Architecture News
Architecture news moves fast, and this category keeps you on top of it. illustrarch reports on new projects, competition results, industry shifts, and notable openings from around the world. Check back regularly for clear, concise updates on the buildings and ideas everyone in the field is talking about.
Francis Kéré Completes a Vertical Timber Kindergarten at TU Munich
Kéré Architecture has opened the Kinderoase at the Technical University of Munich, a five-story timber daycare for 60 children. Slides link the floors...
Elif Ayse Sen5 Mins read
RIBA National Awards 2026: All 32 Winners and the Stirling Shortlist
The Royal Institute of British Architects has named 32 winners of the RIBA National Awards 2026, spanning homes, culture, education and infrastructure. The...
Elif Ayse Sen7 Mins read
World Architecture Festival 2026: Explore the Shortlisted Finalists
The World Architecture Festival 2026 shortlist brings together 416 finalists from more than 630 entries across completed buildings, future projects, interiors, and landscapes,...
Elif Ayse Sen9 Mins read
The Giant LEGO World Cup Trophy: Inside the Largest Mobile Brick Build
At Rockefeller Plaza, the LEGO Group and FIFA unveiled a 27 foot LEGO World Cup Trophy made from 1,363,402 bricks. Built in eight...
Elif Ayse Sen9 Mins read
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi: Frank Gehry’s Final Cultural Landmark
Construction has started on Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi, the performing arts institution Frank Gehry designed before his death in December 2025. Here...
Elif Ayse Sen7 Mins read
Monterrey Stadium: The Best View at the 2026 World Cup
Estadio BBVA, the Steel Giant of Monterrey, frames the Cerro de la Silla mountain behind its north stand. A look at the Populous...
Elif Ayse Sen7 Mins read
A Wave in Paris: How Pharrell Williams Expanded the Louis Vuitton Runway
Pharrell Williams turned the Louis Vuitton SS27 menswear show in Paris into a coastline, building an eight metre breaking wave, cascading water and...
Elif Ayse Sen6 Mins read
Zaha Hadid Architects Opens Songshan Lake Cultural Center
Zaha Hadid Architects opened the Songshan Lake center in Dongguan a decade after the founder's death, with flaring roofs drawn from the silk...
Elif Ayse Sen8 Mins read
