Religious Building
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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.
Trahan Architects Wraps Louisiana's First CLT Structure in Handmade Italian Brick for Loyola's New Chapel
A circular sanctuary of translucent terra-cotta and Southern Yellow Pine rises on Loyola University's century-old New Orleans quad.
Perform Design Studio Spirals a Rest Station into the Coastline of Hainan's Shenzhou Peninsula
A 235-square-meter conch-shaped pavilion in Wanning dissolves the boundary between public infrastructure and tropical landscape.
Link Architectes and FAB Architects Assemble a Village-Scale Town Center in Rural France
A cluster of modest volumes forms a new civic heart for Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville, mediating between the Central Massif and Saint-Étienne.
UnIADA '26
The Global Benchmark for Architecture Dissertation Awards
UnIADA '26
The Global Benchmark for Architecture Dissertation Awards
LR-Architetti Raises a Pink Brick Church from the Ruins of an Earthquake in Pegognaga
A terracotta and timber sanctuary near Mantua transforms seismic destruction into an architectural palimpsest of layered memory.
Takeshi Hosaka Architects Suspends a Concrete Cross Above a Yokohama Cemetery
A 28-square-meter burial renovation in Yokohama lifts the symbol of resurrection into the sky so mourners see it against heaven.
Magnum Architectes Wraps 16 Kilometers of Archives in Stamped Concrete on a Former Convent Site
Two six-story extensions bookend a 1987 storage facility in the heart of Angers, France, adding monolithic presence to a constrained urban plot.
Kokaistudios Buries a Mall Beneath 42,000 Square Meters of Urban Parkland on Shanghai's Suzhou Creek
Shanghai Suhe MixC World folds commercial space, heritage buildings, and public green land into one continuous topographic gesture.
Eraclis Papachristou Architects Channels Byzantine Churches into a Mountainside Wine Distillery in Cyprus
Perched on a promontory above Kalopanagiotis, three concrete cylinders reinterpret sacred geometry for the stages of winemaking.
Studio WhiteScape Wraps a Bengaluru Home in Concrete Lace and Trumpet Tree Gold
On a 1,200 sq. ft. corner plot flanked by a hillock and Tabebuia groves, The Blooming Haus stacks 6,000 sq. ft. of living around light-filled courtyards.
A Chapel in the Woods: Sustainable Architecture Rooted in Ethiopian Landscapes
A sustainable architecture proposal that restores Ethiopian ecology through a buried chapel, native forests, and climate-responsive design strategies.
