Public Building
Architecture and design of buildings serving public functions, from cultural centers to hospitals and civic institutions.
Overseas Oasis: Amsterdam Gables Gathered Around a Glass-Roofed Commons for International Students
A community center in Amsterdam that rings one sunlit atrium with gabled volumes, then opens its facade so newcomers can walk straight in.
ODA Raises a 155-Metre Tower from the Courtyard of Rotterdam's Historic Post Office
In central Rotterdam, ODA's POST tower rebuilds a 1920s post office's arches as a porous, balconied frame climbing 155 metres above a national monument.
Studio Weave Builds a Maida Hill Public Toilet from Reclaimed City of London Office Granite
In North Paddington, a 17 m² toilet pavilion turns salvaged Broadgate office cladding into load-bearing stone walls built to be taken apart again.
Assemble Converts a Pair of 1930s Dairy Warehouses in Dagenham into a Church and Community Centre
On East London's Becontree Estate, a no-demolition retrofit gathers a church and a scattered charity under restored trusses and lime-plastered brick.
studio hinge Wraps Concrete Columns in Timber to Grow a Reading Forest Inside Mumbai's Cricket Club of India
A third-floor library in South Mumbai's 1930s Art Deco Cricket Club of India, where concrete columns become timber trees above 1.2-metre shelves.
Imgang Architekten Stacks a Fire Station and a Village Hall under One Timber Gable in Mötz, Tyrol
In Mötz, Austria, a compact klimaaktiv Gold building pairs concrete engine bays with fir-lined halls for dancers, clubs and village gatherings.
atelier gram Hangs a Glazed Public Stair on Přerov's 1969 Town Hall and Turns It Toward the Square
In Přerov, Czechia, a tight-budget retrofit keeps a 1969 modernist frame and adds a diagonal stair linking the square to a rooftop café.
Snøhetta Lays a Grass-Covered Roof over the Badlands for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
In Medora, North Dakota, a single sloping green roof, rammed earth walls and mass timber fold Roosevelt's library into the butte it sits on.
Overseas Oasis: A Sloped Green Roof That Lets the Park Climb Onto a Community Center
An Amsterdam community center pairs a walkable lawn roof with mesh-clad mobile rooms where students from abroad can meet local residents.
Fold Bunk: A Foldable A-Frame Sleeping House for Pilgrimage Settlements
A modular dwelling that compresses into a flat transportable package and unfolds into a timber A-frame pilgrims village unit.
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An Uber-for-balconies concept retrofits a Singapore public housing block with a modular exoskeleton of mobile, shareable rooms.
U-BALCONY: Turning Shanghai's Standardized Façades into Frameworks for Individual Life
A modular retrofit system lets residents of Shanghai's workers' housing customize balconies for gardening, storage, leisure, and community life.
