CarbonSpace: Designing with Carbon from the First Sketch

Valley Towers / MVRDV. Image © Ossip van Duivenbode Every act of building begins with the transformation of raw materials, energy, and land, and this inevitably entails environmental impact. This encompasses all the changes a process triggers in the natural world: from resource extraction to pollutant emissions, from energy consumption to biodiversity loss. Measuring this … Read more

OUALALOU+CHOI Wins Competition for the New Casa Sud Train Station in Casablanca

New Casa Sud Train Station by OUALALOU+CHOI . Image Courtesy of OUALALOU+CHOI OUALALOU+CHOI has won the international competition for the design of the new Casa Sud Train Station in Casablanca, Morocco. Based in Paris and Casablanca, the architecture and urban design practice led by Tarik Oualalou and Linna Choi is recognized for its work exploring … Read more

Celebrating Innovation: Buildner and Dubai Award €250K in ‘House of the Future’ Contest

Courtesy of Buildner Buildner, in partnership with the Government of Dubai, has announced the results of the 2024/25 House of the Future competition. Following the success of its inaugural edition in 2023, this second edition invited architects and designers worldwide to develop an affordable, expandable, and forward-thinking prototype home tailored to the evolving needs of … Read more

World Architecture Day 2025: How We Design for Strength in an Age of Crisis

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Install a Labyrinth of Boolean Voids in Genk. Image © Filip Dujardin Today, on the first Monday of October, we celebrate World Architecture Day. This year, the International Union of Architects (UIA) has set the theme “Design for Strength,” a powerful call to action that resonates deeply with the UN’s focus on … Read more