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The Japanese house offers lessons in living for everyone
A new book, ‘A House in Japan: Lessons in Living’, brings together over 40 contemporary projects that showcase the rich diversity of the country’s housing design
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A guide to Shigeru Ban, the humanitarian architect and paper building pioneer
Shigeru Ban, the Japanese architect who perfected working with paper in architecture, has been prolific, experimenting to striking, sustainable results. Read our ultimate guide to his work
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A contemporary courtyard forms the heart of Happy House, an urban oasis in Kuwait
Explore this calm and robust home with a ceremonial feel, designed by Alhumaidhi Architects in the residential area of Mishref
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What to do with a 6.5 million-piece photography collection? Netherlands Fotomuseum has a new home
The national photography museum reopens this weekend (7 February), showing off its vast collection and its new location, Santos, a redesigned, listed warehouse on the Rotterdam waterside
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A minimalist Spanish house has an industrial heart – step inside Casa Guadalupe
Designed by architects Hanghar in Asturias, the prefabricated home bridges contemporary aesthetic ambition while remaining firmly rooted in its context
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Don’t look down: CN Tower’s new renovation is not for acrophobes
Toronto’s CN Tower unveils its new observation level by Superkül, offering views even better than before
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This Dulwich home, an accomplished example of British modernism, could be yours
Six Pillars is a Grade II*-listed architectural gem, designed in the 1930s and later restored. Now listed for £3.2 million, it remains a key example of early British modernism
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Luscious and layered, the Aranyani Pavilion’s captivating looks carry an important mandate
The inaugural Aranyani Pavilion launches in New Delhi, India, highlighting an initiative conceived to bring people, nature and architecture into fruitful dialogue
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London Festival of Architecture 2026 wants you to take part
The LFA’s call for entries is open; director Rosa Rogina lets us in on the hopes and processes behind programming a month of architecture activities across the city, and how you can shape them
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Indoor-outdoor living becomes a reality at this leafy Hampstead home
A home that becomes a nature-viewing experience, Panoramic House by architecture studio Mata, is a finely crafted addition to a London family's daily life
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A spectacular Rudolph Schindler residence is back on the market for $2.5 million
The Los Angeles house, perched in the Hollywood Hills, even has a swimming pool rumoured to have been designed by Richard Neutra
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The intriguing backstory of Balenciaga’s new factory in Tuscany
Tour The Plant, the luxury house’s new leather goods production facility and training centre that reuses and regenerates an existing industrial site
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A home true to its name, Serene brings minimalist calm to London’s Queens Park
This textured, new-build home by Coeus London was created to foster a sense of ‘slowing down’ and a connection with nature in the heart of the city
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This Canada Water penthouse’s natural warmth belies its industrial setting
The penthouse of The Founding development in London, by Conran and Partners, brings rich tactility to a raw setting
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A Diageo distillery mesmerises with monolithic architecture in the Chinese Dali valley
The new distillery, courtesy of New York-based Oli Architecture, mixes whisky production, visitor experience and captivating architecture in Yunnan Province
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Inspired by a Japanese phrase, this Dulwich house unfolds like a paper puzzle of light and layers
For this Dulwich house, architects ConForm were inspired by ‘komorebi’, a Japanese expression describing the uplifting feeling of dappled sunlight through leaves
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the month
These are the best architectural projects that Wallpaper* has profiled this month, from to a home sunken into a London garden to a 1960s modernist icon come to market
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A Neo-Georgian Islington house is a soothing retreat to unwind from the city
Designed collaboratively by Architecture for London and Hamish Vincent Design, this Islington House is defined by its natural material palette and a cascading spiral staircase
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This Helsinki swimming hall is a wellness architecture classic – and Finns love it
Yrjönkatu, the much-loved Helsinki swimming hall, has had a spruce-up that, importantly, maintains its 'soul' and distinctive 1920s architecture
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Irish architect Níall McLaughlin is awarded the 2026 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Consistently applauded by the industry, this year’s medal winner shows the value of empathy and curiosity in architecture; we spoke with McLaughlin ahead of the announcement
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‘Respected, restored and revered’: inside the renovation of one of San Francisco’s most historic synagogues
Having just celebrated its centenary, Temple Emanu-El is now primed for the next 100 years, thanks to a sensitive update by Mark Cavagnero Associates
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A sauna in Kentish Town? Lowlu lands, lifting ‘healthy hedonists’ with the power of deep heat
A new London sauna has just opened – the brainchild of British tech entrepreneur Tom Bacon, designed by Finnish architect Sami Rintala of RintalaEggertsson
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New Winter Olympics ice rink in Milan is a modern take on a Roman amphitheatre
With a week to go before the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games kick off, we take a look at the new Milano Arena, designed by David Chipperfield Architects
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Tour a dreamy beach house on the wild Jersey coast, built of rammed earth
Fieldwork Architects’ new beach house experiments with pink limestone and rammed earth; welcome to Wishing Well, a striking Channel Island home
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Explore Villa Beer, a rare modernist Viennese icon reborn
A refreshed Villa Beer, originally designed by Josef Frank and Oskar Wlach, is about to open to the public, following a meticulous restoration of the Viennese modernist house
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This sun-drenched Le Corbusier villa – where modernism meets the Mediterranean – could be yours
In Villa de Mandrot, the architect translated his purist, industrial modernism into a South of France setting – now listed for €2.3 million
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Our three 'houses of year' share an important material
In the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026, we highlight earth architecture as our 'Best Use of Material'. These three houses provide important case studies in using the ancient, and yet surprisingly progressive, building technique
