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JULY 17, 2025

Sky Park. Image © Abhrajit Roy Choudhury, Suromitra Biswas From forest-inspired offices in Sweden to jungle-nest clubhouses in Tulum , mixed-use architecture continues to evolve as a tool for integrated living. As cities grow and our expectations of public , private, and commercial space shift, designers are increasingly rethinking how different functions including work , play, rest, learning, can coexist in a single architectural language.

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Archinect

JULY 19, 2025

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Bricks & Stones. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles.

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JULY 13, 2025

Bristol studio Barefoot Architects has completed the UK 's largest co-housing project in Bridport, Dorset, creating a series of brick and timber-clad blocks lined by car-free streets and shared vegetable gardens. Named Hazelmead, the development was designed for Bridport Cohousing Community Land Trust (CLT), which formed in 2008 to address a critical shortage of affordable housing in the area, where average house prices exceed 11 times the average local income.

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Archinect

JULY 15, 2025

New photos show that the MAD Architects -designed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles ’ Exposition Park is nearing completion ahead of its scheduled opening in 2026. Photo: LA Times - (Chun Myung & Jason Armond), provided by MAD Taking inspiration from two interwoven canopies, the museum has a sculptural form that lifts above the ground.

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This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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JULY 16, 2025

no architects’ KOODU is a sculptural tropical home in india Located close to the southwest coast of India , NO Architects’ Koodu is a compact, vaulted home. With its name meaning ‘nest’, the house is designed for a single mother and her two children in Eravipuram, Kerala, sited on a small plot with only half the land used for the built footprint.

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ArchDaily

JULY 14, 2025

Kisho Kurokawa, Architect & Associates (Tokyo, est. 1962). Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo. 1970–72. Exterior view. 1972. Image © Tomio Ohashi The Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA ) in New York is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa 's Nakagin Capsule Tower from July 10, 2025, through July 12, 2026. Titled The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower , the exhibition offers a retrospective on the building's 50-year lifespan.

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Deezen

JULY 16, 2025

American architecture studio Cordero Pardee has used biomaterials to adapt a wood-framed barn into a studio and library on a mountainside in rural Vermont. The 900-square-foot (84-square metre) Barnard Barn project is set in a forest clearing on 47 acres and is an overhaul of a horse barn built in the 1980s. Cordero Pardee , which has offices in New York, California and British Columbia, completed the renovation in 2024 for a photographer and painter who had recently returned to the area.

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Archinect

JULY 15, 2025

Grimshaw has offered a closer look inside the firm's newly completed LAX/Metro Transit Center Station in Los Angeles. Designed in collaboration with Gruen Associates and Arup , the $900 million facility marks the first direct rail connection to Los Angeles International Airport. As we previously reported, the center opened last month and is expected to serve 5,000 daily boardings by 2035.

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JULY 13, 2025

New LED dome lights up the Prague Planetarium interior Czech architectural studio collcoll introduces unique LED technology, transforming the Prague Planetarium into a large illuminating dome. The Prague Planetarium has undergone a major modernization that goes far beyond just replacing its projection equipment. The renovation of the protected building, designed by architect Jaroslav Frágner in the 1950s, was complex.

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Speaker: Dylan Secrest

Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.

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Dwell

JULY 17, 2025

To build a new home on an old pier in Seattle, the team at E. Cobb Architects fared a spatter of challenges: "There’s nothing that’s even come close to this level of difficulty." Welcome to How They Pulled It Off , where we take a close look at one particularly challenging aspect of a home design and get the nitty-gritty details about how it became a reality.

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ArchDaily

JULY 15, 2025

La Panificadora centro desarrollo y de producción rural / Natura Futura. Image © JAG Studio At the Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, designed by Peter Zumthor , the construction process involved the direct participation of residents from the small Swiss village of Mechernich. Using an internal formwork made of vertically placed wooden logs, concrete was prepared in small batches and poured manually, day after day, forming layers marked by subtle variations in the mix and application.

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Deezen

JULY 16, 2025

Brazilian studio Bernardes Arquitetura has restored an 18th-century home for the Albuquerque Foundation in Sintra , Portugal, introducing dramatic roofs and galleries with a "semi-buried space". Close to Portugal's capital, Lisbon, the Sintra area is known for its historic architecture, winding roads and verdant greenery. Here, Bernardes Arquitetura was tasked with turning a quinta – a family estate – into gallery spaces for the Albuquerque Foundation , which showcases historic and contemporary

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Archinect

JULY 17, 2025

Situated in a distinguished urban context, Cleft House emerges as a refined architectural response to its surroundings, engaging with the city’s density and scale while deeply responding to the local climate. The design leverages light, voids, and materiality as foundational elements, shaping both the spatial experience and the house’s relationship to the environment.

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designboom

JULY 12, 2025

Rocco expands CUHK Art Museum with New Annex Rocco Design Architects Associates has completed the new annex for the Art Museum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), expanding the museum’s spatial and cultural reach through a design grounded in contextual sensitivity and structural clarity. The annex establishes a direct connection to the existing museum, aligning with CUHK’s institutional mission to promote Chinese art and cultural education.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 14, 2025

How One Architect’s Journey Illuminates the Path and Process Every week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I speak with people pushing our profession forward, but episode 616 felt different. When Jim Zack, FAIA, and Je’Nen Chastain joined me to unpack Jim’s recent elevation to the AIA College of Fellows , the emotion in Jim’s voice was unmistakable.

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ArchDaily

JULY 15, 2025

Materiae Palimpsest exhibition photograph. Moroccan pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale. Image © Venice Documentation Project - Samuele Cherubini The Kingdom of Morocco 's exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia highlights Moroccan earth architecture and traditional construction techniques.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2025

Local studio Schaum Architects has used birch panels, colour blocking and strategic skylights to adapt a metal garage into a restaurant in Houston , Texas. Schaum Architects (formerly Schaum/Shieh) converted a wood-framed, gable-roof metal shop into an upscale, neighbourhood eatery. Opened in March 2025, Camaraderie is the brainchild of award-winning chef Shawn Gawle , and his first brick-and-mortar restaurant, located in the Houston Heights neighbourhood.

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Archinect

JULY 17, 2025

Foster + Partners has been selected via a competition to design a major urban masterplan in Shanghai’s Putuo District. The 8-square-mile scheme will focus on revitalizing three key areas: the Shanghai West Railway Station precinct, the historic Zhenru Temple zone, and a large undeveloped site at the district’s core.

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designboom

JULY 18, 2025

kengo kuma nears completion of waterfront culture center Francisco Tirado’s photo series reveals Kengo Kuma & Associates’ cluster of brick-clad pyramids taking shape on the edge of Copenhagen’s harbor. The photographer reveals steady progress on Kuma’s long-anticipated Waterfront Culture Center, which upon completion in 2026, will form a new public complex combining public baths, open-air pools, and a cultural program.

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Architizer

JULY 15, 2025

The winners of the 13th Architizer A+Awards have been announced! Looking ahead to next season? Stay up to date by subscribing to our A+Awards Newsletter. Beginning in the mid-20th century, kinetic artists began using motion, mechanical, environmental, or viewer-activated installations to animate public spaces and architectural settings. Artists like Alexander Calder , Yaacov Agam , and Nicolas Schöffer redefined how art could engage with its surroundings, transforming static environments into dy

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ArchDaily

JULY 14, 2025

Casa Butantã – Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Image © Nelson Kon The built environment is expected to reduce carbon emissions, support biodiversity, and respond to changing ecological conditions, all while providing housing for communities and reflecting their cultural values. In this shifting landscape, a once-maligned architectural style emerges in a surprising new form.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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Deezen

JULY 14, 2025

A recent court ruling in China ordered the immediate demolition of a building resembling the Vector Architects -designed Seashore Chapel due to architectural copyright infringement. The copycat building by Henan Jingkaili Real Estate is located within a commercial complex in Xinxiang, Henan province. Its pointed gable and prominent steps make it closely resemble Seashore Chapel, which was completed in 2015 at the beach of Beidaihe , a seaside town east of Beijing.

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Archinect

JULY 18, 2025

The Municipal House in Rudimov was built on the site of its predecessor. The functionally and technically outdated building was replaced by a functional structure offering the necessary facilities for community life and essential administration for the small village in the Bílé Karpaty. In addition to the house itself, the demolition of the original building and the change of the new building’s footprint provided the village with a previously missing public space.

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designboom

JULY 16, 2025

sanaA’s Campus of Interconnected Volumes Taichung Green Museumbrary is taking shape with architecture by SANAA in collaboration with local firm Ricky Liu & Associates Architects + Planners. First unveiled in 2013, the project at last has an opening date set for December 13th, 2025. Alongside this long-awaited announcement, the team has released new visualizations of the 58,000-square-meter complex, which integrates an art museum and public library into a single composition — all

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Dwell

JULY 16, 2025

Concrete colonnades referencing ancient Rome form pathways through gardens with a pool. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: Girona, Spain Architect: Twobo Arquitectura / @ twobo_arquitectura Footprint: 2,690 square feet Structural Engineer: Jordi Granada Landscape Design: DA.CH. / @ da.ch.eu Lighting Design: Com Led Photographer: José Hevi

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