Articles by Sabrina Syed

Making of Architecture (MOA) unveils a new mixed-use project for an art village in Tunisia.

Are the concrete buildings we build actually a sign of architectural progress? Defunct housing projects abandoned shopping malls, and short-sighted urban projects are more often than not doomed to a lifetime of emptiness after they have served their purpose. Their concrete remains and transforms into a lingering reminder of what was once a symbol of modern ambition. Stadiums and their legacies, in particular, come under high scrutiny of how their giant structures get used after the games are over, with few Olympic stadiums making successful transitions into everyday life. With a new approach to sustainability, the Shell Mycelium pavilion is part of a manifesto towards a more critical take on building. Say the designers on their position: “We criticize these unconscious political choices, with living buildings, that arise from nature and return to nature, as though they never existed.”

HUNI Architectes have won a competition to design the Da Nang City Center Square in Vietnam, with the proposed design based off a lotus-lake.

Spanish architecture studio PRÁCTICA takes us through the design behind their competition proposal for the Punta Arenas International Antarctic Center in Chile.

The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) has announced its finalists for the 2017 Harleston Parker Medal. Check out the gallery outlining each project nominated.

Four teams have been shortlisted as finalists in the Cambridge To Oxford Connection: Ideas Competition, which will select a winner this fall.

From the first moment you enter architectural education, tutors tell you repeatedly and often passionately that the learning never stops; this is how it is going to be from now on. Student platforms are an example of our efforts to share our discoveries, many emerging out of the tension between academia and independent learning. From the post-digital advocate KoozA/rch to university publications like The Bartlett’s Lobby, AA files, or Yale School of Architecture’s Perspecta, research and media platforms represent the creative consciousness of our generation today. Volume64 is a recent newcomer born out of this tension, and behind it is a team myself and my colleagues have founded and run. Through ArchDaily, we’re sharing a little bit of our story so far.

Designed by PUP Architects, London’s first Antepavillion explores alternative ways to live in the city. Details outline the construction, supported by images and drawings.

Margot Krasojević has designed a new experimental structure: a revolving sail bridge that can relocate itself along a river. 

Yona Friedman’s “People’s Architecture” Installations use Hula Hoops to create spaces