What's one place in your city that would feel completely different if you could walk it? Six unbuilt proposals from the ArchDaily community, spanning Korea, Canada, Finland, Greece, Libya and the US, use rooftops, winding paths and covered walkways to design for a pedestrian pace. Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/DyHFi…

Amid the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art (MALBA), the institution confirmed the museum's expansion beneath Plaza Perú, which will double its exhibition space. The architects selected for the project are New York- and Mexico City-based Taller Frida Escobedo, who presented the project at the anniversary gala. Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/Gro_g…

Floating Sauna by DinellJohansson #Sweden 🇸🇪 #photography: Victor Johansson archdaily.visitlink.me/Uam_J…

Would you choose a spiral ramp over the stairs? Instead of hiding circulation behind stair cores and elevators, these six projects turn spiral ramps into accessible, sculptural paths that link levels, frame views, and sometimes become the building itself. Follow the link to read more about this topic:archdaily.visitlink.me/kVVws…

This week began with the United Nations' commemoration of the International Day of Peace, an invitation to ask what conditions are needed to cultivate nonviolence, social stability, and respect for human dignity. Follow the link to read more about this topic:archdaily.visitlink.me/ZWa2b…

Cayucos Ridge Barn by Clayton Korte #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 #photography: Casey Dunn, Ray Castro archdaily.visitlink.me/xAIAz…

We can easily picture climate collapse or a tech-saved future, but rarely the slow, collective work of retrofits and maintenance that the real transition depends on. What would it take to make the decades in between as compelling as the futures we imagine? Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/FoxcD…

On September 16, 2026, Google announced the redevelopment of Chicago's Thompson Center as a space for work, culture, and community. The James R. Thompson Center is a postmodern architectural landmark designed by Helmut Jahn and completed in 1985. Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/kdd5a…

Ellen Browning Building by Hacker Architects #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 #photography: Jeremy Bittermann archdaily.com/1034319/ellen-…

In Kinshasa, Khartoum, and Kampala, colonial rule was built straight into the street grids, land systems, and drainage , still shaping who floods and who gets displaced today. If a city's infrastructure can inherit violence, what would it actually take to redesign it out? Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/EjH5B…

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens its doors to the public today, September 22, 2026. The museum's sculptural, curved silhouette was designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, with landscape architecture by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA and Stantec serving as executive architect. Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/jtEm9…

Haikou Workers’ Activity Center (Workers’ Cultural Palace) by CADG #China 🇨🇳 #photography: Schran Image, Ji Li archdaily.visitlink.me/PGT6I…

From floating cities in the Maldives and Busan to a proposed settlement on the Moon, architecture is being reimagined for places with no ground, grid, or existing infrastructure to rely on , turning energy, water, and mobility into part of the design itself. When the systems we take for granted disappear, what should architects prioritize first? Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/PMMtG…

Paris USMT Bizot Sports Centre by THINK TANK architecture #France 🇫🇷 #photography: Cecile Septet, MDLG archdaily.visitlink.me/V3Bey…

What if architecture could create an entirely different reality, even if only temporarily? Drawing on Foucault’s idea of heterotopia, these installations transform familiar places into spaces with their own rules, atmospheres, and ways of being. Can temporary architecture offer a glimpse of worlds that permanent buildings cannot? Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/6XbCP…

Mecanoo's Lawson Centre for Sustainability is the first new building for Trinity College since 1979. One of the most anticipated projects of 2026, it was designed to be one of Canada's most advanced sustainability-driven academic and residential buildings. Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/74W_m…

Librairie Avant-Garde Huize Baiwu Bookstore by Jiakun Architects #China 🇨🇳 #photography: Arch-Exist, Ce Wang, Jiakun Architects archdaily.visitlink.me/FG3_3…

Sustainability requirements vary across borders, shaping what architects are legally expected to deliver, but compliance is only one measure of environmental responsibility. When the law sets the minimum, where should an architect’s responsibility begin and end? Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/Ov9ZT…

A team composed of ZHA, A&O TEC, Prior + Partners, Homa, Buro Happold, Systematica, and Fichtner recently unveiled its concept proposal for the "Next Generation City Plan" for Benghazi, Libya. The project aims to bring together the historic port city's identity-defining features with the planning technologies required to guide its development toward 2050, in a context of rapid urbanization. Follow the link to read more about this topic: archdaily.visitlink.me/SRKii…

Gelareh House by ZAV Architects #Iran 🇮🇷 #photography: Parham Taghioff, Persia Photography Center archdaily.visitlink.me/xp0_R…