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News

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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

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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…

Early works begin on Sydney’s 6.4-metre-wide Pencil Tower hotel

Early construction works have begun on a 33-storey, 173-room hotel planned for a 6.4-metre-wide Pitt Street site in central Sydney.

England introduces visitor levy bill linking overnight stays to public-space funding

The UK Government introduced a Visitor Levy Bill in the House of Commons on 4 November 2026, proposing powers for English local leaders to charge for overnight accommodation and retain…

Moore Park South starts next phase of public park works in Sydney

Moore Park South in Sydney is entering a new construction phase for a community sports field, play spaces, picnic shelters and a natural amphitheatre. The NSW Government announced the milestone…

Do Not Disturb: At EquipHotel 2026, Privacy Becomes the Exhibit

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On 2 November 2026 the doors of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles opened on EquipHotel, the international hospitality salon that returns to the French capital every two years and runs…

Editor’s Selection

The Shoeshine Problem

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Saving on the Back of a Donkey

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The Same Fire That Warms the House Can Burn It Down

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Fawakherji Essays

  • Pathopolis: The City That Rose From a Feeling

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Competitions

Verified architecture and design competitions, including open calls, briefs, deadlines, entry requirements and competition transparency.

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

Organizer: Farmani Group, operating the European Architecture Design Award.
The European Architecture Design Award launches its inaugural 2027 edition with professional and emerging tracks across sixteen built-environment categories. The…

GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN — 20th Edition

Organizer: INT.DESIGN, through the GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN programme.
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN opens its 20th edition to completed architecture, construction, real-estate, interior, landscape, product, communication, lighting, art and…

A State of the Competition: 75 Calls in October 2026, Read Through Fifteen Doors

In October 2026 ArchUp published seventy-five architecture competitions, a little under one every working half-day. They came from most of…

Research

The Cognitive Handoff

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The Sound We Stopped Hearing

The Building Is the Argument

Dialysis Centers: How Recurring Visits Shape Architectural Design

A perspective view through a series of wooden columns that frame the long white service counter at Fuwa Fuwa. A blurred person in motion walks past the counter, set against the warm yellow curved ceiling.

ArchUp Perspectives

Design Reduction at Fuwa Fuwa Golden Square

The project transforms the brand’s visual identity into a complete spatial framework by treating color, curvature, and lighting as organizational instruments rather than merely decorative features. The gradient from yellow to cream reshapes visual perception,…

Events

Architecture, design, art and construction events worldwide, from exhibitions and conferences to biennales, festivals and trade fairs.

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ArchUp Now

Events, deadlines, art and selected work from the archive.

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Architecture & Design

Projects, design and urban change, examined through space, materials and use.

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…

This Is Me, Not My Father

Municipal investments in culture yield complex, multidimensional value rather than simple economic returns. Relying solely on historical heritage can blind…

The Night I Fled Europe

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A Chinese robot, a French strike, and a taxi that rearranged the world in the small of my backBy Ibrahim…

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

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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

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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…

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