Mac Casa spans 118 square metres and achieves a liberated living environment that seamlessly blurs the boundaries between the interior and exterior, according to architects Vo The Duy and Nguyen Thi Xuan Thanh. Completed in 2025, the residential project uses integrated vegetation and varying floor elevations to emulate natural topography, shaping daily movement under a … Read more
Oscar John Xavier Lahiff’s “Helical” stool has secured first place in the fifth edition of The Architect’s Chair challenge, a competition organized by Buildner that tasks designers with reimagining furniture through the lens of architectural principles. The winning proposal utilizes a cork-based, manual height-adjustment mechanism that eliminates the need for gas lifts or complex hardware, … Read more
The “Clerestory Garden” building in Tokyo, designed by Key Operation Inc. Architects, serves as a model for integrating high-density mixed-use real estate with adjacent public infrastructure. Located steps from Ikebukuro Station, the project coordinates its architectural design with the 2019 Hareza Ikebukuro cultural hub and the stone-paved Naka-Ikebukuro Park to create a unified urban precinct. … Read more
The Midea Science Exhibition Center, designed by Atelier Ma and completed in 2024, utilizes a 5,379 m² footprint to blend minimalist architecture with scientific innovation. Located across from Tadao Ando’s He Art Museum, the facility employs a square courtyard typology and a restrained material palette of white engineered stone and ultra-clear glass to create a … Read more
Fraud investigators at the Alaska Department of Law have charged 15 defendants with approximately $1.83 million in fraudulent Medicaid billing. The state’s Medical Fraud Control Unit filed five separate healthcare fraud cases last month, targeting businesses and caregivers in Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula for allegedly undermining public assistance programs and diverting essential patient care … Read more
King’s College Hospital in London has opened the United Kingdom’s first rooftop critical care garden, allowing intensive care patients to access fresh air and sunlight without disconnecting from life-support systems. The space, located atop the hospital’s 60-bed unit, features six weather-proof medical cabinets that provide continuous power, data, and medical gas to patients while they … Read more
The New Museum’s expansion, designed by OMA partners Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas, doubles the institution’s exhibition space while establishing a new architectural dialogue with the original 2007 SANAA building. According to OMA, the project functions as a “counterpart” to the vertical, introverted SANAA structure, introducing a horizontal, extraverted companion that addresses the museum’s long-standing … Read more
The Hapjeong Artplex, a 1,802-square-meter mixed-use facility completed in 2024, serves as a focal point for urban development in Seoul’s Hapjeong-dong district. According to lead architect Hojung An, the project functions as a bridge between the area’s historic residential fabric and the high-velocity commercial expansion radiating from nearby Hongdae and the YG Entertainment headquarters. Why … Read more
The architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners has donated the extensive project archive of founding partner I.M. Pei to the MIT Museum. The collection, which chronicles the career of the 1940 MIT graduate and Pritzker Prize winner, includes 1,500 rolls of drawings, 50 models, and 1,000 linear feet of manuscripts documenting 60 projects, according … Read more
How Traditional Iranian Architecture Is Shaping the Future of Modern Residential Design Architects are reimagining apartment living by blending centuries-old spatial hierarchies with contemporary needs—here’s why this hybrid approach could define urban housing for decades. According to a 2023 report by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), 68% of the world’s population will live … Read more