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Mario Cucinella designs Tuscan cultural centre with ‘suspended plaza’

Palazzo Senza Tempo, in the Italian hilltop town of Peccioli, combines old and new structures with a cantilevered public platform

Architecture
23.11.21

London’s Courtauld Gallery reopens after redevelopment

The transformation project by Witherford Watson Mann has revitalised and opened up the neoclassical building within Somerset House

Architecture
22.11.21

Circus-inspired wooden theatre built in historic Béziers

K architectures has designed the striking Domaine de Bayssan Theatre complex in one of France's oldest cities

Architecture
19.11.21

6a architects designs community centre in London 

The light, open building for Holborn Community Association transformed a dark basement and includes an artistic collaboration with Caragh Thuring

Architecture
16.11.21

Brussels railway training academy features train tracks

The aluminium-clad Infrabel Academy by Atelier Kempe Thill references industrial shed architecture – and connects to an adjacent train station

Architecture
11.11.21

Stateless Heritage exhibition explores refugee experience

The show by DAAR (Decolonize Architecture Art Research) in London proposes a Palestinian refugee camp as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Architecture
10.11.21

Warehouse in Santander transformed into art gallery

Two architecture practices converted the damaged 20th-century structure into a new cultural space for the Spanish city, with minimal interventions

Architecture
05.11.21

COP26 virtual pavilion champions 17 sustainable architecture projects

Build Better Now shows how architecture can tackle and mitigate climate change

Architecture
02.11.21

Arts centre in Somerset developed by and for local community

Resembling a mix of beach huts and containers, the East Quay Arts Centre is designed by Invisible Studio and Ellis Williams for local social enterprise Onion Collective

Architecture
01.11.21

Hélène Binet’s architectural photography celebrated in Royal Academy show

Light Lines showcases the 'moods' of architecture that the French-Swiss photographer captures

Architecture
25.10.21

Estudio Herreros-designed Munch museum opens in Oslo

The aluminium-wrapped vertical structure on the Norwegian capital's waterfront provides expansive spaces for the artist's work 

Architecture
22.10.21

‘Modernist Glade’ created in Milton Keynes by Hayatsu Architects and Tue Greenfort

The public space project celebrates mycelium and references the city's modernist origins

Architecture
21.10.21

OMA transforms historic Berlin department store 

The first phase of the practice’s redesign of Kaufhaus des Westens has opened to the public 

Architecture
18.10.21

‘15-minute city’ idea wins Obel Award

The annual architectural prize has been awarded to Carlos Moreno's concept of local urbanism

Architecture
12.10.21

Sumaya Dabbagh designs monumental Dubai mosque

Defined by intricate exterior detailing and careful use of natural light, the new mosque is one of the first in the UAE to be designed by a female architect

Architecture
07.10.21

Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum opens in LA

The new museum for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences comprises a renovated 1930s building and massive 'floating' sphere

Architecture
06.10.21

In an industrial landscape, a transformed bird hide emerges

Child Graddon Lewis retrofitted a dilapidated bird hide in north-east England to become a new community asset

Architecture
06.10.21

Studio NYALI completes ArchiAfrika Pavilion in Venice

Designed as an exhibition and gathering space, the pavilion celebrates the architecture of Africa and the Black diaspora 

Architecture
28.09.21

Sustainable farming education centre completed in the Cotswolds

The low-carbon FarmED project by Timothy Tasker Architects helps educate communities on the role of regenerative farming in tackling climate change

Architecture
27.09.21

15th-century Corsican monastery transformed with copper extension

The project, by Amelia Tavella, preserves the historic architecture while introducing a striking contemporary intervention

Architecture
24.09.21

Carbon-negative high-rise completed by White Arkitekter

The Sara Cultural Centre in Skellefteå, Sweden, is one of the world’s tallest timber buildings

Architecture
22.09.21

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