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Architects: Olgga Architects
- Area: 4348 m²
- Year: 2025
63 Housing Units for the Bastide-Niel Urban Development / Olgga Architects
https://www.archdaily.com/1039312/63-housing-units-for-the-bastide-niel-urban-development-olgga-architectsHadir Al Koshta
Kumamoto Exhibition Explores Shoei Yoh’s Pioneering Timber Structures and Computational Design
The Contemporary Art Museum of Kumamoto and the Shoei Yoh Archive at Kyushu University are honoring the late Japanese architect Shoei Yoh with an exhibition on view at the museum through March 9. The architect, who passed away on January 8, 2026, was born in Kumamoto in 1940 and, throughout his career, worked across product design, interiors, and architecture. He is recognized as a pioneer of contemporary timber construction and for his early contributions to computational design. The exhibition revisits his projects in Kumamoto through drawings and models from the Shoei Yoh Archive at Kyushu University.
https://www.archdaily.com/1039339/kumamoto-exhibition-explores-shoei-yohs-pioneering-timber-structures-and-computational-designAntonia Piñeiro
Rural Transportation Hubs: Infrastructure Design, Access, and Regional Mobility
The future of transportation hubs in the United States will not be defined by iconic metropolitan airport terminals and expansive central train stations. Rural communities contain the majority of the nation's road miles, carry nearly half of all truck vehicle miles traveled, and originate two-thirds of rail freight. These realities position rural transportation hubs as vital regional access points and distribution centers that shape national mobility outside models of urban extensions.
Rural transportation hubs in the United States are essential civic and logistical anchors whose success cannot be measured against urban metrics. Instead of replicating transport hubs of dense urban typologies, designers are developing architectural models that reflect rural realities: dispersed populations, freight-dominant infrastructure, modest multimodality, safety challenges, and social access needs. In many rural regions, a modest airport terminal sustains economic viability, a rail transfer facility connects resource-based industries to national markets, and a regional bus depot provides access to employment, education, and essential services.
https://www.archdaily.com/1039225/rural-transportation-hubs-infrastructure-design-access-and-regional-mobilityOlivia Poston
Blu Pizzeria / Kidz Studio
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Architects: Kidz Studio
- Area: 338 m²
- Year: 2025
https://www.archdaily.com/1039084/blu-pizzeria-kidz-studioHadir Al Koshta
A Light Addition / Office MI—JI
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Architects: Office MI-JI
- Area: 166 m²
- Year: 2024
https://www.archdaily.com/1038685/embargo-a-light-addition-office-mi-jiPilar Caballero
BuildFest Introduces “Acts of Construction,” a Three-Year Exploration of Timber Installations
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The Bethel Woods Art and Architecture Festival announces BuildFest: Acts of Construction, a three-year initiative that activates the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock festival through large-scale timber installations and multimedia experiences. Each year is organized around a single theme, inviting designers to collaborate on an interdisciplinary series of "acts" that build on one another to create an interconnected set of installations, activations, and performances. Act One: Staging is currently accepting proposals for adaptive art infrastructure designed to "set the stage" for future activations. It will be followed by Act Two: Choreography in 2027 and Act Three: Performance in 2028.
https://www.archdaily.com/1039087/buildfest-introduces-acts-of-construction-a-three-year-exploration-of-timber-installationsRene Submissions
Kingdee Cloud Tower / HENN Architekten
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Architects: HENN Architekten
- Area: 98800 m²
- Year: 2025
https://www.archdaily.com/1039016/kingdee-cloud-tower-henn-architektenHadir Al Koshta
Unscripted Pavilion / Abin Design Studio
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Architects: Abin Design Studio
- Area: 72 m²
- Year: 2026
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Professionals: Soma Kazi, Mantu Karmakar and Team, Light Krafts, Karani Enterprises, STir
https://www.archdaily.com/1039250/unscripted-pavilion-abin-design-studioPilar Caballero
Sunset Shelter / Bon Studio
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Architects: Bon Studio
- Area: 335 m²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Cedro rojo
https://www.archdaily.com/1039171/sunset-shelter-bon-studioValentina Díaz
Dala Restaurant / Znamy się
https://www.archdaily.com/1039096/dala-restaurant-znamy-sieHadir Al Koshta
Hillside Residence / Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects
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Architects: Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects
- Area: 2400 ft²
- Year: 2025
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Manufacturers: Kebony, Heath Tile, Sierra Pacific Windows, Taylor Metal
https://www.archdaily.com/1039286/hillside-residence-prentiss-plus-balance-plus-wickline-architectsSusanna Moreira
The Technosphere: ArchDaily’s March Editorial Focus
How heavy is a house? In his 1965 essay A Home Is Not a House, Reyner Banham observed that modern American dwellings were becoming structurally lighter while growing heavier in mechanical services, such as plumbing, wiring, heating, and cooling. The true weight of architecture, he argued, was no longer in walls and roofs, but in the energy-intensive systems that sustained comfort.
Decades later, the question was updated at the 7th Lisbon Architecture Triennale. Curators Ann-Sofi Rönnskog and John Palmesino asked: How heavy is a city? The scale shifted from the domestic interior to the territory. The technosphere, materialized in the estimated 30 trillion tons of human-made matter on Earth, reframes the discussion entirely. Cities, data centers, oil fields, logistics hubs, satellites, cables, and waste streams form a planetary system in which architecture is neither object nor backdrop, but participant.
https://www.archdaily.com/1039242/the-technosphere-archdailys-march-editorial-focusRomullo Baratto
Error 404: Architectural Memory in the Age of Algorithms
Before the digital turn, architecture's memory was largely tangible. It lived in the weight of drawings, the patina of models, and the thickness of books. To preserve architecture meant to preserve its traces, the documents, sketches, and photographs through which buildings could be remembered long after their material form had changed or disappeared. The modern architectural archive, as it developed in the 20th century, was both a refuge and a device of legitimacy. Institutions such as the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Casa da Arquitectura, or the Deutsches Architekturmuseum were built upon the conviction that to preserve architecture was to preserve its documents.
However, these archives didn't merely store knowledge. They determined what counted as architecture, who belonged to its canon, and how history would be told. To archive is to edit the past — to decide what enters, what is omitted, and how it will be interpreted. The archive, as theorised by Michel Foucault and later by Jacques Derrida, is never neutral; it is an instrument of power, a space that selects and excludes. In architecture, these dynamics are especially evident as they record the visible while silencing what falls outside their categories. The act of collecting has always been, implicitly, an act of judgment.
https://www.archdaily.com/1038820/error-404-architectural-memory-in-the-age-of-algorithmsDiogo Borges Ferreira
Fragrance of Earth House / Neelesh Chopda Architecture LLP
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Architects: Neelesh Chopda Architecture LLP
- Area: 1800 ft²
- Year: 2026
https://www.archdaily.com/1039143/fragrance-of-earth-house-neelesh-chopda-architecture-llpMiwa Negoro
Hariri Pontarini Architects and Snøhetta to Design New Ontario Science Centre in Toronto
Hariri Pontarini Architects and Snøhetta have been selected to design the new Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. Announced in February 2026, the 400,000-square-foot facility will anchor the site's ongoing transformation through a 220,000-square-foot building defined by a series of scalloped, modular volumes. A central component of the proposal is the physical integration of the existing Pods and the historic Cinesphere via elevated connections and a continuous public promenade. Construction is expected to begin in Spring 2026, with completion anticipated in 2029 as part of a broader waterfront redevelopment strategy.
https://www.archdaily.com/1039304/hariri-pontarini-architects-and-snohetta-to-design-new-ontario-science-centre-in-torontoReyyan Dogan
Middle School Cafeteria in Gonesse / MARS Architectes
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Architects: MARS Architectes
- Area: 1646 m²
- Year: 2025
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Manufacturers: Kalzip, Metsa Woods, CLAREO LIGHTING, DPC, Dora Metal, +4
https://www.archdaily.com/1038933/middle-school-cafeteria-in-gonesseHadir Al Koshta
MVRDV, Heatherwick Studio, and Mecanoo Among Five Shortlisted Teams for Shift Sustainability Landmark in Rotterdam
Shift, a company offering digital programs to reduce carbon emissions through individual behavior change, has announced the five finalist teams advancing to Stage Two of its international architecture competition. Launched in January 2025, the Shift International Architecture Competition called for proposals to design "the Shift Landmark": a 25,000 to 30,000 m² building in Waterkant, a new waterfront district in southern Rotterdam. The project includes a hotel, a conference and meeting center, and a sustainable food court. Its objective is to set a new standard for a purpose-driven destination that turns circular living into "something individuals, companies, and organisations can feel, experience, and act on." The five shortlisted design concepts reflect different visions of sustainability and climate action, developed by teams led by the European offices of MVRDV (Netherlands), Heatherwick Studio (United Kingdom), Office for Political Innovation (Spain), Mecanoo (Netherlands), and Ecosistema Urbano (Spain).
https://www.archdaily.com/1039284/mvrdv-heatherwick-studio-mecanoo-ecosistema-urbano-and-office-for-political-innovation-shortlisted-for-shift-sustainability-landmark-in-rotterdamAntonia Piñeiro
Drawn by Hand: Géométral's Site-Specific Architecture
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Founded in 2022 by Clément Masurier and based in Paris, France, Géométral is an architectural practice defined by design strategies that are linked to the landscape, which it treats as a primary determinant of form. The studio, one of the winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards, approaches each project as a small universe that combines program, atmosphere, and spatial narratives. Rather than a single signature style, they focus on crafting moods and situations tailored to each context and user.
In its early stages, the studio lacked a built portfolio and responded by developing "fictional architectures" situated on real topographies. This exercise was not merely an aesthetic pursuit but a methodological anchor, as it allowed the firm to establish a rigorous process of site analysis and typological testing before receiving physical commissions. By treating imaginary projects with the same technical scrutiny as real ones, the studio developed a library of formal responses to environmental constraints that now dictate their built work.
https://www.archdaily.com/1038214/drawn-by-hand-geometrals-site-specific-architectureMoises Carrasco