A Compact Home on Sweden’s West Coast Hee House, designed by Studio Ellsinger, stands on a flat plot just south of Hamburgsund on Sweden’s West Coast. Framed by pines, weathered rocks, and meadow grass, the vacation home balances a modest footprint with a sense of generous interior scale. The design responds directly to the […]
torrey: private spaces: an intimate retrospective of andrew torrey’s american design
atelier dyakova designs new monograph for andrew torrey The new monograph Torrey: Private Spaces: Great American Design offers an expansive look into the work of architect and designer Andrew Torrey, whose practice has grown from a solo endeavor in New York City into a studio synonymous with polished, modern American interiors. Published as Torrey’s […]
slender steel arcs blossom into kong xiangwei studio’s camellia-like theater in china
seven slender steel arcs shape Camellia Theater in China At 2,300 meters above sea level in the highlands of Wuliang Mountain, a delicate steel pavilion, designed by Kong Xiangwei Studio, shimmers above a tea garden. The open-air Camellia Theater in Dali, Yunnan, China, emerges from the mists of Fenghuang Mountain as a weightless structure […]
modular wooden table reforms into exhibition platform within ceramic workshop by AACM
Mosca Bianca Integrates Craft Process into Interior design The Mosca Bianca project by AACM – Atelier Architettura Chinello Morandi is a ceramic workshop that also functions as an exhibition space in Padua, Italy. The design concept integrates the entire process of terracotta crafting into the spatial and material composition of the interior. The primary […]
gora architects turns cow pasture into student art park in rural russia
Student Meadow by GORA reimagines riverside field in Knyaginino Located along the Knyaginka River in Knyaginino, Russia, Student Meadow project by GORA (Gorshunov Stanislav) reimagines a former grazing and event field as a multi-functional public space. The design responds to the town’s demographic context, where approximately 20 percent of residents are university students, positioning […]
OFIS architects renovates boathouse in slovenia with rooftop garden that filters lake water
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 […]
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 […]