Across cities worldwide, architecture unfolds continuously at the scale of people and community—not only through new buildings, renovations, or monumental works. "Third spaces" are especially revealing. Consider the street-side culinary realm: how seating, serving, and lingering occupy the edge of the street often discloses a city's cultural codes and spatial habits. What forms of dining […]
INTRODUCTION – Villa A is a private residence located in the rocky mountains of Lebanon's winter town, Faraya. Integrated with its topography, the building's modernist influences are apparent in clean horizontal lines and classical proportions that ebb and flow with the surroundings. A restrained palette of materials, paired with an obsessive attention to detail, defines […]
Spanning multiple geographies and scales, this week's architecture news reflects ongoing discussions around long-term planning, institutional frameworks, and the public role of architecture. National-scale urban initiatives and large civic developments point to how planning and infrastructure are being used to reorganize cities and territorial systems, while parallel attention to stadiums, cultural facilities, and mixed-use projects […]