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Astra: Could This Make You a “Maestra”?
AI design agents mark a shift in architectural practice by autonomously executing spatial tasks, massing, and circulation from design briefs. While effective at processing complex constraints and producing structured organizational…
Stacked Ring Geometry Defines New South Philadelphia Arena
Philadelphia plans a new professional sports arena in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex for local basketball and hockey franchises. The project replaces an existing 1996 venue with a circular structure…
Muscat Expands Cultural Infrastructure with 400,000-Square-Meter Civic District
A major cultural development is rising across 400,000 square meters in the Al-Seeb district of Muscat. The sprawling civic campus gathers national institutions into a unified public realm, pairing grand…
Sweeping Roof Crowns New Public Library Complex in Xi’an
A new 70,000-square-metre cultural complex in Xi’an integrates expansive reading halls, exhibition galleries, and community spaces along the Ba River. The project reinterprets civic infrastructure by replacing monumental emptiness with…
Six Printed Residential Clusters Expand Student Housing in Holstebro
Students in Holstebro, Denmark, have moved into a new six-building residential community built with on-site concrete printing. The development provides 36 apartments across 1,650 square meters while meeting strict national…
German Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2027 Examines Shared Housing Spaces and Democracy
The German Pavilion at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale will focus on everyday residential spaces, from entry thresholds to shared stairwells. The exhibition investigates how physical transitions between private apartments…
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London After Twenty Years: The City That Grows While Standing Still
A twenty-year photographic comparison reveals how London evolved between 2006 and 2026. While iconic landmarks like Big Ben remained preserved, new developments like the Shard…
The Yards, Covent Garden: The City That Whispers
The Yards is an urban design project occupying over five acres in London’s Covent Garden. Rather than acting as a singular landmark building or commercial…
Old Trafford Before the Whistle
An architectural perspective on Old Trafford highlights how the stadium balances operational demands with its historical legacy. Key features include maintaining the biological pitch surface,…
Fawakherji Essays
The Pattern That Nature Also Solved
Islamic geometric patterns share deep structural and generative mathematical logic with natural systems like quasicrystals, plant growth, and cellular structures. Rather than intentional imitation, this…
Explore ArchUp list of architecture competitions for architects and students. Stay updated on entry rules and global design challenges.
Open Chair
International ideas competition to design a full-scale chair fabricable on standard home FDM 3D printers. Submissions close 6 November 2026….
Minab: Architecture Beyond Consolation — For Peace and Life
International open competition to design an 8,000 m² memorial landscape at Minab’s martyrs’ cemetery, Iran. Free entry. Submissions close 17…
Recycled Materials Pavilion
Competition BriefThe Recycled Materials Pavilion Competition is an international open-call organised by Archiol Competitions, inviting architects, students, and independent designers…
Living Markets
Competition BriefLiving Markets is the sixth edition of the NowNow Design Competition, organised in partnership with ICLEI Africa and in…
Urban Planning Competition for the Kłodnica Boulevards in Gliwice
SummaryOne-stage open contest for the Kłodnica River valley in Gliwice, Poland. Deliverables: urban planning and landscape concept. Deadline: 12 November…
The Design Discovery Awards 2026
Competition BriefThe Design Discovery Awards (D&A) is an international, multidisciplinary design award programme operating on a season-based annual calendar, open…
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The Century of Gehry 2026
Overview The Century of Gehry 2026 is an exhibition dedicated to the life, creative process, and architectural legacy of Frank...
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DiWine Path Summer School 2026
Overview DiWine Path Summer School 2026 is an international educational program organized by Politecnico di Torino that explores the relationship...
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Busan Biennale 2026
The Busan Biennale 2026 takes place from August 29 to November 1, 2026, marking its 14th edition under the artistic...
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Gwangju Biennale 2026
The 16th edition of the Gwangju Biennale, Asia’s oldest and one of the most prestigious contemporary art biennales, will take...
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Marintec Indonesia 2026
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Nobel Kapex Fair 2026
Overview Nobel Kapex Fair 2026 is an international exhibition dedicated to doors, windows, accessories, and related building components. Held in...
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ProMaisonShow 2026
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Refrigeration & HVAC Indonesia 2026
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Security & Building Central Asia 2026
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BWGTBLD’s Berlin Office: When a Workplace Becomes a Gallery
BWGTBLD’s Berlin office brings art and work into a historic building, raising questions about spatial character, everyday comfort and public…
Rotterdam’s Cube Houses: A Village Built Above the Street
Piet Blom’s Cube Houses turn a crossing over traffic into a place to live. Behind the yellow geometry is a…
Casa Florinda: Adapting Rural Space to Modern Living
Casa Florinda: When Ruins Become a Home and an Architectural PositionThe project began with a practical question faced by its…
Coronation Park Centre: A Raised Velodrome for Everyday Life
Coronation Park Centre: When the Track Becomes a Public SpectacleThe Coronation Park Centre project is built on a core design…
Chessboard Design Conceals Its Technology Within a Stone Form
Spatial Scenography and the Archaeological FormThe chessboard transforms from a gaming tool into a self-contained scenographic element, taking the form…
Post-Pandemic Reviews Reshape Colégio Bernoulli’s Spaces
Permeability of Massing and Integration with Urban TopographyThe Colégio Bernoulli campus in Vale do Sereno inaugurates research developed by BCMF…
Casa 22 Varies Spatial Experience Through Angled Volumes
Spatial Relationship Between Architecture and the EnvironmentThe scenographic reading of Casa 22 is based on the reciprocal relationship between the…
Nokken Addresses the Gap in Hotel Wellness Promises
Redefining the Recovery Experience Through Spatial TransitionThe design approach responds to a clear gap between what hotel wellness facilities promise…
Restelo House Defines Daily Rhythm Through Light and Shadows
The Textural Interaction Between Memory and RadicalismIn the Restelo neighborhood, a row of terraced houses dating from the 1950s forms…
Casa MDL Uses Client Artwork to Complete the Interior
Balancing Urban Logic and the Natural ContextThe architectural concept of the volume is based on achieving a balance between the…
Casa M in São Paulo Preserves the Original Facade Height in Lapa
Spatial Editing and Environmental ReorientationThe architectural intervention is based on reorganizing the spatial relationships of a property that originally consisted…
The Flight That Left Pregnant and Returned Newborn
I noticed it before the plane even pushed back. Boarding, I counted the pregnant women, and I stopped counting at…
Suzhou Museum Turns the Lang into a Pavilion Link
Circulation Logic and the Scenographic Analysis of SpaceThe building experience begins with its quiet relationship to its site on the…
Spitfire Roastery Connects Visitors to Production
Lifestyle Infrastructure in the Rural LandscapeAmid the social transformations taking place in contemporary China, with increasing numbers of young people…
The Overlook: Architecture Shaped by Mountain Terrain
Rooted in the Site and the Dialogue with Glacial TerrainThe The Overlook project offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the Idaho…
Grava House: Interlocking Volumes and Split Levels
Scenographic Progression and the Moment of TransitionThe experience of the residence begins from the street through a gradual approach that…
Brda House: A Modern A-Frame Defined by Light and Material
Visual Extension and Volumetric EffectThe contemporary version of the Brda house treats the natural landscape as an extension of the…
Crescendo: Multigenerational Housing and Resident Independence
Spatial Dynamics and Redefining Multigenerational LivingThe Crescendo project approaches multigenerational living as a challenge that extends beyond simply adding a…
Grandvillard Farmhouse: Restoring a Lost Composition
Dialogue Between Mass and Memory: Spatial Composition and RevitalizationThe project involves the rehabilitation of an eighteenth-century rural farmhouse in the…
Otway Beach House: Bushfire Protection and Coastal Views
Topographic Integration and Scenographic FramingOtway Beach House takes shape as a monolithic concrete volume that uses the regulatory requirements associated…
Skovsporet Brings Robotic Printing into Everyday Housing
Spatial Scenography and Everyday PassageTechnology in this project transcends the boundaries of demonstrating construction capabilities to become an integral part…
Coral Installation: Repetition and Human Interaction on the Coast
Spatial Scenography and the Deconstruction of MassThe art installation takes shape through the repetition of twelve white-painted stainless-steel cylinders, arranged…
Pracownia Integrates Mass, Space, Light, and Nature
Spatial Dynamics and the Redefinition of CirculationThe spatial experience of Pracownia for OMNI KAISER Patisserie is founded on reorganizing the…
210 South 12th: Volumetric Transformation and Residential Design
Spatial Dynamics and Volumetric TransformationThe reading of the building begins from the moment of approaching it, as its peripheral massing…
Veil House and Its Transformable Architectural Envelope
Spatial Gradation and the Transition from Forest to CoastThe single-level architectural volume maintains a modest presence within the surrounding vegetation,…
Casa em São Paulo: Interior Openness and Existing Structure
Reframing Spatial Organization and the Sensory Progression of the EntranceThe organization of the interior space relies on redirecting movement and…
Los Navegantes House: Renovation and Timber Addition
Environmental Context and Spatial Dialogue with the TerrainThe project begins with the renovation of a house dating back to 1963…
Beacon School Blends Industrial Structures with New Architecture
Architectural Dialogue and Experimental Adaptive ReuseThe Beacon School campus in the Vila Leopoldina neighborhood of São Paulo is based on…
Sony Sonic Max 10: Balancing Movement and Precision
Movement Dynamics and Spatial TransformationThe tool’s user experience is grounded in freedom of movement and ease of control during operation,…
Muskoka Island Spa: Thermal Transformation
Scenography of Transformation: From Material Memory to Spatial ExperienceThe critical reading of the project emerges from the contrast between the…
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