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12 March 2026
Smiljan Radić Clarke – 2026 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
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2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner
4 March 2026
Zaha Hadid Architects wins appeal in naming dispute
In a significant legal victory, Patrik Schumacher, principal of Zaha Hadid Architects, has won a Court of Appeal case against the Zaha Hadid Foundation over the continued use of the late architect’s name.
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26 February 2026
De Nederlandsche Bank Building Renewal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Renewal Architect office: Mecanoo
photo : De Nederlandsche Bank/Ossip Architectuurfotografie
23 February 2026
Grand Opera House in Shanghai, China
Architecture: Snøhetta
photography : Tian Fangfang, Honne Dang, Runzi Zhu, StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
The Shanghai Grand Opera House, designed by the Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta, is envisioned as a major cultural destination that brings together diverse performing arts traditions. The project aims to engage audiences across genres—from classical opera and orchestral performances to contemporary, experimental, and multidisciplinary works.
20 February 2026
Sagrada Familia tower of Jesus Christ, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
photo : Pep Daudé
The iconic basilica Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain has reached a major milestone: the Tower of Jesus Christ has been crowned with the upper arm of its monumental cross, completing the exterior structure of the temple’s tallest tower.
11 February 2026
National Innovation Creativity and Finance Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects & CY Lee
render : X Universe Visual Design
9 February 2026
Lishui Airport Building Design, Zhejiang, China
Design: MAD Architects
photo : CreatAR Images
4 February 2026
Qiantang Bay Cultural District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
image : Atchain
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22 January 2026
Memphis Art Museum Building, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
render Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron
17 January 2026
Inaura Dubai urban tower, UAE
Architect: MVRDV
photo © MVRDV
15 January 2026
Asylum Reception Facilities, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
Architects: OMA
photo © Frans Parthesius, courtesy of OMA
14 January 2026
Bishoftu International Airport, Ethiopia, Africa
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects and Pascall+Watson Architects
image : X Universe
13 January 2026
Tiffany Façade Beijing, Beijing, China
Design: MVRDV
photo © Tiffany & Co.
7 January 2026
The Perigon Tower, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Design: OMA
images : OMA and Binyan Studios
6 January 2026
Brise-Vent Havre Harbor Museum, Le Havre, Normandy, France
Design: LYT-X Studio
render © LYT-X Studio
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18 December 2025
Central Yards Hong Kong Waterfront Development
Design: UNS
image courtesy of Henderson Land
17 December 2025
vertex by NOT A HOTEL, island of Okinawa, Japan
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
render : Negativ
The first vertex property by NOT A HOTEL will be built on the Japanese island of Okinawa and designed by the internationally renowned studio Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). This project continues the firm’s long-standing relationship with Japan, which dates back more than four decades and includes numerous acclaimed architectural works and exhibitions across the country.
11 December 2025
Lord Foster visits The Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Design: Foster + Partners
December 5, 2025
Frank Gehry Dies
February 28, 1929 – December 5, 2025
Canadian and American architect and designer, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.
27 November 2025
Bridge Tower in Warsaw, Poland
Architects: UNS
photo : Piotr Krajewski
19 November 2025
The Symphony Tower, Dubai, UAE
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
picture : Bloomimages
13 November 2025
Hamburg State Opera, Germany
Design: BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group
image : Yanis Amasri
An international jury has unanimously selected BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group to design the new home for the Hamburg State Opera in Hamburg. The project will be located on the Baakenhöft peninsula in the rapidly developing district of HafenCity.
11 November 2025
Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, Suzhou, China
Design: Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG
photograph © Ye Jianyuan
10 November 2025
Miracle Residential Twin Towers, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
picture © Zaha Hadid Architects
5 November 2025
Yidan Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo : Xue Liang
30 October 2025
The Sax, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Architect: MVRDV
renders : Proloog, MVRDV
22 October 2025
Danjiang Bridge, Taipei, Taiwan
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo : Paddy Chao
8 October 2025
Xi’an International Football Centre, China
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
photograph : Hufton+Crow
September 29, 2025
Robert Day Sciences Center Claremont McKenna College Building, California, USA
Design: Bjarke Ingels Group | BIG
photo : Laurian Ghinitoiu
The Robert Day Sciences Center at Claremont McKenna College is a 135,000-square-foot academic building designed to foster multidisciplinary collaboration across the sciences. The facility brings together laboratories, teaching spaces, and informal gathering areas in a layout intended to encourage interaction between students, researchers, and faculty.
4 September 2025
The Discovery Centre, Cambridge, England, UK
Design: Herzog & de Meuron / BDP
photo © Hufton+Crow
Designing the Discovery Centre research facility for AstraZeneca on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus was widely regarded as a complex architectural and technical challenge. This contemporary English building sits within the rapidly expanding Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of Europe’s largest centers for biomedical research.
29 August 2025
Nature Rocks, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Architects: MVRDV and HWC Architects
image : MVRDV
5 August 2025
Science and Technology Museum Shenzhen, China
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo © Xue Liang
The Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum, located in the Guangming District of Shenzhen, has quickly become one of the city’s most popular new cultural destinations—welcoming over one million visitors within its first three months of opening. The museum was conceived as a flagship institution dedicated to exploring scientific discovery, advanced research, and emerging technologies. Its exhibitions and programs highlight the innovations shaping the future across fields.
1 August 2025
Sierra Blanca Estates El Bulto, Malaga, Spain
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
rendering : ZHA
23 July 2025
GATE M West Bund Dream Center, Shanghai, China
Design: MVRDV
photo © Sanqian Visual Image Art
28 June 2025
Vilnius Airport Arrivals Terminal, Lithuania
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
render : Negativ – Brano Marsalek
24 June 2025 + 9 May 2025
Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Competition designs, London, England, UK
Winning Design: Foster + Partners with Yinka Shonibare and Michel Desvigne Paysagiste
image courtesy of Foster + Partners and Malcolm Reading Consultants
A new phase of the national memorial honoring Queen Elizabeth II is moving forward in London, with sculptor Karen Newman appointed to design a new statue positioned on Birdcage Walk, marking the entrance to the planned Queen Elizabeth Memorial. Newman’s work will serve as a gateway sculpture at the memorial’s entrance along Birdcage Walk, a road running beside St James’s Park and close to Buckingham Palace.
19 June 2025
Khalid Bin Sultan City Masterplan, Sharjah, UAE
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
image : TEGMARK
24 May 2025
What makes a country house feel contemporary
Country houses are expected to feel timeless, but they must also serve the needs of modern living. A contemporary country house doesn’t need to look modern—it needs to work with clarity, respond to its setting, and support the way people live today. Focusing on these details often starts at the threshold, where installing modern entry doors like from Doors Plus can bridge the gap between classic aesthetics and high-performance functionality.
13 May 2025
Oystra, Al Marjan Island, United Arab Emirates
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
render : MIR
8 May 2025
2025 RIBA West Midlands Awards
2025 RIBA West Midlands Awards winners news. Hanbury Hall, University of Staffordshire Woodlands Nursery, One Centenary Way, Conventry University, Old Fire Station building.
7 May 2025
SOMBRA pavilion, Venice, Italy
Architecture: MVRDV
photo © Jaap Heemskerk
1 May 2025
Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum, China
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo : Virgile Simon Bertrand
The Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum is one of the newest landmark science museums in China. The project was designed by the globally renowned architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects, known for its futuristic, fluid architectural forms. The museum is intended to be a major hub for exploring science, innovation, and future technologies. It also strengthens this Chinese city’s reputation as a global technology center within the Greater Bay Area, one of the world’s largest metropolitan regions.
27 April 2025
Czech Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka
Design: Apropos Architects
photo : BoysPlayNice
This bold architectural concept reflects the idea of life energy and continuous development. The Japanese architectural design which works with the motif of a spiral is by Apropos Architects studio.
16 April 2025
Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025, Osaka, Japan
Design: Kengo Kuma and Associates
photo : Iwan Baan
Architects Kengo Kuma and Associates designed the Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan, in the form of a dhow. Surely this is too obvious a metaphor. Was it instructed to the famous Japanese architectural office, or did they come up with this no-brainer themselves?
7 April 2025
Aevum installation at Milan University, Italy
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
image courtesy of architects practice
7 April 2025
New Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana, Albania
Architecture: OMA / David Gianotten
image : OMA
7 April 2025
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Debrecen, Hungary
Architecture: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
image : BIG
28 March 2025
Market Cube, Zhubei, Taiwan
Design: MVRDV
image © MVRDV
27 February 2025
Napoli Porta Est masterplan, Naples, southern Italy
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
image © BrickVisual
26 February 2025
Regium Waterfront, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
image courtesy of architects practice
21 February 2025
Capital International Exhibition & Convention Centre Beijing, China
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo : Virgile Simon Bertrand
The Capital International Exhibition & Convention Center (CIECC) in Beijing is a large-scale events and exhibition complex designed to strengthen the city’s role as a global hub for international trade fairs, conventions, and cultural events. The development significantly expands Beijing’s capacity for large events with a wide range of integrated facilities:
21 February 2025
Jinji Lake Pavilion, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Architecture: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
photography : Justin Szeremeta & Ye Jianyuan
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has completed the Jinji Lake Pavilion, a 1,200-square-meter public pavilion located along the waterfront of Jinji Lake in Suzhou, China. The project functions as a social and hospitality hub on the lakefront promenade. The pavilion is designed as a light, open structure that merges architecture with landscape. Its sweeping roof geometry creates shaded outdoor spaces while maintaining uninterrupted views toward the lake.
17 February 2025
Mega Mat, Bangkok, Thailand
Architects: MVRDV
photo : Depth of Field Co.,Ltd.
5 February 2025
Avicii Arena Stockholm building news, Sweden – Europe’s largest spherical building!
Design: HOK with C.F. Moller Architects
image : HOK
18 January 2025
Hannamdong 4 Residences, Seoul, South Korea
Architect: UNS
render : Flying Architecture and UNStudio
8 January 2025
Nikola Tesla Museum Belgrade, Serbia
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects and Bureau Cube Partners
Render © Norviska
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