ArchDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In this roundup, ArchDaily consolidates this year's transformative updates in cities worldwide, organized into thematic clusters that capture the evolving nature of urban design and policy in 2024.

Innovation 338

Innovation Cities Sustainability Renovation 338

Deezen

APRIL 11, 2025

Situated in Dry Creek Valley, the site features a dense forest of Douglas fir, madrone and oak trees. Glazed walls offer immersive views of the natural setting. The post Swatt + Partners tucks Moss Rock home office into woodsy site in California appeared first on Dezeen. The project, called Moss Rock, sits on a nine-acre (3.6-hectare)

Site 119

Site Home Glass Contemporary 119

Deezen

APRIL 16, 2025

London studio Satish Jassal Architects has completed a net-zero social housing complex on a disused site in the London Borough of Haringey. Inside, the homes have dual or triple-aspect interiors designed to optimise natural light and ventilation, with each space complete with views of a nearby park.

Site 122

Site Housing Architect Sustainability 122

ArchDaily

MARCH 31, 2025

Designed to create a space at the Venice Biennale for the biennial exhibitions of these countries, Fehn's proposal addressed several key architectural challengesranging from its integration with the site and incorporation of pre-existing elements to the handling of physical boundaries and uniform natural lighting.

Government 299

Government Exterior Concept Site 299

Deezen

MARCH 24, 2025

A sunken concrete form designed to "embrace the irregular topography" of its sloping site defines Oeiras House, completed by Portuguese architecture studio OODA near Lisbon. The existing slope to the west, which posed a challenge by restricting natural light, became a key driver of the U-shaped design," it added.

Site 120

Site Home Nature Housing 120

Archinect

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to approve the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History - La Brea Tar Pits Master Plan. The tar pits site will also be overhauled to establish th. The Weiss/Manfredi and Gruen Associates scheme consists of a 13-acre campus located near LACMA inside Hancock Park.

Renovation 262

Renovation Site Construction Construction 262

Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The latest project by Polish firm Mobius Architekci is a contemporary farmhouse-style home , designed to have a harmonious relationship with its natural surroundings. It is situated on a large plot of land, appearing to naturally emerge from the landscape. Looking from the street, the structure seems to disappear into the landscape.

Nature 292

Nature IT Modern Landscape 292

Archinect

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Image credit: LGM Studio Image credit: LGM Studio The design of the scheme was driven by a desire to integrate the home seamlessly with its natural surroundings. Each tree on the site was preserved, “elevating these natural elements as central figures within the architectural narrative,” according to the team.

Home 230

Home Site Environment Nature 230

Archinect

JANUARY 21, 2025

Surrounded by meandering shorelines, the site boasts exceptional lakefront resources. The project leverages its natural advantages to maximize lake views while ensuring residential privacy, creating an ideal ecosystem where nature and architecture harmoniously blend.

Landscape 242

Landscape Architecture Residential Concept 242

Archinect

JANUARY 27, 2025

To these LEED Platinum-certified buildings are added a 360,000-square-foot wellness/fitness center, an on-site childcare facility, an amphitheater, a food hall, a welcome center, and a 200,000-square-foot auditorium and conference space. Multiple street-level retail opportunities are included in the design as well.

Landscape 290

Landscape Site Materials Nature 290

Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2025

Design studio Inxects has developed a wearable that translates environmental stress signals into physical sensations to let users feel humanity's impact on nature. This experience revealed a larger issue: the gap between humans and nature.

Site 116

Site Architect Technology Technology 116

ArchDaily

JANUARY 13, 2025

After overcoming significant planning obstacles, the site, designed by Kristine Jensen Tegnestue and Poul Ingemann , was created to accommodate burials and funeral ceremonies, with options for coffins, urns, ash groves, and a commemorative forest.

Landscape 264

Landscape Nature Site Housing 264

Architizer

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Clay Pot Bio-Acoustic Plant Wall emphasizes a blend of natural aesthetics and acoustic performance. The design seamlessly integrates natural visual elements with high-performance acoustic design, which absorbs and reflects sound. How does it balance visual appeal with technical innovation?

Nature 120

Nature Building Architect Manufacturing 120

ArchDaily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Notable examples include Gehl , SOM , and Bionic's ambitious redevelopment of San Francisco's India Basin waterfront, which reimagines urban living in harmony with nature, and VOID Studios' collaboration on Kenya's Masai Mara Conservation Centre, a project deeply rooted in ecological and cultural sensitivity.

Innovation 246

Innovation Architecture Residential Environment 246

Archinect

MARCH 7, 2025

The firm was selected for a recent transformation of Sarasota’s Marie Selby Botanical Gardens locally, along with an impressive body of other projects defined by a "collaborative approach, deeply respecting the site, cultural context, and programmatic possibilities" since 1976. OLIN follows Toshiko Mori and Lord Norman Fost.

Firms 252

Firms Inspiration Site Nature 252

Archinect

JANUARY 8, 2025

A new project from the Vienna-based Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA) in China combining net-zero design and a shifted zeitgeist that favors nature’s re-introduction into the built environment of cities has debuted in China's largest metropolis.

Space 189

Space Roofing Windows Industrial 189

Archinect

JANUARY 16, 2025

The north wall of the building is skewed to create a space that connects to an adjacent vacant site. On the internal side of the wall, the heights and depth of each floor change throughout the building, while openings in the structure allow natural light and ventilation through th.

Home 211

Home Exterior Site Structure 211

Archinect

MARCH 28, 2025

Australian architecture studio Edition Office designed a home that displays a striking contrast to its natural surroundings, while also maintaining a deep immersion in them. The home is positioned on the slope of its hillside site.

Housing 173

Housing Clients Client Home 173

Archinect

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Simple, rational building forms are oriented to gather natural light. The dramatic natural features of the property provide beautiful outdoor classrooms ideal for experiential learning programs. The site’s rock-lined canyon is treated with reverence, with the school set back from its edge so as to not dominate it.

Architect 130

Architect Site Environment Roofing 130

Archinect

APRIL 16, 2025

has gotten our attention for its highly selective materials palette and unique response to site challenges that would imperil similar designs. A BLDUS -designed residential project in Washington, D.C.

Sustainability 162

Sustainability Housing Exterior Finishes 162

ArchDaily

JANUARY 14, 2025

Tree House / 6a Architects Josefina Viaa The preservation of the environment and the harmonious integration of the built and natural elements are fundamental principles in contemporary architecture. Read more

Home 362

Home Technique Design Technology 362

Archinect

OCTOBER 25, 2024

What are going to be the two tallest structures in the neighborhood (at 32 and 26 stories apiece) will be joined by a new two-story conference center located on the site’s northern side adjacent to the new Wilshire Building. That joins another 8-acre botanical garden included as part of the plan’s 10-acre open space design.

Landscape 147

Landscape Site Nature Structure 147

Archinect

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A design from Gensler for the Egyptian Al-Ahly Football Club has won quite a few online supporters thanks to a unique site response and focal point as a potential future venue for the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Gensler’s Tayomara Gama says their aim is to "create a new landmark venue" for the game globally.

Design 195

Design Firms Site Nature 195

Archinect

MARCH 5, 2025

A new guesthouse design on Tasmania ’s Bruny Island that balances site context, art, and material is worth noting for its transposition of landscape and cubist formalism. Room11 director Thomas Bailey says, "It is a place where the cut of contemporary architectural thinking is starkly rendered against a raw natural context."

Installation 173

Installation Contemporary Design Firms 173

Archinect

JANUARY 10, 2025

The studio relates their vision of the house, which is raised on 10 supporting columns, as an "apparatus of the steaming hot spring, touching lightly upon the natural slope."

Transportation 173

Transportation Site Nature Housing 173

Architizer

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It is most widely known as land-sculpting and is an increasingly alluring practice, since it creates environments that blend harmoniously with nature while maximizing space and avoiding urban sprawl. Part of the site was also converted into an agricultural landscape through the use of specific hydraulic systems and vegetation.

Architect 120

Architect Restoration Landscape Inspiration 120

Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This project is designed in one of the mountainous forested areas of Sareyn, with the primary goal of harmonizing architecture with the natural landscape without compromising the region's unique vistas. Access to the spaces is provided via an extensive staircase, which is considered an extension of the site itself.

Residential 130

Residential Landscape Site Roofing 130

Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Delugan Meissl has transformed a disused steelworks in China Before it was remodelled into the Expo Park in 2010, the inner-city site was occupied by a coal-fired power plant and steelworks. As part of the overhaul, Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA) was required to retain an industrial factory on the site.

Remodeling 128

Remodeling Industrial Roofing Site 128

ArchDaily

APRIL 9, 2024

However, due to the slow-changing nature of the construction industry, a radical shift involving large-scale 3D-printing machines on-site and a complete overhaul of the construction process seems unlikely shortly. In off-site 3D-printed construction, there is no need to transport massive 3D-printing machines on-site.

Home 350

Home Transportation Manufacturing Technology 350

Archinect

MARCH 5, 2025

The site is situated to the south of the village, with views of the mountains to the north. The design establishes a dialogue between architecture, the local community, and the natural environment, using this interaction as the foundation for a critical examination the architectural form.

Architect 130

Architect Foundation Environment Nature 130

Archinect

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Dongmingshan Senyu Hotel is located in a natural forest within the Dongmingshan Forest Park, with a dense cover of metasequoia and moso bamboo. Faced with such a site, the designers insisted on maintaining the ecology with minimum intervention, and suggested making a "minimally invasive surgery" to the forest.

Design 130

Design Site Nature Housing 130

Archinect

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Wilkinson King Architects has completed Field House, a low-energy new-build family home on an agricultural site in West Sussex. Made from natural materials, stone, and timber, the two-storey property encapsulates the architect's expertise in sustainable, contemporary design that pushes the boundaries of material engineering.

Housing 130

Housing Architect Clients Client 130

Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

Steeplechase is a 2,573-square foot (239-square metre) house that is nestled on a wooded 65-acre site in the Appalachian foothills near Hillsborough, North Carolina. The studio replaced an existing structure on site bud The team replaced an old house with a new, contemporary design while leaving 98 per cent of the natural site untouched.

Housing 130

Housing Zoning Structural Engineering Glass 130

Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Urko Snchez Architects has added a series of classrooms to a school in Nairobi "The main concept was to create a village for children hidden in the forest, fostering a strong connection with nature," the studio told Dezeen. Classrooms were dispersed in forest clearings to preserve native trees and avoid disruption."

Materials 132

Materials Architect Roofing Site 132

Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

Located in the city's Wenjiang district, the Lujiatan Wetland Park Commercial Service Center also features a double-helix observation tower that overlooks the surrounding natural landscape. The design is intended to blend into the surrounding landscape while celebrating the local nature and culture.

Architect 132

Architect Commercial Roofing Urban Development 132

ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A site of 10,000 m2 surrounded by long-lived pines, abundant nature, and a flowing river that crosses through the middle of it. The project consists.

Housing 300

Housing Site Nature Project 300

Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Earthquakes are among the most unpredictable and devastating natural phenomena, testing the resilience of the built environment and the ingenuity of architects and engineers. As urban populations grow and climate change exacerbates natural disasters, the need for buildings that prioritize safety and durability has never been more urgent.

Safety 129

Safety Zoning Innovation Architecture 129