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Broken up into six pavilions, this brutalist Mexican house is embedded in the landscape
Sordo Madaleno’s brutalist Mexican house, Rancho del Bosque, is divided up into a series of pavilions to preserve the character of its hillside site, combining concrete, curves and far-reaching views
By Jonathan Bell Published
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In Mumbai, two coastal apartments offer options for brothers with different styles
Rajiv Saini’s NJM & PVM apartments in Mumbai demonstrate how identical layouts can be transformed into two distinct interiors
By Tianna Williams Published
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The new 2025 London Open House Festival tours to book
2025 London Open House launches this weekend, running 13-21 September; here, we celebrate the newcomers in the residential realm, flagging the exciting additions to the festival's growing home tour programme
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Meet the newly appointed architects of Finland’s Museum of Architecture and Design
JKMM has been announced the winner of the competition to design the prestigious new Museum of Architecture and Design of Finland in Helsinki
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A minimalist Moroccan villa is meticulously designed as an ‘observatory of time and nature’
DDAR, a minimalist Moroccan villa in Essaouira, designed by Othmane Bengebara, was crafted around its owner’s love of creativity, entertaining and quiet retreat
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Anish Kapoor designs Naples station as a reflection of ‘what it really means to go underground’
A new Naples station by artist Anish Kapoor blends art and architecture, while creating an important piece of infrastructure for the southern Italian city
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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‘Landscape architecture is the queen of science’: Emanuele Coccia in conversation with Bas Smets
Italian philosopher Emanuele Coccia meets Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets to discuss nature, cities and ‘biospheric thinking’
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A masterful house in São Paulo invites jungle vegetation, water and natural light in
A house in São Paulo by Meireles + Pavan Arquitetura, FR House, is a richly curated series of spaces designed to create worlds within worlds
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A Bali retreat combines ‘width, warmth and quiet clarity’
Alexis Dornier's hilltop holiday retreat in Bali's Uluuwatu offers a personal take on tropical architecture
By Léa Teuscher Published
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A Tokyo home’s mysterious, brutalist façade hides a secret urban retreat
Designed by Apollo Architects, Tokyo home Stealth House evokes the feeling of a secluded resort, packaged up neatly into a private residence
By Tianna Williams Published
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Explore the landscape of the future with Bas Smets
Landscape architect Bas Smets on the art, philosophy and science of his pioneering approach: ‘a site is not in a state of “being”, but in a constant state of “becoming”’
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A building kind of like a ‘mille-feuille’: inside Herzog & de Meuron’s home for Lombard Odier
We toured ‘One Roof’ by Herzog & de Meuron, exploring the Swiss studio’s bright, sustainable and carefully layered workspace design; welcome to private bank Lombard Odier’s new headquarters
By Francesca Perry Published
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A brutalist mosque explores light and spirituality in tropical Kerala
This brutalist mosque by studio Common Ground explores concrete forms and top light as a symbol of spirituality in tropical, southern India
By Ravail Khan Published
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10 landscape architects to know now: the ultimate directory
The Wallpaper* 2025 Landscape Architects’ Directory spotlights the world's most exciting studios, each one transforming the environment around us with projects that celebrate nature in design
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The wait is over – the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 shortlist is here
The restored home of Big Ben, creative housing for different needs, and a centre for medical innovation – the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 shortlist has just been announced, and its six entries are as diverse as they can be
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This tiny church in Denmark is a fresh take on sacred space
Tiny Church Tolvkanten by Julius Nielsen and Dinesen unifies tradition with modernity in its raw and simple design, demonstrating how the church can remain relevant today
By Tianna Williams Published
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Slides, clouds and a box of presents: it’s the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s quirky new pavilion
At the Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London, ArtPlay Pavilion by Carmody Groarke and a rich Sculpture Garden open, fusing culture and fun for young audiences
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Modern, minimalist Japanese houses inspiring avant-garde living
We tour the best Japanese architecture designed by international and local architects – houses that blend tradition and modernity in smart, sleek and sustainable spaces
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Colourful, impactful, bold: meet the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2025 winners
From resilient flood-proof homes in Bangladesh to a bold creative hub in Palestine, the seven winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2025 reimagine how buildings can foster community, resilience and cultural dialogue across Asia and Africa
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Everything you need to know about the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mark your calendars because North America's biggest architecture celebration touches down in the Windy City starting 19 September. Here's what's on
By Elizabeth Fazzare Published
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Bay House brings restrained modern forms and low-energy design to the Devon coast
A house with heart, McLean Quinlan’s Bay House is a sizeable seaside property that works with the landscape to mitigate impact and maximise views of the sea
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Meet Kotchakorn Voraakhom, a Thai landscape architect on a mission
Alongside her studio Landprocess and network Porous City, Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom is on a mission to make Bangkok a model of climate resilience
By Daven Wu Published
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Meet Studio Zewde, the Harlem practice that's creating landscapes 'rooted in cultural narratives, ecology and memory'
Ahead of a string of prestigious project openings, we check in with firm founder Sara Zewde
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A whopping 92% of this slick London office fit-out came from reused materials
Could PLP Architecture's new workspace provide a new model for circularity?
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The best of California desert architecture, from midcentury gems to mirrored dwellings
While architecture has long employed strategies to cool buildings in arid environments, California desert architecture developed its own distinct identity –giving rise, notably, to a wave of iconic midcentury designs
By Anna Solomon Published
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Meet Rural Futurisms, 'agents for catalytic change' in South Africa's landscape design field
Led by Lesego Bantsheng, the collective is challenging conventional ideas of landscape by reimagining how rural communities connect with heritage, ecology and design
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A restored Eichler home is a peerless piece of West Coast midcentury modernism
We explore an Eichler home, and Californian developer Joseph Eichler’s legacy of design, as a fine example of his progressive house-building programme hits the market
By Jonathan Bell Published