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A guide to Shigeru Ban, the humanitarian architect and paper building pioneerShigeru 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
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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A contemporary courtyard forms the heart of Happy House, an urban oasis in KuwaitExplore this calm and robust home with a ceremonial feel, designed by Alhumaidhi Architects in the residential area of Mishref
By Tianna Williams Published
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What to do with a 6.5 million-piece photography collection? Netherlands Fotomuseum has a new homeThe 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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A minimalist Spanish house has an industrial heart – step inside Casa GuadalupeDesigned by architects Hanghar in Asturias, the prefabricated home bridges contemporary aesthetic ambition while remaining firmly rooted in its context
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Don’t look down: CN Tower’s new renovation is not for acrophobesToronto’s CN Tower unveils its new observation level by Superkül, offering views even better than before
By Tianna Williams Published
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This Dulwich home, an accomplished example of British modernism, could be yoursSix 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
By Anna Solomon Published
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Luscious and layered, the Aranyani Pavilion’s captivating looks carry an important mandateThe inaugural Aranyani Pavilion launches in New Delhi, India, highlighting an initiative conceived to bring people, nature and architecture into fruitful dialogue
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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London Festival of Architecture 2026 wants you to take partThe 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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A new book on bricks and their patterns is a beautiful graphic object‘Brick Bonds’ by Melissa Price is an artist’s book that renders architectural history with elegance and style
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A spectacular Rudolph Schindler residence is back on the market for $2.5 millionThe Los Angeles house, perched in the Hollywood Hills, even has a swimming pool rumoured to have been designed by Richard Neutra
By Anna Fixsen Published
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The intriguing backstory of Balenciaga’s new factory in TuscanyTour The Plant, the luxury house’s new leather goods production facility and training centre that reuses and regenerates an existing industrial site
By Tianna Williams Published
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A home true to its name, Serene brings minimalist calm to London’s Queens ParkThis 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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This Canada Water penthouse’s natural warmth belies its industrial settingThe penthouse of The Founding development in London, by Conran and Partners, brings rich tactility to a raw setting
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A Diageo distillery mesmerises with monolithic architecture in the Chinese Dali valleyThe new distillery, courtesy of New York-based Oli Architecture, mixes whisky production, visitor experience and captivating architecture in Yunnan Province
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Inspired by a Japanese phrase, this Dulwich house unfolds like a paper puzzle of light and layersFor this Dulwich house, architects ConForm were inspired by ‘komorebi’, a Japanese expression describing the uplifting feeling of dappled sunlight through leaves
By Tianna Williams Published
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the monthThese 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
By Anna Solomon Published
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A Neo-Georgian Islington house is a soothing retreat to unwind from the cityDesigned collaboratively by Architecture for London and Hamish Vincent Design, this Islington House is defined by its natural material palette and a cascading spiral staircase
By Tianna Williams Published
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Gaudí’s Casa Batlló in Barcelona opens a mesmerising new contemporary art spaceWelcome to Casa Batlló Contemporary, set within Antoní Gaudí’s landmark art nouveau house, courtesy of architects Mesura
By Francesca Perry Published
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Irish architect Níall McLaughlin is awarded the 2026 RIBA Royal Gold MedalConsistently 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
By Harriet Thorpe Published
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‘Respected, restored and revered’: inside the renovation of one of San Francisco’s most historic synagoguesHaving just celebrated its centenary, Temple Emanu-El is now primed for the next 100 years, thanks to a sensitive update by Mark Cavagnero Associates
By David Nash Published
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A sauna in Kentish Town? Lowlu lands, lifting ‘healthy hedonists’ with the power of deep heatA new London sauna has just opened – the brainchild of British tech entrepreneur Tom Bacon, designed by Finnish architect Sami Rintala of RintalaEggertsson
By Emma O'Kelly Published
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New Winter Olympics ice rink in Milan is a modern take on a Roman amphitheatreWith 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
By Tianna Williams Published
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Tour a dreamy beach house on the wild Jersey coast, built of rammed earthA new beach house experiments with pink limestone and rammed earth; welcome to Wishing Well, a striking Channel Island home
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Explore Villa Beer, a rare modernist Viennese icon rebornA 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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This sun-drenched Le Corbusier villa – where modernism meets the Mediterranean – could be yoursIn Villa de Mandrot, the architect translated his purist, industrial modernism into a South of France setting – now listed for €2.3 million
By Anna Solomon Published
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Our three 'houses of year' share an important materialIn 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
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This Washington State home cements an extended family’s connection to the Pacific NorthwestMent Architecture designed Heritage House for a partner’s parents, making the most of a spectacular site and a strong connection between family and place
By Jonathan Bell Published


