
KOGAA upcycles construction waste into a plant-filled coffee hub
In Prague’s developing area of Karlín, Czech studio KOGAA has recently completed GROUNDS, an industrial coffee...

A disused factory becomes an office with a landscaped bamboo roof terrace
Located in Shenzhen, China, the If Factory utilizes a sustainable design that transforms an old and disused factory...

Retired USPS van is converted into a mobile community center
Known as the Chicago Mobile Makerspace, this renovated United States Postal Service delivery van has been given...

Modular, affordable housing project opens in Portland
Argyle Gardens, a newly-opened modular co-housing development, is providing affordable housing for individuals...

Dumping ground reborn as a bamboo and rammed-earth community space in Vietnam
H&P Architects dramatically transformed an informal dumping ground in Mao Khe, Vietnam into a beautiful pavilion...

Woven "Totora Cube" in Ecuador explores new materials for indigenous architecture
We love experiments in vernacular design and sustainable materials, including this fascinating project from Ecuador....

This library's iridescent facade reflects the innovative thinking going on inside
The new building reconciles the different scale of Vaughan's City Hall’s Clock tower and historic Sarah Noble/Beaverbrook...

You can play this building like a gigantic xylophone
The LCCCP's previous house in Muswell Hill, built in the 1950s, became unable to accommodate the growing number...

Project Farmhouse community space with wall of edible plants coming to Union Square
GrowNYC, the nonprofit behind the Union Square Greenmarket will soon be bringing even more green goodness to the...

Zigzagging Het Anker community center in the Netherlands is partially buried underground
Located in Zwolle, the Netherlands, the complex aims to link the Westenholte and Stadshagen districts and connect...

Wulugul Pop-Up installation in Sydney is a multifunctional urban space made of recyclable cardboard tubes
Lendlease, the developer behind The Streets of Barangaroo, commissioned Foolscap Studio to design the 170-meter-long...

Artists fill the vaults of a dilapidated 1923 bank in Chicago with books and artwork
The 20,000-square-foot building was originally designed by William Gibbons Uffendell for a savings and loan banking...

A21 Studio's Rainbow Chapel Wins 2014 WAF's Building of the Year Award
Built to serve an urban ward with a lack of communal space, the 1,500-square-foot Chapel accommodates a variety...

Open Air Gjennomsikte Pavilion Doubles as a Lakeside Retreat and Theater Stage
This project was built in connection with the walkabout project (Breddelangs), which is a local initiative organized...

Powell River Library by Miller Hull to Become Social, Cultural Hub for Canadian Town
Miller Hull's Powell River Library is located on a previously developed site on the edge of the Strait of Georgia....