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8 Striking Examples of Carchitecture Around the World

From showrooms to high-end homes, this feature explores how architecture now places the car at the centre of display. The post 8 Striking Examples of Carchitecture Around the World...

8 Architectural Spaces That Shift Perspective

From a lakeside amphitheatre to a community-built cultural hub, these eight projects explore how architecture reshapes perception through space and structure. The post 8 Architect...

A Sculpted Aquamarine Facade Makes This Office Building Stand Out

In the heart of Surry Hills, Sydney, architecture firm SJB completed 52 Reservoir Street, a mixed-use commercial building that instantly catches the eye with its vibrant aquamarine...

This Capsule-Shaped Office Building Is Designed for Extreme Heat

Located beside Jaipur Airport in Jaipur, India, The Primus by Sanjay Puri Architects introduces a fresh approach to commercial architecture. Rising across nine levels, the building...

West Bund Dream Center BLDG1+BLDG3 / HCCH Studio

The West Bund Dream Center, is a new cultural commercial destination along Shanghai Huangpu River, built upon the former site of Shanghai Cement Factory. Undergone a decade of pend...

Some Places Are Built Better Than Others

Prairie Ark And Nomads’ Beacon Tower Turn The Grassland Into An Architectural Conversation

Shengliang Su Prairie Ark and Nomads’ Beacon Tower are a paired architectural project in Ulanqab, China, designed by BUZZ / Büro Ziyu Zhuang. The two buildings are meant to work as...

Pixelated prism radically reimagines the traditional high-rise

The recently completed Hangzhou Prism is a striking mixed-use tower in China that offers a dramatic take on the conventional glass high-rise. The building rises to 106.5 m (349 ft)...

Brick Tower Mixed Use Building / ASA Studio

A locally built brick tower rises from a sea of corrugated-iron roofs in an upgrading Kigali neighborhood, proving that a comfortable, naturally ventilated high-rise can be built w...

i8 - iCampus in Werksviertel / C.F. Møller

i8 is a versatile new office building in Werksviertel, Munich, Germany, built in a hybrid timber construction, which contributes positively to the LCA of the building and helps to...

Pantanal Biopark / ohtake

The Pantanal Biopark was conceived as an icon of new technologies and based on the need to invest in research in the area, highlighting the world's most important system of lakes a...

Prairie Ark and Nomads' Beacon Tower / BUZZ/ Büro Ziyu Zhuang

Ulanqab Grassland belongs to a cultural context that is, by tradition, nomadic. No building is native here. The design challenge is threefold: avoid reducing the project to a cultu...

Vicco Building / sauermartins

Located in a residential area of porto alegre, near some of the city’s most important public parks, the building embodies a series of small efforts, small gestures, capable of emph...

Primus Office Building / Sanjay Puri Architects

The Primus is a nine-level, climate-responsive office building in Jaipur, India, composed of a series of capsule-shaped modules stacked vertically to create a breathable and enviro...

Around the World, These Building Solutions Keep Things Local

Designers are finding sustainable building solves close to home—in ancient practices and cutting-edge innovations alike.

Veemgebouw by Buro Lubbers

Originally constructed as a warehouse for Philips, the Veemgebouw is one of the iconic industrial structures that define the character of Strijp-S in Eindhoven. Housing corporation...

3D Building / FHHH friends

A music preparatory academy operates under a specific spatial logic: densely packed soundproof practice rooms, their number directly tied to tuition costs. This project begins by a...

Buildings of Liangzi Lake Changling Ferry / UP Architecture

Changling Ferry is located on the east coast of Liangzi Lake in Ezhou City, Hubei Province. It is the main tourist distribution center leading to Liangzi Island，a national 4A tour...

Next Wave Modernism: Casa Habita in Mexico

Toyo Ito's Expo Hall "Shining Hat" looks like a portal opening in the sky

This structure called Expo Hall, or "Shining Hat", creates a stunning optical illusion in the sky. The top of the structure makes it look like a giant portal has opened in the atmo...

Barcelona Architecture City Guide: 30 Buildings and Places from Gaudí to Today

Barcelona is a city where architecture has long served as a laboratory of urban experimentation, each era leaving its mark on the city's fabric. From the dense streets of the Gothi...

What Makes Modern Buildings Stand Out?

The post What Makes Modern Buildings Stand Out? appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Modern buildings are shaping the skylines of cities and transforming communities around the...

Free exhibition reveals the transparent science behind modern skylines

From the Gherkin to Olympia's sweeping roof, a free exhibition explores how advances in glass transformed architecture—and why today's buildings rely on far more than simple pane...