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19 Texas Design Award winners showcase the best new architecture the Lone Star state has to offer in 2025

Archinect

APRIL 21, 2025

Each of the winning projects will be featured in the Awards issue of Texas Architect magazine later this fall. Likewise, the prestigious jury for this year’s program included Germane Barnes , Barbara Bestor , Tom Kundig , and Víctor Legorreta. The results can be read below.

Estimating

Estimating Client Clients Industrial

The fundamental 'BIM mismatch' between architects and contractors discussed at Harvard roundtable

Archinect

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In a recent discussion published in Harvard Design Magazine, Studio Gang's Gregg Garmisa was joined by Yale's Phil Bernstein, SHoP's John Cerone, and Suffolk Construction's Alexis McGuffin to discuss the continued prevalence of two-dimensional construction documents in the industry despite the advent of 3D BIM models.

Contractor

Contractor Insurance Architect Industrial

New Black Architects Archive documents contributions of D.C.’s overlooked design forefathers

Archinect

JANUARY 16, 2025

Their advocacy was recently picked up recently by Washingtonian magazine, which mentioned their involvement with the DC Preservation League in creating the new Black Architects Archive. A group of architects and historians in the Washington, D.C.

Architect

Architect Environment Design Developer

Studio Gang Projects Exhibition Inspired by Horticultural Grafting Opens at Aedes Berlin

ArchDaily

JULY 9, 2025

On Friday, July 11, the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin will inaugurate an exhibition on Studio Gang's work, organized in collaboration with AW Architektur & Wohnen magazine. Titled Studio Gang: The Art of Architectural Grafting , the exhibition explores the studio's design methodology through six recent projects. Read more »

Inspiration

Inspiration Project Art Architect

japanese wood joinery meets 3D printing at kei atsumi’s dubai design week pavilion

designboom

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The post japanese wood joinery meets 3D printing at kei atsumi’s dubai design week pavilion appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. over 900 panels are 3D printed from a blend of 30% recycled sawdust and 70% bioplastic, assembled without any glue, nails, or metal fittings.

Design

Design Architecture Art

‘Why is Hollywood obsessed with architects?’ asks The New York Times

Archinect

MARCH 10, 2025

Open any architecture magazine, and instead of hero worship you’re likely to find adaptive reuse, sustainability, accessibility and vernacular styles invoked with the zeal Rand once reserved for height and newness," Mimms notes.

Architect

Architect Client Clients Sustainability

airy vaulted roofs crown robust concrete base of cristián nanzer’s residence in argentina

designboom

JANUARY 12, 2025

The post airy vaulted roofs crown robust concrete base of cristin nanzer’s residence in argentina appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the roof by cristin nanzer extends over the north and south facades, creating transitional spaces between indoors and outdoors.

Roofing

Roofing Space Architecture Design

studio sangath uses recycled brick and terracotta to shape artists’ refuge in india’s alloa hills

designboom

MAY 30, 2025

In the Alloa Hills, the architects craft a home that moves with the day, is generous with its thresholds, and is fluent in the language of the land.

Landscape

Landscape Home Housing Residential

bjarke ingels group plans ornamental airport in bhutan with intricate woodcarvings

designboom

MARCH 5, 2025

The post bjarke ingels group plans ornamental airport in bhutan with intricate woodcarvings appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. bjarke ingels will work with local artists for intricate carvings across the timber airport, inspired by bhutan's traditional architecture.

Inspiration

Inspiration Architecture Design Interior

MAD reimagines traditional craft with ‘chinese paper umbrella’ at venice biennale 2025

designboom

JUNE 18, 2025

MAD draws from traditional Chinese oil paper umbrellas, scaled to create a public shelter Xuan paper is coated with tung oil to produce a durable and translucent surface smart lighting responds to environmental changes using OPPLE’s dynamic light technology the umbrella structure breathes through its seams while maintaining shade and shelter a misting (..)

Technology

Technology Technology Contract Installation

lina ghotmeh wins british museum competition to redesign its western range galleries

designboom

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The post lina ghotmeh wins british museum competition to redesign its western range galleries appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. this transformation will reconfigure the architecture and display of key artifacts within the historic museum and is set to be delivered by mid-2026.

IT

IT Architecture Restoration Design

slender steel bridge with integrated net seating expands over foša port in croatia

designboom

JUNE 27, 2025

edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom The post slender steel bridge with integrated net seating expands over foša port in croatia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. Antonia Vuletić, M.Arch. structural engineer: Orlandini Projekt d.o.o. see more project submissions from our readers here.

Zoning

Zoning Visualization Finishes Structural Engineering

aflalo/gasperini arquitetos completes salma tower with spiraling gardens in são paulo

designboom

JUNE 19, 2025

The dense vertical planting plays a central role, reducing solar gain and helping regulate the internal environment. the project was designed by aflalo/gasperini arquitetos for a half block urban site the ground floor is open to the street with cafés and shops to encourage public life each of the sixteen floors features 4.68

Regulation

Regulation Site Information Sustainability

gora architects turns cow pasture into student art park in rural russia

designboom

JULY 4, 2025

edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom The post gora architects turns cow pasture into student art park in rural russia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

Students

Students Art Architect Zoning

scientists develop biodegradable boat robots that fish can actually eat

designboom

MAY 13, 2025

The post scientists develop biodegradable boat robots that fish can actually eat appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. these micro devices have a double use: they collect environmental data like the waters pH levels and over time, they feed themselves to fish as food.

Developer

Developer Development Architecture Design

atelier pierre thibault introduces skylights to 1960s A-frame quebec residence clad in wood

designboom

APRIL 17, 2025

The current intervention by Atelier Pierre Thibault, developed over several years starting […] The post atelier pierre thibault introduces skylights to 1960s A-frame quebec residence clad in wood appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

Restoration

Restoration Developer Development Building

translucent dancing cubes shape modular colombia pavilion for osaka expo 2025

designboom

JULY 3, 2025

edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom The post translucent dancing cubes shape modular colombia pavilion for osaka expo 2025 appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

Contractor

Contractor Foundation Management Construction

JAJA architects builds modern home for families in need along denmark’s bagsværd lake

designboom

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The post JAJA architects builds modern home for families in need along denmark’s bagsværd lake appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. originally built as a summer villa in the early 1900s, JAJA architects' extension now supports children and families in need.

Modern

Modern Home Building Architect

wael al awar on reclaiming brine for a new sustainable vernacular at public art abu dhabi

designboom

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The post wael al awar on reclaiming brine for a new sustainable vernacular at public art abu dhabi appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. designboom speaks to the architect, learning about his approach to reclaiming industrial waste and looking to local contexts to build more sustainably.

Sustainability

Sustainability Art Industrial Building

asymmetric brick vaults top NO architects’ compact house in kerala, india

designboom

JULY 16, 2025

NO Architects Designers and Social Artists complete Koodu a compact, vaulted home through its form and materiality, it reconsiders what affordable housing can look and feel like its curvature also acts as an anchor for the open-plan ground floor its standout feature is an experimental asymmetrical groin vault, built in exposed brick the vaults draw (..)

Housing

Housing Architect Landscape Zoning

iris ceramica recreates british lakeland’s ancient rock formations in ‘victorian stone’ surfaces

designboom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The post iris ceramica recreates british lakeland’s ancient rock formations in ‘victorian stone’ surfaces appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. iris ceramica reimagines the burlington stone in ceramic surfaces, offering a modern reinterpretation of british lakeland’s rock formations.

Modern

Modern Architecture Design Art

terraced stone and glass platforms shape shuai zhang’s sculptural amphitheater in canada

designboom

JUNE 24, 2025

edited by: thomai tsimpou | designboom The post terraced stone and glass platforms shape shuai zhang’s sculptural amphitheater in canada appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. see more project submissions from our readers here.

Glass

Glass Zoning Regulation Events

brick walls and perforated jali screens enclose training hub by codec in coastal bangladesh

designboom

JUNE 25, 2025

edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom The post brick walls and perforated jali screens enclose training hub by codec in coastal bangladesh appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. see more project submissions from our readers here.

Zoning

Zoning Education Contractor Residential

archstudio revives courtyard tradition with timber-framed guesthouse in beijing

designboom

APRIL 27, 2025

The post archstudio revives courtyard tradition with timber-framed guesthouse in beijing appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the project transforms a 400-square-meter site into a serene guesthouse organized around three cherished family trees.

Site

Site Project Architecture Design

in rotterdam, MAST’s floating spoorweghaven district will be the ‘largest in europe’

designboom

MAY 25, 2025

The post in rotterdam, MAST’s floating spoorweghaven district will be the ‘largest in europe’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. Such adaptability is at the core of MASTs strategy for circular design.

Contractor

Contractor Commercial Visualization Transportation

dismantlable wooden residence introduces modular prototype for circular living in germany

designboom

MARCH 17, 2025

The post dismantlable wooden residence introduces modular prototype for circular living in germany appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. house anton II relies on a digitally fabricated framework that forgoes metal fasteners, ensuring complete disassembly and reuse.

Housing

Housing Architecture Design Residential

ZHA to design new arrivals terminal at lithuania’s vilnius airport with pleated timber roof

designboom

JUNE 26, 2025

.’ the pleated roof is inspired by traditional Lithuanian craft and folklore the ZHA team draws on the geometry of the sodai skylights carved into the roof structure cast daylight into the terminal the space is designed to be practical and easy to navigate the form and massing of the expansion are calibrated to preserve and frame the original (..)

Roofing

Roofing Transportation Design Masterplanning

monochromatic facade wraps graeme williamson’s dual-gabled ‘twin house’ in london

designboom

JULY 7, 2025

This measured approach to daylight was a central driver of the project’s form and fenestration.

Housing

Housing Roofing Zoning Windows

this is oncue, a modular keyboard with wearable haptic cuffs for people with parkinson’s

designboom

MAY 29, 2025

As for the timeline of its rollout, theres no news yet when the modular keyboards and wearable cuffs can be available.

Commercial

Commercial Visualization Installation Development

rural art museum’s aluminum lattice facade by team_bldg shimmers above chinese village

designboom

MAY 9, 2025

The post rural art museum’s aluminum lattice facade by team_bldg shimmers above chinese village appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. four vertically staggered volumes form the core of the museum's composition.

Art

Art Architecture Design

OFIS architects renovates boathouse in slovenia with rooftop garden that filters lake water

designboom

JULY 4, 2025

photographer: Miran Kambic | @mirankambic The post OFIS architects renovates boathouse in slovenia with rooftop garden that filters lake water appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. OFIS Architects revitalizes Boathouse Zaka a 25.5-square-meter contractors: Mizarstvo Ovsenik d.o.o.

Renovation

Renovation Restoration Architect Roofing

interview: MAD’s fenix museum of migration opens in rotterdam

designboom

MAY 14, 2025

The post interview: MAD’s fenix museum of migration opens in rotterdam appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the peoples behavior and reaction complete your work,' ma yansong shares with us, ahead of the museum's opening on may 16th, 2025.

Architecture

Architecture Design Architect

ricardo bofill’s fragmented monumentality defines upcoming royal arts complex in riyadh

designboom

MAY 3, 2025

The post ricardo bofills fragmented monumentality defines upcoming royal arts complex in riyadh appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. for riyadh's 'royal arts complex,' ricardo bofill taller de arquitectura composes thirteen unique and monumental volumes.

Art

Art Architecture Masterplanning Design

BIG’s ‘ancient future’ fuses hand-carving and robotics at venice biennale 2025

designboom

MAY 9, 2025

The post BIGs ancient future fuses hand-carving and robotics at venice biennale 2025 appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the project showcases live woodcarving with bhutanese artisans and a robotic arm simultaneously etching identical motifs into timber beams.

Project

Project Architecture Design

a spiraling, skylit timber structure to shape this brazilian home by victor ortiz

designboom

JUNE 30, 2025

Ortiz Architecture | @victorbortiz_architecture location: São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil The post a spiraling, skylit timber structure to shape this brazilian home by victor ortiz appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

Structure

Structure Home Visualization Zoning

louvre launches competition for new entrance as mona lisa moves to standalone gallery

designboom

JANUARY 29, 2025

The post louvre launches competition for new entrance as mona lisa moves to standalone gallery appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. with annual attendance nearing nine million, the initiative aims to tackle overcrowding and improve visitor experience.

Architecture

Architecture Restoration Design Renovation

tuckey design studio restores and extends historic wool hall in somerset

designboom

JUNE 17, 2025

At the rear, the crimson cladding and breeze-block forms gather around intermittent courtyards, offering shade and passive ventilation to what was once a yoga studio.

Restoration

Restoration Design Structure Renovation

SOLUM studio shapes its coastal ‘patio house’ as a maze of thick walls in sicily

designboom

JULY 10, 2025

completion: 2025 photography: © Nicolò Panzeri | @nicolopanzeri The post SOLUM studio shapes its coastal ‘patio house’ as a maze of thick walls in sicily appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

IT

IT Housing Visualization Landscape

mecanoo’s high-tech, timber clad dance theater opens at jacob’s pillow in massachusetts

designboom

JULY 10, 2025

Doris Duke Theater opebs at Jacob’s Pillow the project combines a mass timber structure with advanced technical infrastructure the venue replaces the original studio theater destroyed by fire in 2020 thermally treated pine cladding and a deep veranda lend the theater its character introducing a flexible, high-tech space Mecanoo’s design takes cues (..)

Installation

Installation Landscape Engineering Engineering

Zaha Hadid's Bergisel Ski Jump was the most significant building of 2002

Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2025

The challenge here was to integrate a new, initially alien element the cafe and sundeck into a given [ski jump] formula," Hadid told Building magazine at the time. It is the architectural incarnation of the sensations experienced by the ski-jumpers," wrote Lilli Hollein in Italian architecture magazine Domus at the time. "In

Building

Building Structure Modern Landscape

togo’s first pavilion at the venice biennale considers the country’s architectural heritage

designboom

MAY 3, 2025

The post togo’s first pavilion at the venice biennale considers the country’s architectural heritage appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. curated by studio neida, the exhibition explores themes of conservation and transformation within togos architectural setting.

Architecture

Architecture Restoration Design Renovation

recycled and bio-based materials shape mushroom-inspired restaurant interior by YOD group

designboom

JUNE 29, 2025

edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom The post recycled and bio-based materials shape mushroom-inspired restaurant interior by YOD group appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

Materials

Materials Interior Inspiration Visualization

CCA proposes masterplan and sports complex for resilient urban regeneration

designboom

JULY 5, 2025

edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom The post CCA proposes masterplan and sports complex for resilient urban regeneration appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

Masterplanning

Masterplanning Events Transportation Zoning

TIM arquitectos combines concrete and corten steel for casa guayubira in buenos aires

designboom

JULY 6, 2025

edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom The post TIM arquitectos combines concrete and corten steel for casa guayubira in buenos aires appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. see more project submissions from our readers here.

Exterior

Exterior Concept Zoning Home

19 Texas Design Award winners showcase the best new architecture the Lone Star state has to offer in 2025

The fundamental 'BIM mismatch' between architects and contractors discussed at Harvard roundtable

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New Black Architects Archive documents contributions of D.C.’s overlooked design forefathers

Studio Gang Projects Exhibition Inspired by Horticultural Grafting Opens at Aedes Berlin

japanese wood joinery meets 3D printing at kei atsumi’s dubai design week pavilion

‘Why is Hollywood obsessed with architects?’ asks The New York Times

airy vaulted roofs crown robust concrete base of cristián nanzer’s residence in argentina

studio sangath uses recycled brick and terracotta to shape artists’ refuge in india’s alloa hills

bjarke ingels group plans ornamental airport in bhutan with intricate woodcarvings

MAD reimagines traditional craft with ‘chinese paper umbrella’ at venice biennale 2025

lina ghotmeh wins british museum competition to redesign its western range galleries

slender steel bridge with integrated net seating expands over foša port in croatia

aflalo/gasperini arquitetos completes salma tower with spiraling gardens in são paulo

gora architects turns cow pasture into student art park in rural russia

scientists develop biodegradable boat robots that fish can actually eat

atelier pierre thibault introduces skylights to 1960s A-frame quebec residence clad in wood

translucent dancing cubes shape modular colombia pavilion for osaka expo 2025

JAJA architects builds modern home for families in need along denmark’s bagsværd lake

wael al awar on reclaiming brine for a new sustainable vernacular at public art abu dhabi

asymmetric brick vaults top NO architects’ compact house in kerala, india

iris ceramica recreates british lakeland’s ancient rock formations in ‘victorian stone’ surfaces

terraced stone and glass platforms shape shuai zhang’s sculptural amphitheater in canada

brick walls and perforated jali screens enclose training hub by codec in coastal bangladesh

archstudio revives courtyard tradition with timber-framed guesthouse in beijing

in rotterdam, MAST’s floating spoorweghaven district will be the ‘largest in europe’

dismantlable wooden residence introduces modular prototype for circular living in germany

ZHA to design new arrivals terminal at lithuania’s vilnius airport with pleated timber roof

monochromatic facade wraps graeme williamson’s dual-gabled ‘twin house’ in london

this is oncue, a modular keyboard with wearable haptic cuffs for people with parkinson’s

rural art museum’s aluminum lattice facade by team_bldg shimmers above chinese village

OFIS architects renovates boathouse in slovenia with rooftop garden that filters lake water

interview: MAD’s fenix museum of migration opens in rotterdam

ricardo bofill’s fragmented monumentality defines upcoming royal arts complex in riyadh

BIG’s ‘ancient future’ fuses hand-carving and robotics at venice biennale 2025

a spiraling, skylit timber structure to shape this brazilian home by victor ortiz

louvre launches competition for new entrance as mona lisa moves to standalone gallery

tuckey design studio restores and extends historic wool hall in somerset

SOLUM studio shapes its coastal ‘patio house’ as a maze of thick walls in sicily

mecanoo’s high-tech, timber clad dance theater opens at jacob’s pillow in massachusetts

Zaha Hadid's Bergisel Ski Jump was the most significant building of 2002

togo’s first pavilion at the venice biennale considers the country’s architectural heritage

recycled and bio-based materials shape mushroom-inspired restaurant interior by YOD group

CCA proposes masterplan and sports complex for resilient urban regeneration

TIM arquitectos combines concrete and corten steel for casa guayubira in buenos aires

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