ArchDaily Global ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[House in Narutaki / kooo architects]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041915/house-in-narutaki-kooo-architects Fri, 29 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1041915/house-in-narutaki-kooo-architects Located slightly away from central Kyoto, the site is nestled in a tranquil area rich in natural beauty and historical culture. The project is set along the foothills of a wooded mountainside, where seasonal landscapes unfold through maple and cherry trees, offering ever-changing scenery throughout the year.

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  • architects: kooo architects
  • Location: Kyoto, Japan
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Keishin Horikoshi / SS
  • Area: 323.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Terramar House / Estúdio Pedro Haruf]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1040820/terramar-house-estudio-pedro-haruf Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Valeria Silva https://www.archdaily.com/1040820/terramar-house-estudio-pedro-haruf In Itacaré, southern Bahia, where the Atlantic Forest meets the ocean in a landscape of nearly absolute intensity, Casa Terramar is sited with precision.

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]]> <![CDATA[Safety Shelters / Paulo Moreira Architectures]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041807/safety-shelters-paulo-moreira-architectures Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Susanna Moreira https://www.archdaily.com/1041807/safety-shelters-paulo-moreira-architectures The Safety Shelters initiative responded to requests from the K Stjwetla Patrollers, a volunteer group tackling high crime rates in the settlement. The project reimagined the guard hut, typically an "architecture of fear", as dignified, open, and visible shelters. Two prototypes were co-produced at key hotspots in Stjwetla, built with local artisans, students, and residents using repurposed materials to ensure sustainability and affordability.

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]]> <![CDATA[Villa Normanni Puglia / Urban Interior]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041504/villa-normanni-puglia-urban-interior Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Andreas Luco https://www.archdaily.com/1041504/villa-normanni-puglia-urban-interior The Villa Normanni project originated as a private initiative with a clearly defined investment vision. Our goal was to identify an attractive yet relatively undiscovered coastal area in Southern Europe that would allow the creation of a holiday villa of high standard within a moderate, pre-set budget. The purchase of land, construction, and associated costs were financed through the sale of two properties in Prague.

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  • architects: Urban Interior
  • Location: San Vito dei Normanni, Italy
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Cosimo Calabrese
  • Photographs: Duotono Fotografia
  • Area: 206.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[More Architecture for Less: SSdH and the Latent Potential of Existing Buildings]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041710/more-architecture-for-less-ssdh-and-the-latent-potential-of-existing-buildings Fri, 29 May 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1041710/more-architecture-for-less-ssdh-and-the-latent-potential-of-existing-buildings Amid growing recognition of architecture's responsibility toward environmental and planetary ecologies, contemporary practice is increasingly oriented toward working with what already exists—its material, spatial, and historical conditions. Within this shift, architecture and design aesthetics are increasingly about reshaping inherited environments. This approach underpins the work of SSdH, a Melbourne-based architecture practice founded in 2020 by Todd de Hoog, Harrison Smart, and Jean-Marie Spencer. Working across scales of renovation, extension, and adaptive insertion, the studio consistently engages existing buildings as active agents. Winner of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards, the Australian firm foregrounds environmental responsibility, material economy, and collaborative processes grounded in site-specific conditions.

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Amid growing recognition of architecture's responsibility toward environmental and planetary ecologies, contemporary practice is increasingly oriented toward working with what already exists—its material, spatial, and historical conditions. Within this shift, architecture and design aesthetics are increasingly about reshaping inherited environments. This approach underpins the work of SSdH, a Melbourne-based architecture practice founded in 2020 by Todd de Hoog, Harrison Smart, and Jean-Marie Spencer. Working across scales of renovation, extension, and adaptive insertion, the studio consistently engages existing buildings as active agents. Winner of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards, the Australian firm foregrounds environmental responsibility, material economy, and collaborative processes grounded in site-specific conditions.

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]]> <![CDATA[Villa Butterfly / Mohamed Amine Siana]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041647/villa-butterfly-mohamed-amine-siana Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/1041647/villa-butterfly-mohamed-amine-siana Near Marrakech's Amelkis golf course, Villa Butterfly takes inspiration from a fleeting vision of butterflies on site—a metaphor of chrysalis and flight that shaped its design. The project blends Moroccan tradition with an international, contemporary outlook.

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]]> <![CDATA[Why Smart Lockers Are Architecture’s New Micro-Infrastructure]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041781/why-smart-lockers-are-architectures-new-micro-infrastructure Fri, 29 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000 Kiana Buchberger https://www.archdaily.com/1041781/why-smart-lockers-are-architectures-new-micro-infrastructure How can the most structured elements in architecture give rise to unplanned forms of everyday life? "Spontaneous order" describes how structured systems can generate unplanned but coherent patterns of behavior. In urban discourse, it is often used to describe cities: frameworks of streets, plots, and buildings that are designed, while everyday life is not. Movement, encounters, routines, and informal uses emerge from simple spatial rules rather than explicit programming. In cities, this is visible in how sidewalks, stations, and thresholds operate. The structure is fixed, but the social order is fluid, setting conditions for behavior rather than defining it.

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How can the most structured elements in architecture give rise to unplanned forms of everyday life? "Spontaneous order" describes how structured systems can generate unplanned but coherent patterns of behavior. In urban discourse, it is often used to describe cities: frameworks of streets, plots, and buildings that are designed, while everyday life is not. Movement, encounters, routines, and informal uses emerge from simple spatial rules rather than explicit programming. In cities, this is visible in how sidewalks, stations, and thresholds operate. The structure is fixed, but the social order is fluid, setting conditions for behavior rather than defining it.

A similar logic can be observed in architectural micro-infrastructures such as locker systems. Like cities, lockers rely on structured frameworks that do not prescribe how life unfolds within them. A locker system is highly controlled in architectural terms: repetitive modules, strict grids, standardized dimensions, controlled access. Yet once in use, it produces spontaneous behaviors. People pause in corridors, return at irregular times, linger near locker zones, or briefly interact with others doing the same. What appears to be a strictly infrastructural storage system begins to generate informal social and spatial behavior.

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]]> <![CDATA[Is the "Correct" Way to Sit All Wrong? Why Movement is the New Flow State]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041588/is-the-correct-way-to-sit-all-wrong-why-movement-is-the-new-flow-state Fri, 29 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000 Eduardo Souza https://www.archdaily.com/1041588/is-the-correct-way-to-sit-all-wrong-why-movement-is-the-new-flow-state Workplace ergonomics have long been defined by stability: fixed postures, lumbar support, carefully calculated angles, and the relentless pursuit of the "correct" way to sit. Comfort was largely associated with maintaining a supported posture in chairs designed to reduce movement, align the spine, and sustain the body during long periods of sitting. Today, as contemporary workspaces become increasingly flexible and hybrid, questions are emerging around whether comfort is truly linked to static permanence, or rather to the possibility of movement itself.

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Workplace ergonomics have long been defined by stability: fixed postures, lumbar support, carefully calculated angles, and the relentless pursuit of the "correct" way to sit. Comfort was largely associated with maintaining a supported posture in chairs designed to reduce movement, align the spine, and sustain the body during long periods of sitting. Today, as contemporary workspaces become increasingly flexible and hybrid, questions are emerging around whether comfort is truly linked to static permanence, or rather to the possibility of movement itself.

Although ergonomic chairs have evolved significantly, many still operate within a "corrective" logic, managing discomfort through mechanisms and adjustments without fundamentally reconsidering the relationship between the body and motion. Recent research on sedentary behavior and active ergonomics has challenged the idea of stillness as the ideal condition for comfort. Instead, subtle posture transitions and continuous micro-movements are now understood as important contributors to circulation, musculoskeletal health, and overall wellbeing. In this context, contemporary ergonomics gradually begins shifting away from models based on containment toward approaches centered on adaptability, balance, and fluid movement.

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]]> <![CDATA[Qbiss Notch: A Red Dot Design Award–Winning Modular Façade System]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041609/qbiss-notch-a-red-dot-design-award-winning-modular-facade-system Fri, 29 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000 Rene Submissions https://www.archdaily.com/1041609/qbiss-notch-a-red-dot-design-award-winning-modular-facade-system Qbiss Notch, a new design edition developed by Pininfarina for Trimo's Qbiss façade system, has received the Red Dot Design Award. Based on Trimo's Qbiss façade technology, the project introduces vertically installed modular Qbiss panels, an alphabet of engraved Glyphs, and Notches with integrated lighting. Together, these elements allow designers to create distinctive façade compositions. Despite its visual flexibility, the system is designed around the efficiency and precision of prefabricated construction.

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Qbiss Notch, a new design edition developed by Pininfarina for Trimo's Qbiss façade system, has received the Red Dot Design Award. Based on Trimo's Qbiss façade technology, the project introduces vertically installed modular Qbiss panels, an alphabet of engraved Glyphs, and Notches with integrated lighting. Together, these elements allow designers to create distinctive façade compositions. Despite its visual flexibility, the system is designed around the efficiency and precision of prefabricated construction.

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]]> <![CDATA[UNStudio Reveals River-Oriented Master Plan for Former Industrial Site in Cluj-Napoca, Romania]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041996/unstudio-reveals-river-oriented-master-plan-for-former-industrial-site-in-cluj-napoca-romania Fri, 29 May 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/1041996/unstudio-reveals-river-oriented-master-plan-for-former-industrial-site-in-cluj-napoca-romania A former industrial site along the Someș River in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is being transformed into a large-scale mixed-use district that reconnects the city with its waterfront. Designed by UNStudio in collaboration with Felixx Landscape Architects and Planners for developers IULIUS and Atterbury Europe, the RIVUS project combines urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, landscape design, and new public infrastructure within a single framework. Developed through a public participation process involving local residents, the proposal will transform the former Carbochim industrial platform into a river-oriented district organized around public space, mobility, and everyday urban activity.

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A former industrial site along the Someș River in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is being transformed into a large-scale mixed-use district that reconnects the city with its waterfront. Designed by UNStudio in collaboration with Felixx Landscape Architects and Planners for developers IULIUS and Atterbury Europe, the RIVUS project combines urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, landscape design, and new public infrastructure within a single framework. Developed through a public participation process involving local residents, the proposal will transform the former Carbochim industrial platform into a river-oriented district organized around public space, mobility, and everyday urban activity.

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]]> <![CDATA[Katia and Maurice Krafft Sports Complex / rhb architectes]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041738/katia-and-maurice-krafft-sports-complex-rhb-architectes Fri, 29 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Hadir Al Koshta https://www.archdaily.com/1041738/katia-and-maurice-krafft-sports-complex-rhb-architectes The gymnastics hall of Eckbolsheim is part of a larger sports complex (football field, multisport gymnasium, dojo, clubhouse, etc.) located next to the town's middle school. Its site contributes to the cultural and sporting life of the community. The project forms part of the municipality's broader strategy to renew its sports and educational facilities.

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  • architects: rhb architectes
  • Location: Eckbolsheim, France
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Guillaume Porche
  • Area: 2986.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Concéntrico Festival 2026 Unveils 24 Urban Installations Across Logroño, Spain]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041979/concentrico-festival-2026-unveils-24-urban-installations-across-logrono-spain Fri, 29 May 2026 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/1041979/concentrico-festival-2026-unveils-24-urban-installations-across-logrono-spain Concéntrico Festival 2026 will take place in Logroño, Spain, from June 18 to 23, transforming the city into a large-scale laboratory for architecture, design, and urban experimentation. Over six days, more than twenty interventions will be distributed across squares, vacant plots, streets, bridges, and emblematic spaces throughout the city, bringing together leading studios, researchers, and creators from the international scene, including Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, the raumlabor collective, Matilde Cassani, AAU Anastas, and Sahra Hersi, among others. This edition introduces a shift towards more collective, festive, and performative practices in public space, with a strong emphasis on sonic experiences and projects linked to accessibility, inclusion, and urban transformation. The programme is structured around three thematic axes: Identity and Fiction, Urban Ecologies, and Ephemeral Agents, ranging from architectures that understand public space as ritual or celebration to experimental approaches exploring materials, sound, and processes of reuse.

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Concéntrico Festival 2026 will take place in Logroño, Spain, from June 18 to 23, transforming the city into a large-scale laboratory for architecture, design, and urban experimentation. Over six days, more than twenty interventions will be distributed across squares, vacant plots, streets, bridges, and emblematic spaces throughout the city, bringing together leading studios, researchers, and creators from the international scene, including Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, the raumlabor collective, Matilde Cassani, AAU Anastas, and Sahra Hersi, among others. This edition introduces a shift towards more collective, festive, and performative practices in public space, with a strong emphasis on sonic experiences and projects linked to accessibility, inclusion, and urban transformation. The programme is structured around three thematic axes: Identity and Fiction, Urban Ecologies, and Ephemeral Agents, ranging from architectures that understand public space as ritual or celebration to experimental approaches exploring materials, sound, and processes of reuse.

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]]> <![CDATA[AD Classics: Palmas 555 / Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041834/ad-classics-palmas-555-sordo-madaleno-arquitectos Fri, 29 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Natalia Yunis https://www.archdaily.com/1041834/ad-classics-palmas-555-sordo-madaleno-arquitectos Palmas 555 is a building that stands out in the urban landscape of Mexico City due to its special volumetry and innovative design. This corporate office building was designed and constructed by Juan Sordo Madaleno together with José Adolfo Wiechers and José Ignacio de Abiega as Associate Architects in 1975.

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  • architects: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos
  • Location: Paseo de Las Palmas 555, Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, 11000 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico
  • Project Year: 1975
  • Photography: Courtesy of Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos, fotografía por Guillermo Zamora
  • Area: 5000.0 m2

Palmas 555 is a building that stands out in the urban landscape of Mexico City due to its special volumetry and innovative design. This corporate office building was designed and constructed by Juan Sordo Madaleno together with José Adolfo Wiechers and José Ignacio de Abiega as Associate Architects in 1975.

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]]> <![CDATA[Quiané Center for Culture and Ecology – Phase 2 / Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Múnich + Frente por la Defensa de la Tierra + Comunidad de Santa Catarina Quiané + CAMPO + Atarraya Taller de Arquitectura]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041480/quiane-center-for-culture-and-ecology-phase-2-universidad-de-ciencias-aplicadas-de-munich-plus-frente-por-la-defensa-de-la-tierra-plus-comunidad-de-santa-catarina-quiane-plus-campo-plus-atarraya-taller-de-arquitectura Fri, 29 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1041480/quiane-center-for-culture-and-ecology-phase-2-universidad-de-ciencias-aplicadas-de-munich-plus-frente-por-la-defensa-de-la-tierra-plus-comunidad-de-santa-catarina-quiane-plus-campo-plus-atarraya-taller-de-arquitectura Context and Process - Following the first phase of the Center for Culture and Ecology, and amid the struggle for communal land tenure, the community of Santa Catarina Quiané initiated a second phase of the project. Thus, the Front for the Defense of the Land, the Ejidal, Communal, and Municipal entities of Quiané, and CAMPO invited the University of Applied Sciences Munich once again to contribute through its 1:1 academic workshop, with atarraya as guest instructors.

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]]> <![CDATA[Atal Sarovar at Rajkot Smart City / INI Design Studio]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041921/atal-sarovar-at-rajkot-smart-city-ini-design-studio Fri, 29 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1041921/atal-sarovar-at-rajkot-smart-city-ini-design-studio Atal Sarovar—a rejuvenated urban lake named after India's former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee—is a flagship project within Rajkot's Smart City initiative. Situated within a 930-acre greenfield precinct, the project transforms a low-lying natural depression into a multifunctional urban waterbody that integrates stormwater management, ecological regeneration, and vibrant public spaces. Conceived through the principles of water-sensitive urbanism, it repositions urban hydrology as a driver of sustainable design and inclusive city-making.

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  • architects: INI Design Studio
  • Location: Rajkot, India
  • Project Year: 2024
  • Photographs: Vinay Panjwani
  • Area: 303514.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[LUXEFARM Waterbird Park Pavilion / Atelier OO]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041816/luxefarm-waterbird-park-pavilion-atelier-oo Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 韩爽 - HAN Shuang https://www.archdaily.com/1041816/luxefarm-waterbird-park-pavilion-atelier-oo Luxefarm Waterbird Park is situated in the wetlands surrounding a reservoir in Wanning. Generous tropical sunlight and rainfall nurture a thriving community of aquatic flora and fauna. During the dry season, the exposed shoals become natural feeding grounds for migratory shorebirds, attracting large flocks to rest and forage. The site's natural inland lake and towering deciduous woods form a unique landscape system, working together with the reservoir to maintain a delicate ecological balance.

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  • architects: Atelier OO
  • Location: Luxefarm Phase II, Wanning City, Hainan Province, China
  • Project Year: 2024
  • Photographs: Siming Wu
  • Photographs: Courtesy of Atelier OO
  • Area: 300.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Second Chance Library / ODDs&ENDs architects]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041868/second-chance-library-odds-and-ends-architects Thu, 28 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/1041868/second-chance-library-odds-and-ends-architects The Second Chance Library is a library that gives second chances to young people who have fallen on tough times. Operated by the SEPUMA and sponsored by the SEEART Foundation (hereinafter SEEART), it is a place where individuals can engage with opportunities to achieve a new self, forge new relationships, and shape a new world.

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  • architects: ODDs&ENDs architects
  • Location: Hwadae-ri, Ildong-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • Project Year: 2023
  • Photographs: Kim Yongsung
  • Area: 372.0 m2
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]]> <![CDATA[Londres 187 Building / CCA | Bernardo Quinzaños + Olga Romano]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1041479/londres-187-building-cca-bernardo-quinzanos-plus-olga-romano Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Valentina Díaz https://www.archdaily.com/1041479/londres-187-building-cca-bernardo-quinzanos-plus-olga-romano Located on London Street in the Juárez neighborhood, the building integrates collective housing with ground-floor retail. The proposal maximizes the use of the lot through an organization of two volumes articulated by a central courtyard and a rear patio, ensuring natural light and ventilation.

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  • architects: CCA | Bernardo Quinzaños
  • architects: Olga Romano
  • Location: Ciudad de México, México
  • Project Year: 2025
  • Photographs: Arturo Arrieta
  • Area: 2902.0 m2
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