Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei   Germany   In an artery opened in the 1950s to decongest the historic center, the extension of the local savings bank dialogues with the medieval fabric without sacrificing its contemporary essence. The use of recycled bricks echoes the solid walls of the build

Kéré Architecture   Benin   The scheme drawn up by the Berlin firm of Francis Kéré for Porto-Novo, the capital of Benin, takes inspiration from the ‘word tree,’ the western African tradition by which the community gathers under a tree to make collective decisions. Facing the

Studio Lotus   India   In the capital of the Indian state of Odisha, the New Delhi-based firm Studio Lotus has built new offices for the Department of Agriculture. As a government building it was conceived at the outset strictly for official use, but the architects propose

KAAN Architecten   France   This new complex acts as a transition between a motorway built over the historical Vauban fortification and the Eurartisanat Campus of Lille, which the same architects designed. Coexisting in the building are the emphatic boldness of its geometry, th

Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde   Norway   Located in the Arctic Circle, the project transforms and connects the two existing buildings, and dialogs with them through color and the pattern of the faceted facades of Jura Stone of the new volume, whose angles capture the changing northern light

Foster + Partners ArchitectsHafeez Contractor   India   Designed with the highest sustainability standards, the new administrative capital of Andhra Pradesh is organized by an urban grid with a green spine running through its length. The project includes the Legislature Assembly and the High Court complex

Díaz y Díaz TAU   Spain   The practice of Gustavo Díaz and Lucas Díaz – working out of offices in A Coruña and Madrid – and that of Naiara Montero and Jon Montero (TAU) – A Coruña and Barcelona – together designed a new judiciary building for the city of Pontevedra. The 23,48

Mecanoo   Taiwan   A large bracket stretches horizontally, establishing a narrow connection with the environment; on top of it, the perfect cube that contains the archives is protected, like a precious object, by a facade of natural stone and thin aluminum slats... [+]

Bonell & Gil   Switzerland   The new parliament of the Canton of Vaud melds into a complex historical context, replacing the old building destroyed by fire in 2002 and refurbishing the existing structures. 

Kengo Kuma   Brazil   Opened in the year 2017, the Japan House in São Paulo is the first example developed within the ‘Japan House’ initiative, developed by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote various aspects of Japanese culture in the world. The building

Lux Architect   Germany   The German firm of Manfred Lux was commissioned to renovate the town hall building of Burtenbach, a Bavarian municipality first mentioned in a 1558 document. The building was subjected to modifications over time, and significantly renovated in 1972.

In the capital of the Indian state of Odisha, the New Delhi-based firm Studio Lotus has built new offices for the Department of Agriculture. As a government building it was conceived at the outset strictly for official use, but the architects propose

In the Swiss city of Lausanne, and in collaboration with the local firm Atelier Cube, the Barcelona-based practice of Esteve Bonell and Josep Maria Gil recently completed the new parliament of the Canton of Vaud. Reinterpreting the typical volumes an

François Chaslin   The Cité Judiciaire serves to centralize a vast network of courthouses in a tiered tower that rises a hundred and sixty meters, and is already an icon of the new neighborhoods of Paris. 

Fulvio Irace   Inspired in the linear archetype of a house with a gable roof, the architecture of the Fondazione Feltrinelli becomes three-dimensional to address the topography and memory of the place. 

Known for the formal freedom with which it tackles its projects, the Dutch firm Mecanoo has demonstrated more restraint in building the new Palace of Justice of the southern Spanish city of Córdoba. The Delft-based practice has distributed the comple

In the olden days, when bricks were brought out of the kiln where they were baked, the pieces closest to the focus of heat – and therefore overbaked – were discarded on account of their dark burnt tone and their rough volcanic texture. At the start o

During the late 1980s, the German architect Hans Kollhoff designed and carried out works of great material force, among them Piraeus – a vast flexing brick apartment block located in one of the dockland sites of Amsterdam – and the ascetic mass housi

Once ‘pétalos’ de diferentes formas y tamaños cubren el Public Service Hall (arriba), un edificio recién inaugurado por Massimiliano y Doriana Fuksas en Tiflis, la capital de Georgia. Sustentada por pilares de acero que hacen las veces de ramas de ár

La sala de los pasos perdidos del antiguo Palais de Justice en la parisina isla de la Cité ha sido el escenario de la presentación por Renzo Piano del anteproyecto para el nuevo Palais que se ubicará en el barrio de Batignolles. El edificio, que será

¿Cómo compatibilizar utilidad con representación, economía con significación, en un edificio destinado a la admistración de justicia? Tal es la pregunta planteada en la propuesta del equipo liderado por Jesús Ulargui y Eduardo Pesquera, que ha result

Conseguir que, desde el principio, el edificio formase parte de la ciudad, culminando su proceso constructivo en una perfecta ‘cicatrización’, ha sido el reto que los madrileños Carmen Martínez Arroyo y Rodrigo Pemjean se han propuesto en su nueva se