Cultural Architecture
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.
studioMDA Resurrects a Cast-Iron Tribeca Warehouse as Marian Goodman's New Gallery
An 1875 industrial building on Broadway gets a careful renovation that foregrounds original brick, iron, and archways for contemporary art.
Stantec Plants a Mass Timber Visitor Centre on the Shore of a Reclaimed Pit Lake in Winnipeg
The Paul Albrechtsen Visitor Centre at FortWhyte Alive uses a triangular plan and Passive House strategies to welcome 660 acres of prairie wilderness.
Svendborg Architects and Wohlert Arkitekter Give Ishøj a Timber Theater That Bows to the Forest
A 1,300 square meter children's theater in Tranegilde, Denmark, wraps its timber facade in theatrical arches and curtain-like openings.
Exbrayat Enrico Turns Four Montreuil Industrial Halls into a Creative Campus for YARD
A 1,600 square meter brutalist refit in eastern Paris stitches together offices, a gallery, a gym, and event spaces around a central courtyard spine.
Miguel Montor Builds a Concrete and Timber Sports Center for One of Mexico City's Most Vulnerable Districts
El Mayab Sports and Cultural Center channels public investment into a 12,500 m² facility that doubles as neighborhood infrastructure.
LEAF Temple: Sustainable Architecture Rooted in Religion, Nature, and Community
LEAF Temple blends sacred tradition, urban ecology and community life through a sustainable chapel rooted in nature, water, and renewal now.
A FABRiCA and CGZ Architecture Fold a Corsican Hillside into an Open-Air Theater and Cultural Center
In Corbara, a 450-square-meter building dissolves into terraced ground, connecting village lanes to a panoramic rooftop plaza facing the Balagne landscape.
Sabiá Arquitetos and Trema Arquitetura Merge Two Units Inside Niemeyer's Copan Building
A 340-square-meter apartment carved from two mirrored flats opens a 24-meter curved facade onto São Paulo's skyline.
Foster + Partners Shapes a Petal-Form Gallery at the Edge of a Shanghai Park
Jia Art Gallery brings tubular glass ribs and cantilevering volumes to Putuo's Changfeng mixed-use development along the river.
Foster + Partners Shapes a Petal-Form Gallery as the Cultural Heart of Shanghai's Changfeng District
Jia Art Gallery in Putuo draws its curving silhouette from local spring blossoms, anchoring a new mixed-use quarter along the river.
Spaceworkers Anchors a Red Concrete Museum to the Algarve Cliffs at Vila do Bispo
A pair of repurposed granaries and a new pigmented-concrete volume form a cultural anchor in southern Portugal's windswept coastal town.