Gathering Space
Designing spaces where people meet, connect, and build community through thoughtful architecture and interior design.
Shell+Core Carve a Brutalist Coffee House and Concept Store from Raw Concrete in Dubai
Koncrete Space on Jumeirah's Dar Al Wasl road merges specialty coffee, curated retail, and a sunken majlis into 215 square meters of raw finishes.
Actual Office Turns South London Shell Spaces into a Warm, Steel-Accented Shared Living Scheme
At Cherry Orchard, a restrained palette of pale timber, white brick, and polished steel gives communal living a sense of quiet permanence.
M Space Sets a Glass Stupa on a Bangkok Rooftop to Rethink Urban Meditation
A 200-square-meter pavilion of steel fins, teak, and heat-reflective glass rises from True Digital Park's fourth-floor garden in Punnawithi.
Vidic Grohar Converts a Ljubljana Industrial Hall into a Temporary National Theater
A former 1960s factory in the Litostroj district becomes Slovenia's interim stage, built fast with CLT panels designed to be reused.
Vidic Grohar Converts a Ljubljana Industrial Hall into a Temporary Theater in Ten Months
An abandoned 1960s factory in Slovenia's capital becomes a 361-seat national theater built from reusable CLT panels and recycled materials.
ADINJU Muhhe Studio Carves a Sunlit Gallery from a 1980s Nanjing Factory Shell
East Gallery's new 680-square-meter space in Nanjing preserves industrial scale while channeling afternoon light onto white exhibition walls.
GRAFT Reassembles 35 Shipping Containers into a Temporary Cultural Hub on Kurfürstendamm
POP Kudamm turns a vacant Berlin lot into a Place of Participation, built from the recycled bones of an earlier cultural venue.
SV60 Arquitectos Wraps 134 Homes Around a Green Lung in Eastern Seville
A permeable perimeter block in Sevilla Este uses cross-ventilation, ribbed metal cladding, and a shared courtyard to domesticate a heterogeneous suburb.
BLOCO Arquitetos Designs a Brasilia Home Around Five Inverted Beams and a Private Art Gallery
In Lago Sul, a 600-square-meter house treats its living spaces as exhibition rooms for the family's painting collection.
Studio RE + N Turn a Forgotten Rooftop Between Housing Blocks into a Red Steel Commons
In Songyang County, a cracked second-floor platform becomes a vibrant public stage for 1,300 square meters of play, sport, and gathering.
Three Architects Stitch a Social Center into a Crumbling Galician Hamlet
In Muimenta, Spain, timber and plywood volumes graft onto granite ruins to anchor a rural revitalization effort.
Counterspace Resurrects Lost Gathering Spaces in Doha
Sumayya Vally's installation for Art Basel Qatar channels demolished sites of assembly across the Muslim world into sculptural form.
