Architecture
UnIATA '26
The Global Benchmark for Graduation Excellence
Kerry Kounnapis Packs 800 Daily Coffees into a 43-Square-Metre Melbourne Laneway Bar
Palace Coffee channels Pellegrini's and European standing bars through oxide-red steel and spotted gum timber in a Ridgway Place sliver.
Chenin Studio Uses Five Brick Walls to Dissolve the Boundary Between Villa and Landscape in Shiraz
A 120-square-meter masonry residence southeast of Shiraz deploys a single tectonic system to merge structure, enclosure, and garden.
Perkins&Will Arranges a Shenzhen School in Triangular Clover Modules on a Waterfront Campus
A non-profit bilingual school in Qianhai-Dachan Bay replaces rectangular classrooms with triangular geometry and breathing atriums.
W O V E N Architecture Cantilevers a Charred Timber Retreat Over Salt Spring Island's Rocky Shore
An L-shaped house hugs a rocky knoll on British Columbia's Gulf Islands, framing a secret garden courtyard between land and sea.
Arhitekti Počivašek Petranovič Sets a Concrete and Larch House at the Foot of Slovenia's Pokljuka Forests
House Alva reinterprets Upper Carniola's agricultural vernacular through a 135 m² dwelling of reinforced concrete and untreated larch.
Kerstin Thompson Architects Buries a Cultural Center Beneath Its Own Car Park in the Yarra Valley
The Eva and Marc Besen Centre at TarraWarra hides 2,375 square metres of gallery and archive space under a reinstated landscape in Healesville, Australia.
PLAT ASIA Builds a Sunken Community Center Around Frame Boxes in a Beijing Residential Park
A gym, restaurant, children's center, café, and art shop orbit a sunken courtyard on Beijing's South Fourth Ring, framed by modular metal volumes.
Chapel in Addis Ababa: Sustainable Architecture Rooted in Stone, Faith, and Landscape
A rock-hewn chapel in Addis Ababa turns stone, rainwater, and landscape into a quiet sanctuary for sustainable architecture and local faith.
PLAT ASIA Organizes a Beijing Community Center Around Frames, Courtyards, and Quiet Return
A 1,600 square meter gym, restaurant, and children's center in Beijing's Foresky Community trades commercial polish for domestic warmth.
efcarquitetura Wraps an Accessible Home in a Continuous Spiral Ramp in Indaiatuba
Casa Circular eliminates stairs entirely, using a looping ramp clad in metallic brise-soleil to connect four levels on a sloped Brazilian site.
Sauerbruch Hutton Applies Kintsugi Logic to a 1970s Telecom Tower in Konstanz
A 62-meter office relic near Lake Constance becomes 98 apartments, with its scars turned into a polychrome civic landmark.
sauermartins Squeezes a Corrugated Tower Between Porto Alegre's Parks and Its Neighbors
On a narrow plot near three major parks, a 2,750 m² residential building trades spectacle for a quiet dialogue with the street.
SUSA Threads a Curved Armature Through a 1907 Toronto Candy Factory Loft
A 1,100-square-foot renovation in the historic Candy Factory Lofts replaces walls with a single continuous curve of white oak, travertine, and marble.
Nikken Sekkei Stacks a Three-Dimensional Lilong Atop Shanghai's Historic Alleyways
A 180-meter tower and restored heritage houses on Nanjing West Road reimagine communal lane life as a vertical mixed-use district.
Alberto Collet and MEDS Build a Mirror Pavilion That Reflects Armenia's Fortified Past
A 10 square meter observation point in Gyumri uses polished mirrors and black tuff references to frame a 19th-century fortress.
Pfeffer Torode Architecture Builds a Glass Pavilion to Display Stones from a Tennessee Farm
On the wooded edge of a Centerville property overlooking the Duck River, a timber and glass room turns geology into architecture.
