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May 13, 2025
AT talks to… Elisabeth Endres, director of the Institute for Building Climatology and Energy of Architecture (IBEA) at the Technical University of Braunschweig and a co-curator of the German pavilion ‘STRESSTEST’ at this year’s Venice Biennale. Photos Josef Grillmeier, Patricia Parinejad What is your pavilion about and how does it respond to the title of Intelligens: […]
May 12, 2025
ROOM+ Design & Build has unveiled a striking modern apartment built on a slender urban lot in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where playful cloud-shaped openings turn the compact structure into a standout architectural statement. Tucked into a 70-square-meter plot along a narrow 4-meter-wide alley, the building is surrounded by an eclectic mix of neighboring […]
May 12, 2025
In Berlin’s ever-evolving Kreuzberg district, where creativity pulses through every street corner, Keit Kreuzberg emerges as a standout—a bakery that doubles as a design statement. Located at Graefestraße 7, this minimalist, meditative space isn’t just about bread—it’s about presence, process, and purity. Designed by Studio Michael Burman, the interior strips away excess and invites reflection. […]
May 11, 2025
When Steffen Welsch Architects stepped into this decades-old Melbourne home, they were met with a challenge: a layout built in three disconnected stages. The kitchen was tucked away, the rooms were divided by narrow corridors, and while the footprint was generous, it lacked cohesion and functionality for modern living. Rather than extending the footprint, the […]
May 10, 2025
SHED Architecture & Design has shared photos of a renovation they completed in Seattle, Washington. Since the sale of the art studio in the 1940s, the building has served various purposes, ranging from religious to residential. The renovation transforms the single-level, 1,000-square-foot structure into a two-level, 1,858-square-foot home. Here’s a look at the before photos. […]
May 9, 2025
APD Architecture’s new teaching centre and specialised workshop on Oxford Bookes Headington Hill Campus are welcome developments in the Universities pledge to reach Net Zero by 2040. Photos Mark Excell APD Architecture have delivered two welcome additions to Headington Hill conservation site; an Oxford Brookes campus that surrounds the Grade II listed Headington Hill Hall. […]
May 7, 2025
AT talks to… Owen Hopkins, director of the Farrell Centre and co-curator the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, about how the pavilion reimagines architecture as an earth-bound, reparative practice confronting the intertwined legacies of colonialism and climate crisis. Photos Chris Lane © British Council What position is the British Pavilion, GBR – […]
May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025 MOTIV Architects has shared photos of a small memorial chapel they completed in a Canadian forest. Sited within the A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Centre, this small memorial chapel is nestled down on the banks of a river with beautiful views of the forest all around. The small building has been named the […]
May 2, 2025
The historic Procuratie on Piazza San Marco in Venice is opening to the public for the first time, as the home of a new arts institute: San Marco Art Centre (SMAC). Ahead of the launch during the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Architecture Today spoke with its co-founders Anna Bursaux, David Gramazio and David Hrankovic. Here […]
May 2, 2025
Verdant Fletcher Priest Architects has completed a major retrofit of 150 Aldersgate, London, retaining 81 per cent of the existing structure and providing 140,000 square foot of workspace for TikTok’s UK offices. Photos Dirk Lindner Forming the wester boundary of the Barbican Estate, 150 Aldersgate Street from the outset demanded careful consideration from the architects […]
May 2, 2025
There are homes that declare themselves with architectural bravado—and then there are those that do something far more difficult: they disappear into their setting with humility and precision. Pine Island Cottage, designed by Bureau Tempo in collaboration with Thom Fougere Studio, is the latter. Located on a secluded island in Georgian Bay, Ontario, this 3,500-square-foot […]
April 30, 2025
The former Granada Cinema in Walthamstow, north east London, has reopened as Soho Theatre Walthamstow. The listed building was restored by architecture practice Studio-M, with concept design by Pilbrow & Partners and advice from specialists at Historic England. A cinema with many lives The building opened in 1929 as a grand single-screen cinema. In the […]
13 November 2026
