Donald Insall Associates renovates "deconstructed" Hardwick Old Hall ruin
Architecture studio Donald Insall Associates has completed the renovation of the 16th-century Hardwick Old Hall designed by Robert Smythson, in Derbyshire, UK. More
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JKMM Architects adds timber art hall to Tammisaari old town
Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. More
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Eight alternative churches characterised by unorthodox designs
From an east London canal boat with an onboard chapel to a concrete high-rise in Taiwan, our latest roundup explores eight churches with untraditional architecture. More
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AAU Anastas designs The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem as hub for makers and creatives
Palestinian architects AAU Anastas have built a production facility and cultural hub in Bethlehem, which brings together the many strands of their cross-disciplinary practice and includes a radio station and restaurant. More
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Urbanus transforms former Chinese brewery into cultural centre
The concrete-framed "industrial relic" of the former Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen, China, has been transformed into a cultural centre by architecture firm Urbanus. More
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Pink concrete forms "geometric and disciplined" wing of Polish Army Museum
Architecture studio WXCA has extended the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, adding a low-lying wing with coloured-concrete walls that are imprinted with chevrons. More
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Snøhetta breaks ground on Charlotte library with "translucent prow"
International architecture studio Snøhetta has broken ground on a new public library for Charlotte, North Carolina, which will feature a warped rectangular facade and generous cantilever. More
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Studio Besau-Marguerre designs colour-block foyer for Hamburg's MK&G museum
German practice Studio Besau-Marguerre has overhauled the entrance hall of Hamburg's MK&G design museum, using colours to guide visitors through the space. More
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Forma transforms century-old glasshouse into Væksthuset climate classroom
A 105-year-old glasshouse from Copenhagen Botanical Gardens has been taken apart and rebuilt in a new location by architecture studio Forma to create a classroom in the west of the city. More
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Tadao Ando adds concrete meditation space to South Korean museum
Light filters through narrow slits in the roof of Space of Light, the second meditation space that Japanese architect Tadao Ando has completed at Museum SAN in Wonju. More
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Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens
Local studio Caples Jefferson Architects has created an extension for the Louis Armstrong House Museum complete with a curved facade and a green roof in Corona, Queens. More
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Crystalline volume added to Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium in New Orleans
New glazing and an angular lobby crossed by a catwalk are among the enhancements that US architecture studios Eskew Dumez Ripple and CambridgeSeven have made to a 1990s nature museum in Louisiana. More
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Eight projects with integrated cooling techniques that beat the heat
Passive cooling techniques in architecture, reflective paint and water-filled windows are featured among the methods that designers and architects are using to mitigate heat in energy-efficient ways. More
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Democracy and Maya architecture inform Miller Hull's US embassy in Guatemala City
Design studio The Miller Hull Partnership has drawn upon Maya architecture and the "openness and optimism" of American democracy for the US embassy in Guatemala's capital. More
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"World's largest sundial" set to be created in Houston
Berlin-based architect Riccardo Mariano has designed an arch topped in photovoltaics, which will act as a sundial for Houston, Texas, as a part of the city's ongoing expansion of the Bayou Greenways. More
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Monolithic New York museum pavilion features "perfect cube" gallery
Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo have collaborated to create the Robert Olnick Pavilion for the Magazzino Italian Art museum in Cold Spring, New York. More
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Mixtura wraps multi-building Brazilian convent in wooden brise soleil
Italian studio Mixtura has created a convent in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil with multiple buildings arranged around open-air cloisters wrapped in a wooden brise soleil. More
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Dorte Mandrup reveals plans for Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada
Danish architecture studio Dorte Mandrup has revealed plans for the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada, a sweeping, partly underground structure with a form based on patterns found in the snow. More
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New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala
Rammed-earth walls and earth bricks define 32° East Arts Centre, a community arts space in Uganda by London architecture practice New Makers Bureau in collaboration with Ugandan design firm Localworks. More
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Atelier-r refreshes neo-gothic church with angular black extension
Czech studio Atelier-r has refreshed the Red Church in Olomouc, the Czech Republic, adding an angular matte-black extension and public spaces informed by neo-gothic design. More
