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Construct your own Socialist Modernist circus with this new monograph from ZupagrafikaCirk is the vivid chronicle of the Soviet-era permanent modernist circus, a unique and elaborate architectural typology that brought together performance, propaganda and populist entertainment
By Jonathan Bell Published
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One London is the City’s new super-tall building – here are all the design questions answeredOne London, the upcoming tower formerly known as 1 Undershaft, is set to become the UK capital's joint tallest building, reaching as high as the Shard; we spoke to its architect, Eric Parry
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The Gordie Howe International Bridge is almost open – here’s the lowdown on its designThe design team behind the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the new border connection between Detroit in the US and Windsor in Canada, tell us of their hope and ambition for the region’s elegant new piece of infrastructure
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Lego Architecture reaches its apotheosis in this massive model of the Sagrada FamíliaMade from over 12,000 pieces, Lego’s representation of Antoni Gaudí’s Barcelona masterpiece is its most ambitious ever architectural set. We take a tour of this brick-built cathedral
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Like an embrace, Cut Out House in the Canadian wilderness invites the visitor inTour a new home in the captivating natural setting of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the latest residential offering by New York studio Young Projects
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This humble building in small-town Texas houses one of America’s greatest private art collectionsIn its design for Arthouse, a small museum in Marble Falls, Texas, Lake Flato has created a veritable Hill Country kunsthalle
By Sam Lubell Published
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A brutalist bolthole for sale in one of France’s most iconic concrete apartment complexesArchitecture de Collection are offering up a brutalist duplex in the heart of Gailhoustet and Renaudie’s Etoiles d’Ivry in Ivry-sur-Seine
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Serpentine Pavilion 2026 is a flowing, fun, deconstructed folly – ‘just bricks with a twist’An ode to the British garden, a brick material experimentation, and the first UK project by Mexican studio Lanza Atelier, the landmark 25th Serpentine Pavilion is ready to open its doors
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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IM Pei designed just three houses in his lifetime. One is now for sale in Fort Worth, TexasThe pioneering Chinese-American architect, famed for his Louvre Pyramid, designed the Westover House to 'be comfortable for two people — or two or three hundred'
By Anthony Paletta Published
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Take a look inside these modernist cottages – unlikely frontiers for 20th-century designA new exhibition in Prague uncovers a forgotten chapter of architectural history: the modest countryside retreats shaped by avant-garde design ideas in the postwar years
By Anna Solomon Published
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London Festival of Architecture 2026: everything you need to knowThe UK’s biggest architecture festival launches today (1 June) across the capital with a 400-entry-strong programme of activities; here is our guide for everything you need to know, where to look, what to book, and where to go
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Green Lodge, a new house in South London, digs down to create more spaceGreen Lodge is a low-energy home designed by Stylus Architects that slots into an awkward site with well-crafted precision
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Architecture Edit: 10 striking houses we couldn't take our eyes off in MayThe very best residential architecture that the Wallpaper* editors have come across this month, from a Bauhaus-inspired painter's home to a brutalist beauty in Milan
By Anna Solomon Published
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This tropical Indonesian home is less style and more feelingSE House in Surabaya, designed by KantorGG's Giovanni Gunawan, is an inward-looking design that plays with views and voids
By Daven Wu Published
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Rocky outcrops and cactus walls define this Mexican home on the edge of the desertHouse and landscape work in symbiosis at Casa Eco, designed by local practice Sensacional Dinámica Mexicana
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Inside a quirky bubble-shaped house designed by Wallace Neff, now for sale in PasadenaThis last example of one of the California architect's 'Airform' house has been meticulously restored and can now be yours for $1.95 million
By Anthony Paletta Published
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What is a spomenik? Tour former Yugoslavia’s lost brutalist symbols of unityA spomenik-spotter’s guide – discover these forgotten brutalist architecture symbols, conceived to evoke Yugoslavian brotherhood and unity
By Eve Nicholson Published
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A joyful Milanese apartment comes alive through colour and shapeIn a refresh by Paolo Frello & Partners, clever use of colour brings the post-war building’s interior into the 21st century
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Tour this urban refuge of a home in the heart of a Mexican cityCasa Refugio by Taller Segovia Molina is a calm, cocooning urban retreat
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A vertical garden and undulating balconies make this new Singapore tower stand outPLP Architecture's newly completed Park Nova tower in Singapore – the studio's first South-East Asian project – takes the vertical garden up a level
By Daven Wu Published
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An overhauled Edwardian house in north London is full of light and spaceFormwork Architects has completed this impressive revamp and extension of a house in Crouch End, digging down to find more space for family life
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A serene riverside home in the British countryside unites minimalism and natureTour this riverside home in Shropshire – Skylark by House of EM is a project built around its natural setting
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Tour a perfectly calibrated photography studio in GenevaIn this photography studio, young Swiss practice Sapid Studio makes light work of its task to transform a raw industrial space into a luminous atelier
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Inside a Norwegian cabin inspired by Viking boat-building traditionsNestled in the rocky terrain of Randaberg, Cabin Sande by Helen & Hard architects is a woodworking masterclass
By Tianna Williams Published
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Enter the new Hudson Valley Shakespeare theatre and its first-ever, timber-shell homeStudio Gang unveils the Samuel H Scripps Theater Center at Hudson Valley Shakespeare, a design conceived to immerse its audience in both plays and the setting
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Ray Phoenix cuts a modernist-nodding, green-tinted figure under the Arizona sunJohnston Marklee completes the new building, the third project to open by the ambitious, New York-based lifestyle and residential brand Ray
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A Frankfurt airport interior elevates travel with its flowing, ‘lava-like’ ceilingRedesigning the airport’s Terminal 3 Marketplace, architects LAVA play with light, movement and generosity of space
By Ellie Stathaki Published


