Modern Homes

The concrete-framed “industrial relic” of the former Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen, China, has been transformed into a cultural centre by architecture firm Urbanus. Located in the Luohu district of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the 11,600-square-metre site contains a series of…

Architects Petre Tej and Marek Blank collaborated with engineer Jan Mourek to create this minimalist bridge across the River Vltava in Prague, which is intended to resemble marble. Spanning 300 metres, the concrete bridge for pedestrians and cyclists connects the…

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritises low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco. Called The Science and Environmental Center, the structure is an expansion of the campus for the Nueva…

Ridge Residence by Hsu McCullough is an architect’s own home. Conceived as an experimental, pavilion-style form in Los Angeles’s Sherman Oaks neighbourhood and designed by owners and architects Peggy Hsu and Chris McCullough, the experimental, Japanese-inspired house embraces its topography…

Brazilian practice Studio KUNZ has created a compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Completed in 2022 in the municipality of David Canabarro, Casa Trapézios – or the Trapezium House – is…

Italian architect Renzo Piano has been selected to design an expansive arts and culture centre for Boca Raton, Florida. To be located in downtown Boca Raton, The Center for Arts and Innovation (The Center) will serve as a community space…

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features news that the Architectural Workers United had filed charges against architecture studio Snøhetta. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now Architecture Snøhetta, which has offices in New York and San Francisco, is…

Jonathan Tuckey Design has renovated a former farmstead in northern Italy, restoring and extending a cluster of 19th-century stone buildings to create Cascina, a new home and studio. Stepping down a hillside in Italy’s North Piemonte Region the project, named…

An undulating skin of concrete weaves around the exterior of Ribbon House, a home in India designed by architecture practice Studio Ardete. Studio Ardete was commissioned to create a home in Punjab with an ambitious form that nods to its…

A circular volume formed of concrete steps and planting wraps up and around The Pomelo Amphawa Cafe, completed by Bangkok studio Looklen Architects in Thailand. Set in a lychee garden overlooking the Mekong River, the north-facing cafe is contained within…

Dutch studio Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed Villa K340, a house in The Hague formed of interlocking blocks finished with contrasting timber and plaster. Francois Verhoeven Architects designed the villa in the residential district of Vroondaal, which sits close to…

Exposed concrete and perforated copper screens define this apartment block overlooking a valley in Victoria, Australia, which was designed by local architecture studio Edition Office. Located on a wooded site above the Yara or Birrarung River the project, called Fenwick…

Architecture studio ElasticoFarm has created a house on stilts around a suspended void nestled in the trees of a private park in Cambiano, a town to the southeast of Turin in northern Italy. Created as an independent new building alongside…