Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Africa

Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Africa

A symbol of excellence in West Africa, Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar is a benchmark beyond the continent’s borders. The 16 new buildings, designed by Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, to accommodate some 10,000 students, are spread over two sites

Shin Nakano Trapezoidal, Tokyo, Japan homes

Shin Nakano Trapezoidal Tokyo Japan homes

Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture is proud to unveil SHIN NAKANO trapezoidal in Tokyo. The reinforced concrete residential building rises five storeys above a basement level and holds eleven units designed to give an architectural form to the geography that has shaped life in western Tokyo for millennia

Rosanna Precinct Housing, Melbourne, Victoria

Rosanna Precinct Housing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Rosanna Precinct is a six-storey mixed-use social and affordable housing development, Melbourne, delivered by CKA Studio and Samssons Projects Australia. The project delivers 45 apartments for vulnerable Victorians including women escaping family violence

Broadway on 17th, Calgary, Alberta housing

Broadway on 17th, Calgary, Alberta housing

Located in Calgary’s Mission district, Canada, Zeidler Architecture’s Broadway on 17th transforms a long-underutilized site into a dense, walkable urban destination that strengthens continuity along one of the city’s most important pedestrian corridors

Modular Timber Housing, Vancouver, British Columbia

Housing Vancouver British Columbia

Vancouver needs a lot of housing—fast. Perkins&Will publish research proposing a scalable prefabricated modular mass timber system to deliver high-quality homes quicker, more sustainably, and in alignment with regulatory and the market realities of Modular Timber Housing

Botanica Residence, Baku, Azerbaijan housing

Botanica Residence Baku Azerbaijan building news

Chapman Taylor has unveiled the design for Botanica Residence, a premium residential development that aims to set a new benchmark for quality living in Azerbaijan‘s capital. The project takes its inspiration from the surrounding landscape, with four residential towers carefully arranged within generous green spaces

Chaves House, Vila Real, Portugal home

Chaves House Vila Real Portugal home

Chaves House is not only a response to a place—it is a mediation between architecture and nature. NOARQ saw the site’s fragility as a design opportunity, turning a seemingly unbuildable plot into a home that hovers lightly above the earth. Its form is born from respect: for water, for light, and for the land it inhabits in Portugal

Valckensteyn, Rotterdam timber residential building

Valckensteyn Rotterdam timber apartment building

Valckensteyn, Rotterdam’s first mass timber residential building, provides 82 affordable rental homes in Pendrecht. Designed by Powerhouse Company for housing corporation Woonstad Rotterdam, the project reinterprets the former Valckensteyn, a postwar residential building

Micro housing new mission, USA homes

Arcadia Flats student housing Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA

Micro Housing’s New Mission article by Aeron Hodges, Principal, Architecture, Stantec. Why developers and state governments are taking a fresh look at compact living in multifamily developments. Attainable housing is a challenge in North America’s urban areas like Boston, Toronto, Vancouver, New York City, and Washington, DC.