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Madrid food
fromArchDaily
9 hours ago

Contemporary Ecuadorian Architecture: Connecting Materials, Environment, and Culture

Ecuador's architecture blends tradition and innovation, reflecting diverse landscapes and cultural contexts while addressing social needs and environmental challenges.
Renovation
fromIrish Independent
12 hours ago

Self-build story: 'It awakened something in me; I probably did it in a past life. But I've finally found a really creative career that I love'

A West Cork bungalow combines Irish and French design elements, focusing on light and texture to create a Mediterranean-inspired family home.
Design
fromArchDaily
10 hours ago

Architecture of Water: Disappearing Fixtures in Contemporary Wellness

Advanced bathroom design emphasizes minimalism by making fixtures less visible, allowing water and light to shape the experience.
Travel
fromCN Traveller
5 hours ago

This sunny European city has just been voted the world's most colourful

Lisbon is the world's most vibrant city, scoring 100/100 with 2,633,070 unique colors.
Fashion & style
fromFast Company
1 day ago

These Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired ties are based on a legendary building demolished a century ago

Frank Lloyd Wright's designs inspire a new fashion collection targeting Gen Z professionals, featuring ties and accessories from The Tie Bar.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 days ago

sanctuary of dreams: toguna world's digital temple for collective visioning

The Sanctuary of Dreams operates as a collective framework for imagining futures, developed within the universe of Toguna World to reactivate dreaming as a shared cultural practice rather than an individual act.
SOMA, SF
London food
fromTime Out London
4 days ago

This landmark north London pub has had a glorious makeover

The Islington pub has been rebranded from The Angelic to the George IV, featuring a classic pub makeover.
fromArtnet News
4 days ago

Colosseum Facelift Restores Ancient Southern Entrance to Its Former Glory

"[The project] has finally restored the perception of the monument's original size and floor level," architect Stefano Boeri said in a statement. "It also offers the public the opportunity to approach its walls and imagine the rhythm and sequence of the ambulatories and arches, now lost. It's a respectful and useful project that completes research carried out by the archaeologists of the Colosseum Archaeological Park."
Arts
#interior-design
fromApartment Therapy
5 days ago
Remodel

The 4-Step Method Designers Use to Make Wood Cabinets Look Gorgeous

Warm honey oak cabinets can be modernized by adjusting surrounding finishes and materials.
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago
Remodel

In This Ohio Tudor Revival, Saris Cover Sofas, Hand-Painted Murals Abound, and There's a Little Gothic Drama Too

Darren Jett transformed an 8,000-square-foot Tudor Revival into a layered, family-centered home blending Indian heritage, spiritual symbolism, bold pattern, and consolidated layout.
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
5 days ago

The 4-Step Method Designers Use to Make Wood Cabinets Look Gorgeous

Warm honey oak cabinets can be modernized by adjusting surrounding finishes and materials.
London
fromElite Traveler
5 days ago

'Chinamaxxing' isn't a new trend, European aristocrats have been doing it for centuries

Chinamaxxing represents a modern fascination with curated Chinese aesthetics, blending historical influences with contemporary trends in the West.
fromChrbutler
6 days ago

Craft is Untouchable - Christopher Butler

Craft is often defined as skill in making things by hand, but this interpretation is being challenged by AI. Craft transcends physical interaction; historical figures like Mozart and Beethoven exemplify mastery without traditional methods.
Intellectual property law
Renovation
fromDesign Milk
23 hours ago

Circularity Cements Memory in Cast Concrete

True ingenuity in architecture lies in negotiation with the past rather than erasure, as demonstrated by the Trace project in London.
Photography
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

40+ Contemporary Architectural Works Across Ecuador Captured by Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti

Photographers document Ecuador's architecture and landscapes, highlighting the country's evolving identity and the interplay between built environments and natural surroundings.
Madrid food
fromArchDaily
1 day ago

How Spanish Ceramics Bridge Culture, Memory and Identity at Milan Design Week 2026

Spanish architecture reflects a rich cultural identity shaped by diverse historical influences and regional materials, showcasing a unique architectural language across the country.
#architecture
fromArchDaily
4 days ago
Design

"Material Is Where the Story Begins": Studio NEiDA on Building Through Craft and Context

Renovation
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

Hennebont National Stud Farm / K architectures

The new equestrian performance hall redefines the skyline of the National Stud with a design that resonates with its historic context.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 days ago

Bellevue Villa / G8A Architecture & Urban Planning

Bellevue Villa underwent renovation to improve energy efficiency and integrate with the landscape near Leman Lake.
Design
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

"Material Is Where the Story Begins": Studio NEiDA on Building Through Craft and Context

Studio NEiDA integrates local materials and cultural conditions into architecture, emphasizing collaboration and vernacular practices to shape design and construction.
Design
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

BAN MAA / Geemo Design

The design of the space emphasizes warmth and familiarity through Lingnan cultural elements and natural surroundings.
History
fromOpen Culture
1 week ago

How Everything in a Medieval Castle Worked, from Its Moats to Its Dungeons

Medieval castles were complex structures designed for defense, featuring elements like barbicans, moats, and parapets.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 days ago

Pascoal Vita Building / Bernardes Arquitetura

The Pascoal Vita Building features striking geometry and surrounding gardens that enhance its connection to the landscape in Sao Paulo.
fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks ago

How Many Workers Built a Medieval Cathedral? - Medievalists.net

The financial accounts kept by the fabrique for Girona Cathedral provide exceptionally detailed records, allowing historians to calculate the total number of workers and the average employed per year.
History
Renovation
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Elevating Earth: Reviving and Advancing an Indigenous Building Material

The Western Deffufa is a significant ancient mud brick building, highlighting the enduring use of earth in construction across Africa.
#heritage
London
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

London churches to be restored by Historic England

Three historic London buildings receive over £1 million for urgent repairs to support their community functions.
London
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

London churches to be restored by Historic England

Three historic London buildings receive over £1 million for urgent repairs to support their community functions.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
Barcelona
fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago

Barcelona Architecture City Guide: 30 Buildings and Places from Gaudi to Today

Barcelona's architecture evolved from Gothic foundations through Modernist experimentation to contemporary design, each era reshaping urban form and establishing global architectural influence.
#historic-preservation
Renovation
fromDesign Milk
5 days ago

Casa Eme by Gon Architects Bridges Simplicity and Spark

Casa EME embodies a harmonious blend of color and design, creating a fluid living space that reflects Madrid's rich history and humanistic values.
Renovation
fromianVisits
5 days ago

Visiting Hackney's oldest house - a Tudor survivor with a punk past

Sutton House, built in 1535, is the oldest surviving residential building in Hackney, restored to showcase its Tudor, Georgian, and Victorian history.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Archiving the Technosphere: How Museum Architecture Mediates Human-Made Systems

The contemporary technology museum has emerged as a performative participant in the systems it seeks to document. The architecture of these institutions has become increasingly fluid and bold, often mirroring the velocity and complexity of the systems it houses. They operate as mediators between the human, the ecological, and the technological realms, transforming from encyclopedic warehouses into active educational engines.
Science
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Drawn by Hand: Geometral's Site-Specific Architecture

Géométral is an architectural practice defined by design strategies that are linked to the landscape, which it treats as a primary determinant of form. The studio approaches each project as a small universe that combines program, atmosphere, and spatial narratives. Rather than a single signature style, they focus on crafting moods and situations tailored to each context and user.
Paris food
Renovation
fromwww.remodelista.com
6 days ago

Paint Colors With Cult Followings: Architects' Favorite Paint Picks

Architects and designers frequently choose specific colors for their versatility and universal appeal in various home styles.
fromwww.archdaily.com
6 days ago

Moffat Morphing House / Arcke

Moffat Morphing House is conceptualised as a sustainable, small-footprint house for a couple to enjoy in their semi-retirement, reflecting their passion for camping and outdoor living.
Renovation
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 weeks ago

open-air museum revives an industrial past through reclaimed materials and sound

The design by 1Y Architects approaches this silence as material rather than absence. Instead of clearing the debris scattered across the site, the team gathered bricks, concrete fragments, and broken tiles from former factory buildings. These remnants form the structural fabric of the sound museum itself.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 week ago

Lakeside Farms Coqueiros Beach / Estudio Vinicius Macedo + Novais Arquitetura

The initial challenge was to create a club that valued the view of the lagoon without obstructing that landscape with the building. The solution was an architectural design in two levels.
Renovation
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
29 years ago

Bringing Back the Luster to the Grace

The Grace Apartment Hotel, a historic 1906 colonial structure, undergoes a million-dollar restoration to improve tenant living conditions while maintaining its affordable monthly rent of $255.
#luxury-real-estate
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 weeks ago

vernacular bridge craftsmanship informs micro-museum set within bamboo grove in china

Baqiao bridges, including the nearby Shisanba Bridge, typically appear in areas where the difference between river level and embankment is relatively small. Their upstream piers are shaped like tapered spindles with slightly raised tips, creating a distinctive structural profile. Stone slabs span between the piers, forming a bridge deck assembled through interlocking construction methods.
Design
#heritage-preservation
fromArchDaily
2 months ago
World news

World Monuments Fund Backs 21 Locally Led Heritage Projects Addressing Climate Risks and Indigenous Knowledge Loss

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

One of Toronto's first apartment buildings may be about to lose its historic stained glass windows | CBC News

fromArchDaily
2 months ago
World news

World Monuments Fund Backs 21 Locally Led Heritage Projects Addressing Climate Risks and Indigenous Knowledge Loss

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

One of Toronto's first apartment buildings may be about to lose its historic stained glass windows | CBC News

fromLos Angeles Times
15 years ago

Modern notes grace a historic pedigree

Designed by noted residential architect Roland E. Coate, the home was built in 1926 for Annie Wilson, daughter of pioneering Southern California businessman and politician Benjamin Wilson, for whom Mt. Wilson is named. The gently sloping 1-acre-plus property was once part of the vast holdings of George S. Patton, father of the famed U.S. general.
LA real estate
fromThe Architect Elevator
2 months ago

The Mighty Metaphor

The Architect Elevator is a metaphor-in reality, the company leadership may be sitting on the same building floor as you; my car metaphors could fill an entire book; and " Architecture is Selling Options " has become the anchor of many architecture keynotes. So, at least my world of architecture is full of metaphors.
Software development
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Museum's building plans too flashy, critics say

Proposed British Museum security pavilions and a Mediterranean lawn exhibit face conservation objections for harming Greek Revival symmetry and appearing "too flashy".
#architectural-heritage
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

This Walter Gropius Wonder Narrowly Escaped Demolition-and Gained a Stained Glass Masterpiece

Gropius, who from 1919 to 1928 directed the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, designed the house in 1921-22 for lawyer Fritz Otte. The property is considered a dramatic evolution of Gropius's earlier seminal Haus Sommerfeld, which was also located in Berlin, but destroyed in World War II. The Bauhaus founder embraced a forward-looking approach with an unadorned, sharp-edged structure that rejected the heaviness of 19th-century historicism.
Berlin
France news
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

How This Skyscraper Ruined Paris, and Why They're Now Trying to Make It Invisible

Tour Montparnasse symbolizes Parisian modernity and commercialism but remains widely disliked as the city's lone central skyscraper, contrasting with celebrated landmarks like the Eiffel Tower.
Travel
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

15 Architectural Destinations to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2026

Malacca and Macau showcase diverse architectural and cultural fusion from Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Malay, and international influences, attracting culinary tourism and major casino-driven economies.
Arts
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

London's Brutalist Heritage and Australia's New City: This Week's Review

Architecture increasingly emphasizes social responsibility, adaptive cultural projects, heritage protection, and large-scale urban planning aligning infrastructure, resilience, and long-term civic agendas.
Canada news
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This whole city block got an indigenous redesign

An Indigenous-led Toronto development integrates traditional healing, cultural design, housing, job training, and public spaces to reflect Indigenous traditions and community-led planning.
Renovation
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

The people remodelling homes with reclaimed ruins

Reclaimed building materials are salvaged for reuse, promoting sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of the construction sector.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It's not very French to change stuff': how Claire Tabouret's stained-glass windows cast Notre Dame in new light

Claire Tabouret's selection to design Notre Dame's stained-glass windows transformed her public profile, sparking acclaim, controversy, and expanded museum recognition.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Transforming a Concrete Shell into a Wooden Interior Shaped by the Sea

A Mediterranean harbor house renovation transforms a raw concrete shell into a material-driven interior that echoes maritime atmosphere through spatial organization, natural materials, and carefully controlled views of the surrounding landscape.
Remodel
fromianVisits
2 months ago

1930s Art Deco offices to be converted into a new hotel

A Grade II-listed Art Deco office building, Ibex House, will be converted into a hotel with refurbished interiors, reopened pub, community facilities, and training academy.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Architecture as a Platform: What Makes a Building Evolve?

Architecture increasingly adopts product design principles, prioritizing operational clarity, performance, and scalability over novelty, making buildings accountable for functionality and consistent user experience.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Legacy in Matter: Material Traditions in South American Architecture

South American architecture endures through materials like brick, bamboo, wood, and concrete that persist because they continue to work and remain embedded in construction practices and daily use.
Renovation
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

A Victorian House in East London Reinterprets French Style Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Soft curves, mirrors, and architectural details transform a narrow Victorian house into a sophisticated, fluid living space with carefully curated furnishings and artistic touches.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Building with Earth: Traditional Knowledge in Contemporary Architecture

Rather than representing a simple return to the past, this renewed interest reflects a broader reconsideration of how architecture engages with materials, local resources, and environmental conditions.
Renovation
#heritage-conservation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Renovation

Shaping Architectural Continuity: 25 Revitalization Projects Across Historic, Industrial, and Natural Sites

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Renovation

Shaping Architectural Continuity: 25 Revitalization Projects Across Historic, Industrial, and Natural Sites

Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

When Art Came First: Spatial Experiments That Shaped Architecture in Latin America

Artistic practices in mid-20th-century Latin America pioneered spatial concepts later integrated into architecture, emphasizing collective use and bodily experience.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

built99 reframes indian architectural value selected by designboom and archdaily editors

Built99 curates and archives 99 Indian and Global South architectural practices through permanence-led documentation, editorial collaboration, and rigorous criteria for long-term cultural relevance.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Between Materials and Memory: Three Madrid Architecture Practices on Heritage Rehabilitation

Ba-rro: "Our starting point is always the context and what already exists." We are interested in recognizing the value of things simply because they are there, without assuming that everything must be preserved as a matter of principle. The question isn't what can be kept, but what deserves to be kept in each specific project. The decision to preserve, reveal, or remove doesn't stem from universal values or a nostalgic impulse, but from a situated interpretation:
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Heritage Ay Kiln Adaptive Renewal / WUGE Studio + YFS

Qingshan Wu "Ay" () is a type of black-glazed ceramic indigenous to the mountainous region of northeastern Fujian, positioned between pottery and porcelain.
Renovation
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

How to Modernize a Grand Hotel Without Erasing Its Memory: Lessons from Brenners

Refurbishment can extend material life and preserve architectural identity while reducing environmental impact when original materials are durable and project conditions allow.
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