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Architects: Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
- Area: 151 m²
- Year: 2025
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Cardwell Clubhouse / Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
https://www.archdaily.com/1040000/cardwell-clubhouse-dubbeldam-architecture-plus-designSusanna Moreira
Strážné Cottage / Mimosa architects
https://www.archdaily.com/1040212/strazne-cottage-mimosa-architectsAndreas Luco
Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape
Cultural centers continue to serve as a productive ground for unbuilt architectural exploration, reflecting how architects are rethinking the role of public institutions in relation to landscape, experience, and program hybridity. In this Unbuilt edition, submitted by the ArchDaily community, the selected projects bring together a range of proposals that expand the definition of the cultural center beyond a singular building. These works position architecture as a spatial framework that mediates between research, exhibition, retreat, and public life, often embedded within or distributed across natural and urban contexts.
Across varied geographies, from northern Norway and Oslo to Łódź, Vienna, Marrakech, and New Tashkent, the projects demonstrate diverse responses to cultural infrastructure. They include landscape-integrated complexes shaped by topography and climate, bridges that combine gallery and public circulation, zoological pavilions structured as immersive sequences, adaptive reuse of military buildings into performance spaces, courtyard-based environments rooted in local traditions, and climate-responsive institutions informed by environmental analysis. Together, these proposals explore how cultural programs can be organized through movement, spatial layering, and relationships between interior and exterior conditions.
https://www.archdaily.com/1040131/cultural-centers-beyond-the-building-6-unbuilt-projects-integrating-landscapeNour Fakharany
The Prairie House / Hoem + Folstad Arkitekter
https://www.archdaily.com/1040034/the-prairie-house-hoem-plus-folstad-arkitekterPilar Caballero
Kengo Kuma & Associates Present Site-Specific Installation “Earth | Tree” at Copenhagen Contemporary
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and his studio Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA) have unveiled Earth | Tree, a site-specific installation at Copenhagen Contemporary, developed in collaboration with Danish wood manufacturer Dinesen. Opened on March 28, 2026, as part of the institution's CCreate programme, the project occupies a former industrial hall, introducing a spatial intervention defined by timber, brick, and light. Led by partner Yuki Ikeguchi, with team members Asger T. Taarnberg, Nicolas Guichard, and Yasemin Shiner, the installation marks KKAA's first exhibition in Scandinavia and situates the studio's material-oriented practice within an exhibition format.
https://www.archdaily.com/1040347/kengo-kuma-and-associates-present-site-specific-installation-earth-tree-at-copenhagen-contemporaryReyyan Dogan
Kaloki Nyamai Studio / Adjaye Associates
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Architects: Adjaye Associates
- Area: 641 m²
https://www.archdaily.com/1040273/kaloki-nyamai-studio-adjaye-associatesPilar Caballero
Coldefy Leads Winning Masterplan to Transform Budapest Brownfield into Rewilded Urban District
A team led by French architecture practice Coldefy, comprising CITYFÖRSTER, Sporaarchitects, TREIBHAUS.LAND, and Marko & Placemakers, has won the competition to design a masterplan for Rákosrendező in Budapest. The project is developed for the Budapest Capital Asset Management Centre, acting on behalf of the Municipality of Budapest. The design outlines a 15-year scheme to transform a brownfield site long regarded as the city's "rust belt," located on the eastern side of the Hungarian capital. The regeneration plan includes over 10,000 apartments, new transportation links, and commercial and civic spaces, forming a comprehensive urban redevelopment strategy aligned with 15-minute city principles.
https://www.archdaily.com/1040337/coldefy-leads-winning-masterplan-to-transform-budapest-brownfield-into-rewilded-urban-districtAntonia Piñeiro
Off the Mainland: Floating Architecture Projects Redefining the Built Environment
Building above water means doing away with a part of construction that is quite literally the basis of most of our built environment: the foundation. In a world dominated by water, currents, and shifting levels are variables that simply cannot be ignored, which is why the most emblematic feature these projects share is their adaptability.
Instead of robust, deep bases – such as piles or caissons – designed to anchor architecture into the earth, floating structures frequently employ solutions like concrete pontoons or plastic drums to prevent the building from sinking. These are typically paired with anchoring systems to "fix" the structures, even if only temporarily, to a specific location.
https://www.archdaily.com/884450/15-of-the-best-and-most-ambitious-floating-architecture-projectsSusanna Moreira & Victor Delaqua
Las Vegas Park / Gustavo González Galarza
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Architects: Gustavo González Galarza
- Area: 107000 m²
- Year: 2018
https://www.archdaily.com/1039993/las-vegas-park-gustavo-gonzalez-galarzaValentina Díaz
Henville Street House / Philip Stejskal Architecture
https://www.archdaily.com/1040250/henville-street-house-philip-stejskal-architectureMiwa Negoro
Flipmod / Ambit Narrative Design (A.N.D)
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Architects: Ambit Narrative Design (A.N.D)
- Area: 20 m²
- Year: 2026
https://www.archdaily.com/1040247/flipmod-ambit-narrative-design-andPilar Caballero
Dusit Le Palais Tu Hoa Hotel / Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
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Architects: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
- Area: 14152 m²
- Year: 2025
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Manufacturers: Jotun Vietnam, KONE Vietnam
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Professionals: Phuc Hung Holding Construction Jsc, ASA Lighting Design Studio
https://www.archdaily.com/1040228/dusit-le-palais-tu-hoa-hotel-baumschlager-eberle-architektenValeria Silva
Renovation of the Ground Floor of the Prudência Building / Gui Paoliello Arquiteto
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Architects: Gui Paoliello Arquiteto
- Area: 2797 m²
- Year: 2022
https://www.archdaily.com/1039762/renovation-of-the-ground-floor-of-the-prudencia-building-gui-paoliello-arquitetoSusanna Moreira
Wave 4 & 5 - ECR Health Care Complex / FAAB
https://www.archdaily.com/1040244/wave-4-and-5-ecr-health-care-complex-faabHadir Al Koshta
House in Penumbra / Teleno Studio
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Architects: Teleno Studio
- Area: 56 m²
- Year: 2025
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Manufacturers: Painting Chus García Fraile, “Doughnuts” stools — Rud Thygesen & Johny Sorensen for Magnus Olesen, 1960s
https://www.archdaily.com/1040022/casa-en-penumbra-teleno-studioValentina Díaz
Designed Comfort, Purchased Comfort: Passive Design and Air Conditioning in Hong Kong
Establishing thermal comfort once demanded a far more deliberate and calibrated architectural intelligence—an interplay of orientation, massing, material behavior, ventilation potential, shading, and the ways daylight and surfaces absorb and release heat. This was not simply a matter of taste, but of necessity. When many of Hong Kong's post-war modernist buildings were constructed in the late 1960s and 1970s, forming a substantial portion of the city's public housing and broader residential stock, air-conditioning was not yet a ubiquitous, default service. Cooling, where present at all, was limited and unevenly distributed; comfort had to be negotiated through passive means, through section, façade depth, operable openings, and climatic detailing. It was only later, particularly through the 1970s and 1980s, as air-conditioning became increasingly standardized across the region, that mechanical cooling began to displace this earlier matrix of architectural decision-making.
Did air conditioning negatively affect architectural space, particularly in Hong Kong and the nearby region? The more precise claim is that widespread reliance on AC has profoundly rearranged the incentive structure of building design.
https://www.archdaily.com/1040205/designed-comfort-purchased-comfort-passive-design-and-air-conditioning-in-hong-kongJonathan Yeung
Xuanpu Pavilion / UAD
https://www.archdaily.com/1040130/xuanpu-pavilion-uadPilar Caballero
Zaha Hadid’s Legacy and Büro Ole Scheeren’s Róng Museum: This Week’s Review
As architectural discourse continues to expand across cultural, educational, and civic domains, this week's developments highlight how the discipline operates simultaneously through legacy, knowledge production, and large-scale public engagement. From reflections on influential figures and their enduring impact to evolving academic landscapes and new forms of cultural infrastructure, architecture is positioned as both a repository of ideas and an active agent in shaping contemporary identities. At the same time, projects spanning entertainment, museums, and waterfront developments point to a growing emphasis on hybrid programs and experiential environments, where architecture mediates between culture, public life, and global audiences.
https://www.archdaily.com/1040299/zaha-hadids-10-year-legacy-and-buro-ole-scheerens-rong-museum-this-weeks-reviewReyyan Dogan