Architecture: Research Guide

A refuge between the mountain and the sea. A veranda by the beach. A singular object in the landscape.

Built in the heart of the Chérive domain in Magog, this 1970s house originally served as a recreational cottage. Renovated over the years into a family vacation home, it is now set to become its owners' primary residence.

On one of the plots closest to the dunes and shoreline of Tróia, a private house steps back from the water's edge in a series of staggered, overlapping volumes that turn east toward the sea and the silhouette of the Arrábida mountains across the estuary. The brief was for a single-family retreat that could hold its own against an exceptional site without competing with it, on a plot where dune vegetation, wind and an open horizon are the given conditions any design has to answer to rather than obstacles to build around.

The life of today's suburbs is interesting, complex, and diverse, but the suburban environments we are building are not. This is the central paradox of the contemporary Australian suburb: its social life has become more inventive, more culturally layered, and more economically dynamic, while its bult form remains stubbornly generic, repetitive, and under-serviced. The Future Suburb symposium seeks to approach these questions from first principles, by exploring six interconnected aspects of the suburbs: the Life of the suburbs, the Image of the suburbs, the suburbs as a System, the Modes of Practice required to operate in the suburbs, new

At a time when timber is again reshaping architectural practice, Timbercraft: Lost Tectonics from East Asia revisits the enduring legacy of traditional East Asian construction. Spanning more than 1,400 years, the book examines nine landmark buildings in China, Japan, and Korea, tracing the evolution of sophisticated timber systems through interlocking components, bracket complexes, and intricate joinery.Written by architect and researcher Jae K Kim, Timbercraft makes this complex body of knowledge accessible through original analytical drawings, section perspectives, exploded axonometric views, and assembly studies. The illustrations reveal both the technical precision of structures that hav..

Casa dell’Architettura of Rome announces the second edition of CONTEMPORANEA Call for Proposal (October–December 2026), with the aim of supporting original research and reflections in the field of contemporary architecture. The Call for Proposal aims selecting architects, planners, landscape architects and/or conservation specialists developing an experimental research project, to be carried out through the use of the space “Monitor P” at the Casa dell’Architettura of Rome, identified as a permanent laboratory for research, production, and exchange. The project must be consistent with the annual theme of the CONTEMPORANEA programme, exploring the concept of &ldq..

Building a city from scratch is no easy task. It never has been, and it never will be. The very idea of creating something that would otherwise develop and grow gradually demands resources, organization, and, above all, labor. This was the case in 1958, when Brazil's Central Plateau became one of the largest construction sites of the 20th century for the building of Brasília. Tens of thousands of candangos (migrants coming predominantly from northeastern Brazil, many without prior technical training) arrived to build an entire capital in just over three years, under then-president Juscelino Kubitschek's motto of achieving "fifty years of progress in five." Oscar Niemeyer's architecture and ..

In Bramois, on the outskirts of the city of Sion, this two-family home project challenges the typology of dual-unit housing that is currently widespread in low-density development zones. It contrasts the typology of the standardized, cubic block with an "open" structural system. By using a dense core to free up the periphery, the project explores two antithetical yet complementary ways of connecting to the ground: immersion and overhang.

As Saudi Arabia's cities expand through increasingly ambitious cultural projects, Syn Architects has spent much of its practice looking at what predates that transformation. The practice's participation in the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale grew out of years spent documenting Najdi architecture, disappearing urban fabric, local materials and inherited forms of knowledge. For Syn, heritage becomes useful when it can be documented, tested and brought back into use.

Fringe Dweller's sculpted extension sees the transformation of an unassuming weatherboard cottage into a proud forever home. It's a home that walks a number of tightropes at once: balancing openness with privacy, strength with softness, and a rich historical identity with our clients' future needs.

Located within a residential estate in BSD, South Tangerang, this residence is shaped by a massing strategy that negotiates openness and privacy while optimizing natural light and ventilation. Taking advantage of its hook site condition, the design carefully calibrates its volumes to respond to outdoor views while maintaining a more introverted domestic environment. Rather than treating the corner condition simply as an exposed facade, the site becomes an opportunity to organize the house around a sequence of framed views, courtyards, and outdoor spaces.

Steven Holl Architects has been selected to lead the renewal of Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago in Illinois. The project will upgrade the 111-year-old building's infrastructure, improve accessibility, and introduce new spaces for programs, events, and informal gathering while preserving its historic character. Designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge and completed in 1916, Ida Noyes Hall was originally conceived as a women's clubhouse and has since evolved into a broader campus gathering space. JLK Architects will serve as the historic preservation architect, with Workshop Architects leading student-life programming and operations planning.

City Tower One is a 358-meter-tall (1,175 ft.) tower in Dubai designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners. The 93-story mixed-use skyscraper completed construction and launched for leasing in June 2026. The building is located in the Trade Centre First neighborhood, on a site connecting Sheikh Zayed Road to Al Badaa Road along Eleventh Street, and includes 608 residential units across from Hazel Wong's Emirates Towers and Killa Design's Museum of the Future. The building's presence in Dubai's skyline and everyday urban life was recently captured by local photographer Ahmad Alnaji, founder of SARAB Art Production and a contributor to the visual identity of landmark buildings across the region, in..

Inspired by an ephemeral bliss experienced in a South Indian temple complex, this moment is poetic, a setting sun visually diminishing the density of the stone, creating an intangible relationship with the material. Bangalore and Karnataka's association with chapdi (local and natural stone slabs 100mm thickness) has been eternal, yet the dignity it has obtained for its aesthetic and structural properties remains underexplored.

Renovation of Public Restroom at Route 1 Bus Terminal, Guangzhou - Located in Dongshankou, a historic district of Guangzhou, the renovation reinterprets an ordinary public restroom as an open urban interface. The design responds to the neighborhood's Lingnan architectural character, red-brick heritage, and everyday street life, while addressing the original building's poor accessibility, limited capacity, insufficient storage, and fragmented surrounding public space. The existing two-story brick-concrete structure was retained and reorganized rather than replaced.

The Glass House (Casa de Vidro) was conceived from a contemporary architecture of strong horizontal expression, where the lightness of the planes and the precision of the lines define a sophisticated and timeless aesthetic. The large cantilevered roof plane, a striking element of the project, seems to float over the volumes, creating wide protected areas and reinforcing the feeling of shelter. In contrast, the natural stone volumes bring solidity and anchor the building to the ground, while the glazed surfaces take center stage, dissolving the boundaries between interior and exterior and establishing a direct and permanent connection with the landscape. This balanced relationship between tra..

To add a bit of surprise to what otherwise could be a standard ranch house façade, we wanted the updated 'face' of this home to feel as if it were suddenly coming alive and welcoming you as you approach.

Casa Verde is located in Costa Nova do Prado, a Portuguese Atlantic beach famous for its “palheiros”—originally storage buildings used in fishing, which over generations transformed into colorful striped houses, delighting the holidaymakers lucky enough to pass through.

In the 1970s, Cuba faced a severe nationwide housing shortage due to population growth, rural-to-urban migration, and the degradation of existing housing stock. The government's answer was a system that pulled ordinary workers off their regular jobs and put them on building sites instead. This program, known as the Microbrigadas (microbrigades), reshaped entire districts of Havana, where they combined collective self-construction and state-backed technical knowledge, which left a mark on the urban grid of its capital city that persists until today.

A place for cultural expression, collaboration and community, Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre is a thriving beacon of creativity and unity in Africa's largest refugee settlement. Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre, northern Uganda, is the result of a collaboration led by creative platform To​.org, in partnership with Hassell, architecture practice LocalWorks, and design and engineering firm Arup, to create a community hub that empowers creativity, creates opportunity and brings dignity to the plight of refugees.

Selecting wood for outdoor applications involves more than appearance alone. Durability, stability, versatility and sustainability all influence how a material performs over time. Understanding these factors can help architects, builders and homeowners choose the right wood for exterior projects.

The Chinati Foundation has announced plans to restore the Artillery Sheds in Marfa, Texas, the former military buildings adapted by artist Donald Judd to house his 100 untitled works in mill aluminum, created between 1982 and 1986. Led by architect Troy Schaum of Schaum Architects, the multi-year preservation project is being developed with the Getty Conservation Institute and will address the historic buildings' envelope, accessibility, environmental performance, and landscape while preserving Judd's site-specific installation. The project follows the Artillery Sheds' inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 2025 as part of the expanded Donald Judd Historic District.

The site of Cabin Sande is defined by the vast horizon over the Atlantic Ocean, the dark and rough rocky landscape descending toward the sea, and the untouched natural vegetation in the rear part of the property. Our aim was to create an architecture that connects these distinct landscape zones while establishing a strong relationship with the site's inherent qualities.

Architects are trained to choose materials, compare their properties, and decide how they should be used. Some practices are taking on a different task: developing the material itself.

Thanks to the digital environment, we can now easily access knowledge and information anytime, anywhere. So what significance do public libraries have today? They act as a living room for everyone, a place where anyone can stay, relax, and create memories for free.

Uprooting into the future – The client wanted to move his parents from their ancestral home to a nature-centric, designed one. The program was to fit more rooms for the children and grandchildren, so they could stay comfortably on their visits, which their current home lacked. The more people age, the more they are rooted in their environment, habits, and ways.

Powerhouse Parramatta, a new museum and cultural institution on the banks of the Parramatta River in Western Sydney, Australia, will open to the public on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The 30,000-square-meter building has been designed by Franco-Japanese firm Moreau Kusunoki as lead designer, with Australian firm Genton as local architect and Arup as engineer. Moreau Kusunoki won the design competition for the project in 2019, with completion initially planned for 2025. Powerhouse Parramatta is the first state cultural organization located in Western Sydney, a region whose population includes communities from more than 170 countries. At opening, the museum will present five exhibitions.

The project sits on a tree-lined grassy slope along the coast of Shenzhen Bay Park, one of the city's most popular public parks. The site boasts abundant wildlife and serves as a resting ground for Siberian migratory birds flying south. Centered on a "light intervention" design philosophy, the scheme strikes a subtle balance between public space, park-based retail and ecological conservation.

Sited on two lots on the slopes of El Cazador, the project is integrated into an environment defined by its topography, existing vegetation, and open views toward the wetlands.

Located in Franca, São Paulo, Casa da Mata was designed for a family that values a peaceful lifestyle and a daily connection with nature.