Ten high-altitude architecture projects conquering the Alps
A Bauhaus resort in the French Alps, extreme architecture on the Mont Blanc, and cabins perched on vertiginous drop-offs.
Carlo Ratti curates the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
The 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale highlights a new collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to tackling climate change.
MASP–São Paulo Art Museum’s new tower building set to open in March 2025
METRO Arquitetos Associados completed a dark, monolithic 14-storey building that dialogues with and complements Lina Bo Bardi’s architecture in São Paulo.
Snøhetta’s Shanghai Grand Opera House is taking shape
The Shanghai Grand Opera House “will become a destination for all.” Its striking helical roof surface creates a spiral staircase that will double as a stage and meeting space.
Mad Architects’ Fenix Museum of Migration nearing completion in Rotterdam
An eye-catching whirlpool of panoramic stairs winds through and tops the Fenix Museum of Migration, the first cultural project by MAD Architects in Europe, set to be inaugurated on 16 May 2025.
NYC New Museum is set to double its exhibition space with a new building expansion by OMA
The OMA expansion of the New Museum seamlessly blends with the existing SANAA-designed building in Manhattan, New York City.
Naoshima New Museum of Art by Tadao Ando
Set to open this spring, the Naoshima New Museum of Art blends seamlessly with its environment through a spacious sloped roof, sunlit galleries, and a café contemplating the sea.
Best museums and cultural architecture projects to look out for in 2025
From Sou Fujimoto’s masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka to Frank O. Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi. These stunning cultural venues will also celebrate Harlem’s black heritage, Chinese Opera and David Bowie.
Best Pavilions of 2024: twelve temporary structures from Milan to Miami
Best Pavilions of 2024: from a vibrant textile cloud in a Milanese palazzo to a star-shaped installation poised to revitalise Miami Beach marine life, floating cauldrons, verdant pavilions, colourful pipes and brutalist toilets.
2024 Most Popular Architecture Stories
2024 most popular architecture stories: from a Norwegian silo turned into an art museum to a garden-like airport terminal in Bangalore, and even architecture for dogs.
Architecture for Dogs: designer homes for our furry best friends
Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Giulio Iacchetti designed concept kennels for the ‘Architecture for Dogs’ exhibition in Milan.
Melike Altınışık Architects unveil RAIM, Seoul self-built robotic museum
RAIM, Robot & AI Museum, was built by robots to tell the unfolding narrative of Fourth Revolution technology.
Zaha Hadid Architects’ new Uzbek cultural centre pays tribute to the country’s traditional music and literature
ZHA’s Uzbek Cultural Centre features a weaving brick facade and uses passive design strategies to optimise cooling and minimise consumption.
Hoshino Architects’ nest-like Tokyo tower tunes with its surrounding urban nature
Conceived as an architectural nest, the Hoshino Architects’ skyscraper features a striking ‘woven’ facade and curvaceous interiors.
Toyota City Museum by Shigeru Ban is an ode to sustainable timber architecture
Shigeru Ban’s Toyota City Museum is made from locally sourced cedar wood. The new cultural venue is Japan’s first architecture to achieve the Net Zero Energy Building Ready certification.
Darlington Public School by FJC Studio wins the 2024 World Building of the Year Award
The new Darlington Public School in Sydney “has a strong connection with Aboriginal culture,” which is embodied in the redesign.
ABWAB pavilions at Dubai Design Week 2024
The 2024 ABWAB installations reinterpret vernacular architecture from Iraq to Ethiopia and propose ecological building techniques using palm waste and mycelium.
Exploring the architecture of some of the best cinematic haunted houses from The Shining to Beetlejuice
Venture into the stunning architecture and interior design of some of the most infamous haunted houses in horror movies and TV series by Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, and more.
Museum Reinhard Ernst by Fumihiko Maki
“Museum building is community building.” This is the concept behind the new Museum Reinhard Ernst, the last masterpiece by the late Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki.
Kunstilo Museum: Nordic contemporary art thrives in a former grain silo
How to maintain the patrimonial value of a functionalist grain silo and, at the same time, develop it into a powerhouse for arts and culture? Visit the new Kunstsilo Museum in southern Norway.
Whistling Wind Island cottage embraces Canadian wilderness
On Whistling Wind Island, Akb Architects’ cosy cottage comprises four connected buildings perched on rocks tossed around by robust winds.
A roof resembling a folded paper sheet lands on the new Museum for Paper Art by BIG
Bjarke Ingels Group is set to transform a former supermarket building into the new Museum for Paper Art in North Jutland, Denmark.
Stefan Diez’s Vert pavilion is a ‘greening machine’ boosting urban biodiversity at London Design Festival
Within a courtyard at Chelsea College of Arts in London, the Vert pavilion is a cutting-edge, sustainable, modular urban-cooling timber structure designed to tune with cities’ infrastructure.
Pavilions of Wonder playfully highlight the link between Barbie’s homes and Palm Springs’ architecture
What do Albert Frey’s Mid-Century Modernist villas in Palm Springs and Barbie’s Dreamhouses have in common? Explore Nina Tolstrup’s playful ‘Pavilions of Wonder’ at London Design Festival.
Alta Tower: a concrete twist tuning with Le Havre’s architecture
In Le Havre, Hamonic+Masson Associés has completed the Alta Tower, a twisting skyscraper made of reinforced concrete which dialogues with August Perret’s masterplan and Oscar Niemeyer’s ‘Volcano’ building.
Nebula Shroom Grove by Understory Creative fostered a sense of togetherness at Burning Man 2024
Nebula Shroom Grove is a forest of mushroom-like parametric architectures tackling the loneliness issue despite our hyper-connected world.
Burning Man 2024 followed Alice down the rabbit hole and beyond
Check what we liked the most at Burning Man 2024. Alice in Wonderland-inspired installations and architectures responding to contemporary global issues, from Ukraine to the Middle East.
The French Kitsch III café is inspired by curvy croissants
French cathedrals and pastries are behind the architecture and interior design of the French Kitsch III café by TOUCH Architect in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
2024 Inside Shortlist: twelve stunning interior designs from around the world
Hong Kong’s first speakeasy and a canopy house in the Brazilian jungle feature among the interior design projects featured in the shortlist of the 2024 Inside World Festival of Interiors.
Slender House squeezes thoughtful interiors across a narrow, five-storey-high architecture
Slender House by Spaces Architects@KA is a home for a family of five that occupies a 6x18m site in a vibrant neighbourhood in Delhi, India. The project features an eclectic facade; inside staggered cut-outs and strategically placed skylights foster connections among family members.