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The western Ukrainian city of Lviv had already been undergoing a transformation process for several years to modernize its infrastructure and advance urban development when the Russian invasion began in February 2022. Now, urban planning had to be completely rethought: Within a short period of time, the metropolis became an important hub for hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons. For many, Lviv became a transit point on the way to the western borders, while others chose to stay. Faced with these immense challenges, the city continues to attempt to mitigate the immediate effects of the war while simultaneously developing resilient structures. The foundational volume, City in Transition: Urban Dialogues on the Future of Lviv, was created as

SOM Completes New Headquarters for WeBank, China’s First Digital-Only Bank more...

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has completed the new headquarters for WeBank, a Tencent-founded digital-only bank and fintech pioneer, in Shenzhen’s Qianhai Business District. Rising 148 meters, the 30-story tower redefines the workplace as a wellness-driven environment — one that prioritizes comfort, flexibility, and performance to support the evolving needs of a digitally connected workforce. “WeBank’s headquarters introduces a new paradigm for workplace design—where

Saint-denis 44 housing units - DREAM agency transforms a site steeped in history more...

The architecture agency DREAM has just completed a socially impactful urban renewal project in Saint-Denis. Located on Rue Fraizier and Rue du Landy, this new residential complex marks a major step in the revitalization of the neighborhood, 24 years after a tragic fire destroyed a dilapidated building. As the first housing development under a french shared equity lease (BRS-Bail Réel Solidaire) to be delivered in Saint-Denis, the building combines architectural ambition with harmonious integration into the urban fabric. Repairing the neighborhood,

Amsterdam urban architecture and living environments more...

In 2025, Amsterdam celebrates its 750th anniversary. Over the centuries, the Dutch capital has reinvented itself many times – also architecturally: transformation, conversion and renovation of existing structures have always been part of everyday urban development. To this day, the building culture is characterised by the dynamism, internationalism and outward-looking perspective of a growing metropolis. The challenge of creating new living space where further expansion of the city is no longer possible is met by the young architecture scene with ingenuity, pragmatic and unconventional approaches. The book "Amsterdam. Urban Architecture and Living Environments" takes this

Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2026 Announces Curator of Third Edition more...

Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT) announces Vyjayanthi Rao as curator of its third edition (SAT03), joined by Tau Tavengwa as associate curator. Taking place in 2026, the Triennial is a platform for architecture and urbanism from West Asia to South Asia and the African continent. An anthropologist, writer, artist, and curator based in New York and Mumbai, Rao brings a multidisciplinary perspective and a deep sensitivity to context in her work. With a background in socio-cultural anthropology, her writing has contributed significantly to critical discourse on

ArchFilmLund Prize 2024 goes to Skin of glass by Denise Zmekhol more...

For a movie that reveals how intertwined the intimacy of every architectural project can be with the fates of the world. Trying to find the man that stands behind the building, the director's sensitive approach finds the inhabitants, who are surviving in a ruin of a nation’s broken dreams. Following Denise Zmekhol in her childhood memories, we find ourselves in the middle of a country’s quest to invent a new future, a new life full of joy and optimism, where architecture was both the message and the

Paris, the new soul of La Géode by LOCI more...

In the 19th arrondissement of Paris, within Parc de la Villette, the architectural firm Loci Anima (led by Françoise Raynaud) delivered in December 2024 the renovation of La Géode and its hemispherical cinema, originally designed by Adrien Fainsilber, for Universcience (owner) and Pathé Cinémas (concessionaire). While the IMAX screen was already immersive, it is now the whole cinema that has been transformed into a fully immersive experience. Even before entering, the dichroic façade invites visitors into a realm of illusion, where natural light seems to flow through a coffered

Architectural Guide Japan (3rd edition 2025) Botond Bognar by DOM publishers more...

Contemporary Japanese architecture has, for over seven decades, achieved worldwide recognition not only for its highly innovative and often futuristic qualities, but also for its sensitive response to Japan’s cultural heritage and physical context, which has become especially challenging given the country’s increasingly urbanised environment. Today, Japan’s contemporary architecture is admired perhaps as much as its traditional counterpart, with which it often maintains a meaningful dialogue. Botond Bognar’s Architectural Guide – Japan introduces more than 700 of the most prominent examples of this fertile architecture, in addition to outlining its development from the mid-nineteenth century to the present in a concise historical essay. All texts are accompanied by over 980 colour photos, all taken by the author, and over 90 drawings. Detailed information about

Researching otherwise – Pluriversal Methodologies for Landscape and Urban Studies – Open access more...

How can landscape and urban research better work with topics such as dialogue, sensuality and affect? Researching Otherwise shows new methods for producing knowledge. The researchers explore regenerative possibilities through activities such as drawing, photography, listening and eavesdropping. They describe how they walk in non-human societies, explore marine worlds, use bank vaults or work with refugees. Landscape and urban research has long tried to engage in transdisciplinary dialogue, sensuality and affect. With "Researching Otherwise", sensory, collaborative and restitutive methods can be used to generate knowledge from different worlds. These methods connect researchers and their objects of study in new ways to enable restitutive and regenerative future scenarios "differently".

Wiesbaden Invisibile: A Photographic Exposition Celebrating the Invisible Moments of Everyday Life more...

Prepare to embark on a visual journey that transcends the ordinary as we unveil "Wiesbaden Invisibile," an upcoming photographic exposition that captures the essence of everyday life through the lens of emerging photographer Martin Angiuli. The exhibition is set to open on January 4, 2025, at the Ile22 Gallery, located at Nerostr. 22, Wiesbaden. "Wiesbaden Invisibile" invites viewers to explore the delicate interplay between the visible and the invisible, the heavy and the light, and the monochromatic and the colorful. Each image is a

Racine Tower in Paris crowned like a queen by Maud Caube more...

In November 2024, Maud Caubet Architectes completed the Racine project in Paris's 12th arrondissement for Alderan (SCI EWOK), the project owner. The project involved the renovation of the former headquarters of the Office National des Forêts (ONF), a 35- meter-high tower built in 1970. The extensions and the new crown represent a spectacular transformation. Total surface area: 6,081 m². Project cost: €24 million. A spectacular metamorphosis In the heart of Paris's 12th arrondissement, near the Sorbonne Nouvelle campus, the Racine project is situated

Neuroscience Center at Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris more...

In Paris (14th arrondissement), for the GHU Paris Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne (project owner), Pargade Architectes completed the new Neuroscience Center in 2024. This project bridges the legacy of architect Charles Auguste Questel (1807–1888) with a facility decidedly open to the city. Since its founding, Sainte-Anne Hospital has been a laboratory for mental health and also serves as a laboratory for architecture and urban planning. Within this demanding heritage context, the Neuroscience project, designed by Pargade Architectes, envisions the hospital of tomorrow through its architectural approach.

2024 Ceremony Video Honoring Riken Yamamoto more...

The Pritzker Architecture Prize releases a special ceremony video celebrating 2024 Laureate, Riken Yamamoto, available now on www.pritzkerprize.com. The documentary-style video recognizes the 53rd Laureate awarded this past May in Chicago (United States of America), the hometown of Cindy Pritzker, in honor of her centennial birthday, who co-founded the award with her late husband, Jay A. Pritzker, in 1979. Viewers will glimpse lesser-known traditions that precede the ceremony such as Cindy’s Dinner, a gathering for the newest

White Arkitekter secures Swedish Institute grant to support sustainable rebuilding of Ukraine more...

White Arkitekter has received project funding by the Swedish Institute through the SI Ukraine Cooperation Programme for the key initiative SustainTimber: Standards for Sustainable Transition. The project aims to develop sustainable timber architecture in Ukraine while aligning the country’s rebuilding efforts with European regulations and integration goals. As part of Ukraine’s National Recovery Plan, which emphasizes

Five Stories by Ellen Weinstein, an illustrated children's book also for grown ups more...

Five children, from five different cultures and in five different decades, grow up in the same building on the Lower East Side of New York City. Text and illustrations by Ellen Weinstein. A house addresses how it functions from the inside. What levels of communication are there between its residents, there is vertical orientation beyond the blocks of flats, up or down, as well as living next to each other on one floor. This exciting picture book tells the story of what neighborhood relationships emerge and develop further, with wonderful illustrations. Jenny Epstein and her family arrive on a steamship from Russia in the 1910s. Jenny writes letters in Yiddish to her grandmother, while practicing her English in her new neighborhood. By the 1930s, when Anna Cozzi and her Italian

Yllefabriken – Renovation gives new life to an old factory grounds more...

With its beautiful exterior, the Yllefabriken in Norrköping is a reminder of Norrköping's heritage as an industrial city. Over the years, the building has had a number of different owners and tenants but has now been transformed and developed into a modern building with a range of uses. At the same time, the character of the building has been maintained and has been an important part of the project, with a focus on sustainability and preserving the old industrial heritage that the building represents. We talked to Freddy Franzén at FlexFasadia to learn how the work with Yllefabriken went, what difficulties have arisen

In Montpellier, So Wood or the hanging gardens of Port Marianne more...

Stepped buildings aligned on the street, active and varied roofs, a southern opening onto the landscape, and inhabited inner courtyards. A+Architecture and Hellin Sebbag Pirany architectes delivered So Wood in Montpellier (France) in 2024. 105 homes, 5 SOHOs, offices and shops.Surface area: 10,300 sq. metres (net floor area). Budget: €18m. Context: An emblematic urban development project in the Montpellier metropolitan area, the Port Marianne district stems from an

Athletes Village Lot E2B Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (France) more...

Construction of 98 housing units, 6 shared spaces and 7 shops Village des Athlètes Buildings E2B1, E2B2, E2B3 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (France) Sector E of the Athletes’ Village is ﬁrst and foremost a family resemblance. As coordinator architect of the sector, CoBe has pre-written the main guidelines that govern the design of the various buildings while leaving some leeway to the individual designers. As such, the visuals of the CoBe project produced for the competition have served from the outset as reference images to represent the entire project in the sector. In order to ensure its total coherence, the family resemblance

Ferryhopper premises in Athens more...

The "IXI" oce building in Moschato, Athens, Greece hosts on the ground floor the offices of the innovative startup, booking engine of ferries, Ferryhopper. The project was developed and implement ed after the radical renovation of the existing structure and its transformation into a functionally intelligent, with LEED environmental certification specifications, aesthetically modern office space, by KN Group _ Design that works. Designing Ferryhopper's building and oce spaces,

The Carnival of the Dinosaurs (A Musical Fairy Tale) by Tom Woods more...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful queen, Tyrannosaurus Regina, who ruled over all the dinosaurs, they are terrible lizards... This wonderful story is told and played by Michael Heuberger (narrator), Freddy Kempf (piano) and Natalia Woods (piano).. .but everyone adored her and obeyed her every word; anyone who made derogatory comments was eaten for breakfast. So she decided to send out spies on the occasion of her birthday party so that no one would prepare a rebellion. Because no one else would go undetected, she sent out a mosquito to find the Brontosaurus. Which is no easy feat simply because of the extraordinary

Athletes Village in Saint-Ouen sur Seine more...

An ephemeral village, a district inaugurated on february 29 by the french president, the athletes’ village will be the center of the world in the summer of 2024, before becoming a fully-fledged city district in 2025. As part of the most ambitious project of the decade for the Paris metropolis, architect Dominique Perrault has been entrusted with the design of sector E, located on the right bank of the Seine, between the Cité du Cinéma and the Vieux Saint-Ouen. Called «Les Belvédères» in reference to its location and the height of its

Project Gaia enables climate-related risk analyzes using AI more...

An artificial intelligence (AI) application developed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its project partners, the Bank of Spain, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank, enables analysis of climate-related risks in the financial system. Project Gaia created a proof of concept and tested it in financial climate risk analysis use cases. The proof of concept used large language models (LLMs) to automatically extract climate-related indicators from publicly available corporate reports.

Call for ideas for the LINA Architecture Platform programme more...

Fundació Mies van der Rohe is a member of the LINA European platform: a growing network of museums, universities, research networks, foundations, triennials, biennials and other European and Mediterranean organisations working at the intersection between architecture and other fields related to spatial culture. An alliance of 34 institutions that carries out a series of events taking place all over Europe to promote emerging thinkers and practitioners

Riken Yamamoto receives the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize more...

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto (b. 1945) was born in Beijing, People’s Republic of China and relocated to Yokohama, Japan shortly after the end of World War II. Negotiating a balance between public and private dimensions from childhood, he lived in a home that was modeled after a traditional Japanese machiya, with his mother’s pharmacy in the front and their living area in the rear. Yamamoto, architect and social advocate, establishes kinship between public and private realms, inspiring harmonious societies despite a diversity of identities, economies, politics,

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