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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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Landscape architect Taichi Saito: ‘I hope to create gentle landscapes that allow people’s hearts to feel at ease’
We meet Taichi Saito and his 'gentle' landscapes, as the Japanese designer discusses his desire for a 'deep and meaningful' connection between humans and the natural world
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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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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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
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Can design make you healthier? Inside the architecture of wellness
As wellness-focused Gen Z enters the marketplace, buildings are no longer being viewed as merely containers for living and working – they're environments that influence physical and mental wellbeing. How can we create spaces that support health and humanity?
By Anna Solomon Published
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‘Stone, timber, silence, wind’: welcome to SMK Thy, the National Gallery of Denmark expansion
A new branch of SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark, opens in a tiny hamlet in the northern part of Jutland; welcome to architecture studio Reiulf Ramstad's masterful redesign of a neglected complex of agricultural buildings into a world-class – and beautifully local – art hub
By Jens H Jensen Published
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the month
Wallpaper* has spotlighted an array of remarkable architecture in the past month – from a pink desert home to structures that appears to float above the ground. These are the houses and buildings that most captured our attention in August 2025
By Anna Solomon Published
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Meet the landscape studio reviving the eco-brutalist Barbican Conservatory
London-based Harris Bugg Studio is working on refreshing the Barbican Conservatory as part of the brutalist icon's ongoing renewal; we meet the landscape designers to find out more
By Matt Collins Published
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A refreshed Victorian home in London is soft, elegant and primed for hosting
Sobremesa house by architects Studio McW shows off its renovation and extension, designed for entertaining
By Tianna Williams Published
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For Indian landscape architect Varna Shashidhar, nature taught her ‘more than any lecture ever could’
Varna Shashidhar of Bangalore studio VSLA tells us of her journey to becoming a landscape architect, guided by observation, intuition, and a profound respect for place
By Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar Published
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Meet Rodrigo Oliveira, landscape architect to some of Brazil’s finest buildings
We delve into Rodrigo Oliveira's naturalistic approach and explore his landscape architecture work, gracing buildings designed by some of Brazil's finest contemporary architects
By Daven Wu Published
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African brutalism explored: from bold experimentation to uncertain future
Discover the complex and manifold legacies of brutalist architecture in Africa with writer and curator Fabiola Büchele
By Fabiola Büchele Published
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We'd happily move into this super-stylish New York architecture office
Michael K Chen’s newly expanded Midtown workspace is a calling card for his intuitive style and inclusive approach
By Adrian Madlener Published
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Around the world in brutalist interiors – take a tour with this new book
'Brutalist Interiors' is a new book exploring the genre's most spectacular spaces; we speak to its editor Derek Lamberton, and ask for his top-three must-sees
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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La Maison de la Baie de l’Ours melds modernism into the shores of a Québécois lake
ACDF Architecture’s grand family retreat in Quebec offers a series of flowing living spaces and private bedrooms beneath a monumental wooden roof
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Pretty in cactus-inspired pink, this Mexican desert house responds to its arid context
Casa Cardona, a pink house by architects Sensacional Dinamica Mexicana, is a multigenerational home that celebrates colour and changing light
By Tianna Williams Published
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Pavilion 13 is a brutalist architecture landmark, reborn as a 21st-century Ukrainian cultural hub
Kyiv studio ФОРМА restored Pavilion 13 into a new contemporary art centre for Ukraine; they tell us the story behind the project
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The Melbourne studio rewilding cities through digital-driven landscape design
‘There's a lack of control that we welcome as designers,’ say Melbourne-based landscape architects Emergent Studios
By Daven Wu Published
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15 years of Assemble, the community-driven British architecture collective
Rich in information and visuals, 'Assemble: Building Collective' is a new book celebrating the Turner Prize-winning architecture collective, its community-driven hits and its challenges
By Luke Neve Published
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Capsule Retreat is a concrete home embedded with ‘texture, memory, and locality’
East Architecture Studio offers a powerfully minimalist, highly textured home set among the coniferous forests of Mount Lebanon
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The architectural pavilions packing a big punch with small structures
Pavilions – whether permanent or transient – allow architects to experiment with materials, forms and concepts. Here’s our pick of the best small structures across the globe
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated