Burning Man 2025: architecture and design highlights from Black Rock City
A fractured black rock shrine, a cosmic light show, and a Brutalist pyramidal tower glowing in the desert — here’s what we loved most at Burning Man 2025!
A Sand Dune Come to Life: Ghaf Woods Experience Centre in Dubai
Ghaf Woods Experience Centre, designed by architecture firm aoe, is a dune-inspired hub where nature and biophilic design converge to shape sustainable living.
Ten Future Projects shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival 202
From a playful puzzle tower in Albania to a sky temple of travel in Bhutan and an ‘architecture of generosity’ in Vietnam, we’ve selected ten Future Projects shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival.
Muwa Niseko: Blending Mountain Views with Contemporary Japanese Architecture
The Muwa Niseko condominium-hotel by Nikken Sekkei combines designer apartments with breathtaking views of the northern Japanese Alps, pitched roofs, a spa, hot springs, and a lush central courtyard that evolves with the seasons.
Sauska Tokaj Winery: A Floating Landmark in Vineyards
The Sauska Tokaj winery by BORD Architectural Studio hovers above the vineyards, blending in while making a bold architectural statement.
2025 World Architecture Festival Shortlist Revealed
The 2025 World Architecture Festival shortlist features a sustainable resort camouflaging into the Saudi Desert, NYC Police Stations in dialogue with the neighbourhood, a Portuguese winery blending seamlessly into the vineyards, and the renovation of a San Francisco iconic tower.
Meet Me Here: A Playful Call Back to the Joy of Physical Presence
Spacon reimagines our digital habits in real-world spaces that spark connection, conversation, and care. The Meet Me Here exhibition in Copenhagen gently suggests that the future of connection might not be faster Wi-Fi—but a better bench or a note on a wall.
The Many Lives of a Tokyo Icon: MoMA’s Tribute to the Nakagin Capsule Tower
“The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower” at MoMA features a fully restored original capsule from Tokyo’s iconic Metabolist architecture, demolished in 2022.
Casa Batlló Shines Again: Gaudí’s Masterpiece Restored with Colour, Craft, and Care
With this latest restoration, Antoni Gaudì’s Casa Batlló in Barcelona feels alive again—breathing with colour, craft, and a deep respect for its creator’s radical imagination.
RA! Studio’s Hacienda Wabi: Blending Architecture with Jungle Life in Tulum
The Hacienda Wabi residential complex features staggered volumes and a terraced design, evoking Mayan architecture.
Sculpting Solitude: Faire le vide Brings Art and Architecture to a Remote Island in Quebec
Luca Fortin and Atelier mock/up’s ‘Faire le vide’ is a hidden secret alcove in a quiet conversation with the surrounding forest and water.
Radicepura Garden Festival 2025 Celebrates ‘Chaos and Order’ with Mediterranean Landscape Design in Sicily
The Radicepura Garden Festival 2025 brings together emerging talents and seasoned landscape masters through Mediterranean gardens that inspire, challenge, and pursue harmony.
Visitor Centre by Arkís Architects Embraces Iceland’s Wilderness
The Snæfellsjökull Visitor Center by Arkís Architects doesn’t just sit on the land—it belongs to it. Thoughtful, low-impact, and quietly bold, it invites visitors to pause, reflect, and rediscover their connection to nature.
OPEN Architecture’s Sun Tower is a giant sundial on the Yellow Sea
“Sun Tower is about turning invisible natural forces—light, air, sound—into tangible form. And perhaps more importantly, about reconnecting us with a deeper respect for the planet and its rhythms.”
CLOU Architects’ CapitaMall Skyview shopping centre draws from Chongqing’s dynamic streetscape
Inspired by Chongqing’s vibrant urban landscape, CapitaMall Skyview by CLOU Architects welcomes visitors to explore a blend of bold colours and street-inspired patterns.
Dominio D’Echauz winery is a modern-day Noah’s Ark for winemaking
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos’ sinuous architecture for Dominio D’Echauz winery tunes with the landscape and slow winemaking.
The 2025 Serpentine Pavilion Blends Light, Memory and Community
A Capsule in Time, Marina Tabassum’s 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, celebrates summer park-going with a light-filled architecture inspired by traditional Bangladeshi gathering spaces.
Alternative Urbanism: How Lagos Markets Are Reimagining Circular City Living
With the ‘Alternative Urbanism’ exhibition at the 2025 Venice Biennale, Oshinowo Studio spotlights Lagos markets as models of circular urbanism deeply rooted in West African culture and informal economy.
Ancient Future: Bhutanese Craft Meets Robotic Precision in Venice
Artisans and machines work hand in hand at BIG–Bjarke Ingels Group’s ‘Ancient Future: Bridging Bhutan’s Tradition and Innovation’ showcase.
Moonhouse: The first house on the moon is a humble Swedish cottage
The tiny Moonhouse will land in Mare Frigoris, showing how even impossible dreams can come true when we work together.
‘OUT’: How Space-Inspired Architecture Could Help Save the Planet
The OUT section of the 2025 Venice Biennale explores how space-driven innovation can build and shape a sustainable future through architecture.
Collective Intelligens: Learning from Shared Wisdom in Architecture
The ‘Collective Intelligens’ section at the 2025 Venice Biennale shows how the knowledge communities have passed down across generations can inspire resilient, people-driven architecture and become a pivotal tool to trigger change.
Artificial Intelligens: AI, robots, 3D-printing and data science at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
The Artificial Intelligence section of Carlo Ratti’s Biennale shows how technology is shaping the world around us—from the spaces we live in to the systems that keep society running.
Natural Intelligens: architecture harnesses the power of Nature at the Venice Biennale
How can architecture tackle climate change? The Natural Intelligens section at Carlo Ratti’s Venice Biennale explores nature-driven solutions, from pachidems’ dung bricks to architecturally grown branches, city-dwelling bugs’ homes, and structures grown by microbes.
Water flows inspire Arthur Mamou-Mani’s Harmonic Tides installation in London
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani unveils ‘Harmonic Tides’, a glowing, wave-like 3D-printed corridor for Clerkenwell Design Week 2025.
Alex Chinneck’s ‘A Week at the Knees’ installation features a rippling facade that’s simply had enough
Commissioned by Clerkenwell Design Week, ‘A Week at the Knees’ brings a playful twist to the London festival. Indeed, this is no ordinary building.
Fenix Museum of Migration by MAD Architects opens in Rotterdam
An eye-catching whirlpool of panoramic stairs winds through and tops the Fenix Museum of Migration. More than just architecture, it’s an immersive experience rooted in human stories.
Inequalities: Triennale Milano 2025 to explore the role of architecture in a world of disparities
Inequalities, the Triennale’s 24th International Exhibition, invites us to rethink our future—from urban injustice to microbial design.
Picoplanktonics: Canada Pavilion in Venice tests 3d-printed living structures for a greener future
The Canada Pavilion at the Venice Biennale merges architecture and biotechnology with Picoplanktonics, an exhibition featuring bioarchitectures thriving with CO2-absorbing cyanobacteria.
‘Water Parliaments’ exhibition by Catalonia in Venice at the 2025 Architecture Biennale
Data fountains, ‘hydric doors,’ and an architecture atlas. The ‘Water Parliaments’ exhibition invites visitors to reflect on water’s role in shaping our environment.