Araruama Apartment / Estúdio OLO
In this complete renovation project, a 60m² apartment breathes new life, revealing a narrative that delicately blends past and present through architectural finesse.
Interior Design
Rehabilitation of the Agricultural Cooperative for a Multipurpose and Cultural Space in Flix / Camps Felip Arquitecturia
The new Cultural Center is located in a historic setting that is part of the Flix agricultural cooperative complex. The new space contributes to the recovery and enhancement of the building’s historical and social features and elements. The basic interventions to enable the new center’s use are: foundation and ground stability, structural consolidation, and comfort of the interior spaces.
Kitchen Redo Gives Empty Nesters a Fresh Start With Charm (12 photos)
After raising their kids in their 1980s suburban Austin, Texas, home, these empty nesters were ready to give the house — and especially the kitchen — new life. A past storm had prompted a quick, functional repair, but the result fell short: Basic whit…
yellow diamond windows pierce angular concrete staff house by bergmeisterwolf in italy
the yellow recalls traffic lights and mobility, echoing the infrastructural surroundings.
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Urban Infill Project for Social Housing / MAKER architecten
The project addresses a challenge shared across Europe: how can we intervene in a complex urban fabric while preserving the histories of its inhabitants and the material traces that shape it? How can one act in an “acupunctural” manner—revitalizing the city without total demolition, without starting from scratch?
haniyasu house: AATISMO renovates home for ceramic artists with cavernous clay additions
haniyasu house’s cave-like additions are built from local soil and discarded clay from AATISMO’s family pottery studio.
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Heritage in Motion: Bangkok’s Buildings That Continue to Become
Architectural heritage is not only what a building was, but what it continues to become: a long process of building, rebuilding, and re-occupying over time. Where opportunities allow, this continuity produces a layered condition—one in which visitors can witness, experience, and feel the gradual shifting of a building’s fabric, materiality, spatial order, and patterns of use, and occasionally even participate in that transformation.
Lishui Airport / MAD Architects
The Lishui Airport in Zhejiang Province, designed by MAD, has officially begun operations, marking the regions first direct connection to China’s national aviation network. Initiated in 2008 and completed after 17 years of planning and construction, the project signals a new chapter for the mountainous of southwestern Zhejiang.
When Light Meets Energy in Glass Ceilings
From the large industrial roofs and galleries of the 19th century to the contemporary atriums of museums and public buildings, glass has been a recurring material in shaping large and monumental interior spaces. More than a technological or engineering solution, these horizontal glazed planes introduce a distinct luminous quality: light that comes from above. Unlike lateral daylight entering through façades, zenithal light is more evenly distributed, reduces harsh shadows, and lends spaces a sense of continuity and openness that is difficult to achieve otherwise.
Rojkind Arquitectos Selected for Tirana Multifunctional Development as Part of Broader Citywide Renewal
Rojkind Arquitectos, in collaboration with artist Pedro Reyes, SON Architects, Motus Holdings, and ASAB, has been selected as the winner of the mixed-use component in the International Concept Design and Build Competition for the redevelopment of the Zyber Hallulli site in Tirana, Albania. Organized by the Albanian Investment Corporation in partnership with the National Agency for Territorial Planning, the competition was launched in September 2025, with the jury announcing its decision on January 29, 2026. The proposal led by the Mexico-based office was awarded the mixed-use development, while a separate Mexican practice, Taller Héctor Barroso, was selected to design CASA FAMILIA, a new children’s campus to be built on a greener, more child-oriented site.