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At home with Sharon Johnston
American Architect Sharon Johnston talks to us about where and how she works best, plus solitary paddleboarding, meditative dog-walking, and life and design on her home turf in California
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Take a dip in Iceland’s Forest Lagoon
A serene forest bathing retreat in the wilds of Akureyri, Iceland, Forest Lagoon by Basalt Architects offers an unprecedented geothermal spa experience
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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MMA crafts Japanese home around a series of boxes
Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory is our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios. Today, we welcome Japan's MMA Inc to our 2022 list
By Jens H Jensen • Last updated
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Fernanda Marques designs Brazilian house centred on its relationship with nature
Brazilian architect Fernanda Marques reveals the expansive Casa Jabuticaba in her home country's city of São José dos Campos
By Josh Fenton • Last updated
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Bold colour and sustainability define this London extension by Unknown Works
Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory is our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios. The first to be revealed from our 2022 list is London-based Unknown Works
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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See Arch designs Maui house around its site's views
This Maui house is a private retreat focused on its plot's striking views, and designed by San Francisco-based See Arch
By Clare Dowdy • Last updated
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Louvre Abu Dhabi Residences to elevate art of living in UAE
A new development of 400 exclusive residences will offer the chance to live alongside the iconic Louvre Abu Dhabi in the heart of the UAE’s Saadiyat Island Cultural District
By Simon Mills • Last updated
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Coast House is a minimalist retreat in the heart of New Zealand’s South Island
Stacey Farrell’s contemporary retreat is a stealthy passive design that keeps a low profile amidst the natural splendour of New Zealand’s wild south coast
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 curator Lesley Lokko on decolonisation, decarbonisation and diversity
The Ghanaian-Scottish architect, who will curate the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, sets out to tackle global issues through her new school in Accra
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Donum Estate’s wine-tasting pavilion by Studio Other Spaces celebrates its land
The latest addition to California wine and art destination Donum Estate – the Vertical Panorama Pavilion by Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann’s Studio Other Spaces – celebrates the soil, landscape and weather that make wine possible
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Forensic Architecture: can architectural analysis hold power to account?
The founding director of Forensic Architecture, Eyal Weizman, on scrutinising spaces and landscapes to throw light on state lies, deception and miscarriages of justice. This article originally appeared in the August 2022, Design for a Better World issue of Wallpaper*
By Will Jennings • Last updated
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Estudio MMX’s Geology Museum on the Yucatán Peninsula is a big hit
Estudio MMX’s new crater-inspired Geology Museum on the Yucatán Peninsula is sure to be a big hit
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Suspension House spans a creek in the Californian hills
Anne Fougeron has remodelled an existing house into a striking new Californian home that combines classic modernist aesthetics with a very contemporary respect for the landscape
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Last chance to see: Power, women and architectural drawings at RIBA’s ‘Radical Rooms’
‘Radical Rooms: Power of the plan’ opened at the RIBA in London in May, discussing the role of power and women in architecture through history, in particular in the development of residential floorplans; and now the show has been extended, reopening for a limited period between 5 – 24 September
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Montalba Architects' monograph ponders on space, place and building
Montalba Architects launches extensive monograph, ‘Place and Space’
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Contemporary Chandigarh house balances minimalism and warmth
Residence 145 by Charged Voids is a new contemporary Chandigarh house
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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A multi-functional event space by Wutopia Lab celebrates daily life in the city
A Living Theatre Mount by Wutopia Lab is an exhibition, meeting and event space for developer Xuzhou Vanke in China's Jiangsu province
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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A Norwegian coastal cabin provides a platform for spectacular views
Architect Tommie Wilhelmsen turns constraints into elegance at this new cabin on the Norwegian coast
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Reimagined Lexi Cinema by Rise Design Studio opens
The reimagined Lexi Cinema by Rise Design Studio opens in London's Kensal Rise
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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The iconic BMW HQ in Munich celebrates its half century
Karl Schwanzer designed a corporate icon for BMW. Now 50 years old, the company’s Munich HQ is still going strong
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara opens at Vitra Campus
The Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara is installed at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein
By Ali Morris • Last updated
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TOG at Borough Yards: trainspotting, bricks, and flexible working
The Office Group's newest location at London's Borough Yards has opened its doors
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Roll up: it’s the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist
The 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist is revealed: see the six contenders
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Activism award 2022 is up for grabs
The Archiboo Awards' Activism category competition has launched for 2022
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Take a first peek inside the Mandarin Oriental Residences, Beverly Hills
We reveal the first look inside Beverly Hills’ new Mandarin Oriental Residences by 1508 London
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Casa Acantilado is a cliffside villa offering cool contemplation
Casa Acantilado by Zozaya Arquitectos is perched enticingly on a Zihuatanejo cliffside in Mexico
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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London Design District’s D2 building dazzles in iridescent ‘dichroic fins’
Design District's D2 building by Mole Architects is now open for business
By Nick Compton • Last updated