Foster + Partners to transform abandoned gas plant in Madrid into offices
A vacant natural-gas plant in Madrid, Spain is set to be overhauled by Foster + Partners to create the plant-filled and timber-lined Acciona Ombú offices. More
Nicholas Burns nestles concrete chapel within grounds of Portuguese estate
Architect Nicholas Burns has hidden a chapel made from concrete amongst trees and granite boulders on a large private estate in northern Portugal. More
Mecanoo cloaks palatial Tainan Public Library with decorative aluminium cladding
Patterned aluminium panels wrap the stepped exterior of the Tainan Public Library, which Dutch studio Mecanoo and local office MAYU Architects have completed in southern Taiwan. More
KPF designs trio of interconnected skyscrapers for London
Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled its design for a trio of skyscrapers linked by vertical planters, which is set to be built at 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London. More
Snøhetta wraps Polestar car factory in Chengdu in wavy black facade
A curving facade of black steel and glass fronts this factory for electric car brand Polestar in Chengdu, China designed by Snøhetta. More
Boris Johnson proposes roundabout beneath Isle of Man as part of tunnel system under Irish Sea
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has proposed connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland via tunnels connected to a giant underground roundabout beneath the Isle of Man. More
Cheng Chung Design creates restaurant within brick art installation in China
Hong Kong architecture studio Cheng Chung Design has created a restaurant and exhibition space within the cavernous interiors of a brick art installation in Mile City, China. More
Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed
Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a "major renewal" of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. More
Dorte Mandrup to turn former home of Nazi architect into design academy
Dorte Mandrup has announced its plans to convert the Saalecker Workshops, the former home of German architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg, into an international design academy. More
MVRDV to build artificial hill alongside London's Marble Arch
MVRDV has revealed visuals of Marble Arch Mound, a temporary landscaped viewpoint that will be built in central London to attract people back to the Oxford Street shopping district following the coronavirus pandemic. More
Life Meets Art book offers glimpse inside homes of leading creatives
Norman Foster's lofty dining room and the tactile living space of Faye Toogood are among the home interiors revealed in author Sam Lubell's new book, Life Meets Art. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot design Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre for Adelaide
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot have revealed visuals of the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre in Adelaide, which will take cues from traditional Indigenous shelters. More
Kéré Architecture models Benin's parliament on African palaver tree
Kéré Architecture has released visuals of the National Assembly of Benin, which has been designed to "express the democratic values and identity" of the country. More
Wormhole Library by MAD nears completion in China
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released construction photos of its sinuous Wormhole Library after the building topped out on Haikou Bay in Hainan. More
Zaha Hadid Architects models expansion of Beijing exhibition centre on traditional Chinese architecture
A striped roofscape that takes cues from tiled roofs in traditional Chinese architecture will characterise Zaha Hadid Architects' expansion of the International Exhibition Centre in Beijing. More
Saket Sethi creates egg-shaped garden temple alongside rural Indian house
Indian architect Saket Sethi has completed the Sunoo Temple House on the outskirts of Mumbai with a rooftop garden and a private worship space that is designed to evoke a galaxy. More
Lack of embodied carbon regulation "huge blind spot" says Architects Climate Action Network
ACAN is campaigning to introduce embodied carbon regulation in the UK to reduce the emissions generated over a building's entire lifespan. More
OMA designs Chengdu Future City as "alternative to the typical masterplan"
Chengdu Future City is a car-free masterplan for the capital of China's Sichuan province designed by architecture studio OMA to focus on the site's existing geography and topography. More
Perkins&Will redesigns earthquake-damaged Alaska office to evoke glacier
Architecture firm Perkins&Will plans to revive a vacant 1970s office building in Alaska by stripping it back and re-cladding it with an angular, glazed facade that mimics a glacier. More
Zaha Hadid Architects reveals images of four-winged cultural centre in Zhuhai
A roofscape modelled on patterns of migratory birds will shelter the four wings of the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre that Zaha Hadid Architects is developing in southern China. More