OFIS Architects crowns timber structure with filtration garden Along the western edge of Slovenia’s Lake Bled, OFIS Architects revitalizes Boathouse Zaka, a 25.5-square-meter timber-clad structure. While its humble exterior reflects the vernacular scale and materiality of alpine lakeside buildings, the project introduces an experimental rooftop filtration garden, turning the boathouse into both a scientific […]
V&A announces new details on david bowie centre ahead of september opening in london
Artist’s Personal archive collections inside david bowie centre V&A East Storehouse announces new details on the David Bowie Centre ahead of its opening on September 13th 2025 in London, England. Set to be the permanent home of David Bowie’s personal archive with more than 90,000 items, the museum allows visitors to schedule a one-to-one […]
780 leftover baguettes turn into public pavilion by MERO studios in montpellier
MERO Studios’ Paysage De Pain reflects on themes of food waste Paysage de Pain is a public installation built from 780 salvaged baguettes, designed by MERO Studios in collaboration with the Montpellier-based nonprofit Pain de L’Espoir. Set in a sunlit courtyard in the Hôtel de Lunas during the 2025 Festival des Architectures Vives in […]
my archischool’s education for young architects spans from hand sketch to AI render
RESHAPING WORKFLOWS FOR A NEW ERA IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION As artificial intelligence tools increasingly reshape design workflows, My Archischool is pioneering how GenAI can empower — rather than overshadow — young creative voices. The Hong Kong–based institution, dedicated to architectural education for students aged 6 to 17, has developed a new workflow that integrates […]
atelier xi unveils public art center as a landscape of four travertine pavilions in china
AYDC Public Art Center opens in Guiyang In Guiyang, China, Atelier Xi designs its AYDC Public Art Center to unfold as a series of sculptural pavilions embedded into the landscape. Completed in multiple phases since its 2022 groundbreaking, the project reimagines how architecture can animate culture-driven communities at the foot of Guizhou’s karst mountains. […]
the grid by ad hoc practice repurposes former train factory in hanoi as exhibition space
The Grid sees the Adaptive Reuse of an Industrial site in Hanoi The Grid, designed by Trung Mai / Ad hoc Practice, is an adaptive reuse project situated within the former Gia Lam Train Factory in Hanoi. Presented at the Venice Biennale 2025, curated by Carlo Ratti, the intervention reinterprets the site’s industrial remnants […]
sculptural ovals shape seismic retrofit of 50-year-old building in japan by C+A
C+A gives seismic upgrade to 50-year-old building in Japan C+A – Coelacanth and Associates renovates KUBO-BLDG, a small four-story tenant building in downtown Nagoya, Japan. The architects’ team gives the building a new identity, more than fifty years after it was first built, with a seismic upgrade using asymmetric oval-shaped structural elements and a […]
numen/for use suspends walkable net and string worlds in taiwan’s CMP inspiration museum
Numen/For Use presents two large-scale installations in taiwan For their first-ever dual presentation in a single venue, Numen/For Use unveils two immersive, large-scale installations, Net Taichung and String Taichung, at the newly inaugurated CMP Inspiration Museum in Taichung, Taiwan. On view through November 2nd, 2025, the temporary works – one a kinetic, climbable web, […]
artists turn ecological grief into memory for ‘memo. remembering the futures’ exhibition
Fondation d’Entreprise Martell: memo. remembering the futures At the Fondation d’Entreprise Martell in Cognac, France, an exhibition titled ‘Memo. Remembering the Futures’ opens June 13, 2025, and runs through January 4, 2026. Curated by the Franco-Italian duo d-o-t-s (Laura Drouet and Olivier Lacrouts) and co-produced with the Belgian design center CID at Grand-Hornu, the […]