• the flâneur and the birth of the modern urban spectator

    paris becomes a city to look at   The flâneur wanders through Paris, a city that is changing quickly, with new streets and boulevards, covered passages, cafés, department stores, advertisements, and shop windows reshaping the experience of the French capital. Walking is no longer only a way of getting from one place to another; it…

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  • Saul Kim’s set design takes center stage at Park Avenue Armory

    Saul Kim designed the set for Simon Stone’s adaptation of “The Cherry Orchard,” a 1904 play by Anton Chekhov, at Park Avenue Armory. The play premiered in New York on The post Saul Kim’s set design takes center stage at Park Avenue Armory appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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  • London home renovation by Polysmiths uses “light as the primary material”

    Lime-plastered brickwork, timber boards and cork panels were used to help capture the changing light at Pine House, a terraced home in London renovated by local architecture studio Polysmiths. Located in Peckham, the project set out to tackle what Polysmiths founder Charles Wu described as the “well-known limitations” of London’s ubiquitous Victorian terraces. This included…

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  • Splitting cells informs Shanghai research campus’ interconnected buildings

    Architecture studio BDP has unveiled a pharmaceutical research campus in Shanghai, China, comprised of interconnected buildings that evoke the movement of cell division. Located within Hongqiao International Central Business District in west Shanghai, the 186,000-square-metre research and development headquarters was developed for Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group (CTTQ), one of China’s leading pharmaceutical companies. BDP…

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  • Heather Roberge, Los Angeles architect and UCLA educator, dies at 55

    Heather Roberge—the Los Angeles architect, founder of the design practice Murmur, and professor at UCLA—has died. She was 55 years old.  Roberge’s death was announced shortly after that of Orhan The post Heather Roberge, Los Angeles architect and UCLA educator, dies at 55 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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  • Estudio Zero shapes pink Mexican co-living complex after sound wave

    Mexican practice Estudio Zero has created a co-living apartment building rendered in pink-toned concrete with a series of arched forms informed by sound waves in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Known as Amplitude Coliving, the 390-square-metre complex was completed in 2025 on a 315.5-square-metre site in La Punta, a coastal neighbourhood known for small-scale, independent construction. Estudio Zero,…

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  • Conran and Partners, the London and Hong Kong studio, joins DLR Group

    The global integrated design firm DLR Group announced that interior design and architecture studio Conran and Partners has joined the firm. Based in London and Hong Kong, Conran and Partners The post Conran and Partners, the London and Hong Kong studio, joins DLR Group appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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  • AN checks in with Bjarke Ingels to learn about BIG’s plans for Sea Ranch Lodge

    Three hours north of San Francisco, Sea Ranch is a popular architecture destination known for its preserved coastline, wood-clad modernist architecture, and colorful supergraphics by Barbara Stauffacher Solomon. Now it The post <em>AN</em> checks in with Bjarke Ingels to learn about BIG’s plans for Sea Ranch Lodge appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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  • leaning timber frame anchors shrine office in japanese mountain valley

    Sobokuya builds The Shrine Office in mountain valley in Hokuto   Set within a mountain valley in the precincts of Fujitake Shrine, in Hokuto, Japan, The Shrine Office by Sobokuya is conceived around the way natural materials change and deepen with age. Two generous openings bring light and air through the interior of the timber…

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  • Vectorworks Architect 2027

    Move from sketch to BIM with tools that support precise modeling, seamless collaboration, and intelligent documentation. Superior 2D graphics, 3D modeling, and visualization tools are designed to deliver absolute creative The post Vectorworks Architect 2027 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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