About: is a global multimedia platform entirely dedicated to architecture. Composed of a bookazine, website, social channels, and an events program, it places community at the center of the system with the scope of creating an international network

Focus on

An extension of the magazine’s editorial vision, encompassing essays, projects, elements, companies, and critical insights, explored through a cross-scale lens on architecture and the built environment


Toward a planetary architecture
Essays
Toward a planetary architectureAlessandro Valenti and Giulia Ricci
The Collective, first issue of About:, explores militant, allocentric architecture amid today’s polycrisis—through essays, data, and projects that rethink collectivity and coexistence
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A space for integrity: the Thomas Sankara mausoleum
Projects
A space for integrity: the Thomas Sankara mausoleumGiulia Ricci
Rooted in memory and local materials, the new mausoleum for Thomas Sankara becomes a space of collective remembrance and future transformation
A house made of earth and sound
Projects
A house made of earth and soundShaikh Ayaz
Wallmakers design a poetic home in Kerala using earth, debris and local wisdom—a space for music, community and sustainable, improvisational architecture
Mapei / Sustainable building solutions
Companies
Mapei / Sustainable building solutionsMarianna Guernieri
Sustainable solutions that combine decarbonization strategies with systems for waterproofing, restoration, and masonry reinforcement
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Now

News and signals from the present. Now captures how architecture is being thought, made and discussed today, through exhibitions, interviews and stories that follow emerging practices and cultural shifts


Behind the scenes of the 2025 Architecture Biennale
People
Behind the scenes of the 2025 Architecture BiennaleTim Abrahams
In Venice, Carlo Ratti turns the Biennale into a lab for climate-aware architecture and new links between intelligences, disciplines, and places
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Side notes from the 2025 Biennale of Architecture
Events
Side notes from the 2025 Biennale of ArchitectureAlessandro Valenti
Reflections on the “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.” exhibition, and the legacy of radical architecture
In conversation with Niklas Bildstein Zaar
People
In conversation with Niklas Bildstein ZaarLaura Arrighi
We spoke with Sub co-founder Niklas Bildstein Zaar about designing Carlo Ratti’s Biennale—exploring its physical and digital layers, AI, empathy, and humanity
Venice reimagined: an architectural journey
Itineraries
Venice reimagined: an architectural journeyGiulia Ricci
Tracing the layers of Venice’s built fabric, where quiet transformations connect past and present through inventive forms, spaces, and interiors
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