Public Plaza
Design and planning of public gathering spaces that serve communities through architecture and landscape intervention.
Tarq Studio Rejects Air Conditioning and Builds Valledupar a Market That Breathes
On the periphery of a Colombian city where public space is scarce, a timber-trussed market plaza channels mountain air through its roof.
Edgar Mazo and CONNATURAL Build a Park in Medellín from the Ruins of the Houses It Replaced
In the Aranjuez district of Medellín, 80 percent of the materials for a new 5,500 square meter park came from the homes that once stood on the site.
gh3* Wraps a Barrel-Vaulted Strawberry-Red Pavilion Around Edmonton's Newest Park
O-day'min Park Pavilion transforms a former parking lot into a year-round public room clad in vivid red aluminum on the Canadian prairies.
MZ Studio Architecture Gives a Serbian City Park Its Own Sun, Built from Steel, Water, and Pebbles
A 1,235-square-meter circular plaza in Šabac reimagines a 1970s park extension as the radiant center of an astronomical landscape narrative.
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.
allmannwappner Liberates Cologne Cathedral from Decades of Urban Clutter Through Radical Subtraction
A 45,900 square meter reworking of Cologne's cathedral precinct strips away postwar infrastructure to let the Gothic icon breathe again.
Simplex Architecture Turns a 1970s Church in Chuncheon into an Intimate Black Box Theater
A corrugated metal skin and structural reinforcement give new life to a decommissioned church on a prominent civic axis in South Korea.
RA! Weaves a Boutique Hotel into the Pedestrian Streets of San José del Cabo
Laiva Plaza Hotel uses interwoven walls, Conkal red stucco, and a vertical courtyard to dissolve the threshold between town and hospitality.
Atelier XÜK Wraps a Rural Chinese Village Center in Mint Green Corrugated Metal
A plaza renovation in Huizhou, Guangdong, weaves heritage pavilions, a library, and communal terraces around an ancient banyan tree.
Trahan Architects Anchors a 150-Foot Weathering Steel Canopy on Just Two Points in Arkansas
A monocoque pavilion built with shipbuilding techniques becomes Springdale's new civic stage along the Ozark foothills.
Kokaistudios Wraps a Shanghai Retail Podium in Horizontal Louvers That Echo Its Foster + Partners Neighbor
A four-storey glass-roofed gateway links an underground commercial valley to the revitalized north bank of Shanghai's Suzhou River.
VIASCAPE Threads a Mirrored Canopy Through One of Shanghai's Densest Neighborhoods
Leshan Pocket Park carves 5,600 square meters of shared public life into the heart of Xuhui District's residential grid.
