Md Al Amin Sohan The Virginia Tech Honors College and Cloud 9 + Enric Ruiz Geli at Time Space Existence 2025. Installation view at Marinaressa Gardens. Image © Celestia Studio The European Cultural Center Italy has organized the ECC Awards since 2010 to recognize artists, architects, designers, and academics in their respective fields. The Awards highlight projects featured in … Read more
© Radek Úlehla architects: Ateliér Za Mák architects: matěj šebek architekti Location: Pražská 1286, 377 01 Jindřichův Hradec, Czechia Project Year: 2025 Photographs: Radek Úlehla Area: 120.0 m2 Read more »
JKMM Architects, Kumma Render. Image © MIR and JKMM Architects The international design competition to select the architect for Finland’s new Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki has concluded with the announcement that JKMM Architects has been awarded first prize. The Helsinki-based practice’s proposal, known during the competition as Kumma, was chosen from 624 … Read more
© Peter Frese Stones hold time. Some are formed by the sudden solidification of magma, like basalt, whose dense structure and dark color result from rapid cooling at the surface. Others, such as granite, are born slowly in deep magmatic chambers, where gradual cooling allows the growth of visible crystals, creating unique patterns and colors. … Read more
© Willem Pab architects: Lukas Raeber Architects Location: Dürnten, Switzerland Project Year: 2025 Photographs: Willem Pab Area: 10.0 m2 Read more »
The Mir-i-Arab Madrasa. Image Courtesy of Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation The inaugural edition of the Bukhara Biennial opened on September 5, 2025, bringing over 70 site-specific commissions by more than 200 participants from 39 countries to the historic core of the Uzbek city. Commissioned by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF) … Read more
Quinte Palmanova. Image © Beppe Brancato In a former 16th-century church in Vicenza, two stories come together: that of Italian Renaissance sacred architecture and that of marble, the ancient material by excellence, reinterpreted here in a contemporary key. In this dialogue between eras, Lithos Design presents Quinte, a double-sided partition wall that transforms marble into … Read more
© Ben Guthrie architects: Ben Walker Architects Location: Curtin, Australia Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Ben Guthrie Area: 303.0 m2 Read more »
Silence Cloister in the Lorvão Monaster / João Mendes Ribeiro © Do mal o menos Monasticism emerged from a deep impulse to withdraw—a radical pursuit of spirituality and transcendence. The word itself comes from the Greek μόνος (mónos), meaning “alone,” reflecting the ideal of the holy hermit who retreats from the world to dedicate life … Read more
© Kent Andreasen architects: The MAAK Location: Rahmaniyeh Primary School, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa Project Year: 2025 Photographs: Kent Andreasen Photographs: Area: 215.0 m2 Read more »