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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


Alternative ways of building from the Gulf
Essays
Alternative ways of building from the GulfLéa Zeitoun
Across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, emerging practices rethink local resources, agricultural waste and traditional knowledge as building materials
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Predikheren: a library written into history
Projects
Predikheren: a library written into historyTim Abrahams
In Mechelen, Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architects transforms a monastery and its church into a library and agora, without erasing the traces of time
Caserne Exelmans: transforming without erasing
Projects
Caserne Exelmans: transforming without erasingLeonardo Lella
In Paris, Brunnquell & André and Atelier Bow-Wow turn a former barracks into social housing while preserving its character and materials
Stairs / AZ06 by BURR Studio: a hidden function
Elements
Stairs / AZ06 by BURR Studio: a hidden functionChiara Tassano
A cylindrical volume in lacquered sheet metal encloses a spiral staircase, contrasting its rigid surface with a soft, sound-absorbing interior
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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.


Joel de Mowbray: building a new supply chain
People
Joel de Mowbray: building a new supply chainDaniele Rossi
The founder of Yes Make on material-led design, Tipping Point East and building the infrastructure to make reuse an ordinary part of construction
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“Layers”: old and new in coexistence
Reviews
“Layers”: old and new in coexistenceMariana Auad Proença
In São Paulo, an exhibition traces RADDAR’s transformation of a former convent, from the study of what exists to the design of its new additions
Before form: images, contingency and design
Reviews
Before form: images, contingency and designJacopo Gresleri
In Bologna, “Hidden Forces” reframes design as an open process, where representation and desire become part of how space is conceived and made
Festival dell’Architettura di Roma: from material to the city
Events
Festival dell’Architettura di Roma: from material to the cityEditorial team About:
At the Casa dell’Architettura, three days explore contemporary design across different scales, culminating in the transformations reshaping Rome
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