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EDITORIALMirrors in Architecture: Possibilities of Reflected Space
Mirrored elements expand spatial perception and enhance light, ideal for compact areas. Their reflections highlight architectural details, adding depth. Modern tech enables flexible façade integration, creating nature-interactive art that balances function and aesthetics.
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Parametric Facades
This Grasshopper script demonstrates parametric facade design with louver height variations controlled by point attractors and Graph Mapper, offering customizable inputs for adaptation.
Parametric Design
EDITORIALNathalie de Vries Interview: Can Unbuilt Projects Change Architecture?
Competitions can inspire dreams and envision a utopian future. Even if unbuilt, design still influences architectural language. Our Berlin Void project is one such example. Competition design serves as the starting point of our creative philosophy and has a profound impact on our architectural language. Therefore, unbuilt projects can also change the face of architecture.
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EDITORIAL11th Street Bridge Park: A Community Link Connecting East and West in Washington, D.C.
The 11th Street Bridge Park is an OMA-designed project aimed at utilizing abandoned infrastructure to connect the east and west sides of Washington, D.C. The park will serve as a multi-layered public space, promoting community unity and economic development in an inclusive environment.
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EDITORIAL"I Just Drew a Diagram — Why Do I Have to Prove I'm Not AI?"
Architecture students face an AI trust crisis: They must now screen-record entire design processes to prove authenticity, while vague grading criteria spur intentionally crude designs. When educators equate "AI-free" with originality, the creative process devolves into forensic theater.
Girls' Perspective
EDITORIALXi'an Yongfeng Granary Bazaar: Where Old Memories Meet New Markets
By transforming Yongfeng Granary into an open marketplace, the project blends tradition with modern life, revitalizing local culture and improving urban conditions.
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EDITORIALDo You Really Need Grasshopper for Solar Analysis? Not at All!
Must solar analysis use Grasshopper? Absolutely not! This experiment uses SketchUp + Photoshop to create a dynamic site analysis video, visually demonstrating sunlight conditions and environmental relationships of the architectural site.
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EDITORIALWhy Some Architects Love IKEA and Others Absolutely Hate It
When it comes to IKEA, architects are deeply divided: some praise its affordable aesthetics, modular systems, and accessibility, while others criticize its lack of individuality, diminished craftsmanship, and promotion of disposable culture. This article examines 25 reasons for their love-hate relationship, unpacking this fundamental design philosophy clash.
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Living with Art in a Roman Penthouse
In Rome's Tor Marancia, designer Manuela Tognoli transforms a 100㎡ penthouse with open-plan kitchen and artistic spatial reorganization, creating a functionalist urban dwelling infused with contemporary art for a family of four.
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The Cooling Tower — From Industrial Relic to Spatial Renewal
Transforming industrial cooling towers with lightweight helical structures inside concrete shells, preserving energy-era heritage while creating adaptable sustainable spaces for global reuse.
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A Landform Architecture Dancing with the Wuyi Mountains
Sunner Museum's three floating curved roofs reinterpret Wuyi Mountains, with concrete folded facades blending into topography, creating a 25m-high industrial-landscape symbiosis.
ProjectsThe “Mountain of Wisdom” on the Land: the Daegu Daeseong Biseul Library
Conceived as a "Mountain of Wisdom," the Biseul Library transforms the surrounding park into a walkable architectural landform. A stepped roof integrates reading, community, and cultural programs, dissolving the boundary between building and landscape.
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An anatomy of craft and creativity, the making of Wof Wooden Studio
A set of stunning design drawings that you won't want to stop looking at, from the woodworking workshop design project created by the firm ruangtujuhsatu for wof.wooden.
Read moreThe Floating Museum That Pauses the City
Turku's Museum of History and Future elevates its volume on pilotis, occupying only 15% of the site to free ground-level for wetland ecosystems, creating a floating cultural vessel coexisting with nature.
Read moreStrengthening the State and People in APD
The 'People's Planning' system uses the BuildMySUZHOU App for data-driven governance, establishing participatory planning, data abstraction and adaptation cycles to reinvent public-private urban development.
Read moreHearing Silence in the Forest: A Retreat Cabin Design
A reed-clad conical meditation cabin blends primal form with forest solitude, dividing space into physical/spiritual realms with a central oculus framing light for solitary contemplation.
Read moreConcrete & Glass Dialogue: Munich Airport Academy
Munich's Airport Academy at LabCampus features a runway-inspired concrete frame supporting a glass cube, creating dynamic spatial sculptures that integrate training, offices and urban connectivity.
Read moreFinding the City's Living Pulse in the Old Market
The project preserves the existing street network, respects the organic ecology of the market, and gently awakens site memories, transforming old textures into new soil to explore alternative possibilities for urban renewal.
Read moreForests and wooden towers coexist, reshaping the entrance to the industrial park.
A barren industrial site transforms into a lush forest campus. Three timber towers merge with landscape, creating a gate where nature and people meet. Ecology and well-being redefine the future of business parks.
Read moreA Community Center Beside the Metal Workshop
A community center beside the workshop, where making and daily life grow together.
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