Erect Architecture completes community centre in Stoke Newington
Attached to a Victorian church, the St Mary's Centre supports diverse events for the local community
Architectural interventions revitalise Texan bird sanctuary
At Smith Oaks Sanctuary, light-touch additions improve visitor experience without impacting wildlife
Diana Kellogg completes girls’ school in Indian desert
The oval sandstone building sits in the rural Thar Desert in Rajasthan and will form part of a larger complex to support women and girls
What you’re missing at the Venice Architecture Biennale
From timber cohousing to privatised public space, here are 12 highlights of what’s on show this year
Adam Richards Architects completes The Cheese Barge
Located in Paddington, London, the new restaurant barge takes cues from across history for its design
Open-air brutalist chapel built for Mexican town in post-earthquake reconstruction
The Santuario del Señor de Tula in Jojutla forms a symbol of resilience for the local community
Social housing and the hopes of young Londoners: Ayo Akingbade’s A Glittering City
Two films by Akingbade, which explore change in London, are on show at the Whitechapel Gallery
Hopkins Architects completes turtle sanctuary in UAE
Comprising urchin-inspired pods, the project enables wildlife protection and educational initiatives
Wooden church in Swedish town built with community
Designed by Kaminsky Arkitektur, the barn-like church was partially built by its own parishioners
Brutalist Czech bus terminal restored by Chybik + Kristof
The architects wanted to save the bus station in Brno, celebrating its architectural heritage while adding new design elements
Montreal’s massive Biodome redesigned by KANVA
The redesign of the science museum in a former velodrome features an undulating 'living skin' shaping visitor experience
Manuel Herz designs ‘symbolic synagogue’ in Ukraine
Forming part of The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, the wooden synagogue opens like a book
Sculptural school with rooftop playgrounds completed in Marseille
Designed by Tautem Architecture and bcm2, the French school is a wellbeing-focused monolith
Prefab housing in Detroit designed with new woodland
The low-cost Caterpillar housing project, using a Quonset hut, enabled the creation of a 150-tree neighbourhood garden
Foster + Partners completes copper-hued office tower in Russia
Designed for the Russian Copper Company (RCC), the building cuts an angular profile in Ekaterinburg
AL_A completes two buildings for University of Oxford’s Wadham College
The new Undergraduate and Access Centres focus on connectivity and social space
LAN designs multicoloured city block in Strasbourg
The mixed-use Saint-Urbain block of eight buildings creates a new ‘urban island’ in the French city
Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s new Tianjin Juilliard School is a ‘finely tuned instrument’
The international campus of Juilliard pays homage in design and spirit to the original New York school
TECLA is the world’s first 3D-printed house made from raw earth
The project from Mario Cucinella Architects and WASP proposes a new form of mass-produced, biodegradable housing
Mexican practice turns underloved library into colourful community hub
The Héctor Caballero Library project is part of a programme run by Proyecto Reacciona which transforms local libraries using participatory design
The London projects ‘decentring’ architecture
A wave of recent neighbourhood-based projects demonstrates an architectural shift away from traditional form-making to embrace reuse and participation
