Residences, stadiums, theaters, and research centers: an itinerary among five buildings completed or announced in 2025 shows how wood is redefining contemporary architecture.
Sawa rises 50 metres along the Dutch city’s waterfront and was designed by Mei architects and planners with green terraces, inhabited galleries and shared spaces for residents.
In the Agouza park, on the western bank of the Nile, Cluster and Thiss Studio are inaugurating a new free cultural space to protect one of the capital’s few remaining green areas.
A “parkipelago” along the East River, near the Williamsburg Bridge — designed also as protection against climate events — is only the first step: the East Side shoreline is set to become increasingly green.
From a Kickstarter campaign to its possible 2027 opening, we retraced the story of the futuristic self-filtering pool on the East River with Kara Meyer, Managing Director of the project.
Natural ventilation, passive cooling, and local materials: in Vietnam, a new generation of architects is experimenting with design strategies for buildings resilient to climate change.
Amasa Estudio has transformed a marginal area where it was difficult to build into an accessible and safe community park that makes the most of its circular shape.
After fifteen years of work, the former industrial and highway area becomes a system of public spaces and ecological habitats designed by Field Operations.
For the club from one of the regions most affected by environmental damage in the world, Vuild presents a project that combines innovative timber structures and sustainable practices, all inspired by the tradition of Shikinen Sengu: the community-based reconstruction of Shinto shrines.
The work, recently installed in France, takes inspiration from sandbags—objects of protection and defense—emptied of their weight to form an enclosure for reflection.
The administration initiates urban forestation programs to replace palm trees, which are increasingly vulnerable to fire, with other plant species capable of creating shade. The city will lose one of its symbols.
Nicholas Niemen’s project transforms a disused lot in Stockholm’s harbor into a shared public space built entirely from yard waste.
On a former industrial site, a new neighborhood is taking shape, based on the concept of the 15-minute city — blending industrial memory with sustainability strategies.
The Barbacoa Comunal, designed by h3o architects in Catalonia, transforms a former parking lot into a public square with a barbecue-sculpture and a communal table.
