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Hot pink and tall, Rana Begum and Webb Yates’ installation in London explores the ‘infinite’Artist Rana Begum and engineer Steve Webb of Webb Yates unveil a sculpture in central London in response to the 2026 London Festival of Architecture theme of ‘Belonging’
By Nana Ama Owusu-Ansah Published
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One Triton Square’s refreshed, ‘humanised’ interiors are centred on curated materialityOne Triton Square by Piercy&Company represents the 21st-century transformation of a 1990s office tower in London to meet contemporary workplace needs and aesthetics
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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In the Saudi desert, Heatherwick Studio proposes a dramatic window on the universeDeep in north-west Saudi Arabia, AlUla Manara wants to re-shape the stargazing experience through dramatic architectural forms
By Jonathan Bell Published
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RDR architects have completed an elegant new structure for the Swiss AirforceHalle 2 is the new home for Payerne Air Base’s Rescue Standby Unit, consolidating essential functions within a sleek silvery skin
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The new Canadian cabin is celebrated in Gestalten’s Northern Exposure monographA feast for the restive imagination awaits in Northern Exposure, a richly illustrated guide to the very best in contemporary Canadian residential architecture
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Carlo Ratti explores the Italian summer through objects. First stop? The mosquito coilThe first instalment of the architect's series, 'Objectify,' investigates the humble mosquito coil
By Carlo Ratti Published
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A patio house in the jungle of Costa Rica is an architectural experiment with a twistTeocali, a new Costa Rican home by Mexican architect Manuel Cervantes, explores the patio house typology, effortlessly blending inside and out
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A waterfront house in Miami is arranged as a sequence of densely planted courtyardsKODA has completed a waterfront house, Pine Tree Residence, in Miami Beach, using planting to shape protected sightlines to create a private waterfront space
By Jonathan Bell Published
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See, touch and play your way around Concéntrico 2026, where architecture engages all the sensesThe architecture festival opens, with 22 installations across the Spanish city of Logroño, inviting residents and visitors to immerse themselves in the urban experience
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Feel like a guardian of the sea in a restored Italian watchtowerA historic Tuscan castle on the Romito Coast was layered in mystery; now its charm and spirit have been restored by architectural and interior design studio Tono
By Tianna Williams Published
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What is belonging? Jayden Ali on the London Festival of Architecture 2026 themeThe architect opened the LFA 2026 with a keynote lecture; his thoughts on this year’s theme, ‘Belonging’, span theory, practice and lived experience
By Jayden Ali Published
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Inside the National Museum of Finland’s once-in-a-generation refresh in HelsinkiThe museum has been refreshed and expanded by local architecture studio JKMM; we toured the building as it prepares to open to the public in 2027
By Giovanna Dunmall Published
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A lakeside retreat in Canada creates a platform for contemplation in the forestYh2 Architecture has completed a lakeside retreat on a sloping site alongside Québec's Lake Memphremagog
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Built from marble and travertine offcuts, this summer pavilion creates space for pause in ShoreditchAs part of the London Festival of Architecture 2026, a new pavilion by Objects of Common Interest reimagines discarded stone as a gathering place for a neighbourhood that never sits still
By Anna Solomon Published
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Bas Smets’ Water Garden maps a route towards climate resilience at the Vitra CampusUnveiled at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, the garden offers not only a blissful new landscape for humans, flora and wildlife, but also a way for the famed architecture and design site to become climate resilient
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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After a decade in the making, La Hacienda, a Mexican temple to tequila, welcomes visitorsHow five architecture firms created La Hacienda by Clase Azul as a testament to multidisciplinary collaboration and cultural heritage near Guadalajara
By Jessica Ritz Published
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Tour John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein Residence, an LA legendA John Lautner-designed midcentury gem in the Beverly Crest neighbourhood of Los Angeles makes an appropriately angular backdrop to the July 2026 issue's fashion story; here we explore its architecture, refreshed by Conner + Perry
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Chicago’s new Obama Presidential Center isn’t a monument – it’s a momentThe 19-acre museum campus, conceptualised by architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien for Barack and Michelle Obama, provides a series of inspiring spaces that foster enlightenment, engagement and play on Chicago’s South Side
By Rima Suqi Published
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Lagos’ new cultural club, Mbari Kola: The Arts Society, invites Pan-African thinkingA former 1960s family house in upscale Ikoyi, Lagos, becomes Mbari Kola, a cultural club inviting Pan-African creatives to gather around art, partake in talks and workshops, and celebrate community
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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A guide to Concéntrico 2026, the world’s biggest small architecture festivalConcéntrico, the annual, city-wide architecture festival in Logroño, Spain, transforms the urban experience through immersive temporary interventions; here is our guide to this year’s event
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Step inside the world’s most incredible brick structures at the Brick Awards 2026The winners of this year’s Brick Awards – from a cliffside home in Mallorca to a community temple in Vietnam – prove that one of humanity’s oldest building materials still has plenty to say
By Anna Solomon Published
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Be immersed in an abstract forest in Copenhagen, and revel in the richness of trees‘Wood for the Trees’ by AHEC, design studio Mitre & Mondays, and furniture maker Benchmark celebrates timber and the ecosystems that provide it – step inside at 3 Days of Design
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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RIBA names the winning architectural projects for its 2026 International Awards for ExcellenceFrom a carbon-neutral factory in Norway to a performing arts centre in a refugee settlement, RIBA's 34 International Award winners for 2026 show architecture at its most ambitious – and humane
By Anna Solomon Published
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Curvy and flowing, Xingu House draws on its Brazilian setting with drama and aplombDramatically cantilevered on a hilltop in Minas Gerais, Tetro Arquitetura's Xingu House elevates Brazilian modernism with sensuous and sculptural statements
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Faye House in Kuwait is an exercise in elegance and restraintDesigned by AlHumaidhi Architects, this contemporary home in Kuwait City rewards slowness
By Tianna Williams Published
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A rural house in the Australian hinterland ‘pushes its occupants outside’Designed by Tristan Burfield, this house on the Mornington Peninsula is a new-build in touch with its idyllic setting
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Reclaimed stone as 'cost-effective luxury' – welcome to Maida Vale's new public toiletA new public toilet designed by Studio Weave in North London challenges the norm in designing public provision with its colourful and luxurious architecture
By Matthew Bovingdon-Downe Published


