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© Sam Hartnett architects: Cheshire ArchitectsLocation: Waiheke Island, Auckland, New ZealandProject Year: 2020Photographs: Sam HartnettArea: 40000.0 m2 Read more »

Pedestrian Connection Between Barcelona and Montcada i Reixac / Batlleiroig. Image © Jordi Surroca Pilgrimage is one of the oldest and most persistent cultural practices, a spatial expression of humanity's search for meaning that has taken form across geographies and religions. While traditionally tied to formal belief systems, its definition has expanded in recent decades, reflecting new understandings of what is sacred and where meaning can be found. This shift reveals something fundamental:

© Christopher Morrison architects: James Allen ArchitectLocation: Adelaide, AustraliaProject Year: 2023Photographs: Christopher MorrisonArea: 225.0 m2 Read more »

© Arch Nango architects: MINOR labLocation: Haikou, ChinaProject Year: 2025Photographs: Arch NangoArea: 211.0 m2 Read more »

© Agustina Iñiguez As a major driver of natural resource consumption, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions, the construction industry has a significant impact on the environment, consuming 32% of global energy and contributing to 34% of global CO₂ emissions. Building materials play a crucial role in shaping the built environment. Through principles of circular economy, renewable and self-sufficient solutions, and technological innovations, analyzing the environmental performance of each mat

© Ariadna Polo architects: LABarqLocation: Santiago de Querétaro, MéxicoProject Year: 2026Photographs: Ariadna PoloArea: 477.0 m2 Read more »

Courtesy of Chaos Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept in architectural practice. It is rapidly becoming a practical tool used by firms around the world to accelerate design workflows, generate visualizations, and explore new creative possibilities.According to a new industry survey conducted by Chaos in collaboration with Architizer, architects are already integrating AI into their daily work. Nearly 800 architects and designers from around the globe participated in the study

David Geffen Galleries at LACMA; exterior view from East West Bank Commons southeast toward Wilshire Boulevard with Tony Smith’s Smoke (1967) in foreground. Image © Iwan Baan Throughout 2025 and early 2026, numerous museum projects were announced, advanced, or broke ground across multiple regions, with completion timelines largely extending from 2026 to 2030. Located across Asia, Europe, North America, and Central Asia, these developments reflect ongoing shifts in the role of cultural instituti

© 11h45 architects: Paul Le QuernecLocation: Verdun-sur-Garonne, FranceProject Year: 2025Photographs: 11h45Area: 1750.0 m2 Read more »

Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture. Transnational Narratives documentary presentation at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, March 10th, 2026. Image "Gender equity remains an ongoing problem in architecture. Women architects are roughly one-third of the profession or less worldwide." This is the opening statement of the documentary Transnational Narratives: A Documentary Celebrating South Asian Women in Architecture, a result of the 4th Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Ar

Montpellier Metropolitan Cemetery / Agence Traverses - Paysage, Urbanisme, Architecture. Image © Marie-Caroline Lucat Death is a certainty, but its architecture has never been stable. Every period and culture has invented a different way of placing the dead in the world (close or far, visible or screened, monumental or almost anonymous), and those choices have always carried social and political weight. Cemeteries are where that weight becomes legible in space, turning belief and regulation int

© Brett Boardman architects: Sam Crawford ArchitectsLocation: Denham Court, New South Wales, AustraliaProject Year: 2025Photographs: Brett Boardman Read more »

© Hiroyuki Oki architects: 23o5StudioLocation: Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamProject Year: 2023Photographs: Hiroyuki OkiArea: 400.0 m2 Read more »

Courtesy of DUHA Architects architects: DUHA ArchitectsLocation: Hue, VietnamProject Year: 2025Photographs: Courtesy of DUHA ArchitectsArea: 245.0 m2 Read more »

THE LINE, Phase One Strategic Partners. Image © NEOM In 2023, ArchDaily's editor-in-chief sat down with Tarek Qaddumi, Executive Director of the Line Design at NEOM, at the closing of the Line Exhibition in Riyadh. Qaddumi described a layered, three-dimensional city organized around the idea of a "five-minute sphere" of access: walkable communities stacked vertically, connected by high-speed rail, freed from cars and conventional street infrastructure, and designed to coexist symbiotically with

© Fangfang Tian architects: HCCH StudioLocation: Chang Ning Qu, ChinaProject Year: 2025Photographs: Fangfang TianArea: 40.0 m2 Read more »

Interactive Vector Design Solutions. Image Courtesy of D.TO Initial sketches in notebooks and tracing paper, conceptual diagrams, perspectives, physical models, and massing studies capture the architectural imagination. But they represent only the beginning of the practice. The real challenge is translating ideas into buildable systems. Every wall, junction, and assembly must be resolved in detail, with systems working together in a way that allows the project to be built as intended. This is w

The Grand Mosque, Stepped entrance portal and minaret facing the main boulevard. Image © X Architects Set within the historic district of Diriyah, widely recognized as the birthplace of the first Saudi state, the Grand Mosque by X Architects forms part of the ongoing transformation of the area into a major cultural destination in Riyadh. Envisioned within the Diriyah Gate II development, the project is positioned at the intersection of heritage preservation and large-scale urban redevelopment,

Courtesy of Horizontal Design architects: Horizontal DesignLocation: Catskill, United StatesProject Year: 2025Photographs: Courtesy of Horizontal DesignArea: 1026.0 m2 Read more »

© Migdal Studio architects: Znamy sięLocation: Wrocław, PolandProject Year: 2025Photographs: Migdal StudioArea: 191.0 m2 Read more »