Public Building
MVRDV Carves a Mountain Range of Housing into the Heart of Eindhoven
Seven buildings with jagged 45-degree rooflines bring 237 homes, rooftop gardens, and a car-free public realm to the De Bergen neighborhood.
PLAT ASIA Builds a Sunken Community Center Around Frame Boxes in a Beijing Residential Park
A gym, restaurant, children's center, café, and art shop orbit a sunken courtyard on Beijing's South Fourth Ring, framed by modular metal volumes.
PLAT ASIA Organizes a Beijing Community Center Around Frames, Courtyards, and Quiet Return
A 1,600 square meter gym, restaurant, and children's center in Beijing's Foresky Community trades commercial polish for domestic warmth.
CARTA. Architecte Nestles a Cedar-and-Stone Dental Clinic into the Laurentian Forest
In Val-David, Quebec, a two-story clinic trades sterile healthcare tropes for Nordic materiality and south-facing light.
line+ studio Converts an Abandoned Island School into a Floating Care Home for 96 Elderly Residents
On a shrinking fishing island off Zhoushan, boat paint colors and terraced walkways redefine what rural elderly care can look like.
Billard Leece Partnership Wraps a 14-Storey Children's Hospital in River-Inspired Geometry
The Wattle Building at Westmead replaces institutional severity with biophilic warmth across 57,000 square metres of paediatric care in western Sydney.
Jean Verville Turns a Forgotten Lot in Longueuil into a Glass Dental Clinic Rooted in Biophilia
A 2,574 square meter dental complex in Vieux-Longueuil dissolves the boundary between clinical precision and the green landscape of Catherine-Primot Park.
Cro&Co Architecture Builds a 150-Meter Tower on Top of a Seven-Lane Highway in La Défense
Trinity Tower reimagines the office high-rise as a bioclimatic organism threaded with terraces, trees, and public ground in Paris's business district.
WORKac and ESTUDIO Ignacio Urquiza Stack a Blue Concrete Community Hub on a Mexico City Corner
A slender three-story center in Lomas de Becerra wraps robotics labs, workshops, and a cyberschool around a single staircase carved in light.
Three Studios Turn a Prison's Visitation Table into a 24-Meter Memorial in Montevideo
On the grounds of a former political prison turned shopping center, a steel table inscribed with prisoners' names reclaims public memory.
BHA Studio Plants Trees Inside a Vietnamese Dental Clinic to Calm Patients Before They Sit Down
A small-town clinic near Hue uses interior courtyards, reflecting pools, and biophilic design to redefine healthcare architecture in Vietnam.
Genton Converts a Sprawling 1950s Cigarette Factory in Moorabbin into a Mixed-Use Hospitality Precinct
Morris Moor transforms six hectares of Philip Morris industrial heritage into a lush commercial village on Melbourne's suburban edge.