Rather than importing materials, this farmhouse looks to its own landscape. Douglas fir harvested from the property was milled in the existing barn and used throughout a home organized around a central courtyard for gathering and outdoor living.
📍 San Juan County, Washington, USA
Project by: Syndicate Smith
Photos by: Will Austin
Details: https://t.co/wZeRDmYX60
No architect can guarantee everyone cries in the same chapel. But design can create the conditions in which emotional response becomes more likely: https://t.co/RUKAUDUEJs
✍️ By: Eirini Makarouni
Inspired by the Dutch barns of the Hudson Valley, this home reinterprets a familiar rural form through three intersecting gables. A central courtyard and expansive sliding doors keep every room connected to the surrounding forest.
📍 West Hurley, New York, USA
Project by: Jeremy Babel Architecture + Design
Photos by: Jonathan Pilkington
Details: https://t.co/dP3m9mCGtz
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This community-led restoration brought Scotland's last surviving Caithness grain mill back to life. The project carefully repaired the historic waterwheel and milling machinery while introducing a discreet extension embedded in the landscape.
📍John o' Groats, United Kingdom
Project by: mcgregor bowes
Details: https://t.co/DKZjqyA27b
#ProjectOfTheDay: The Mountain Spine: Bringing the Qinling Range to the Urban Heart of Xi'an by Mind Studio
Inspired by the Qinling Mountains, this residential garden recreates a mountain ravine in the middle of the city. Twelve waterfalls, native ferns and mosses, and carefully engineered microclimates create a landscape that's up to 6°C cooler than its urban surroundings.
📍Xi'An, China
Details: https://t.co/KwOIXbEfa9
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The proposal unfolds as a tourist accommodation complex in Cyclades, Greece, conceived as a contemporary echo of traditional settlement patterns.
📍Greece
Project by: ARISTIDES DALLAS ARCHITECTS
Details: https://t.co/7O0onbrDZY
Located in Santa Ana, San Jose, is Casa Valle del Sol — a home that seeks the integration of architecture with its environment through internal gardens and central patios, extracting details from traditional Costa Rican architecture mixed with clean lines and warm materials to create a timeless aesthetic.
📍Santa Ana, San José, Costa Rica
Project by: LOOP Design Studio
Details: https://t.co/HCUakUHfNh
This highly adaptable community facility supports everyday activity while offering a meaningful gathering place - one rooted in the character, culture, and landscape of Ingonish.
📍Ingonish Beach, Canada
Project by: Peter Braithwaite Studio
Details: https://t.co/CWG7pRl2hH
Toronto’s waterfront takes centre stage as Aqualuna by 3XN fronts this year’s highly anticipated compendium of the world’s finest architecture.
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A series of offset concrete balconies transforms this residential tower into what the architects describe as a "habitable sculpture."
📍Porto, Portugal
Project by: OODA Architecture
Details: https://t.co/ZS2ldshQL1
Nitsan Bartov and Eliana Nigro share how AI is transforming creative workflows within their architectural practice.
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A challenging triangular site became the starting point for EOS. Its pointed form is reinforced by prestressed concrete balconies that stretch up to 8 meters from the building's eastern edge.
📍 Varna, Bulgaria
Project by: STARH
Photos by: Dian Stanchev
Details: https://t.co/Z1ovG9n9gg
#ProjectOfTheDay: X House by Diacono Arquitectos
A reinforced concrete exoskeleton gives this house its distinctive identity while eliminating the need for interior columns.
📍Buenos Aires, Argentina
Details: https://t.co/54bt7LIzdT
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The Light of the North Musical Art Center revitalizes the historic spirit of Saynatsalo through a poetic dialogue between heritage and contemporary culture.
📍 Säynätsalo, Finland
Project by: Chuxin Tuoyuan Co
Details: https://t.co/U9uPwIKlme
Built on what was once the family's front lawn, this home wraps around a shared courtyard that keeps three generations visually connected.
📍Bangkok, Thailand
Project by: Anonym
Details: https://t.co/gXZu7nB4Kn
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A former alunite mine has been transformed into a public park where industrial relics become places to explore. Visitors move through the site on elevated walkways before descending into a circular mining pit that now houses a café.
📍Hefei, China
Project by: FLIP studio
Details: https://t.co/EyfvZDEA46
Ten exposed mass timber braces give this office building its unmistakable character. Their unusual angles originate from a utility easement that became the driving force behind the building's form.
📍Stanford, CA, United States
Project by: Form4 Architecture
Details: https://t.co/YBWac0w445