José Alfonso Quiñones’s artful restoration of an abandoned art deco building in central Mexico City transformed a former public bathhouse into a smart 12-unit walk-up built around a central courtyard. While the architect preserved many of the building’s original details, such as the Moorish-patterned azulejo floors, he also added a contemporary layer. Most notably, Quiñones […]

Nestled into its urban context, this Notting Hill home by Gianni Botsford is the winner in Architecture: Single-Family Houses.

Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the beautiful and sustainable Neeson Cripps Academy in Phnom Penh is the winner in the Social Good category of the 2019 AZ Awards.

When designing the Eystur Town Hall – a civic centre in the 2,100-person municipality of Eysturkommuna, in the Faroe Islands – Ósbjørn Jacobsen, of the Danish firm Henning Larsen’s local office, had two influences in mind. First, there was the Republic of Venice, where the bridges drew large numbers of people and consequently became hubs […]

In terms of green cred, Denmark’s UP – the “circular kitchen” designed for Reform by Lendager Group, a leader in sustainable solutions – is, well, up there. A series of solid natural-wood cabinetry fronts and countertops, Lendager’s design is made of upcycled Douglas fir offcuts from Dinesen (the 120-year-old manufacturer of high-end hardwood flooring), which […]

For this West End condo project, Vancouver-based Revery Architecture (formerly Bing Thom Architects) designed a slender yet curvaceous tower boasting a 17-storey glass curtain wall. Completed in 2018, the building has a fluid shape with curved ends and wraparound cantilevered balconies. Layered skins help combat any excessive direct sunlight. The structure’s outermost covering is a […]

Zaha Hadid Architects' curvaceous low-rise on the High Line wins in Architecture: Multi-Unit Residential Buildings.

Taking home the Environmental Leadership award, this Australian park provides clean water and gorgeous public space.

Masa café and bakery in Bogotá, by the Colombian–American practice Studio Cadena, proves – once and for all – that you don’t need opulent materials to build something spectacular. The bakery’s most distinctive feature is its textured concrete shell, which gives way to massive triangular windows as pointy as sharks’ teeth. This accent is every […]

While there are lots of sweet details in this 157-square-metre, second-floor hard-loft conversion in a former confectionery building in Toronto’s West End, the most remarkable are the barrel-vaulted corridors. Illuminated by strips of warm LED lighting, these otherworldly portals leading to and from the main space buffer the loft’s open-concept living area from outside noise. […]