Buildings and residents testament to the rich seams of history and identity of Kiruna in Sweden are ousted in favour of the profit-laden iron ore seams lurking beneath architecture urban planning Link 2 votes
How Reykjavik's sheet-metal homes beat the Icelandic winter – they may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than a century architecture Article 13 votes
Why we don't like our underground house architecture Article 18 296 words, published Jun 26 2020 11 votes
Spectacular new step-bridge floats over Norwegian waterfall Vøringsfossen – the project, designed by architect Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, has been over a decade in the making architecture Article 483 words 10 votes
Transparent public toilets unveiled in Tokyo parks — but they also offer privacy architecture Article 404 words 8 votes
The Tokyo Toilet - Public toilets in seventeen locations in Shibuya will be given unique redesigns by renowned designers and architects architecture Link 11 votes
Denmark’s 300-year-old homes of the future – thatched with a seaweed that has the potential to be a contemporary building material architecture Article 1554 words 6 votes
Amid protests, Norway's government has begun tearing down a landmark building adorned with giant murals by Pablo Picasso architecture Article 435 words 5 votes
Coronagrifting: A phenomenon of cheap mockups of COVID-related design "solutions" architecture Article 2070 words 7 votes
What life indoors looks like in Tokyo’s cramped homes architecture Article 1087 words, published Apr 9 2020 8 votes
Five Picasso murals in Oslo are at the center of a major controversy – the murals are scheduled to be moved in the name of preservation architecture Article 674 words 5 votes
Open Platform and JAJA Architects construct Denmark's first wooden parking house, enabling Denmark reach its goal to become climate neutral in 2050 architecture Article 444 words 4 votes
Henning Larsen has revealed plans for The Arctic University Museum of Norway, which will evoke a cascade of glass beacons on the coast of Tromsø architecture Article 796 words 4 votes
How to build your own starter house in just five steps — for $25,000 architecture Article 862 words, published Aug 31 2016 6 votes
CF Møller Architects have revealed photos of the Kajstaden Tall Timber Building, which has recently completed in the city of Västerås and is Sweden's tallest timber building architecture Article 491 words 6 votes
Life imitates Hollywood: The rise of "movie-set urbanism" urban planning architecture Article 273 words, published Feb 6 2020 7 votes
In Paris, the rebuilding of Notre Dame is being shaped by history, myth, and Emmanuel Macron architecture Article 2075 words 10 votes
Castle in the clouds: Celebrating the eclectic, DIY designs of Ukraine's status symbol balconies architecture Link 6 votes
How Berlin's Mietskaserne tenements became coveted urban housing urban planning architecture Article 7 votes
Who said an Antarctic research base had to be ugly? Gradually, designers are rethinking how to build for the world’s harshest environment architecture Article 1038 words, published Jan 6 2020 9 votes
Copenhagen-based firm Henning Larsen Architects has proposed a low-rise neighborhood south of central Copenhagen using all-timber construction architecture Article 332 words 4 votes
A writer’s prefab retreat sits lightly upon the land in Joshua Tree architecture Article 578 words 5 votes
Passivhaus detailing and design: A complete guide for architects architecture Article 1310 words 4 votes
How Helsinki built book heaven – Finland's most ambitious library is a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement architecture urban planning Article 7 votes
Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates – coastal erosion from North Sea winds threatened to topple it into the sea architecture Article 402 words 9 votes
Stairs to nowhere are everywhere these days. Where are they taking us? architecture urban planning Article 1282 words 7 votes
Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth – The Oslo Architecture Triennale celebrates ideas over new products architecture Article 870 words 8 votes
Løvtag cabin is built around a tree – part of a new treehouse hotel on the Als Odde peninsula in Denmark architecture Link 5 votes
The Dance House Helsinki – Finnish practice JKMM's newest project is set to become Finland's first venue dedicated primarily to dance and the performing arts architecture Article 306 words 4 votes
"I like to think of bricks as brushstrokes or pixels" An interview with Will Quam, a brick enthusiast in Chicago architecture Article 315 words 5 votes
Helsinki's new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the IFLA architecture Article 437 words 6 votes
A Welsh town will install anti-sex toilets that could spray users with water architecture.hostile Article 12 votes