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30 July 2026
From a fresh reading of metamodern architecture to two quietly purposeful buildings in Japan, these stories show how designers are balancing meaning, care and atmosphere. Together they reveal a profession moving beyond spectacle towards spaces that feel thoughtful, humane and emotionally resonant.
23 July 2026
This week’s feature explores how architecture responds to extreme territory, compact urban living and the enduring appeal of the detached house. From Antarctica to Uehara and a refined residence by Ayoub Architects, each project reveals a different way design shapes experience.
9 July 2026
From a park-edge mixed-use project in Tokyo to a lakeside art museum in Hefei and a compact mountain house in Ecuador, these three works show how architecture can sharpen context at every scale. Together, they highlight design strategies that balance civic identity, cultural programme and landscape-led living.
2 July 2026
From Eastern Europe’s abstract postwar memorials to a Berlin headquarters shaped for collaboration and a climate-responsive tower in Jaipur, these projects show how architecture can hold memory, adapt to culture and perform for the future. Together they reveal a striking range of strategies for designing civic presence, workplace identity and environmental intelligence.
25 June 2026
This week’s stories trace architecture’s widening brief, from civic landmark-making and cultural reuse to a compact housing model designed for affordability and repeatability. Together, they show how design is being used to reinterpret memory, city identity and the practical demands of urban living.
18 June 2026
From marinas that reframe the city–water edge to a dune-set home shaped by courtyards, and a compact Expo rest area woven into a forest, these projects explore how architecture can mediate landscape, climate and public life. Together they reveal a renewed focus on place-making through restraint, permeability and environmental responsibility.
11 June 2026
From veterinary hospitals shaped around empathy to a hillside cabin that respects its trees and a timber family home tuned to the Australian coast, these projects show how architecture can respond to living systems. Together, they highlight a more humane, site-led approach to design across care, retreat and domestic life.
4 June 2026
From a landmark Hungarian stadium reborn at monumental scale to a light-shaped restaurant in Bali and a rural eldercare conversion in China, these projects show how architecture can honour memory, tune climate and serve community. Together, they offer a compelling snapshot of design that is both context-aware and socially responsive.
28 May 2026
This week’s architecture stories trace how design is reshaping cities through memory, sustainability and civic reinvention. From a nearly finished Paris tower and Rome’s long-range urban vision to a timber office in Munich and curatorial work in Hong Kong, the focus is firmly on architecture as a public, cultural and environmental tool.
21 May 2026
This week’s features trace how architecture choreographs time, use and belonging, from retail spaces built around pause to a Shanghai gallery designed as a social heart and a Bondi villa negotiating domestic life and street presence. Together, they reveal how small spatial decisions can turn routine programmes into meaningful places.
14 May 2026
Explore how architecture is reimagining interiors through the creative juxtaposition of heritage and contemporary design, the flexibility of shared living spaces, and the functional integration of work and domestic life.
7 May 2026
Explore how architecture shapes cultural landscapes in the Arctic, redefines urban narratives in Southeast Asia, and merges past with present in a historic Fitzroy conversion.