Who Leads the Design? The Architect or the Artificial Intelligence
When the “Editor” Becomes Less Creative Than the Human Working AloneThere is a paradox that troubles every architect who has…
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Contemporary Architecture
Architecture considered through its spatial, cultural and technical dimensions. This section examines design ideas, building traditions and the relationship between individual works and the conditions in which they are produced.
Explore architectural projects and building studies, connect them with cities and urbanism, and follow the questions developed in architectural research.
Addicted, and My Audience Is Half a Million Robots
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpI have been asking myself a question recently that has no comfortable answer.Do I love architecture, or…
La Défense: Twenty Years Later
An architectural return to the La Défense district in Paris reveals the physical and social shifts occurring over twenty years….
The Louvre: The Building Before the Art
The Louvre serves as a monumental record of Western architectural evolution, transitioning from a medieval fortress to a royal palace…
The Day Paris Closed
The final stage of the 2026 Tour de France transformed Paris from a vehicle-dominated space into a pedestrian-oriented commons. The…
The Other Face of La Défense: A District That Was Never on the Postcard
The Les Damiers and Les Miroirs complexes near Paris’s La Défense district represent an ambitious Brutalist effort to integrate residential…
When Architecture Waits for Art: Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder: Rêver en Équilibre at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris highlights the synergy between Frank Gehry’s architecture and Alexander…
The Room That Stopped Being a Room
Argentine football culture transforms ordinary locations into talismans believed to influence outcomes through ritual and association. By preserving specific rooms…
Who Deteriorates First, the Building or Its Resident?
Residential deterioration results from a complex interaction between structural failures, intensive use, and behavioral patterns. While often blamed on individuals,…
World Cup Jet Lag
The 2026 World Cup triggered global social jet lag, disrupting the biological rhythms of fans and cities in distant time zones. By prioritizing North American broadcast schedules, the tournament forced populations to override daily routines, impacting energy and infrastructure. This highlights the need for temporal urbanism, accounting for how global events manipulate a city’s collective clock.
Brescia Hospital of the Future Redefines Healing Architecture
Redefining the Therapeutic Space: From the Traditional Institution to the Open CampusThe design proposal for the Hospital of the Future…
Le client is NOT roi
Architectural success depends on a balanced partnership where the client provides vision and the architect contributes technical expertise. Financial ownership…
Architecture Beyond the Human Eye
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpAfter the response to the Cat’s Eyes piece, a question arrived that I had not seriously considered…
Before You Enter the Office
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpEvery summer the same scene repeats itself.Architecture students, engineering students, interior design students, begin sending their CVs…
Architectural Design for Twenty Dollars
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpA few days ago I was watching one of the Arab economic channels. An analyst was speaking…
Look Who’s Talking
The construction industry operates with a significant information gap between clients and architectural professionals. Property owners often evaluate architects using…
From Football to Super Bowl
The 2026 World Cup reflects a significant shift in sports architecture, where stadiums function as multi-purpose entertainment complexes rather than…
Anjung Project: Massing, Space, and Climate Adaptation
Deconstructing Massing and Its Relationship to Spatial StructureThe architectural composition of the Anjung project emerges through an experimental approach that…
Cat’s Eyes
Architectural history is shaped by the gap between the physical experience of buildings and the linguistic tools used to describe…
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…
UNAM Central Library: Movement, Light, and Spatial Duality
Human Experience and Spatial TransitionThe library asserts its visual presence through a sharp contrast between two functional and kinetic levels….
