Commercial Buildings
MRDK Turns a Montréal Magazine Store into a Stainless Steel Social Condenser
Bar Edicola channels the spirit of Italy's neighbourhood kiosks through a monumental counter, teak walls, and vivid red flooring in downtown Montréal.
Sher Maker Turns a Chiang Mai Shophouse into a Fenceless Bar and Garden for the Neighborhood
On Ratchapakinai Road inside the old moat, a 285 square meter renovation dissolves walls to stitch a jazz bar's legacy into the street.
pfeffermint AG Folds the Geometry of a Piadina into a 35 m² Zürich Bar
La Piada brings matte aubergine walls, vintage car colors, and a circle-and-semicircle motif to a tiny piadina spot in Kreis 1.
Ruhaus Studio Carves a Stone-and-Timber Oasis into a Shenzhen Shopping Mall
OASIZ inserts rough-hewn stone and laminated timber into a 177-square-meter retail shell, pushing back against Shenzhen's concrete monotony.
OMA Transforms Istanbul's Ottoman Imperial Shipyard into a 12,000 m² Luxury Retail Landscape
Beymen Tersane inserts freestanding galleries into a centuries-old Golden Horn arsenal, returning a lost waterfront to the city.
BPM Architectes Wraps a 2,000-Meal Student Restaurant in Timber Lattice on a Talence Campus
A wood-and-concrete hybrid replaces a 1960s canteen with a courtyard-centered dining hall designed as a cooling island on one of Europe's largest campuses.
Gris and Septiembre Arquitectura Build Guatemala's First Beach Club from Sand, Thatch, and Arches
Rosa Jamaica Beach Club brings a 1,750-square-meter resort program to the sensitive surf coast of El Paredón without losing the landscape.
Ivy Studio Splits a Montreal Industrial Shell into a Burgundy Lounge and a Beige Padel Arena
KOPA transforms a Pointe-Saint-Charles warehouse into a 20,000-square-foot padel club defined by a radical color divide.
Maria Schunn Turns a Cluj-Napoca Storefront into a Café That Listens as Well as It Serves
ukyo X merges coffee, vinyl culture, and co-working inside 200 square meters of acoustically tuned plywood in Romania's historic center.
Sitti Architects Wraps a Cloud-Chasing Café in Curved White Geometry in Southern Thailand
On cloud9 hdy brings circles, triangles, and squares together around water and sky in Hat Yai's dense residential fabric.
NAAW Nests a Quietly Layered Café Inside Almaty's Reborn Soviet Cinema
JER café occupies the southern wing of the Tselinny Center, grounding a cultural landmark in earthy materials and river-like forms.