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May 17, 2025
May 16, 2025 Situated on a street of older houses, the Shudell House, designed by Weiss Architecture + Urbanism, is a prime example of when brick is used in a contemporary way. The Toronto neighborhood, known locally as “The Pocket”, where this home is located, has deep roots in brick. In the 19th and early […]
May 16, 2025
Michelle Sanchez, Sustainability Lead at RSHP, shares insights from this year’s FOOTPRINT+ conference, reflecting on circularity, climate resilience, and RSHP’s efforts to integrate reuse and regenerative practice into mainstream design. What are the issues that everyone’s talking about? The most important challenges that I heard people talking about at Footprint + this year revolved around […]
May 15, 2025
London-based Lou Fayo doesn’t just paint flowers—he orchestrates them into something beyond the ordinary, beyond the expected. These aren’t delicate arrangements fading quietly into the background; they demand attention, commanding the space with a presence that is ethereal yet unapologetically bold. This debut series of oil paintings—hyperreal yet dreamlike—feels as though nature itself has been […]
May 14, 2025
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has shared photos of a modern cabin tucked away in The Kawartha Lakes of Ontario, Canada. Designed as a peaceful retreat for a multi-generational family, this home brings three generations together under one roof. Thoughtfully positioned in a natural clearing where an older structure once stood, the cabin gently treads on […]
May 14, 2025
David Partridge, Chair of the Governance Board for the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, shares insights from Footprint+ on embedding the standard into everyday practice and the growing seriousness with which the industry is tackling carbon and circularity. What are the issues that everyone’s talking about? I’m the Chair of the Governance Board of […]
May 13, 2025
Austin Maynard Architects has unveiled a thoughtful renovation and extension of an Australian home, transforming it into a warm, modern space that blends lightness, function, and character. Influenced by a year living in Japan and guided by a love of thoughtful design, the homeowners envisioned a space that was modern but never cold, open and […]
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
AT talks to… Kaisa Karvine and Teo Ala-Ruona; the curator and exhibitor behind “Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture”, the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025. Photos Ugo Carmeni What is your pavilion about and how does it respond to the title of Intelligens: Natural. Artificial. Collective? Kaisa Karvinen, curator: Carlo Ratti commented in […]
13 November 2026
