Micro Housing’s New Mission article by Aeron Hodges, Principal, Architecture, Stantec. Why developers and state governments are taking a fresh look at compact living in multifamily developments. Attainable housing is a challenge in North America’s urban areas like Boston, Toronto, Vancouver, New York City, and Washington, DC.
Studio Folk Architects and Raskl unveil greenhouse pavilion to close London Festival of Architecture. The structure is a hexagonal, domed greenhouse with a vaulted polytunnel roof, water butts standing in for columns, and a metre-tall turnip finial crowning its apex
Located in Itacaré, Brazil, TETRO’s Txai Bungalow occupies an elevated slope facing the sea. From the site, the view opens almost 180 degrees over the ocean. Isolated in the middle of nature, the house is organized through a direct relationship with the topography, the vegetation, and the climate
W Hotel and Marriott Resort & Spa Phu Quoc Vietnam design by architect Aedas. At the heart of the project sits the “pearl” – a central architectural feature conceived as a luminous spatial anchor within the development. This element is realised through a grid-shell structure clad in dichroic glass, whose surface refracts and shifts colour according to changing light conditions throughout the day
Quito, Ecuador, building design by EFE (Estudio Felipe Escudero) and OPEN Architecture with DLPS (De la Piedra Arquitectos). An international team unveils a building conceived to keep a plurinational country’s memory across every overturning of its world, by giving its ground away and leaving its centre unclaimed
Gray Puksand deliver an integrated Youth Foyer building to assist in transitioning young people to independence. The project is part of the campus for Canberra Institute of Technology, and a significant public transport interchange which forms the backbone for the revitalisation of the town centre
The SPA complex designed by CHADO architects at the Moon2 hotel is integrated into the main building volume and continues its architectural concept — a space born from material and context. The interiors are entirely made of concrete that is perceived as natural stone
Barcode Architects and Tchoban Voss Architekten created winning proposal for prestigious design competition for the new Dresden City Headquarters, Germany
Burckhardt won the architectural design competition for the Collège Rousseau Extension, Geneva, Switzerland, in 2018, with a proposal that emphasizes continuity and yet breaks with it in their refurbishment, and much needed extension to cope with the increased numbers of students
The Wave 4 and 5 buildings, by FAAB Architektura, form part of the ECR medical complex in Sopot, Poland, located just 400 meters from the Baltic Sea. The campus includes an analytical laboratory, an outpatient clinic and day surgery hospital
Paragraph 84 homes Southern England property news. British Landscape architecture practice PAD landscapes helped secure planning approval for three English Paragraph 84 homes within the past six months, bringing the architect practice’s total number to 12
A new supportive housing development at Ossington Avenue, designed by mcCallumSather, is providing 25 permanent rent-geared-to-income homes for people exiting in chronic homelessness while demonstrating an alternative approach to affordable housing construction in Toronto
Designed by Salvador Román & Adela Mortera, Casa Gruta, located in the Sisal neighborhood of Valladolid, Mexico, explores the perception of space, scale, and materiality through a sculptural and architectural approach that evokes the experience of a refuge reminiscent of a natural grotto
Alma Rosa Vineyard Barn, Buellton, Santa Barbara County, Southern California, USA, design by architect studio Clayton Korte. Serving over 50 acres this equipment building is optimally positioned to service vineyard blocks on both sides of the winery, creating a highly efficient operational hub at the heart of the property