Green-roofed community center champions sustainable design in London
In the heart of London, the Phoenix Garden — an acclaimed refuge for urban wildlife and greenery — has gained...
Community hub built of recycled materials spotlights exploitation of nature in Vietnam
In their latest eco-friendly project, Vietnamese design studio H&P Architects completed an inspiring community...
Henning Larsen’s energy-efficient Kiruna Town Hall opens to the public
The northern Swedish town of Kiruna, that’s famously uprooting itself, has just inaugurated its new town hall...
Old barn and granary gains a new life as an inspiring community hub
Cambridge-based design practice MCW Architects has completed the transformation of a heritage barn and granary...
Floating lantern-like church and community hub may set sail on London’s canals
A floating church proposed for the canals of London is banking on easy mobility and eye-catching design to win...
German architecture students and refugees build a beautiful timber community center
Architecture students from Germany's University of Kaiserslautern teamed up with 25 refugees to build a timber...
Rammed earth and bamboo cultural center keeps naturally cool in Senegal
In the remote Senegalese village of Sinthian rises a culture center that twists and turns like a sinuous sculpture....
Steven Holl Architects designs LEED Platinum-targeted cultural center for Shanghai
Steven Holl Architects has unveiled their latest LEED Platinum-targeted design for China, this time in Shanghai’s...
Detroit nonprofit seeks crowdfunding for new East Side community garden
Community gardens have been popping up all over Detroit in recent years, as local residents work cooperatively...
Airbnb takes on urban planning with communal housing project in Japan
Just about everyone knows Airbnb is a great resource for finding temporary places to live—for a night, a weekend,...
Daniel Libeskind’s ambitious design for The Kurdistan Museum in Iraq
The new 150,000-square-foot museum will be located at the base of an ancient Citadel in the center of Erbil. It...
San Vicente Ferrer community center brings high quality education to a small farming community in Colombia
The building is located on the edge of the town center and occupies a flattened piece of land well connected to...
Re-ainbow is a colorful center for a climate change impacted community in Vietnam
Re-ainbow is a multifunctional pavilion for the community of Duc Tho in Vietnam. Duc Tho is part of the Ha Tinh...
Liter of Light lamps illuminate inspiring Ross Langdon Health Education Centre in Uganda
The community center is located in a village of Mannya in Rakai, South-western Uganda. It provides enough space...
Surprising new green-roofed community center in Paris meets stringent Passivhaus standards
The community center is located at the foot of a windowless gable of a partially preserved building. It aims...
A sprawling green roof fuses this community center with Chongqing’s mountainous landscape
The Chongqing Taoyuanju Community Center comprises three different programmatic buildings—a cultural center,...
Sophus Søbye Arkitekter’s parkside village hall changes with the seasons in Copenhagen
The parkside location is frequented by joggers and a local scout group, which called for a design that was multi-functional...
CEBRA’s Smart School Meadow is an inclusive learning space that doubles as community center in Russia
The new school campus will be located in Irkutsk, Russia. The project aims to expand the classical use of learning...
Primus Arkitekter upgrades an old factory into a chic solar-powered library and community center
Primus Arkitekter expanded the footprint of the former factory to connect it with the main library located in the...
Colorful community center was built from recycled materials from the London Olympics
LYN Atelier designed the building as a pilot project exploring the reuse of material and could act as a model...
Belgian leisure center pays tribute to local history and sustainability
The leisure center, whose construction is set to begin in 2016, will break ground in the heart of Edegem. Yet,...
Undulating Croatian sports center is an urban design masterpiece
The campus is sited on a slope, so access is provided by flights of stairs. Complementing the upper adjacent park...
China’s petite Pinch Library wins big in 2014 design awards
When officials discovered that the new government-funded plaza in Shuanghe village remained empty a year after...
OMA unveils plans to transform former tobacco plant into local food hub in Louisville
In an ambitious effort to bring food producers and consumers closer together, OMA has developed a masterplan that...
Nurturing Kids and Community in a Refurbished 100-Year-Old Japanese House
Most of us remember our favorite childhood playgrounds, where families got together to socialize and kids had the...
Skanderborg Sports & Administration Centre Merges the Outdoors with the Indoors
The new 18,000 square meter multi-purpose facility will be located on the northern side of Skanderborg, Denmark...
Gensler’s LGBT Affordable Senior Housing to Break Ground in Chicago This Summer
Gensler was the architect for the LEED Silver Center on Halsted, which is a community center dedicated to the LGBT...
Piet Hein Eek Creates an Art Gallery from Recycled Materials in Eindhoven
Tucked under a busy highway in Eindhoven’s Strijp-S area is a wonderful new space that was created by local designer...
El Dorado brings Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Echo Ridge Community to Topeka, Kansas
The Echo Ridge Community Center is a multi-zoned public facility designed to be used by the 30 affordable housing...
The Indlovu Centre is a Fireproof & Bulletproof Community Building in South Africa
Reconstruction of the Indluvo Centre began in 2009 when Architects Without Frontiers went to assess the community's...