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Architecture is, at its core, the pursuit of form, space, and structure. This section explores how architects conceive, design, and build, from iconic museums and high-rise towers to adaptive reuse projects and intimate houses. Each feature brings forward the technical and creative dimensions of the discipline: material experimentation, structural systems, construction technologies, and the evolution of typologies that define how we inhabit space.
Here you will find in-depth studies of projects that test the limits of geometry, embrace sustainable design strategies, and refine the dialogue between past and future. Whether it’s parametric façades, modular housing, timber engineering, or the restoration of architectural heritage, this is where design practice comes into focus. For readers seeking architecture news, case studies, and the latest global projects, this section captures how the discipline continues to shape itself through precision, craft, and innovation.
ICON, a large-scale 3D printing company has announced a collaboration with Hospitality Expert Liz Lambert and renowned architecture firm BIG Bjarke Ingels Group) on a project to relocate and expand the infamous nomadic campground hotel El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas, US.
Turenscape designed Santai Shan Forest Park in an urban development district as a catalyst to change the poorly managed suburban landscape and increase the land value surrounding the property.
Lijia Smart Hall uses a highly customized parametric design and is well-known for its organic design that blends in with…
Designing a people-centric shopping destination: Shanghai Jiuguang Center by UNStudio
By Sarangi Nair
Designed by UNStudio, the Shanghai Jiuguang Center is the largest retail complex in north Shanghai in partnership with Nihon Sekkei. The design of this brand-new shopping destination, located in the heart of the bustling area of ??Shanghai, combines a cutting-edge shopping ecosystem with a people-centric and user-friendly destination.
The Liuzhou Forest City, located north of Liuzhou, a Chinese city of about 1.5 million people in the southern and mountainous province of Guangxi, is the world’s first Forest City: an urban organism where offices, houses, hotels, hospitals, and schools are almost entirely covered by plants and trees of various varieties and sizes.
Iranian-British Architecture firm Arian Hakimi Architects [AHA] has released the design for a mixed-use building in Shar-e-Ray, Tehran. A 10-story luxury tower is designed with the ambition to meet the highest standards of modern living at an affordable price.
45,000 sqm new headquarters of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Taxes was designed by FX Collaborative in Baku in 2022. Also, the building is one of the tallest structures on Heydar Aliyev Avenue.
Turenscape designed the Liupanshui Minghu Wetland Park project, which is located in Liupanshui City in the western part of Guizhou Province, on the Yungui Plateau beside the Shuicheng River. The scope of the mission comprises the ecological restoration of the river, the upgrading of the urban open space system, as well as improvement of the value of urban waterfront land.
Rapunzel Naturkost’s new visitor center: A sculpture building that engages the senses
By Sarangi Nair
Rapunzel Visitor Center is designed by haascookzemmrich STUDIO 2050 to be public, and engaging and aims to make Rapunzel’s motto “We make organic for love” tangible to visitors.
Designed by URB, THE PARKS concept is Africa’s largest sustainable city and provides a net zero life for 150,000 residents. The city will produce everything residents need, such as water, food, and energy; URB plans to create a smart, self-sufficient place.