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MoDus Architects contrasts “refinement and ruggedness” for Italian home

January 7, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

Italian studio MoDus Architect has completed Hometown House, a dwelling in Trento that contrasts a black-timber exterior with light and airy larch-lined interiors. Set among the rolling hills and orchards of the Non Valley, Hometown House was designed by MoDus Architects for a client returning to his hometown after decades abroad. It occupies the site

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Architects “must rethink how and why we build” in 2026

January 7, 2026 Amy Peacock 0

Tough times lie ahead for architects and 2026 must be the year to reshape the profession, industry leaders have warned. Dezeen asked architects from leading and emerging studios about what trends they predict will define the profession this year, including Dutch studio OMA, Chinese studio MAD, New York-based Selldorf Architects, London studio Nimtim Architects and

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Commoncraft uses cantilever to extend “unconventional” Brooklyn building

January 6, 2026 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local studio Commoncraft has used a cantilevered volume to curve 545 Metropolitan over its neighbours, navigating the narrow Brooklyn site in order to provide more floor space. Located on Williamsburg’s busy Metropolitan Avenue just across from the Lorimer L subway station, 545 Metropolitan is a six-storey mixed-use building that contains apartments, ground-level commercial space and

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Eight highly anticipated American architecture projects completing in 2026

January 6, 2026 Ben Dreith 0

From a monumental presidential center in Chicago to skyscrapers in New York and Texas, here are the most anticipated architectural projects completing in the United States in 2026. Buffalo Bills stadium, New York, by Populous The new Highmark Stadium is being constructed adjacent to the NFL team Buffalo Bills’ current stadium in southeast Buffalo, New

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“Congestion pricing works” in New York City say officials after a year in action

January 5, 2026 Ellen Eberhardt 0

The first major traffic congestion pricing in the US, which rolled out a year ago today in New York City, has been considered a success according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority and New York governor Kathy Hochul. Congestion pricing – known formally as the Central Business District Tolling Program – was implemented in January 2025.

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Fifteen buildings to look out for in 2026

January 5, 2026 Lizzie Crook 0

We’re ringing in the new year with a look at 15 landmark architecture projects scheduled for completion in 2026, including museums, performing arts venues and a face-shaped tower. Sagrada Familia, Spain, by Antoni Gaudí The most significant building set to be completed in 2026 is the Sagrada Familia, 100 years after the death of its

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Large metal roof tops off-grid home on Japanese island by Sakai Architects

January 4, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

A large corrugated metal roof topped by a triangular skylight shelters the timber-lined interiors of Amami House, an off-grid home in Japan designed by local studio Sakai Architects. Named after its location on Amami Ōshima, an island in the Amami archipelago off Japan’s southern coast, the 119-square-metre home was designed for the founder of Sakai

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Studio Weave’s Woolwich Market Pavilion provides public toilets in southeast London

January 4, 2026 Amy Frearson 0

Stepped arches define the facade of Studio Weave’s latest building, a brick pavilion containing a cafe, public toilets and market facilities. Woolwich Market Pavilion is part of the rejuvenation of Beresford Square Market, a square next to the gatehouse of the historic former munitions factory, Woolwich Arsenal, in southeast London. With its deep stepped arches

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Vincent von Thien designs Trader HiFi cafe as a “space that celebrates sound”

January 3, 2026 Alyn Griffiths 0

A cork-clad DJ booth forms the centrepiece of this coffee shop in Hamburg, which its owner Vincent von Thien has designed to evoke the relaxing atmosphere of Japan’s jazz cafes. Von Thien established Trader HiFi in Hamburg’s Ottensen district as a cafe for audiophiles that serves coffee during the day and hosts curated listening sessions

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Bindloss Dawes converts former tractor shed into light-filled rural home

January 2, 2026 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has transformed a disused agricultural building into a light-filled, low-carbon house in rural Dorset, UK. The Tractor Shed was designed and developed by Bindloss Dawes director George Dawes to demonstrate the possibilities of rural adaptive reuse projects. “The Tractor Shed distils many of our studio’s wider ambitions: to make buildings that

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