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East Harlem community centre transformed with design

Andrew Franz Architect has reimagined the Washington Houses Community Center in New York City, responding to contemporary local needs

Architecture
07.02.22

Theaster Gates’ design for Serpentine Pavilion revealed

The pavilion, Black Chapel, is realised with Adjaye Associates and will open in London this June

Architecture
04.02.22

Earthquake-damaged monastery in Uganda rebuilt with ‘arches of light’

The project by Localworks employs clay bricks fired with coffee husks, interspersed with glass bottles

Architecture
02.02.22

CEBRA designs visitor centre buried in Danish landscape

The space houses an exhibition which celebrates the natural and social history of Skamlingsbanken

Architecture
01.02.22

Architects ask: are we using timber in the wrong way?

A new exhibition featuring the work of Irish and Estonian architects interrogates how wood is used in the construction industry, and whether it can be rethought

Architecture
29.01.22

Henning Larsen and Fabel design major vet school in Norway

The large-scale research and teaching campus for veterinary medicine includes advanced facilities, social spaces and green roofs

Architecture
28.01.22

Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music opens in Budapest

The new cultural venue, set in the Hungarian capital's City Park, is dedicated to the experience of music – and has a striking punctured roof

Architecture
26.01.22

Architecture Drawing Prize exhibition opens in London

The show at Sir John Soane’s Museum opens in tandem with a virtual retrospective celebrating the prize, designed by Make Architects

Architecture
20.01.22

Vietnamese tea factory transformed into museum

The adaptive reuse project in Vietnam’s Central Highlands creates a cultural hub steeped in history

Architecture
13.01.22

Foster + Partners designs Datong Art Museum

A series of corten steel-clad pyramidal forms defines this sunken museum in northeastern China

Architecture
10.01.22

Women of architecture celebrated in MAXXI exhibition

Dorte Mandrup, Liz Diller and Mariam Kamara among those featured in new exhibition in Rome

Architecture
07.01.22

In Canada, a Passive House community centre focused on social inclusivity

The Clayton Community Centre involved the local community and boasts ultra-low energy use

Architecture
06.01.22

New Geneva theatre celebrates the art of production

Designed by FRES Architectes, the Comédie de Genève makes visible the back-of-house production spaces – and has a solar power plant on the roof

Architecture
31.12.21

Bratislava heating plant turned into co-working and cultural centre

In the heart of Zaha Hadid Architects' large-scale development, Studio Perspektiv has converted a 20th-century industrial monument

Architecture
30.12.21

Foster + Partners creates Roman antiquities museum in south of France

Located in historic Narbonne, the Narbo Via museum also acts as an archeological research centre

Architecture
22.12.21

Old Brooklyn metal foundry becomes theatre incubator

The low-carbon project from CO Adaptive Architecture celebrates the original architecture and harnesses CLT additions

Architecture
21.12.21

In Nice, a new neighbourhood covered in plants emerges

On the site of an old football stadium, the Le Ray neighbourhood includes homes, public spaces, a rooftop farm – and a dojo

Architecture
20.12.21

Architecture to look forward to in 2022

From Taipei to Oslo, we round up the most interesting architectural projects due to complete next year

Architecture
16.12.21

The best buildings of 2021

From homes made of 3D-printed raw earth to a community library in Mexico, we round up the projects championing sustainability, inclusivity and innovation

Architecture
14.12.21

Innovative ‘House for Artists’ opens in east London

In the new building in Barking, creative tenants pay part of their rent with time gifted to the community

Architecture
10.12.21

High-rise greenhouses open in Paris suburbs

The Cité Maraîchère project in Romainville hosts and promotes sustainable urban agriculture

Architecture
07.12.21

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Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

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Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

Ukrainian creative studio Gushka creates woollen items that bring a new life to ancestral crafts

Meet Studio Bovti: The German design duo expressing their inner child through experimental curiosity and a playful aesthetic