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September 18, 2025
Grand Bayview Qianhai
Grand Bayview Qianhai is a pair of residential towers in Shenzhen, China, completed by Foster + Partners. The development is aimed at professionals with an intensive, work-centred lifestyle, and the brief put health, wellbeing and a sense of community at the centre of the design. Two fan-shaped towers Both towers rise to 180 metres. Their […]
September 18, 2025
They added a guest house that begins with a short walk over a bridge
In Wyoming, this home is where architecture meets nature in a thoughtful update by Prospect Studio. What began as a site anchored by a rustic log cabin has evolved into a property that now balances modern design with the surrounding landscape. With the addition of a guest house, garage, and a connecting bridge, the owners’ […]
September 18, 2025
Holburne Museum – ADC
Skip to content Holburne Museum Eric Parry Architects returns to Bath’s Holburne Museum with two new galleries designed to house Renaissance treasures from the Schroder family collection. Photos Dirk Lindner Eric Parry Architects has completed two new gallery spaces and associated facilities at the Grade I-listed Holburne Museum in Bath. The £2.5m project extends the […]
September 16, 2025
At Night, These Wood Cabins Glow Like Lanterns
Patrick Arotcharen Architecte has designed an eco-lodge in Saubion, France, called Les Echasses. Set in the heart of the Landes, the project is surrounded by tall pine trees and a carefully reshaped lake landscape. The architecture is designed to interact with its environment rather than dominate it, creating a stay that feels both private and […]
September 16, 2025
Janošík headquarters and showroom – ADC
Skip to content Janošík headquarters and showroom Set within a reworked 1950s grain warehouse in eastern Czech Republic, Jakub Janošík’s new headquarters and showroom for his family’s window and door company forms a strong connection with the surrounding Carpathian landscape. Photos Amedeo Benestante Located at the foothills of the White Carpathians in eastern Czech Republic, […]
September 14, 2025
This mid-century modern inspired pool house design turns entertaining into an art form
Design firm PAR Arquitectos were commissioned to create a modern pool house in Santiago, Chile, positioned next to an existing swimming pool. The project is a blend of outdoor living, natural textures, and functional mid-century modern inspired design. Taking inspiration from traditional pergolas, the pool house features white-painted steel pillars paired with beams of Oregon […]
September 12, 2025
South Barn: A Barn Conversion on the Isle of Wight
Studio Weave has turned a mid-20th-century farm building near Cowes on the Isle of Wight into a family home. South Barn is a 158 square metre barn converted into a three-bedroom house, and, as Nelly Greig writes in Architecture Today, it shows how a rural building can gain a new use without losing its character. […]
September 12, 2025
The Industrial Mountain House That Frames Nature Like Art
Set in Ketchum, Idaho, this striking home by Olson Kundig balances rugged mountain character with modern design. Built as a second home, it blends raw industrial materials with warm details, creating a space that feels both grounded in the high desert landscape and elevated by bold architectural moves. From the outside, the house appears almost […]
September 10, 2025
Inside a Small Forest Home that blends Mid-Century Style with Nature
Designed by iHouse estudio, this home in Punta del Este, Uruguay, was conceived as a way to live fully immersed in the forest, where architecture dissolves into nature. Drawing inspiration from mid-century single-family houses, the project reinterprets classic ideas into a modern space where the inside and outside blend seamlessly. The house is built on […]
September 8, 2025
Inside the Pod-Like Holiday Home Built to Withstand Nature
AR Design Studio were asked by their clients to design an extension for their holiday house on the South Coast of England. But halfway through the planning process, disaster struck: one night during a landslip, the house broke apart. What could have been the end of a dream retreat instead became an opportunity to start […]
September 8, 2025
The Chancery Rosewood: Saarinen’s US Embassy in London Becomes a Hotel
The Chancery Rosewood has opened in Mayfair, London, inside Eero Saarinen’s Grade II-listed former US Embassy on Grosvenor Square. As reported by the editors of Architecture Today, David Chipperfield Architects led the restoration and retrofit, with interiors by French architect Joseph Dirand. From embassy to luxury hotel Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect, designed the building, which […]
September 8, 2025
Litomyšl Lookout – ADC
Skip to content Litomyšl Lookout Atelier-r has completed a low-cost, container-based viewpoint on the edge of Litomyšl, providing panoramic views of the UNESCO-listed town. Photos BoysPlayNice Czech practice Atelier-r has completed a container-based observation tower on the northwestern edge of Litomyšl – a UNESCO World Heritage town known for its integration of contemporary and historic […]