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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.…

Sydney’s Gadigal Metro Station has achieved major international recognition after winning Gold in the Transport category at the 2026 World Architecture News (WAN) Awards. The award places the station among the world’s leading examples of transport architecture and highlights Sydney’s growing reputation for design-focused public infrastructure. Foster + Partners, in collaboration with COX Architecture, designed Gadigal Station, which received recognition for its strong architectural identity and designed passenger experience. Judges noted how the station successfully combines large-scale infrastructure with a refined and contemporary aesthetic, creating a space that is both functional and visually striking. The station is part of the…

The Ferrari flagship store at 48–50 Old Bond Street in London, inside a Grade II-listed Queen Anne-style building, dates back to the early 1900s. The exterior has been carefully preserved, with its Portland stone façade and regular window pattern left largely intact. From the street, it still reads as part of Mayfair’s historic architectural structure that integrates into the luxury retail strip that defines this part of London. Despite the heritage shell, the renovation inside shifts the building into a contemporary retail and exhibition space. Interior concept: “Officina” translated into retail space The 850-square-meter interior is designed as a spatial…

Rising from the vast desert terrains of Utah, Vrantsi’s Prism House is designed as a bold residential observatory shaped by the landscape forces of the Canyonlands. The design takes cues directly from the landscape and mingles with the surroundings. The observatory’s conceptual design explores how architecture can evolve from the geological conditions. The project is a fine example of a bold contemporary vision through a series of low, elongated prism-like volumes that sit across the desert landscapes. The sharply inclined planes and angular geometries directly draw inspiration from the fractured rock formations of the surrounding terrain.  The house, with its…

The rise of net-zero architecture marks a major shift in how buildings respond to environmental responsibility, energy performance, and long-term resilience. As the built environment remains one of the largest contributors to global carbon emissions, designers are rethinking how buildings consume, conserve, and generate energy. A net-zero building is designed to produce as much energy as it uses over the course of a year, creating a more balanced and efficient relationship between architecture and nature. More than a technical goal, this approach is reshaping sustainable design by influencing planning, materials, systems, and the overall future of the built environment. What…

In Kochargaon, a small village in the Nashik district of India, knowledge did not begin with books, but it began with a question: What does learning look like in a place where community life happens outdoors, under trees, in temple courtyards, and along verandahs? Instead of importing an institutional idea of a library, PK_iNCEPTiON chose to ask a more relevant question: how can architecture make learning feel like a natural extension of village life? The Rural Library as a Community Infrastructure Spread across just 1,162.5 square feet, the project is not defined by its size but by its intention. This…

Carlo Ratti Associati wins the Buzzi Heritage Cultural Center in Casale Monferrato and transforms former school buildings into a public hub through a digitally fabricated concrete truss. In Casale Monferrato, Italy, a new cultural landmark is set to redefine how architecture, technology, and heritage can intersect. International design and innovation studio CRA–Carlo Ratti Associati has won the competition to design the Buzzi Heritage Cultural Center, a project that transforms two former educational buildings into a public destination for archives, research, and cultural life. A 100-meter-long suspended parametric truss defines the proposal, acting as an architectural gesture that not only links…

WASP used 3D-printed architecture to create a lime-based service building at Milan Bergamo Airport through robotic fabrication and low-carbon construction methods. Named Ol Casél, or ‘the little house’ in the Bergamo dialect, the project brings together additive fabrication, low-carbon material research, and small-scale infrastructure within a highly controlled operational setting. Small Utility Building Takes Shape Through Robotic Construction The project is designed as a working piece of airport infrastructure. Located within the logistics zone of Milan Bergamo Airport, the structure accommodates restrooms and a rest area for customs personnel. The walls of the building were printed directly on site using…

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…

The modular architecture on wheels redefines the current challenges of glamping and permanent residential structures. Younicube, designed by the award-winning Bulgarian firm Koleliba and located in the serene landscape of Tuscany, is an intersection of experiential architecture and radical environmental sustainability. With a minimalistic Nordic design and the serene inspiration of Mediterranean coastal architecture, Younicube prioritizes sensory pleasure and psychological reconnection with the natural world. The Off-Grid Infrastructure: A Model for Sustainable Younicube was inspired by the observation of traditional fishermen’s houses on the island of Favignana, which were defined as tuff cubes. These were made from local calcarenite stone…