MA.DE BISTRO reInterprets Traditional Vietnamese Architecture MA.DE Bistro is a contemporary complex by AN NAM Design and Build located within the pine forest of Mang Den in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. The restaurant design incorporates regional cultural references, drawing from the traditional Rông house to establish its architectural identity. A roof composed of three interlinked…
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legendary architect FRANK GEHRY passeD AWAY AT 96 Frank Gehry died on Friday, December 5th at his home in Santa Monica, California, at 96 years old. One of the most legendary architects of his generation, his sculptural buildings transformed skylines and reshaped the public’s imagination about what architecture could be. His chief of staff, Meaghan…
Read moreerdegard arkitekter carves ‘mountain chamber’ threshold to rock cavern in sweden
‘mountain chamber’ carves into a swedish cave The Mountain Chamber by Erdegard Arkitekter rises at the threshold of an existing rock cavern in Sweden, introducing a precisely engineered volume at the edge of raw geological mass. The project serves as a transitional structure that guides visitors from open terrain into a sheltered interior carved…
Read moreWhy educators are split over Mamdani’s plans for public schools
Throughout Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots mayoral campaign, rent freezes, free buses and publicly-owned grocery stores took center stage.But one discussion that often went overlooked was New York City’s public education system, and the mayor-elects vague plans to revise it —- leaving many educators wondering if he will deliver on his promise to redirect power into their…
Read moreRCR arquitectes’ house rises like a blooming structure of ribbed petals in the dubai desert
RCR sculpts a dubai residence as a topographic network RCR Arquitectes shapes Alwah House, a 900-square-meter dwelling, as a cluster of curved, shaded volumes partially embedded into the desert on the outskirts of Dubai. The home turns to the natural logics of a flower and an oasis as its two main references. The architects…
Read morereflective steel interiors and open facade bring lisbon’s street activity into pizza restaurant
XXXI.studio Develops an Adaptable Interior for Lupita restaurant Architectural practice XXXI.studio introduces Lupita’s latest Lisbon location, a pizza restaurant situated in Alvalade, Portugal. The new location introduces an architectural approach centered on production, visibility, and operational clarity. The project expands on the brand’s earlier Cais do Sodré space by positioning pizza-making as the primary…
Read morelink-arc shapes shunde museum as stack of rotating tubes to frame wetland views
modern design by link-arc rises within china’s yunlu wetland Beside a natural habitat for thousands of herons, Shunde Yunlu Wetland Museum by Link-Arc rises within the dense vegetation of a wetland park in China. The museum sits just beyond a line of sequoia trees, set back from nearby paths and waterways to maintain…
Read morefrida escobedo unveils terraced headquarters for qatar ministry of foreign affairs
frida escobedo’s New complex for Qatar The newly presented design for the headquarters of the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Frida Escobedo establishes a prominent presence along Doha’s Corniche. Sited along Doha Bay, the 70,000-square-meter complex combines new construction with the adaptive reuse of the 1985 General Post Office, a familiar modernist landmark…
Read moreTETRO’s lakeside residence in brazil vanishes into the horizon beneath triangular timber roof
tetro unfolds triangular timber roofline for house in brazil TETRO completes Casa Tangram in Lagoa Santa, Brazil, situating the 1,450-square-meter residence at the highest point of its 5,000-square-meter lakeside plot so it reads from the street as a thin, horizontal line. Conceived by architects Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, and Igor Macedo, the project uses…
Read moresculptural marble facade by halleroed fronts alaïa’s first china flagship in beijing
Alaïa opens first China flagship in Beijing, designed by Halleroed Alaïa steps into China with the opening of its first flagship store, located in Taikoo Li Sanlitun, Beijing. The two-floor boutique, designed through a close collaboration between Creative Director Pieter Mulier and Halleroed, translates sensuality, radical minimalism, and sculptural form, core principles of the…
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