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4a Architekten restores Stuttgart’s oldest swimming baths

The redevelopment of the ‘cult’ Berg mineral spa involved preserving the 1950s character and updating it for contemporary use

Architecture
30.03.21

B-architecten designs cultural and sports centre in Brussels

The Centr'Al complex is defined by permeable architecture and complemented by a new public space

Architecture
29.03.21

In Barcelona, BAAS arquitectura turns 1920s industrial building into history museum

The Oliva Artés Museum revives a building saved from demolition by locals, and demonstrates the value of ‘architectural recycling’

Architecture
24.03.21

Herzog & de Meuron completes M+ Museum

The new museum of visual culture, on Hong Kong's waterfront, will open later this year

Architecture
22.03.21

Exploring the poetic mundanity of urban peripheries – in photographs

New book Double Orbit from photographer Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine captures the strange everyday of our built environment

Architecture
18.03.21

Foster + Partners’ House of Wisdom opens in Sharjah

Housed under a cantilevered roof surrounded by gardens, the library and cultural centre is the latest addition to the UAE city

Architecture
15.03.21

KAAN Architecten reveals transformation of Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp

The Dutch practice has completed the main phase of a long-term renovation and extension of KSMKA

Architecture
12.03.21

Carmody Groarke designs Manchester exhibition gallery

The new gallery at the Science and Industry Museum, in a 19th-century warehouse, will be used for special exhibitions

Architecture
11.03.21

Maccreanor Lavington designs timber school refectory

With a light-filled dining space defined by a glulam lattice structure, the refectory aims to support pupils' social and emotional development

Architecture
08.03.21

Mecanoo designs inverted ziggurat structure for Tainan Public Library

Drawing from local heritage, the new library for Taiwan's oldest city is designed as a temple to culture

Architecture
01.03.21

Major new contemporary art museum opens in Spain

Designed by Tuñón Arquitectos, the Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear cuts a striking presence in the Spanish city of Cáceres

Architecture
25.02.21

The Caesar Design Film Award is a bridge between design, architecture and cinema

The competition, launched by Caesar Ceramiche, is a celebration of innovation and creativity

Architecture
25.02.21

Vallet de Martinis designs two brick schools for French town of Noyon

The Weissenburger and Saint-Exupéry school complexes comprise low-rise buildings carefully integrated with the surrounding townscape

Architecture
24.02.21

FRPO designs new cultural hub in Mexican city of Toluca

Clad in shimmering perforated metal, the Estación San José project aims to be a centre of activity connecting disparate parts of the city

Architecture
22.02.21

DK-CM turns old laundry house into dance studios

The first phase of Harrow Arts Centre’s redevelopment sees underused historic outbuildings become a dance school, events space and artists’ studios

Architecture
17.02.21

High-tech in a French vineyard: RSHP completes the Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery

The last project Rogers began before retirement celebrates the architect's high-tech legacy in a verdant setting

Architecture
15.02.21

Disused outdoor pool in Shanghai turned into new community garden

Local practice PRA filled the former pool with sunken gardens and transformed the adjacent pool house to create an urban oasis

Architecture
11.02.21

In Brussels, a 19th-century railway station becomes a new cultural centre

B-architecten sensitively transformed the disused Station of Laeken into a multi-purpose public centre

Architecture
10.02.21

Swiss architecture students build Digital Bamboo Pavilion

The experimental pavilion combines lightweight bamboo construction with 3D-printing technology

Architecture
09.02.21

Atelier Poem creates wooden chapel in the French Alps

Winner of The Hut Festival, the studio's burnt spruce chapel aims to give hikers a spiritual engagement with the natural landscape

Architecture
05.02.21

Single-person ‘refuge’ designed for urban public spaces

First installed in Mexico City, Zeller & Moye's Halo is intended to provide a mirrored sanctuary away from city crowds in the Covid-19 pandemic

Architecture
03.02.21

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