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December 16, 2025
WilkinsonEyre director Sébastien Ricard reflects on the long and complex journey to restore Battersea Power Station, exploring how flexibility, mixed use and deep respect for heritage were essential to transforming a near-derelict industrial monument into a resilient piece of city. Credit: Charlie Round-Turner Drawings WilkinsonEyre There were many attempts to redevelop Battersea Power Station (BPS) […]
December 16, 2025
Open City CEO Manijeh Verghese marvels at Mumbai’s rapid transformation and asks how you can slow the pace of change to a rate that allows its people to shape its future. Marine Drive and the bay as seen from Nariman Point. Photograph by Manijeh Verghese. “On the Churchgate train, past Charni Road station as it […]
December 16, 2025
Skip to content 68 Erith Hub alma-nac’s transformation of a long-vacant high-street unit in Erith creates a flexible, low-carbon community hub, organised around a generous threshold space that links between street and interior. Photos Jim Stephenson London studio alma-nac has completed the refurbishment of a former commercial unit on Erith High Street in south-east London, […]
December 16, 2025
Skip to content Reflections: Chapel of Reconciliation John Pardey revisits de Blacam & Meagher’s Chapel of Reconciliation at Knock – a landmark of 20th century Irish Architecture – tracing its pilgrimage roots, profound materiality, and overarching influence on a new generation of Irish architects. Words John Pardey Photos Peter Cook This article is part of […]
December 16, 2025
Perched on a steep waterfront slope, this multi level home by Koichi Takada Architects brings together luxury, light and landscape. Designed to make the most of its dramatic setting, the house steps naturally toward the water, blending modern design with organic materials. From inside, views of the water dominate, while outside, terraces, cantilevered platforms, and […]
December 15, 2025
From the street, this home hints at its past, but step inside and it quickly becomes clear that it is a fresh, contemporary reinterpretation of mid-century ideas. Designed by Kelder Architects for their builder developer client, the house replaces a modest 1960s brick and tile dwelling with a light-filled home shaped around climate, lifestyle, and […]
December 15, 2025
Skip to content Christmas Festival of Bad Habits Peer Collective and artist Kateřina Šedá reimagine the Christmas market as a public space for reflection, sobriety and shared experience in Brno, Czech Republic. Photos Matej Hakár In a quiet corner of Brno, a temporary installation is challenging the norms of seasonal consumerism. Architects Peer Collective and […]
December 13, 2025
In Amagansett, New York, a quiet stretch of land has been shaped into a home that reflects not just its setting, but the lifestyle of the family who lives there. Designed by Bates Masi + Architects, the house was created for owners whose days revolve around the ocean, the wind, and the subtle signals that […]
December 13, 2025
Set into the mountains of Itaipava, just outside Rio de Janeiro, Casa Terra is a modern Brazilian home that proves concrete does not have to feel cold or severe. Designed by Bernardes Arquitetura, the house uses pigmented concrete walls as both structure and statement, shaping how the spaces flow, how light moves through the home, […]
December 12, 2025
Photo by Renata Dominik Designed by CplusC Architects + Builders, Holocene House offers a daily immersion in nature. Plants canopy the walkways, water moves through the home like a rainforest creek, and every room opens to the outdoors. As Australia’s first certified carbon positive home under the global Active House Alliance, it balances the well-being […]
December 10, 2025
A modest stone outbuilding in Somerset, England, has been reworked into a calm contemporary holiday stay. The value is clear from the first step inside. London Atelier keeps every part of the Grade II listed structure legible while adding a crafted plywood core that delivers comfort, clarity and warmth. The result is a small home […]
December 10, 2025
Set within a 19th-century palazzo in the northern Italian town of Arzignano, Caffè Nazionale is less a renovation and more a careful act of listening. The project, led by Italian practice AMAA, reveals what was already there, then quietly adds what is needed, nothing more. Founded by Marcello Galiotto and Alessandra Rampazzo, AMAA approaches architecture […]
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