-marked concrete bones and layers them with walnut, green stone, ribbed glass and filtered daylight.
Ayoub Architects Stacks Travertine Volumes over a Terraced Hillside Garden in Southern Amman
In southern Amman, JA House embeds its living spaces in a steep slope above a public park, using deep cantilevers and green terraces to keep the oaks.
