2025 World Architecture Festival Shortlist Revealed

Populus hotel by Studio Gang - Photo by ©Jason O’Rear.

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.

Natural Intelligens: architecture harnesses the power of Nature at the Venice Biennale

Natural Intelligens section of the 2025 Venice Biennale - Photo by Andrea Avezzù, Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia.

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.

10 museums and cultural architecture projects to look forward to in 2023

National Library of Israel by Herzog & de Meuron - © Herzog & de Meuron.

A cavernous museum in New York City, a terraced campus in the heart of Jerusalem, and a culture park with giant pebble-shaped buildings in Shenzen are among the best museums and cultural venues opening in 2023.

THE AVAILABLE CITY: architects team up with communities for the 4th Chicago Architecture Biennial

Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021, Manuel Hertz Architects @ Central Park Theater - photo Nathan Keay.

Chicago reinvents the Architecture Biennial format putting neighborhoods and people at the centre. Forget artsy, difficult-to-read or self-referring architecture installations… And embrace the vernacular for good.

WAF 2019 Shortlist – architects tackle climate change, one building at a time

WAF 2019 shortlist - Amos Rex by JKMM - Photo by Mika Huisman.

World Architecture Festival – WAF 2019 shortlist shows how architects can build a more sustainable future… Starting from a subterranean museum, a treehouse and an eco-airport indoor bio-diversity garden with a 40-metre indoor waterfall.

Summer 2017: ten must-see pavilions and ephemeral architectures across the globe

Summer 2017 - Serpentine Pavilion by Francis Kéré @ Serpentine Gallery, London - Photo: © Kéré Architecture, Photography © 2017 Iwan Baan.

Make sure to add some architecture to your holidays and visit the hottest pavilions of Summer 2017. From the Burning Man to Astana World Expo but also the Serpentine Pavilion in London and Le Festival des Architectures Vives in Montpellier, France.