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The Glasshouse Theatre adds a fifth venue to the heritage-listed Queensland Performing Arts Centre. It can be flexibly used for concerts, operas, and dance and theatre performances. The glass facades of the deeply cantilevered foyer visualise the theatrical art of illusion on the exterior.
In their restoration of the Monastery of Santa María of Sijena, Pemán y Franco and Sebastián preserve traces of destruction, rebuilding, and decay spanning 800 years. Recently, they remodelled the east and north wings into an exhibition space for the convent’s valuable artworks.
Brisbane is set to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. However, the city is also preparing for the future in cultural terms. In early 2026, Blight Rayner Architecture and Snøhetta completed the Glasshouse Theatre. Peter Brown and Michael Rayner explain the design.
Projects such as the Federal Environment Agency headquarters in Dessau or the temporary residence of the Federal President in Berlin show: For more than two decades Sauerbruch Hutton have been advancing timber construction both in terms of materials and systems. How much repetition can a building tolerate - and where does architecture begin when applying serial production methods? Four modular construction projects offer answers to this question.
Textured prefabricated concrete elements emphasise the modular character of the new pharmaceutical company headquarters at the urban fringe of Køge. They provide the necessary thermal mass to enable safely storing medicinal products.
How can a narrow infill site in the inner city be redensified as simply as possible? A modular housing structure in Cologne by Aretz Dürr Architektur offers an efficient answer with a compelling design based on minimalist elegance.
The design of the museum began with a largely cleared site, yet without an operator. Yutaka Terasaki and Bao Mengxian report on how Kengo Kuma & Associates planned the building without needing a detailed briefing.
Herzog & de Meuron has extended the Mandarin Oriental restaurant on Lake Como. Using local materials plus a new lighting and colour scheme, they draw attention to the surrounding landscape.
In 1980, Jean Nouvel's Collège Anne Frank in the south of Paris reduced the state-mandated model for industrialised school buildings to the level of farce. Mars Architectes has now renovated the dilapidated building and helped to give new relevance to this architectural provocation.
An interview with Sebastian Holzhausen:
The new UCCA Clay Museum advances the millennia-old tradition of artisanal ceramics the Chinese metropolis Yixing is renowned for. An armour of red clay tile encloses the exhibition spaces and the open timber roof constructions above them – an expressive space for the presentation of modern ceramic art.
Hemp lime defies traditional construction material categories. With its effective eco-balance and indoor climate benefits, the material is gaining popularity - even in the concrete industry.
A research team at the Technical University of Braunschweig is investigating the building construction potential of solid, load-bearing external walls made from bricks and earth blocks. The objective is to combine both types of masonry unit in the optimum way.
Trainees are often housed in dreary rooms or anonymous flats. A new hall of residence by Dorte Mandrup shows how things can be done better, for it aims to be much more than just a temporary home.
Kindergarten in Piove di Sacco bei Venedig: AACM interpretieren mit zinnoberroten Pyramiden das traditionelle Casone Veneto neu.
A interview with Elena Masla and Pauline Mayer:
