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.
CF Møller Turns a Former Psychiatric Hospital in Denmark into the Mind Museum
In Middelfart on Funen, CF Møller has turned an 1888 psychiatric hospital building into the Mind Museum while keeping its original character and...
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Design Museum Gent Reopens with a Carmody Groarke Extension Built from Waste-Based Bricks
Design Museum Gent reopens on 3 October 2026 with a 2,200 sqm timber-framed wing by Carmody Groarke, Atama and Re-st, clad in waste-based...
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A Record El Niño Threatens More Than 10,000 Adobe Heritage Sites on Peru’s Coast
With a possibly record-breaking El Niño under way, Peru's coastal adobe heritage faces heavy rain and floods, and experts warn that preparation came...
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Es Devlin: Other Worlds Opens at London’s Design Museum with a 2,000-Book Kinetic Library
Es Devlin: Other Worlds, the multidisciplinary artist and designer's first European retrospective, runs at London's Design Museum from 2 October 2026 to 4...
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Aspendos Excavation Uncovers 6,000-Year-Old Settlement Traces Near Antalya
Digs beneath Aspendos shop floors turned up Chalcolithic pottery and tools, pushing the site's known history back roughly 6,000 years.
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Vitra Museum Stages First Major Geoffrey Bawa Retrospective in Decades
Vitra Design Museum opens the first major Geoffrey Bawa retrospective in 20 years, ahead of a 2027 run at M+ Hong Kong.
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Neom Stadium, the Elevated 2034 World Cup Venue, Reportedly Shelved by Saudi Arabia
Two sources told Reuters that Saudi Arabia has put the 46,000 seat Neom Stadium on hold indefinitely. Officials have not confirmed it, and...
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Groupwork Completes 10-Storey Loadbearing Granite Flats in London
Groupwork's Petra Heights on Finchley Road is a 10-storey block of 22 flats whose structure is carried entirely by loadbearing Norwegian granite.
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