Commercial Buildings
No10-Architects Folds Concrete Around Living Trees to Build a Sensory Coffee Lab in Yunnan
In Baoshan, a 260-square-meter cafe wraps board-formed concrete planes around preserved courtyards, trees, and water to stage the full ritual of coffee.
José Ignacio Valdivieso Builds a Brick Lunchroom for Santiago's Racetrack Gardeners
A 60 square meter lattice brick pavilion at Club Hípico de Santiago replaces a dying vine with filtered light and shade.
Spacon & X Turns a Copenhagen Bike Shop into a Neon-Lit Sensory Universe for MATE
A 210-square-meter flagship store on Landemærket replaces conventional retail with immersive staging, virtual rides, and theatrical lighting.
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Atelier Waterside Threads a Timber Box Through a 1930s Guangzhou Tenement for Qualia Café
A 73-square-meter ground-floor renovation on the Pearl River's north bank turns weathered concrete into a warm coffee ritual.
Hermanos Goldenberg Build a Steel-Framed Mixed-Use Block That Channels Buenos Aires' Industrial Memory
In Villa Crespo, an exposed steel structure and glass brick walls transform a corner lot into a layered dialogue with a former tannery across the street.
KARO Architects Carve a Concrete Café and Community Hub into a Korean Hillside
At the foot of Bibongsan Mountain in Anseong, interlocking concrete volumes step down a slope to house a café and neighborhood gathering place.
MINAX Architects Folds a Farmers' Market into a Stepped Diamond on a Triangular Wuxi Site
Bloom Liutan Market rethinks the civic marketplace as a terraced, louvered structure that respects its neighbors' sunlight in central Wuxi.
S.LA Architecture Reopens a Narrow Vietnamese Row House Around Light and Memory
A 65 m² renovation in Bac Giang, Vietnam, swaps rooms, removes walls, and lets a bachelor owner reclaim her childhood home.
Studio Fragment Turns a Seoul Brick Box into a Magazine You Can Walk Through
29CM's first physical showroom in Seongsu treats retail space as editorial content, with frosted glass layers and flexible timber systems across 339 square
LoHA Transforms an Arata Isozaki House into a Café and Lifestyle Shop in Rural Japan
A 1985 concrete residence in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture becomes a scarf shop where products float like clouds between structure and ground.
Studio B Wraps a Working Brewery in Mint Green Steel and Local Ash for Wiper and True's Bristol Taproom
A 5,000-square-foot taproom and 7,000-square-foot beer garden occupy a converted industrial unit in Bristol's Old Market district.
