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In the heart of Tokyo, Minato Ward, a traditional wooden apartment building, originally comprising six separate units, has been reimagined into a single cohesive commercial space. This architectural transformation involved a complete internal renovation,

China's rural revitalization initiative emphasizes leveraging urban resources to support rural development. A key strategy involves developing tourism to attract capital and industries, foster cultural engagement, promote population retention, and facilit

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Next to Lundbybadet on Hisingen, in a relatively scattered and informal urban context, Olsson Lyckefors has designed three housing blocks within a new development that through its structure and density becomes a new element in the area. A new start, of so

The project foresees the construction of 34 dwellings in an open building promoted by a group of owners constituted as a cooperative, enabling their active participation in formal and programmatic decision-making. This way of associating reduces construct

Located in Quiberon, in the south of Brittany, the project is the transformation of a holiday home into a main residence. The old construction, a typical downtown house of Quiberon, developed few relationships with the outside. Like most of the domestic i

The restoration of Villa Ceragioli in Ronchi (Massa) engages with the original project made by the architects Aldo Rossi and Leonardo Ferrari, aiming to bring to light the distinctive features of this iconic building. The focus of the intervention lies in

The Chapel of Sound, designed by OPEN Architecture, is located in Chengde, Hebei Province. The building resembles a monolithic prehistorical boulder, situated in a remote valley traversed by the Great Wall since ancient times. It houses a semi-outdoor mus

Ginkgo Gallery by MORE Architecture is an innovative new museum on a ginkgo tree-covered island, in Jiaxing, China. Inspired by the DNA of local villages, the museum invites visitors to wander through and discover the different sections as if they were ex

Award-winning architecture and design studio EBBA is pleased to announce the completion of a unique renovation of a traditional terraced house in London’s Camden, combining contemporary innovation and the storied charm of London’s architectural vernacular

Located on a property owned by a young couple and their father / father-in-law, this project set out to create a modest secondary dwelling that would become a home for the father. Almost the entire site is densely vegetated with established native tree a

Festival des Cabanes at Villa Medici in Rome

This slender plot of land seemed destined to languish as an overlooked space within the city's fabric. Trapped between a narrow street and the remnants of the Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca Railroad, it required an act of imagination to envision the emergence

Studio McW’s latest project, Hideaway House, demonstrates how small interventions can unlock the true potential and value of a modern London home. The four bedroom semi-detached Victorian property is located in West London, and has been extended and ren

The project site is located on the banks of the Seine river, in the Parisian suburb, the city of Saint-Ouen, in the heart of the athletes’ village for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It will become a new district of the city after the competition.

Pole Mokotowskie is one of the largest and undeniably the most popular park in Warsaw. The park itself is also a unique social phenomenon as its space has been shaped equally by the activities of its designers and a grassroots social process. This locatio

Taisugar Circular Village (TCV) is the first residential project in Taiwan to be fully integrated to the circular economy ideology. TCV comprises three housing blocks, a Circular Demo House (C-House), and an Eco-House (E-House); it accommodates 351 rental

Space and time, in the physical conception, are interdependent and inseparable forces. In architecture, this relationship is also symbiotic, as one cannot speak of architectural space without considering the various ways of perceiving and dealing with tim

The market town of Zell am Ziller forms a historic centre. Here the valley widens into a clear basin, the old mule tracks lead to the east and south. For centuries, the Gerlos Pass has connected the westernmost deanery parish of the archdiocese of Salzbur

Embedded in the sincerity of Møn, a transformational project emerges, blending with the island’s architectural heritage characterized by admiration for the necessary. It is shaped by the profound artistic legacy of the founders, the resources at hand and

Carr sets a new standard with innovative and inviting new commercial building in Collingwood A breathing space Seeing the potential of an urban industrial site in Collingwood and working alongside a progressive client, Carr has designed a project that pu

This building is the new “base camp” dedicated to all teams working for the public institution of Grande Halle de la Villette and its park. It is designed according to a generic structure where uses and makings of events shape the identity of the place, b

The Gill Geryl elementary school project addresses environmental issues by integrating bioclimatic concepts: green roofs, wooden curtain walls, organization around a cloister, and optimization of solar gains. The work on the building's volumetry offers an

City Dox 7.1 / 7.2 is a mixed-use building that strongly defines the public identity of the City Dox development on the Canal Zone in Brussels, one of the most important urban renewal operations in the capital. The project defines the entire city block an

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The Shirokanedai House project is a meticulous renovation of a 50 years old two-storey wooden residence situated in the vibrant Minato ward of Tokyo. The owner, a seasoned real estate professional, had long rented out the empty lot. Upon the departure of

The project responds to a hybrid program format that mixes retail with cultural space on the first level and residential units connected by an interior courtyard on three levels. It promotes the idea of re-inhabiting a neighborhood that during the last de

In the backyard of a Berlin Gründerzeit block is possibly the smallest apartment building in Berlin (or even Germany?), which is a prototype for the sustainable development of the small leftover urban spaces. The ongoing housing shortage in cities requir

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Arenales is a central neighborhood of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria characterized by the presence of old houses. After decades of degradation, clearly marked by being the epicenter of the city´s illicit, the neighborhood is undergoing a progressive transform