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KLEE Sapanca House / the | work

November 20

+ 31

Architects: the | work
Area: 350 m²
Year: 2025

House Hoinka / Atelier Kaiser Shen

November 19

+ 28

Architects: Atelier Kaiser Shen
Area: 521 m²
Year: 2023
Manufacturers: JUNG, Karcher Design, Villeroy & Boch Tiles, Baier GmbH Slidetec, Carl Hansen, +11Ennogie GmbH, Fensterbau Schneider GmbH, GSL.GLASOLUX GmbH, Herzog & de Meuron, Kunststoff-Vertrieb Nuding GmbH, Mawa Design, NUD, Roma, Thonet, Villeroy & Boch, WEM-11
Professionals: F2K Ingenieure GmbH, Etgenium GmbH, Silvia Barbosa Kaiser, Heyd GmbH Zimmerei - Holzbau, Zimmerei Tobias Scheuermann, +2

La Bocatoma Housing Modules / Cubbil studio

November 19

+ 17

Architects: Cubbil studio
Area: 110 m²
Year: 2024

La Seigneurie Funeral Home / ultralocal architectes

November 19

+ 37

Architects: ultralocal architectes
Area: 450 m²
Year: 2024

House Z / Benoit Rotteleur Architecte

November 19

+ 8

Architects: Benoit Rotteleur Architecte
Area: 200 m²
Year: 2023
Manufacturers: VMZINC

The Architecture of Restraint: When Choosing Not to Build Becomes Design

November 19

In a world facing ecological exhaustion and spatial saturation, the act of building has come to represent both creation and consumption. For decades, architectural progress was measured by the new: new materials, new technologies, new monuments of ambition. Yet today, the discipline is increasingly shaped by another form of intelligence, one that values what already exists. Architects are learning that doing less can mean designing more, and this shift marks the emergence of what might be called an architecture of restraint: a practice defined by care, maintenance, and the deliberate choice not to build.

The principle recognizes that the most sustainable building is often the one that already stands, and that transformation can occur through preservation, repair, or even absence. Choosing not to build becomes a political and creative act, a response to the material limits of the planet and to the ethical limits of endless growth. That Architecture moves beyond the production of new forms to embrace continuity, extending the life of structures, materials, and memories that already inhabit the world.

+ 33

DC Alexander Park / Brooks + Scarpa Architects

November 19

+ 28

Architects: Brooks + Scarpa Architects
Area: 52300 m²
Year: 2022
Professionals: PLAN(t), Keith Engineering, RGD, Sasso, Brooks + Scarpa, +1

Snøhetta Reveals New Images of Winning Düsseldorf Opera House Design

November 19

Snøhetta has revealed new images of their winning design for the new Düsseldorf Opera House. First launched in 2017, the "Opera House of the Future" competition experienced several interruptions over the years due to shifts in the planned construction site, extending the decision-making process for this significant cultural project. The new building is set to accommodate the Deutsche Oper am Rhein alongside the City of Düsseldorf's Music Library and the Clara Schumann Music School, forming a consolidated cultural venue. The proposal aims to establish a contemporary opera house that strengthens the city's cultural infrastructure and public life.

+ 5

House in the Ostuni Countryside / Tela Architettura

November 19

+ 29

Architects: Tela Architettura
Area: 150 m²
Year: 2025

DAM Launches Interactive Exhibition of 100 Years of Architectural Construction Kits in Frankfurt, Germany

November 19

The Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, Germany, has opened a new interactive exhibition, on view from October 25, 2025, to February 8, 2026, presenting 100 years of architectural construction kits. Developed in collaboration with graphic designer Claus Krieger, Professors Andreas Kretzer and Philipp Reinfeld from the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences (HFT), their students, and the wider DAM team, the exhibition brings together around 80 construction kits produced between 1890 and 1990. Many of these systems have been recreated at an enlarged scale so visitors can test their assemblies at eight central play stations. Additional digital features include VR model worlds programmed by HFT students. Dozens of completed models illustrate the range of architectural ideas represented across the kits, and the full collection is documented in an accompanying catalogue. The exhibition is accompanied by a public competition titled How Small Can Architecture Be?, which invites participants to submit miniature architectural models for display.

+ 26

From Bangkok to Florence: 6 Unbuilt Public Space Projects Rethinking Community, Ecology, and Urban Identity

Subscriber Access | November 19

Public spaces remain some of the most dynamic sites for unbuilt architectural experimentation, revealing how cities and architects can imagine accessibility, gathering, and civic identity. In this curated Unbuilt edition, submitted by the ArchDaily community, the selected proposals examine parks, pedestrian corridors, cultural landscapes, and open-access urban environments that invite people to meet, move, rest, and participate in collective life. Rather than treating public space as leftover terrain, these projects position it as essential infrastructure—shaping urban health, memory, and social interaction.

+ 30

BCP Tower / Groupe3 Architectes + Atelier Rachid Andaloussi

November 19

+ 16

Architects: Atelier Rachid Andaloussi, Groupe3 Architectes
Area: 24000 m²
Year: 2024
Manufacturers: Kuraray, Saint-Gobain, Metra Building , Schäfer

Tent House / Nha Dan Architects

November 19

+ 31

Architects: Nha Dan Architects
Area: 440 m²
Year: 2024

Silence Is Also Important: Acoustics as Cultural Infrastructure

November 19 | Sponsored Content

In 1952, American composer John Cage presented his groundbreaking piece "4'33''" for the first time. In it, the orchestra produces no intentional sound for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. What can be heard instead are breaths, movements, and subtle noises that would normally go unnoticed, but here become part of the composition itself. With this work, Cage revealed that absolute silence does not exist. There is always sound, even when unplanned.

In the same way, every architectural space has its own soundscape. Sound moves, reflects, reverberates, and dissipates according to the materials, volumes, and surfaces it encounters. Hard walls and high ceilings can amplify echoes, while fabrics and porous panels soften them. Acoustics, therefore, is not merely a technical concern but a form of materialized listening, a science that operates at the boundary between perception and emotion. For this reason, it is also complex. Each typology, whether a museum, temple, studio, or theater, has its own sonic logic, and understanding these nuances is essential to creating spaces that embrace sound, voice, and silence with equal precision.