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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…

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.…

In early April 2026, the B1 Bridge, one of Iran’s most significant contemporary infrastructure projects, was struck and partially destroyed amid the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Israel. Spanning the critical Tehran–Karaj corridor, the bridge served as both a vital transportation artery and a symbol of large-scale infrastructural ambition, designed to support the rapid expansion of metropolitan Tehran and its surrounding regions. Rising prominently within the landscape, the bridge represented a new generation of engineering, integrating structural efficiency with territorial connectivity. Its sudden destruction has created not only a physical rupture in one of Iran’s busiest corridors but…

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…

Istanbul is a fascinating city. Having been home to numerous civilizations throughout history, Istanbul boasts a wide variety of historical artifacts. With its monuments, streets, and unique spirit, Istanbul is a city that is truly enjoyable to explore. One of the best routes to understand the city lies within the Historic Peninsula. İlber Ortaylı, one of Turkey’s leading historians, points out that the historical peninsula, where Byzantine churches and Ottoman complexes are located in the same neighborhoods and along the same routes, offers a wonderful way to grasp Istanbul’s millennia-old history. İlber Ortaylı (1947–2026), one of Turkey’s most celebrated historians,…

In modern cities, where horizontal space is no longer the ultimate limitation, architecture is beginning to negotiate with gravity itself, evident in innovations like the world’s longest outdoor escalator. The inauguration of Chongqing’s Wushan Goddess Escalator, stretching nearly one kilometer and rising the vertical equivalent of an eighty-storey skyscraper, goes beyond mere infrastructure. It reimagines urban mobility, demonstrating how cities can move vertically with the same fluidity and natural rhythm with which they traverse the land. The Evolution of Three-Dimensional Urban Transit Chongqing’s global recognition as an 8D city reflects its extraordinary vertical complexity, where streets, transit systems, and residential…

Zehua Zhang’s work is grounded in a central idea that architecture can function as a spatial or formal discipline and also as an active environmental system rooted in sustainability. This perspective can be traced back to an early conceptual turning point during his participation in the UIA International Ideas Competition organized by the International Union of Architects. The competition, which explored Post-human Urbanity: A Biosynthetic Future on Namsan, called for proposals that position biosynthetic ecology as a catalyst for urban regeneration. His award-winning proposal, Carbon Neutral City Under Biological Intervention, which secured Second Prize internationally, reconceived the city as a…

Topic: AI City Urban Design in Grasshopper & ComfyUIDate: May 23 – 24 & 30 – 31, 2026Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMTFormat: Online on ZoomDuration: 4 Sessions (16 Hours)Registration Deadline: May 22nd, 2026Total Seats: 50 seatsDifficulty: Beginner – IntermediateLanguage: EnglishCertificate: YesGeneral Registration: 140 EURJoin free: with Full Access membershipFee for Digital Members: 120 EUR (15% discount available only for Digital Members)Organized By: PAACADEMYTutor: Albert SuminRecordings: Recordings will be available for all participants afterward indefinitely. Introduction to AI City Urban Design in Grasshopper & ComfyUI: The workshop introduces current trends in the use of generative AI in architectural design and answers the questions: why use AI, and what tools can be utilized to create a complex project based…

There is a moment most people recognize: you find a rug you love online, the dimensions seem right, the color looks close to what you had in mind, and you add it to your cart only to spend the next three days quietly hoping it will not look completely wrong when it arrives. Or you order a sofa that photographs beautifully, only to discover that it crowds the living room in a way the product image never suggested it would. This is not a niche problem. It is one of the defining friction points in how people shop for their…

UNS’s vision for Turin’s Metro Line 2 reimagines transport infrastructure as a defining urban landmark for the city. Guided by three core design principles, the winning proposal draws on Turin’s rich history to create a transit system that feels contemporary, open, and welcoming. An international jury chaired by Dominique Perrault selected the proposal developed by UNS in collaboration with Settanta7, Mijksenaar, Frigorosso, 3BA, and WSP. Praised for treating the metro as an act of city-making, the design was recognized for strengthening the connection between mobility, public space, and the wider urban fabric. The jury also highlighted its potential to influence…