The character of a restaurant, café or bar is defined as much by its spatial atmosphere as by its function. Materials, textures and lighting influence how a space is perceived, while the arrangement of
The relationship between architecture and landscape begins with how a building occupies the ground. Existing vegetation, natural slopes and environmental conditions influence decisions about form, structure and spatial organisation. Rather than imposing a fixed architectural
The exterior of a house reflects more than its architectural form. From coastal settings and compact residential plots to wooded landscapes, these homes respond to their surroundings through distinctive volumes, materials and carefully considered
Architecture is experienced through movement, atmosphere and the relationship between people and their surroundings. From places of cultural exchange to spaces of remembrance and reflection, design influences how we navigate, perceive and connect with
Material contrast gives these eight residential interiors their character. Wood meets metal, smooth surfaces sit alongside textured finishes, and restrained palettes are interrupted by stronger colours. Rather than serving as decoration, these differences become
Spiritual architecture often begins by slowing things down. A threshold, a change in light, the weight of a wall or a carefully framed view can separate a space from the rhythm of everyday life
Timber becomes especially expressive when it is placed beside materials with a different weight, temperature or degree of transparency. Glass can make a timber structure appear lighter, metal can sharpen its edges, while concrete,
A performance needs very little to happen: a stage, an audience and something that holds them together. The seven venues in this selection show how differently architects interpret that brief. The projects
White can give architecture clarity, continuity and lightness, but it does not have to produce a cold or abstract interior. Its character depends on what is placed beside it: timber, stone, clay, ceramics, vegetation
Housing is where many of society's inequalities become part of everyday life. The question is not simply whether a home is available, but what kind of life that home makes possible. A secure place
People rarely walk into a bar or café to experience architecture. They come to meet someone, to wait, to eat and drink, to work, to watch the street, or simply to pass the time. Yet
Building a house in an urban setting often means working with what is already close at hand: neighbouring walls, narrow plots, inherited structures, streets, noise and limited access to open space. These
Car parks, depots, control centres and energy plants keep a city running, yet they are usually closed boxes placed wherever there is room. The six projects in this selection treat them as architecture with
A flat roof can do more than define the silhouette of a house. Extended beyond the glazed enclosure, it becomes a canopy, terrace or horizontal frame that allows domestic space to continue outward without
An older apartment rarely arrives as a blank page. Decades of partitions, false ceilings and quick repairs tend to hide the floors, mouldings and structure that gave it character in the first place.
A space for art has to hold the work and leave room for the people who come to see it. These eight galleries, museums and cultural houses, from a single room on Santorini to
A visit to a clinic or a salon starts before any treatment: at the entrance, in the waiting area, in the light and the materials around the chair. These seven projects, from a hospital
Colour does not need to dominate a house to define it. A painted frame, a door, a ceiling or a small added volume can be enough to change the way architecture is
In a small apartment, every decision about a wall, a floor or a piece of furniture carries more weight. These nine homes, from a 26-square-metre holiday house in Naples to a reorganised family flat
Concrete gives a house weight, permanence and a strong physical presence, yet some of its most compelling uses emerge when that solidity is interrupted. Openings, courtyards, cantilevers and glazing turn heavy walls
A black exterior does two apparently opposite things in a landscape: it sharpens the outline of a building against vegetation and, in shade, allows its volume to recede. Charred timber, stained wood
The facade is where a building meets the city. In collective housing, it has to negotiate repetition and individuality, enclosure and openness, technical performance and public presence. Material plays a decisive role in how these
The row of desks is no longer the only way to plan an office. In these nine interiors, lounges, shared tables, galleries and reception spaces do much of the organising. The shift
Renovation gives a house the possibility of accommodating new ways of living without erasing the architecture that preceded them. Existing walls, structures, materials and spatial sequences become a framework
Residential architecture within an established city is rarely an autonomous object. Its scale, façade order, material weight, entrances, courtyards and roofline are read against structures that were already there. The question is therefore not simply
A house is usually recognised through a familiar set of elements: walls, roof, windows and an entrance arranged around domestic life. In these projects, that recognisable language is deliberately unsettled. Geometry, structure
A place to gather needs surprisingly little: shade, somewhere to sit, a reason to stop. These seven community spaces, from Accra to Suzhou, are built around those basics. None of them is
Brick carries an unusual continuity in architecture: one of its oldest building materials remains capable of producing distinctly new spatial and constructive solutions. Its basic unit is familiar and repetitive, but the
A museum does not have to start from an empty site. In these six projects, a museum is made or remade from what was already there: a chapel, a warehouse, a row of medieval
Bathing architecture is defined by thresholds: between exposure and privacy, heat and cold, enclosure and landscape, individual retreat and collective use. In the projects gathered here, these conditions are not treated as secondary aspects of
