In its first Swiss commission, estudio kmmk presents a house that does not simply occupy a site but settles into it. Named Winkelhaus, the single family residence unfolds along a
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At a moment when ecological anxiety and technological acceleration shape the global conversation, the Royal Danish Academy proposes a different register for imagining what comes next. Rather than speculating through
Lina Ghotmeh’s architecture explores memory, material continuity and ecological responsibility. From the Serpentine Pavilion in London to the Estonian National Museum and Stone Garden in Beirut, her work advances an archaeology of the future rooted in craft, context and collective experience.
Parallel Studio founder Mai Al Busairi explains the design of Lei Wa Lakom Library in Kazole Village, Zanzibar. The interview explores passive cooling strategies, perforated façades, timber construction and the influence of Swahili architecture in shaping a contemporary civic building for children and the wider community.
Stella is a fourteen storey office building in Nagpur, India, designed by Sanjay Puri Architects as a climate responsive alternative to the fully glazed tower. Built on a compact urban plot, the project integrates semicircular decks, aluminum louvers and planted terraces to reduce solar heat gain and enhance natural light and ventilation. The layered façade creates shaded microclimates while delivering 5,575 square metres of office space, demonstrating how passive design strategies can shape contemporary commercial architecture in extreme heat conditions.
STIPFOLD designs fiber concrete cottages for AltiHut, a solar powered mountain retreat at 3,014 metres in the Georgian Caucasus.
Engage with the light and shadow climate installation and learn how it addresses urban heat stress through immersive design.
At the edge of Het Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe, where the former Hedwigepolder meets the shifting rhythms of the Western Scheldt, the Veldstation emerges as a small building with an
Eshima Factory transforms a former ironworks on Teshima Island into a cafeteria and food factory, blending adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and community revival.
Desert Ark, designed by designRESERVE, is the first 3D-printed concrete structure in China’s desert environment and a pioneering example of sustainable architecture, modular construction, and off-grid desert design. Located on
