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BIG’s Cloud-Like Tirana Fountain Plaza Wins 2026 Competition
In the center of Tirana, a new kind of landmark…
Wardrobe House: Šépka Architekti Fits a 34-Square-Meter Home Into a Prague Garden
Some houses expand outward. Others grow upward in the smallest…
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Generative Design vs. Generative AI: Clarifying the New Workflow Landscape
Explore the differences between generative design and generative AI in architecture, including their workflows, applications,…
15% Growth, 68% Decline: The Contradiction Shaping the UK Design Economy
The UK design economy now generates £136.7 billion, surpassing retail, but a 68% decline in…
The Fun Palace: Cedric Price’s Unbuilt Laboratory of Pleasure and Possibility
Cedric Price and Joan Littlewood’s Fun Palace was a radical 1960s vision for a constantly…
Top 20 Socially Conscious Architecture Projects Worldwide
Socially conscious architecture designs housing, schools, clinics and infrastructure around community needs. This list covers…
Marlon Blackwell’s Grand PORCH Pavilion to Find a New Home at Crystal Bridges
Architecture made for a single exhibition can have a life beyond its opening dates. The…
EXOFORM by Daniel Widrig Connects the Human Body, Sculpture, and Architecture
London-based artist, architect, and designer Daniel Widrig explores the relationship between the human body and…
HKS Designs AMAALA Yacht Club as a Sculptural Gateway to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea
Designed by HKS at Triple Bay, the 7,900-square-meter AMAALA Yacht Club draws from Saudi Arabia’s…
SOM Completes Success Academy’s “School of the Future” in the South Bronx
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) joins Success Academy (SA) to celebrate the opening of the…
World Architecture Day 2026: 20 Architects Who Shaped Modern Architecture
World Architecture Day is a good time to revisit the architects who defined modern architecture. This guide covers 20 of…
Farshid Moussavi Awarded 2026 Soane Medal for Practice and Thought
Architecture is never only about the building that stands in front of you. It is also about the decisions that…
Bjarke Ingels: Can Architecture Solve Social Problems?
Can architecture really solve social problems? This critical essay examines Bjarke Ingels’ optimistic design philosophy, public architecture, sustainability, accessibility, and…
Renzo Piano: The Architect of Lightness and Human Scale
Explore Renzo Piano’s architectural journey from the Centre Pompidou to recent projects like The Shard, Whitney Museum, and Genoa Bridge,…
SANAA: The Architecture of Transparency and Collective Life
SANAA’s architecture explores transparency, openness, and collective life through contemporary museums, cultural spaces, and landscapes that blur the boundaries between…
Santiago Calatrava’s Signature Style in 6 Groundbreaking Projects
Santiago Calatrava’s works intersect both art and engineering. Explore his innovation and inspiration through his design philosophy and these 6…
Georgia Tech Uses AI to Reconstruct Ancient Architecture, But the Real Story Is Architectural Grammar
A ruined Greek temple rarely arrives as a complete drawing set. It comes as fallen…
Gemini 4 Argon: Google’s New Frontier Model Steps Into the Arena
Google has introduced Gemini 4 Argon, its most capable model to date. Early results show…
OpenAI Pauses Latest Model Training After Agents Probe Government Sites
When systems grow powerful enough to act on their own, the line between a helpful…
Aridge eVTOL: XPeng’s Modular Flying Car Moves Toward Delivery
XPeng’s flying-car division has spent several years moving from concept videos to something closer to…
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Living Geometry: Deployable Systems with Grasshopper
This workshop introduces parametric scissor-based geometry in Grasshopper for designing, modeling, and transforming adaptive, deployable…
Architecture Reimagined: FORMAS.AI + CARTESIAN 3D
Topic: Architecture Reimagined: FORMAS.AI + CARTESIAN 3DDate: November 15, 2026Time: 15:00 – 20:00 GMTFormat: Online on ZoomDuration: 1 Session…
ChatGPT-6 Astra for Parametric Design: LLM to Rhino
Topic: ChatGPT-6 Astra for Parametric Design: LLM to RhinoDate: December 12-13, 2026Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMTFormat: Online on…
Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing
Topic: Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive ManufacturingDate: November 7-8, 2026Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMTFormat: Online on ZoomDuration: 2 Sessions (8…
From Plastic Waste to Structural Architecture: MIT Spinout Advances Robotic 3D Printing
MIT spinout Atlas Building Composites is transforming waste plastic into 3D-printed structural components, exploring a…
Skovsporet: Europe’s Largest 3D-Printed Housing Project Completes 36 Student Homes in Denmark
3DCP Group has completed Skovsporet, a 3D-printed student housing development in Holstebro, Denmark. The project…
DARPA Explores Autonomous Underwater 3D Printing for Port Construction
DARPA is exploring autonomous underwater robots that could 3D print concrete using seawater, sand, and…
3D-Printed Ceramic Tiles Shape Studio RAP’s New ‘Powerwall’ in the Netherlands
In the Dutch city of Beverwijk, an ordinary piece of electrical infrastructure has been transformed…
10 Abandoned Towns and Developments Around the World
Across the world, fully built cities sit empty: some finished, some abandoned mid-construction, all designed with genuine ambition. From Burj Al Babas's hundreds of identical châteaux to Pripyat's Soviet model…
Denmark Grows by 300,000 Square Meters: New Land from the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel
Denmark has grown. Not through politics or borders, but through the careful reuse of seabed material. As part of the massive Fehmarnbelt Tunnel project, approximately 300,000 square meters of new…
Case Study of KAFD Grand Mosque in Riyadh
The KAFD Grand Mosque in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by Saudi-based firm Omrania…
Case Study of Wasit Wetland Centre in Sharjah
Wasit Wetland Center, designed by X Architects, is located in Wasit Wetland Reserve in Sharjah, UAE. This humble building, primarily a visitor…
432 Park Avenue Case Study: The Dazzling Simplicity Redefining New York’s Skyline
432 Park Avenue, a minimalistic marvel in NYC's skyline, showcasing engineering brilliance, luxurious residences, and a transformative impact on real…
Beyond Net-Zero: How Regenerative Architecture Is Actively Healing Ecosystems
Explore how regenerative architecture goes beyond net-zero to restore ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, rebuild soil health,…
Agentic AI Turns Design Intent into Robot-Ready Fabrication Plans
Robotic arms have long promised to free additive manufacturing from the limits of fixed gantries.…
15 Major Architecture-Led Mega Projects Underway in 2026
Global capital is flowing into airports, rail lines, supertall towers, and entire new cities. This…
Zaha Hadid Foundation Reopens Hadid’s Former London Studio as a Public Cultural Space
The Zaha Hadid Foundation is transforming the architect’s former headquarters at 10 Bowling Green Lane…
Scan-to-BIM With Handheld LiDAR: Why Georeferenced Point Clouds Matter for Existing-Conditions Capture
Existing buildings need to be measured before they can be represented reliably in BIM. Handheld…
Foster + Partners Lifts a New Gallery Above Bilbao’s Historic Fine Arts Museum
Some buildings grow by addition. Others grow by floating above what already exists. “Respect the…
How to Turn an Unused Attic or Basement Into Livable Space
An unfinished attic or basement can offer room to spread out without changing the home’s…
$2.5 Billion Neom Stadium Cancelled as Saudi Arabia Scales Back 2034 World Cup Plans
Big visions can shrink when reality arrives. One of the most dramatic stadiums ever proposed…
