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The NHM Commons project is the Museum's new wing and a community hub, comprising approximately 75,000 square feet of new construction, renovated space, and landscaping on the west end of the Museum that faces Exposition Park and the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. NHM Commons will serve as both a destination and a gateway to the Museum and builds on NHM's unique outside-inside experience. It expands the existing main south entrance and is designed to offer an inviting, transparent "front porch" to the NHM campus, create a free welcome center, provide a new flexible theater and multipurpose space, increase exhibition spaces, and expand NHM's broad-based community programming. The Welcome Center provides orientation, ticketing, close-up views of a new sauropod dinosaur skeleton named Gnatalie, a mural by Barbara Carrasco, and views into the Park. In addition to linking the entrance plaza, new café, welcome center, and theater with the existing museum, NHM Commons enhances connect

The new campus of Chongqing Electric Power College is located in a continuous mountainous environment in Tongnan District, Chongqing. The site of the campus is undulating with drops of nearly 100 meters. The total construction area of the campus is about 370,000 square meters, which is a high-density valley-type mountainous campus. Based on the analysis and research of the landscape environment and subject development, the architect decided to implant a ribbon-shaped growth and light interference buildings into the mountainous environment to build a compact and smart valley-type high-density landscape campus with ecological adaptability. The library is the spatial core of this light interference band-shaped building complex.

Typological analysisThe design of speculative office towers is usually dictated by sets of conventions such as safety concerns and natural light. The project, a high-rise speculative office tower, is located at the Zhengdong New District in the city of Zhengzhou. After studying various precedents, we decided to accept the prototypical, rectilinear plan with centralized cores as a starting point while looking actively for improvements during the design process.

Perched gracefully on the hillside, Stella Casa is an embodiment of contemporary design, thoughtfully crafted to harmonize with its natural surroundings. The architectural layout is carefully adapted to the steep terrain, with a series of interconnected functional volumes stacked along the slope. Each volume is carefully oriented to capture the best views and create a sense of openness across the property. The design not only responds to the land's topography but also emphasizes a fluid connection between the indoor and outdoor spaces, ensuring that each section of the villa feels integrated into the landscape.

Our ambition is to create an iconic building imbued with authenticity, an architecture that evokes our heritage. The local context is highlighted to establish a strong identity while adding a distinctly contemporary touch, reflective of our time. As a nod to traditional architecture, we have used local materials such as Travertine marble-volubilis, crowned with geometric patterns inspired by Moroccan heritage, as well as perforated panels reminiscent of "moucharabiehs." The traditional motifs of these panels adorn the façades of the project, giving it an identity inspired by southern Morocco.

Inspired by the bygone era of Normandy's Romanesque architecture, Norman is Studiio Dangg's interpretation of the modern-day bar, allowing for an entrancing experience. Norman is predominated through elements that subtly, but entrancingly capture light on their mildly reflective surfaces, weaving the theme of capturing oneself as a moving element. This aligns perfectly from outdoor to indoor, from the point one experiences the façade till the time they are seated indoors.

Nestled in a dense Riga neighborhood, this 240sqm (2600 sqft) family home is a quiet manifesto of contemporary Baltic architecture — a place where wood, warmth, and wit collide. On a small, skewed 600 sqm (~7000 sqft) plot, this house was designed to fit the lives of a couple, three children, a dog, and all their passions. It's a space that understands the balance between privacy and connection, reflecting the Latvian spirit—a culture at once reserved and private, yet open and warm in its way.

The project is located in City Bell, on a 3,000 m² plot of land, the result of the union of two plots. With 40 meters of frontage and 75 meters of depth, the lot is surrounded by abundant vegetation, in a residential area of City Bell. The complex is organized in two volumes arranged around a central green patio, which acts as an articulator of the common areas and access to the units.

Overprovision can be seen as an architecture strategy through the lens of resilience—making spaces adaptable to changes, reinterpretations, and future needs. However, could overprovision also offer a productive lens for rethinking spatial design? Are there parallels in architectural theory or practice that align with this concept, as explored by notable figures in the discourse on space?

Emrys Architects has delivered a major mixed-use development in Fitzrovia, located north of Oxford Street in central London. Working on behalf of clients Berners-Allsopp Estate and Schroders, the bold design sits across two urban blocks and has created over 7,000 sqm of new futureproofed office and retail space, together with significant improvements to the public realm. The lower two floors feature flexible retail space to help activate the street, and user-oriented work accommodation is provided above.