Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture shapes a Tokyo hillside residence in exposed concrete, using strata like a template for light, airflow, and shakkei views.
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Lifted on ten columns above a valley floor, this hot spring retreat turns bathing into a slow ascent through poplar canopies, cliff rock, and softened skylight. A SPRINGHOUSE IN THE
Completed at the close of 2020, Xiaoxi B&B sits near Shuiguan in Huairou, on the northern edge of Beijing, where the Great Wall cuts through rugged topography with equal parts
At the Aranya Community in Beidaihe, Vector Architects has been quietly building a waterfront narrative, one civic room at a time. After the Seashore Library and the Seashore Chapel, Restaurant
In the rugged foothills of Corsica’s Alta Rocca region, Amelia Tavella Architectes has breathed new life into the Convent Saint-François, a historic monument dating to 1480 in Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano. Long abandoned
Barozzi Veiga’s Szczecin Philharmonic pairs a crystalline aluminum and glass façade with a golden main hall rooted in local craftsmanship, combining expressive roof geometry, acoustic fragmentation, and a formally autonomous civic landmark.
Humo House in southern Chile reshapes an 11-metre cube into a split-volume home balancing openness and shelter, with timber slat cladding, triple-height public space, and a larch-trunk table that merges kitchen and dining.
Armand Nouvet completes two social housing residences on Orteaux and Pajol streets in Paris, using timber detailing, verandas, and a double envelope facade with a Trombe wall strategy to improve comfort through low tech design.
This all-faith chapel uses 100 timber planks as a semi-transparent curtain, an eccentrically placed roof to frame changing daylight, and locally sourced materials including site stones, local-sawmill timber, and blacksmith-made U-profile metal elements.
Near Lyon, f+g Architectes designs Les Écuries de la Roche as a sustainable equestrian facility using passive ventilation, daylighting, and locally sourced Douglas fir to harmonise architecture and landscape.
