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MIT Opens Metropolitan Warehouse as New Architecture and Planning Hub
MIT has opened the transformed Metropolitan Warehouse in Cambridge as a new home for architecture, planning, design research, and public programming.
BIG Breaks Ground on 175 Third Street Along Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal
BIG has marked the groundbreaking of 175 Third Street, a large mixed-use development planned along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group in collaboration with dencityworks, the project…
Lucas Museum Opens in Los Angeles as a New Landmark by Ma Yansong
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has opened in Los Angeles, introducing a major new cultural building in Exposition Park designed by Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects.The museum occupies…
Singapore Moves All New Building Projects to CORENET X Submissions
Singapore has moved the regulatory submission process for new building projects into CORENET X, extending the mandatory digital workflow from 1 October 2026. The change applies to projects that have…
Perth Plans Adaptive Reuse District Around Three Office Buildings
A proposed transformation in Perth’s CBD would connect three existing office buildings through landscape, shared amenities and renewed pedestrian routes.
Oslo Architecture Triennale Returns With “Nature First” Material Experiments
The ninth Oslo Architecture Triennale opened September 17 under the theme “What if nature comes first?” presenting over 30 global projects that test bio-based, locally sourced, recycled, and low-embodied-carbon materials…
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International Design Competition: Protective Shelter at Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho, State of Palestine
Competition overviewUNESCO’s International Design Competition: Protective Shelter at Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho, State of Palestine seeks a protective structure for Trench…
The Social Hub 2.0 – Reimagining Community Spaces
Competition overviewThe Social Hub 2.0 – Reimagining Community Spaces invites students to develop a socio-cultural project around the identity and…
Winter Stations
Competition BriefWinter Stations is accepting proposals for its 2027 theme, Monument, on Toronto’s waterfront. The call asks what contemporary communities…
Story Space: Two Places for Storytelling
Competition BriefNorwich University School of Architecture and Art invites a conceptual outdoor structure containing two storytelling spaces: audiences of five…
Festival des Architectures Vives
Competition BriefFestival des Architectures Vives invites installations for Montpellier’s historic courtyards in 2027. The theme is Shared Happiness. This is…
International Garden Festival – 2027 Call for Projects
Competition BriefThe International Garden Festival invites proposals for its 2027 edition at Reford Gardens in Grand-Métis, Québec. The theme, Making…
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Museum Heist: When Architecture Becomes a Cinematic Game
This article smartly reframes the classic museum heist as a cinematic architectural narrative, exploring how built environments become characters in caper films. The writing vividly highlights key spatial moments—from grand atriums to tense vault interiors—while…
Architecture, design, art and construction events worldwide, from exhibitions and conferences to biennales, festivals and trade fairs.
Light + Intelligent Building Middle East 2027
A Dubai trade event covering architectural lighting, electrical systems, building automation, integrated AV and intelligent-space technologies.
Ithra Design Week 2026 — Redesigning the Default
Ithra Design Week 2026 brings exhibitions, workshops, installations, talks and design challenges to Ithra in Dhahran under the theme Redesigning the Default.
Archtober 2026 — New York City Architecture and Design Festival
Archtober 2026 brings a month of architecture and design tours, exhibitions, talks and public programs across New York City under the theme…
glasstec 2026
An international trade fair and conference for glass technology, façades, architecture, construction and circular innovation.
Decorex International 2027
Decorex International 2027 is a prestigious international trade show dedicated to interior design, luxury decoration, and high-end interiors. The event brings together…
Cersaie 2027
Cersaie 2027 is one of the world’s leading international exhibitions dedicated to ceramic tiles, bathroom furnishings, and architectural surfaces. The event brings…
Frieze Abu Dhabi 2026
Frieze Abu Dhabi will make its inaugural debut from November 19 to 22, 2026 (public days from November 20 to 22, 2026) at Manarat Al Saadiyat, located in…
Maison&Objet Paris 2027
Maison&Objet Paris 2027 is one of the world’s leading international trade fairs for home decor, interior design, architecture, and lifestyle. The event brings together renowned brands, emerging designers,…
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DogTrot Magnetawan: A House That Changes with the Seasons
A timber cottage in Ontario uses a covered breezeway, prefabricated panels and seasonal occupation to negotiate the forested slope.
Terra Pavilion: Living Between the Earth and the Sky
Terra Pavilion separates private retreat and social life through two contrasting levels: a concrete floor embedded in the slope and…
The Anchor Desk Organizer: Making Room at the Edge
The Anchor explores the desk as a small spatial plan, using upright storage and low trays to organise its edge…
GLO! Wearable Art: Designing the Space Around the Body
An architectural reading of GLO! wearable art, examining how silhouette, movement, light and interaction shape the space around the body.
Dutchmoor Valley Guesthouse: Three Gables, Two Ways to Stay
Dutchmoor Valley Guesthouse in LaPorte, Indiana, distributes a 2,700-square-foot programme, approximately 251 m², across three gabled volumes. The familiar outline…
Casa Amona: A Courtyard House Designed for Changing Needs
Casa Amona combines a convertible ground-floor living room, an independent 45 m² workshop and a planted courtyard to accommodate changing…
The Resident Builds What They Inhabit: Tension Between Mobility and Stability in Camping House
The Camping Trade-Off Between Freedom and StabilityCamping is built around a quiet trade-off: the freedom to be anywhere in exchange…
From Entrance to Living Spaces: A Gradual Shift in Privacy Shaped by the Terrain at Melides MG House
A Path Shaped by the LandThis family house is distributed across several separate volumes rather than being consolidated into a…
Finch Bay Hotel Extension in the Galápagos: A Prefabricated Timber System Limits Construction Impact in a Sensitive Environment
Context of Constant AdaptationThe Galápagos Islands are closely intertwined with the history of the theory of evolution, as Charles Darwin’s…
The Louvre’s Stretch Marks: An Architectural Reading of a Museum That Never Sleeps
A critical architectural reading of the Louvre as an aging body under the pressure of memory, visitors, maintenance, and the…
Renovation of Folkets Hus: Linking Technical Upgrades to the Reorganization of Public and Private Spaces
Renovation of Folkets Hus: Minimal Intervention in a Refined StructureFolkets Hus underwent a renovation based on the principle of minimal…
A Project in Medellín’s Laureles Neighborhood Transforms a Former Printing Press Garage into an Architectural Workspace
Adaptive Reuse in Laureles: From a Printing Press to a Contemporary WorkplaceThe project is located in the Laureles neighborhood of…
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