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From Football to Super Bowl
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp How America Redesigned the World Cup Experience About eleven months ago, I wrote in ArchUp about American architecture. Not about New York or Chicago specifically, but…
Commemorative Fair Occupies the National Mall for National Anniversary
A temporary festival currently occupies the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. The event features state pavilions, a massive Ferris wheel, and…
Interconnected Office Campus Creates Public Park in Shenzhen
A new office complex in Shenzhen lifts three curved glass volumes high above the ground to return the waterfront land to the city. The project replaces the traditional closed corporate…
Desert Community Center Uses Snorkel Roofs to Capture Indirect Light
A new community center in Chandler, Arizona, transforms a previously abandoned site into a vocational and social hub designed specifically for the desert climate. The project features a distinctive roof…
New Framework Reimagines the Robert F. Kennedy Campus as a Mixed-Use Waterfront District
The District of Columbia recently released a comprehensive masterplan for the 180-acre Robert F. Kennedy Campus. The proposal transforms the former stadium site into a dense, mixed-use neighborhood anchored by…
Circular Workplace Integrates Natural Material Showroom in Odense
A new 2,800-square-meter headquarters in Odense, Denmark, functions as both a workplace and a full-scale catalog of natural building materials. The circular structure encloses a central courtyard to bring daylight…
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Cat’s Eyes
Architectural history is shaped by the gap between the physical experience of buildings and the linguistic tools used to describe them. Throughout history, writers used…
Brain Rot in the Rabbit Hole: On Architectural Media and the Right to Be Seen
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp I read a piece of news recently that stayed with me longer than I expected. European regulators were moving against one…
I Miss the Render
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp A few days ago I opened my personal Gmail account after the message everyone dreads appeared on the screen. Storage at…
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Museum of Emotions #9
Summary An open ideas competition challenging entrants to design a text-free museum featuring two contrasting emotional halls. Submit a single…
Arte Laguna Prize – 21st Edition
Summary International art and design competition in Venice seeking works across 10 categories; submit online with images or video by…
Krystal Design Awards Graduation Competition 2026
SUMMARY An international graduation competition for Architecture, Urban Design, and Interior Design students (classes 2024–2026). Submit a six-poster PDF portfolio….
Commons of Coexistence: Shared Space, Shaped for Resilience — ETALASE 2026 Design Competition
Competition Brief ETALASE 2026 is an annual architecture event organized by architecture students of Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES), Indonesia, featuring…
CPDI Africa 2026 International Design Competition
Competition Brief The CPDI Africa 2026 International Design Competition is organized by the Community Planning and Design Initiative Africa (CPDI…
Memorial to the Sixth Extinction – International Ideas Competition 2026
Competition Brief The Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) at the University of Western Australia, in collaboration with Taylor Cullity…
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Landes-Bau-Ausstellung Sachsen-Anhalt 2027
Overview The Landes-Bau-Ausstellung Sachsen-Anhalt 2027 operates as a German regional construction exhibition which takes place...
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HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2026
Overview The HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) is an annual trade exhibition...
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WORKSPACE 2026
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INDEX Saudi Arabia 2026
Overview INDEX Saudi Arabia returns for its 2026 edition at the Riyadh Front Exhibition &...
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International Woodworking Fair 2026
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From Football to Super Bowl
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp How America Redesigned the World Cup Experience About eleven months ago, I wrote in ArchUp about…
Anjung Project: Massing, Space, and Climate Adaptation
Deconstructing Massing and Its Relationship to Spatial Structure The architectural composition of the Anjung project emerges through an experimental approach…
Kettle’s Yard Farm Integrates Artists’ Studios
Spatial Configuration and the Evolution of Function Over Time The project is based on the adaptive reuse of a collection…
The Urbanism of Digital Governance: How Virtual Spaces Redefine Municipal Territory and Civic Equity
For decades, the architecture of governance manifested as monolithic concrete edifices, labyrinthine corridors winding through municipal halls, and prolonged queues…
Affective Architecture: How Walls and Corridors Shape Spatial Belonging and Counter Digital Isolation
The Psychology of Inclusive Design: From Exclusionary Frameworks to Spaces Nurturing Human Identity Can a dim vantage point in a…
Cat’s Eyes
Architectural history is shaped by the gap between the physical experience of buildings and the linguistic tools used to describe…
Busan Oryukdo Tram: Transit as Urban Spectacle
Breaking the Visual Constraint and Reframing Urban Space The Busan Oryukdo Tram moves as an independent sculptural mass that redefines…
JK-AR: Timber Massing and Three-Courtyard Spatial System
Mass Formation and Dialogue of Three Voids The project is based on deconstructing the complex functional program (clinic, exhibition, café)…
Dymak Headquarters and Circular Climate-Responsive Design
Massing Composition and Spatial Scenography The architectural concept of the building is based on a continuous circular mass that encloses…
Burleigh 9.6: Customization and Efficiency in Mobile Living
Deconstructing Massing and the Scenographic Effect The external composition of the building goes beyond the idea of a conventional temporary…
The Walled Courtyard House: Light and Enclosure
Massing and the Dialogue of Light and Shadow The reclaimed brick wall transforms from a mere external boundary consistent with…
Spiderweb House and Open-Plan Living
Structural Articulation and Mass Fragmentation The architectural system of the building is formed by an octagonal timber frame rotated 45…
A Place of Worship, a School, or a Hospital?
A question posed by an architecture student — whether to build a place of worship, a school, or a hospital…
Tomorrow’s Pavements: How Material Technology Reconfigures Concrete Pavers in Urban Space
From Impermeable Surfaces to Intelligent Systems That Absorb Stormwater, Clean the Air, and Extend Municipal Infrastructure Lifespan Pedestrian pavements in…
Design Reduction at Fuwa Fuwa Golden Square
Dialogue Between Mass and Light: Crafting a Sensory Experience Through Color and Curvature The spatial identity of the project is…
Earth-Integrated Museum Design
Mass Recession and Integration into the Ground The museum’s architectural design moves beyond the conventional concept of an above-ground building…
Wheat Field Rest House Integrates Functional Flexibility
Spatial Experience and Contextual Positioning This architectural intervention is situated at a striking point of convergence between the wheat fields…
Bridge Cabin and Steep-Slope Construction
Structural Positioning and Adaptive Flexibility The project reinterprets the principles of Metabolist architecture through the separation of the primary structural…
Jardim do Mar Houses and Contemporary Living
Massing Formation and Topographical Response The project emerges from a narrow L-shaped plot situated on the coastal slopes of Jardim…
Ceilography architectural ceilings economics
Ceilography is an ongoing architectural research method initiated in 2015 by architect Ibrahim Nawaf Joharji that documents ceilings using a…
Azadi Tower: Negotiating Historical Memory and Urban Identity
Spatial Experience and the Symbolic Gateway The design of Azadi Tower is founded on the concept of passage as an…
Teppanyaki Restaurant: Kinetic Scenography of Mass and Space
Material Contrast and the Dialectic of the Scenographic Space The walls of the interior void are founded on a raw…
Vipp Pavilion: Mass, Light, and Spatial Experience
Deconstructing Mass and Spatial Dynamics The pavilion moves beyond the idea of a traditional shelter to offer an architectural reading…
Estero Residences: Redefining Public and Private Space
Urban Overlap and Spatial Scenography The project transcends the notion of an isolated residential mass, proposing instead an open architectural…
UNAM Central Library: Movement, Light, and Spatial Duality
Human Experience and Spatial Transition The library asserts its visual presence through a sharp contrast between two functional and kinetic…
Einstein Tower: Mass, Light & Time in Expressionist Architecture
Sculptural Expressionism and Mass Kinetics The tower transcends its role as a mere physical shell for a scientific instrument, becoming…
Aheliyannagar Organic Architecture for Hot and Arid Climate
Organic Formulation and Climatic Responsiveness The project adopts a porous architectural configuration inspired by the organizational structure of ant nests,…
Lucia Solves Space Constraints with Multi-Level Design
Massing Composition and Visual Connection to the Surroundings The Lucia modular model surpasses the limitations associated with towable tiny homes…
Sweetbird North Explores Revelation and Concealment in Façades
Dynamics of Massing and the Double-Skin Façade The external façade is conceived as a transformative structure within contemporary Architecture that…
Vitra Fire Station: Movement and Architectural Mass
Spatial Dynamics and Mass Deconstruction The Vitra Fire Station transcends the concept of a conventional functional facility to assume an…
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