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Singapore opens care apartments to buyers from 55: housing plans for ageing earlier
Singapore’s Housing & Development Board has opened its first Community Care Apartment launch since the eligibility age was lowered from 65 to 55. The November sales exercise includes 256 such…
Nine prefabricated terraces in Schofields cut reported build time to eight months
Nine architecturally designed terrace homes using off-site construction have been completed at Schofields in north-west Sydney. The New South Wales government says the two-storey, three-bedroom homes took about eight months…
Australia keeps four defence heritage sites public as 11 properties move toward divestment
Australia has transferred 11 defence sites to the Department of Finance for divestment while deciding that four heritage-heavy properties will remain in public ownership. The update, issued by the Australian…
Powerhouse Parramatta opens around an external structural frame and column-free galleries
Powerhouse Parramatta begins public operation with an external structural frame designed to free its major galleries from internal columns.
Chicago opens a four-acre urban nature garden for children’s independent exploration
A permanent four-acre garden at Garfield Park Conservatory tests how urban landscapes can feel wild to children while remaining legible and manageable for caregivers.
EquipHotel 2026 Closes: Hospitality’s Serious Fair Goes Quiet for Two Years
On 5 November 2026 EquipHotel closed its doors at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, ending four days that began on 2 November. With that, the international hospitality salon returns to…
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DesignBuild 2027
DesignBuild 2027 is the Sto Foundation’s competitive funding call for student construction projects and publications about design-build education. It is…
A Glimpse into the Future — 2027
A Glimpse into the Future — 2027 invites proposals for housing and public landscape. Organized by the Institute for Integrated…
DALI Lighting Awards 2027
The DALI Alliance invites entries for architectural and other lighting projects using DALI controls. Entry is free and closes 8…
KCMA Design Awards 2027
KCMA’s 2027 kitchen-remodel award: member cabinetry, before-and-after evidence, professional eligibility, prizes and the 18 December 2026 deadline.
NYX Design Awards 2027
An inaugural international design awards programme accepting architecture, interiors and landscape, with professional fees from USD 219 and a final…
European Architecture Design Award — 2027 Inaugural Edition
The European Architecture Design Award launches its inaugural 2027 edition with professional and emerging tracks across sixteen built-environment categories. The…
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Is Architecture Biased?
This article offers a sharp cultural reading of the architectural imagination, contrasting the romanticism assigned to Western cities like Paris or Rome with the global neglect of Eastern architectural icons. The structure moves from anecdotal…
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Design Museum Gent: A New Wing That Reconnects the Whole
The new wing at Design Museum Gent addresses a problem larger than a shortage of exhibition space: how to make…
Casa Malonic: From a Sheltered Courtyard to the Pacific
Casa Malonic, a 497-square-metre house by HW Studio in Punta Garrobo, Zihuatanejo, makes the journey towards the Pacific as significant…
The Drawn World That Travels Without a Passport
How anime travels across cultures, reshapes visual imagination and offers an analytical lens for local identity, design and architecture.
The Green That Could Not Survive Its Own Purity
What fragile green paint on Coromandel screens reveals about conservation, matt finishes and the relationship between colour, care and interior…
The Object That Is Dry and Fragile at the Same Time
Why historic leather can lose flexibility and cohesion together, and what evidence is needed before testing a sesame oil and…
The Wall That Rewrites the Play
How textual scenography and theatre architecture shape action, visibility, time and audience knowledge, with a practical framework for rehearsal and…
Do Not Disturb: At EquipHotel 2026, Privacy Becomes the Exhibit
On 2 November 2026 the doors of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles opened on EquipHotel, the international hospitality salon that…
Zi Museum: Four Buildings That Turn a Meadow Into the Main Public Room
Zi Museum in Xianning distributes a museum, workshop, bookshop and tower across a lakeside meadow, separating exhibition routes from everyday…
Before the First Note: The Concert Hall’s Hidden Footprint
The hidden footprint of a concert hall begins with materials, maintenance and the systems that make performance possible. An architectural…
Oxford Street: The Benches Are the Easy Part
ArchUp News Desk — ArchUpOn the morning of Monday 26 October, the first thing that disappeared from Oxford Street was…
A Scratch Should Not End a Chair: Designing Furniture for Refurbishment
Furniture refurbishment begins in the first design. An analysis of joints, surfaces, interiors and the practical conditions that let useful…
The Body That Wears Our Identity
How clothing, mannequins, uniforms and exhibition spaces help construct identity. An analytical reading of effigies and embodied representation, with practical…
The Poster Must Explain
Architectural poster design connects images, drawings and words into a readable argument. An analysis of presentation boards, social posts, bilingual…
Watching the New Rolls-Royce Showroom Take Shape in Jeddah
Over several months in Jeddah, a passer-by photographed the renovation of an existing commercial building into a new Rolls-Royce Motor…
World Trade Center Yerevan: Two Towers, Two Scales of Connection
A spatial reading of WTC Yerevan’s proposed public terraces and shared skybridges, separating visible design intentions from untested performance.
Pilen: A Zigzag Walk Between Landscape and Construction
Pilen turns a Danish construction viewpoint into a planted ascent. Timber crossings, exposed supports and a narrowing tip shape how…
Napa Bistro: How Ceilings, Glass and Seating Turn One Hall into Rooms
A spatial reading of Napa Bistro in Charlotte: curved ceilings, colored glass and changes in seating and flooring divide an…
The Plate That Fulfills Its Purpose by Breaking
A critical essay on dining room design, Greek kefi and the tension between preserving beautiful objects and making room for…
The Dome That Once Held Up the Sky and Now Projects It
Explore how dome architecture moved from monumental structure to immersive projection, and what the shift means for material, meaning and…
The Only Profession That Competes to Begin
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the architectural profession by automating routine entry-level tasks like drafting and visualization. This technological transition exacerbates…
The Discipline That Optimizes the Given
Industrial engineering applies methods like process optimization to reduce waste, cost, and time in construction. However, its core focus is…
The City Decides Whether It Rains
Weather and calendar variations strongly influence daily cycling levels, with extreme temperatures, rain, and wind acting as deterrents. However, the…
Cine Tutu: From Street-Level Gathering to the Screening Room
Cine Tutu uses a blue service ceiling, cork-lined foyer and green auditorium to distinguish arrival, waiting and shared viewing through…
Rusakov Club: When the Auditorium Becomes the Facade
Rusakov Club in Moscow turns a fan-shaped auditorium into three projecting volumes. A reading of audience movement, daylight and the…
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