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How the beach bucket and spade challenge our obsession with permanenceIn the 12th instalment of his series ‘Objectify’, architect Carlo Ratti turns his attention to the bucket and spade, the beach accessory that allows everyone to be a builder
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Inside the Zaha Hadid Foundation and the iconic architect’s remarkable archiveThe Zaha Hadid Foundation is entering a bold new era, driven by a visionary director intent on protecting, preserving and promoting the late, great architect’s legacy
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In Kitsilano, Vancouver, oak trees and magnolias frame this cabin-like houseKitsilano House by Scott and Scott Architects captures the beauty of the changing seasons
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The Pan-African Biennale 2026 guide – explore the first architecture festival of its kindWe guide you through the Pan-African Biennale 2026, the first-ever architecture festival of its kind, curated by architect Omar Degan to ‘belong to all of Africa’
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Solange Calio’s new family house near São Paulo is spacious, playful and dynamicThis single-storey Brazilian house by Solange Calio envelops landscaped gardens, pools and ponds to create the feel of a life on permanent vacation
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Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026 is here. These are the emerging studios to watchWallpaper’s latest annual Architects’ Directory is unveiled, celebrating 30 exciting young studios to know, from 27 countries
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Steeped in local history, Julio Kaufman’s landmark Fire Island Pyramid House is for saleThe Pyramid House offers a direct connection to the early days of Fire Island modernism, when esoteric architecture, big characters and raucous nightlife came to define the New York vacation spot
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BIG’s Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art is now open, ribbon-like roofs and allStep inside Bjarke Ingels Group’s first completed art museum – the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China
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An oceanfront modernist house by one of Frank Lloyd Wright's disciples hits the marketThe Judge & Jeannie Anderson Residence by Aaron G Green goes on sale for $7.8m; take a look around
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Fineline Architecture’s simple New Zealand home embraces the natural rhythms of daily lifeThe Aotearoa New Zealand-based practice Fineline Architecture joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026; explore its understated renovation project in Nelson
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Exutoire’s Hanoi tube house makes a case for never demolishingVietnamese critical spatial practice Exutoire joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026 – take a tour of its 3m-wide 1990s property renovated for light, air and collective living
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Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie turns ten. Join the celebrationsThe Elbphilharmonie by Herzog & de Meuron is about to mark its tenth anniversary and reveals a festive programme, including a celebratory concert, which you can watch live, below, on 1 September 2026 at 8pm (CEST)
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Learning from the OBEL Award winner 2026. Here's to innovation where you least expect itThe Balearic Social Housing Model is crowned the OBEL Award winner 2026 for its pioneering approach, born from within a public administration
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Mattaforma’s creative retreat in a Utah forest offers knotty, cedar-board workspace with a viewUS practice Mattaforma and its founder, Lindsey Wikstrom, join the 2026 Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory
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Managing an architecture icon: what's next for OMA?We discuss OMA's evolution and future with newly joint managing partners Marianne Anthonissen and David Gianotten – here's what they told us about where the leading architecture studio is heading and how to tackle change
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A dress and West African textiles are unexpected inspirations for Nwankpa Design’s California homeThe Southern California practice Nwankpa Design joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026
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Explore the unexpected noble genealogy of the garden gnomeIn the eleventh instalment of ‘Objectify’, architect Carlo Ratti turns his attention to the garden gnome, the design feature where house and garden meet
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Lunar Cavern by Studio Khoa Vu is inspired by the dark side of the moonThe US- and Vietnam-based practice, Studio Khoa Vu, joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026
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Kemi Lawson's new book celebrates the joy manifested in Black homes around the world'House Proud,' a new book written by Kemi Lawson and published by RIBA, explores Black interiors and architecture across eras and territories
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Inside the extraordinary legacy of pioneering Black architect Paul R. WilliamsPaul R. Williams, the US architect whose creativity triumphed over prejudice, is being celebrated with three shows in Los Angeles in the coming months; we take a deep dive into his work
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Templeton Ford’s quirky sloped roof design has curve appeal in leafy West SussexWallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026 adds the UK’s Templeton Ford to its ranks of exciting emerging practices. We sloped off to West Sussex for a tour of the studio's Clay Rise project
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Art deco architecture inspires Farid Karim’s characterful transformation of a London terraceWe welcome the UK's Farid Karim to the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026, our annual listing of exciting emerging architecture practices – here, we tour the studio's Deco House
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How a London apartment became a bespoke space for ‘hosting, gathering and collaboration’Piercy&Co’s London Apartment 21 invites guests to meet, dine and socialise, as well as experience the architecture studio's approach to interiors
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Tour a breezy Texas ranch house that looks as good as it did in 1985When the second-generation owners of a family vacation home needed a refresh, they naturally called on the architects who built it 40 years before
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For sale, a secluded gallery-like retreat by Kengo Kuma in Nagakura, JapanWild Bird Forest Lodge is a luxuriously minimalist house in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture, shaped by Kengo Kuma & Associates and now for sale, contents included
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The City of London’s oldest and largest public space now has a new garden hubThe Finsbury Circus Parks Office, in the heart of London, within a green space dating back to 1606, has just been completed to a design by Studio Weave
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Pensaer’s craft-led London terrace extension is full of sculptural detailingMeet promising emerging studio Pensaer – featured in the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026 – and take a tour of its Clay House, a considered London extension
