A process report from the new Museo Nacional del Ecuador in Quito — implementing a design method that mainstream practice is not yet aware of, by Nikos A. Salingaros (San Antonio, Texas). The premise: AI resurrects neglected culture. Concept design still largely begins the way it did decades ago: a brief, a site analysis, a folder of reference images, and then form-making guided by intuition. Ecuador building news
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi building, Saadiyat Island. Designed by the late Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Frank Gehry, the museum is located at a meeting point between land and sea in UAE. A rooted architectural landmark that will offer a new perspective and invite visitors to be part of the curatorial journey of the museum.
St Botolph’s Quarter Colchester, Essex, England. Planning permission for a multi-million-pound transformation in the capital of Roman Britain. The plans include turning a car park into a lively new public plaza, which can be used for community events and markets
Architecture and design practice Arch&Type has transformed a former warehouse near the historic H.H. Richardson Olmsted Campus into Fawn & Fox Salon, an immersive interior shaped by natural light, organic forms, and the building’s existing industrial character in Buffalo, USA
Shenzhen Natural History Museum building, China, design by 3XN-B+H Architects. It is one of the world’s largest new natural history museums and the largest in South China. A major new cultural landmark, a global centre for innovation and design
The concept of ONSEN Resort project is shaped around a preserved pine forest and natural thermal waters, where the idea of daily restoration is embedded into the very way of life in Ukraine. Designed by AVR Development for people who value a balance between activity and quiet, who work in dynamic environments
Designed by ŌTN, the Chongqing Bay Clubhouse, China, serves as the project’s cultural and social centerpiece—a contemporary urban living room that embodies the city’s unique mountain-and-river character while embracing an international design perspective
The Bonsar Architects designed Artiman Residential Building gives a second life to a long-abandoned structure in Tehran, Iran. Originally conceived as a fifteen-storey building with a classical architectural language
At the core of URBANJOBS’ Bodrum EDITION Restaurant project was the intention to establish a design language that respects the calm and refined identity of EDITION Hotels. As a brand defined by a globally consistent aesthetic approach
UNESCO has inscribed Aalto Works on the World Heritage List, recognising a collection of 13 buildings by Aino, Elissa and Alvar Aalto that helped shape modern architecture and design. 20th Century architecture designs Finland – major 20C Finnish buildings
London Design and Engineering UTC wind and solar microgrid, designed by Scott Brownrigg. Landmark approval paves the way for UK capital city’s first intelligent wind and solar microgrid project. Expected to generate more than 80% of the LDE UTC’s electricity from on-site renewable energy
