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In the river-linked city of Babahoyo, The House of Time by Natura Futura emerges as a lived experience of time itself. The project responds to a growing disconnection between contemporary fast-paced living and the slower, cyclical rhythms of nature and craftsmanship. The architects reframe architecture as a mediator between these two temporalities. The project proposes a hybrid condition where domestic life and collective learning coexist. It treats time as something spatial, environmental, and social. The house becomes a kind of “biological clock,” where daily life is synchronized with light, climate, material processes, and human interaction. In the House of Time,…
Comfort at home isn’t something you set and forget. HVAC systems take a beating across the seasons, and the difference between a system that runs well for 15 years and one that fails in year eight often comes down to habits most people don’t bother with. Most homeowners ignore their systems until they stop working. That’s an expensive way to learn. Regular maintenance, thoughtful thermostat management, and knowing when to pick up the phone can significantly extend equipment life and keep utility bills from creeping upward. For anyone managing year-round climate control, consistent attention to heating and cooling systems in…
Vancouver spent decades refining a measured skyline. Strict view cones, height limits, and a steady field of glass towers define controlled, predictable growth. The proposal for Georgia and Abbott moves against that pattern and pushes against those limits. Henriquez Partners introduces a tower measuring roughly 315 meters in downtown Vancouver. When built, it would become the tallest in British Columbia and the city’s first supertall. Beyond its massive scale, the project is a direct challenge to the planning framework that has defined the city for years. The development, led by the Holborn Group, spans several parcels at Georgia and Abbott,…
Bjarke Ingels Group completes its first built project in Japan with NOT A HOTEL Setouchi, a sculptural island retreat shaped by rammed earth, panoramic views, and Japanese spatial traditions. NOT A HOTEL Setouchi marks an important turning point for Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) as the studio completes its first built project in Japan. Located on Sagishima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, the development brings together three private villas and a communal restaurant in a dramatic coastal setting shaped by the calm waters and layered topography of the Seto Inland Sea. The buildings are designed as extensions of the landscape placed within.…
The recent completion of the $7 million, three-year restoration of Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, marks a significant moment in the ongoing conservation of one of the 20th century’s most influential architectural works. Located in Pennsylvania and originally completed in 1937, the house remains a defining example of Wright’s philosophy of organic architecture, where built form and natural environment are inseparably linked. Commissioned by the Kaufmann family in 1935, Fallingwater was designed as a structure that overlooks nature and is embedded within it. Wright’s now-famous directive to his clients, to “live with the waterfall,” materialized through a system of…
Stylus is set to open on the Lower East Side in New York City as a members-focused venue built around sound, spatial experience, and hospitality. The project is designed as a multi-layered environment where acoustics and architecture are treated as central design drivers. A purpose-built performance and listening room engineered specifically for high-fidelity audio experiences. The space integrates a sound system developed by Devon Turnbull of OJAS directly into the architecture, allowing it to shift between different modes of use. Depending on programming, it can function as an intimate jazz setting or expand into a more enveloping, cathedral-like sonic environment.…
Fondazione Dries Van Noten opens in Venice in April 2026, transforming Palazzo Pisani Moretta into a new cultural platform for fashion, art, craft, and material experimentation. Fondazione Dries Van Noten will open in April 2026 inside Palazzo Pisani Moretta in Venice, establishing a new cultural institution where craftsmanship is approached as a living and evolving practice. Positioned along the Grand Canal, between the Rialto Bridge and Ca’ Foscari, here, craft is framed as an ongoing language through which ideas, identities, and artistic forms continue to take shape. A Historic Palazzo Becomes a Contemporary Cultural Interface The foundation is housed within…
Atelier Guo transforms the Cheng Family Ancestral Hall in Nanping Village into a cinema, library, and public cultural space through a heritage-sensitive architectural insert. Atelier Guo has inserted a new public program into the Cheng Family Ancestral Hall in Nanping Village, turning the historic structure into a layered cultural space for film, reading, leisure, and community life. Rooted in the village’s long-standing connection to photography and cinema, the project integrates contemporary use without interfering with the building’s original architectural character. Instead of altering the ancestral hall, the intervention works as a precise architectural addition placed within the existing building envelope.…
Kengo Kuma’s Earth Tree transforms shelter, materiality, and creativity into an immersive architectural experience rooted in nature and memory. There is a rare Japanese word for sunlight filtering through tree leaves: Komorebi. Even if many languages don’t have a word for it, the feeling is something almost everyone knows—a quiet sense of comfort, warmth, and being gently held by nature. CCreate is a three-year exhibition program centered on creativity and the act of making. Each year, a leading creative voice is invited to develop an installation that offers visitors a glimpse into their creative process. Spanning disciplines and perspectives, the…
Monologue Café by SOSOKKI ANAC unfolds as a faceted brick structure in Gangwon-do, where angular massing, controlled light, and shifting perspectives shape the visitor experience. Set within the forested landscape of Gangwon-do, South Korea, Monologue Café is designed as a sculptural brick structure that rises from the terrain through a series of folded and angular volumes. The building is designed to shift in profile as visitors move around it. Its heavy material presence, sharply inclined planes, and carefully framed openings make the project an amalgamation of architecture, object, and landscape intervention. Angular Brick Massing Defines the Café’s Exterior Monologue Café…