Andal Rajaragavan
Vancouver’s Sea Sponge-Inspired Tower Challenges the Glass Skyscraper Model
Vancouver spent decades refining a measured skyline. Strict view cones, height limits, and a steady…
BIG Reveals Ribbon-Inspired Design for South Korea’s Ulsan Performing Arts Venue
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) reveals its proposal after advancing to the second phase of Ulsan…
Blue Voyage, One of the World’s Largest 3D-Printed Ceramic Installations in Dubai
Visitors to Dubai’s Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab are greeted by Blue Voyage, a sculptural intervention…
Central Yards Introduces Hong Kong’s First 400-Metre Multi-Functional Theatre
Hong Kong unveiled plans for a 400-metre-long groundscraper on the Central Harbourfront. The project challenges…
Snøhetta’s Hangzhou Art Museum That Mirrors the Qiantang Tide
Amid the rush of new development along the Qiantang River, Snøhetta’s proposal for the Hangzhou…
BIG Wins Competition for the New Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg’s waterfront is preparing for its next leap. On the Baakenhöft peninsula, between the Elbphilharmonie…
Dover Sun House: How Three Women Built America’s First Solar-Heated Home
Years before sustainable housing entered mainstream debate, three women in Massachusetts built a house designed…
China’s First 3D-Printed Concrete Playground Opens in Jinan’s Boulder Park
Children in Jinan are exploring China’s first large playground made almost entirely from 3D-printed concrete.…
Puddle Pavilion in Iowa Explores Algae Bio-Resin as Sustainable Architecture
Iowa’s first public structure made from algae is drawing attention in Bondurant. The Puddle Pavilion,…
Oppenheim Architecture Reveals Striking Vlore Beach Tower on Albania’s Coast
Vlore, Albania’s second port city, is transforming its Adriatic waterfront into a new cultural and…
Microsoft to Build Ultra-Precise Notre Dame Digital Twin for Heritage Preservation
Notre Dame Cathedral is getting a second rebuild, this time in digital form. Microsoft, the…
World’s Largest Free-Span Timber Roof Underway at Vancouver’s Freedom Mobile Arch
Construction is underway on the world’s largest free-span timber roof in Vancouver, as work begins…
How an Abandoned Cement Factory Became Ricardo Bofill’s La Fábrica
In 1973, on the outskirts of Barcelona, Ricardo Bofill discovered an abandoned industrial complex. Overgrown…
Louis Vuitton and OMA Showcase 170 Years of Fashion in an Immersive Osaka Museum
Louis Vuitton opens its first full-scale museum retrospective in Osaka. Visionary Journeys, now on view…
Snøhetta’s Shanghai Grand Opera House Nears Completion
One of China’s most ambitious cultural projects is nearing completion. The Shanghai Grand Opera House,…
Cross Works’ New Tashkent Masterplan Near Uzbek capital
Covering 25,000 hectares, New Tashkent is expected to accommodate up to 2.5 million people and…
3D-Printed Interior from Coffee Waste for Barcelona’s D·Origen Café by LOWPOLY
Barcelona’s D·Origen Coffee Roasters turned its own waste into architecture. Its new café, located inside…
SOM Architects Reimagine Kuwait University’s Convocation Hall for Desert Conditions
At the northern edge of Sabah Al-Salem University City in Shadadiya, a luminous dome rises…
CHYBIK + KRISTOF Near Completion of Jihlava Multipurpose Arena
What if the ancient Colosseum met the needs of a modern city? In Jihlava, CHYBIK…
MAD Architects’ Ma Yansong Debuts First Solo Exhibition “Architecture and Emotion”
What does it mean to feel architecture? At the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, a new…