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2026 London Open House highlights – from the architecture festival that opens doors of all kindsLondon Open House is about to kick off – we explore what to see, as well as the unexpected impact of this city-wide architecture celebration. Here’s how the festival works for you year-round
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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BWGTBLD is more than an office – there, creativity is 'meant to be shared'The BWGTBLD office, the headquarters of Philipp Ramhofer's production company in Berlin, becomes an art gallery and a celebration of creative endeavour when the business invites the public in
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Inside this Toronto home, heritage and modern living combineBlending a sense of history with contemporary functionality, HCD House balances raw and honest materiality with warm joinery
By Tianna Williams Published
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Richard and Su Rogers’ house, a modernist masterpiece, enters the National Trust22 Parkside in Wimbledon, a landmark example of pioneering 20th-century design, has been given to the nation by the Rogers family
By Camille Tenneson Published
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Inside the new Lego Ninjago collaboration, with New York artist FuturaLego has worked with Futura to celebrate the Ninjago world’s 15th anniversary, with custom figurines and an entirely new character – the ‘Ninja of the Futura’
By Shawn Adams Published
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Two decades ago, Freitag’s tottering container tower became an unexpected design iconThe Freitag Flagship Store in Zurich is the original pop-up, an assemblage of 19 shipping containers that put the recycled bag maker on the creative map
By Jonathan Bell Published
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An Italian retreat balances contrast and colour to blissfully harmonious resultsAn eye-catching grid pattern and an earthy colour palette provide the creative framework for this countryside retreat in Emilia-Romagna
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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For sale, a contemporary valley house by Canada’s Superkül exploits its sylvan settingValley House is a family house in suburban Toronto with a highly crafted interior overlooking a forested ravine; and it's currently on the market
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A multifunctional ice hockey arena in Czech Republic is a fan favouriteCHYBÍK + KRIŠTOF's multi-purpose arena in the historic Czech town of Jihlava has a sports hall, running track, gym, and hotel
By Tianna Williams Published
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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
By Carlo Ratti Published
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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
By Vicky Richardson Published
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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
By Tianna Williams Published
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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’
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
By Jonathan Bell Published
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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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
By Jonathan Bell Published
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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
By Tianna Williams Published
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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
By Tianna Williams Published
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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
By Tianna Williams Published
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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
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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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)
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
By Tianna Williams Published
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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
By Carlo Ratti Published
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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
By Tianna Williams Published


