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…
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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…
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 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…
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…
The Property That Teaches
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp There is a stage in every project that most people mistake for an ending. The design…
Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino: Topography and Spatial Design
Integration with Topography and Spatial Continuity The design transcends the conventional concept of luxury hospitality resorts by adopting a decentralized…
Moonrise: Lightweight Public Space Design
Mass Formation and Spatial Dynamics The artistic composition functions as a tool for redefining public space at the starting point…
Urban Cabin in Amsterdam: A 3D Printing and Tiny Living Approach
Spatial Experience and the Dynamics of Passage The compact urban rest space is transformed into an applied study in the…
I Miss the Render
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp A few days ago I opened my personal Gmail account after the message everyone dreads appeared…
The Driver’s Room: Architecture’s Forgotten Space
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp There is a room that appears in almost every Gulf villa built in the last four…
AI Interviews Fawakherji
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp A few months ago, ArchUp published an imagined conversation with an AI model about the future…
A Conversation with AI from 2035
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp Today we are breaking from our usual format at ArchUp. For years, our conversations have been…
When the Builder Becomes the Hesitator
There is an old rule in financial markets that traders repeat to each other so often it has become almost…
Cabane 7L: Ecological Intelligence in Villa Medici Gardens
Geometric Rigour and the Spatial Experience The spatial experience in the Villa Medici gardens is founded on a precise kinetic…
Exploring Spatial Duality and Mountain Context in Cut Out House
Spatial Duality and Site Responsiveness The user moves through the dwelling across two distinct levels of visual and spatial perception….
Architecture in the Prophetic Tradition: When Space Entered the Text
When the conversation turns to Islamic architecture, the mind moves immediately toward the visible: domes and minarets, geometric ornament, the…
When Your Army Fights Your Project
In the early twentieth century, Sigmund Freud proposed one of the most contested theories in the history of psychology. The…
Rosa Jamaica Beach Club: Massing and Coastal Topography
Mass Dynamics and Living Topography The project engages the site’s topographic character as both a structural given and a primary…
