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A New Model of Workplace Culture Contract Workplaces — Mexico City, 2026   Arely Medina Q Photo Reception area, Chubb México headquarters    Chubb México: A New Model of Workplace CultureChubb is one of the largest insurance companies in the world. Driven by ongoing growth and an evolving business, the company decided to open a new services unit in Mexico City dedicated primarily to in-person claims assistance. To bring the project to life, Chubb entrusted Contract Workplaces with the turnkey design and construction of its new headquarters. Arely Medina Q Photo A curved oak reception wall and living moss installation greet visitors and employees alike.   With this new office, Chubb s... More

Smith by Valli is a limited collection of one-, two-, and three-bedroom residences. Architecturally, the building follows the logic of the street — similar in scale and material register to what surrounds it, without mimicking or competing. Inside, Lisa Buxton's interiors move in a deliberately different direction: people living in a place like Smith Street are already immersed in stimulation, so the apartments needed to offer the opposite, somewhere to arrive and settle.That tension between the vitality of the street and the quietness within became the organising idea for CUUB Studio's visuals. The focus was on how the spaces are lived in: morning light moving across a bedroom, evening light settling into the living space, a kitchen... More

In Sabadell, the project is located in the historic centre, on a double-width plot between party walls that shapes both the spatial organisation and the relationship between the different areas of the home. Based on a detailed study of the brief and the family's daily routines, the proposal seeks to create spacious, flexible and connected spaces, capable of adapting to different ways of living throughout the day and across the seasons. The home is organised vertically, clearly separating the day and night areas while incorporating strategies of spatial continuity that encourage visual and functional relationships between the levels. The day area extends over two floors, creating a versatile intermediate space between the garage and the rea... More

Original space was a dreary attic apartment, with little light, small windows, and low ceilings. The roof was poorly insulated and had leaks. There was a terrace on one side and a porch on the other, both barely connected to the interior of the home. The roof was rebuilt, preserving the original single-slope geometry but incorporating thermal insulation over the wooden beams and resolving the water leakage issues. During construction, when the suspended ceilings were removed, wood-boring termit damage was discovered, so it was decided to replace the beams as well. Judith Casas Sayos Judith Casas Sayos To improve the connection between the interior and exterior spaces, openings were enlarged, creating a sense of greater spaciousn... More

To mark the 20th anniversary of the SAP Arena in Mannheim, SCOPE Architekten realized a comprehensive make-over of the SAP hospitality suite. Within just a few weeks, the 140-square-meter space inside the multifunctional arena was transformed into a spatial expression of SAP’s evolution – from a data-driven enterprise to a cloud-based company. The result is a brand environment that makes this shift tangible and invites employees, clients, and guests into a new, sensorially technological atmosphere. Philip Kottlorz Philip Kottlorz Philip Kottlorz Philip Kottlorz From Tech to Heart: When the Cloud Takes ShapeThe design follows a clear narrative: from data to cloud to next future. Visitors first encounter graph... More

In Fengyi Village, Haiyan, romance is neither an overt spectacle nor an imposed aesthetic gesture. Instead, it emerges at the threshold where geological memory meets cultivated topography. Perched on a prominent ridge, the site is defined by two contrasting landscapes: rolling tea terraces sweeping across gentle slopes, and a sheer quarry cliff left by decades of stone extraction, which now overlooks an ecologically restored lake. Rather than mimicking vernacular forms or asserting dominance over the terrain, REAL Architects introduced two distinct geometric volumes to recalibrate the dialogue between ground, memory, and everyday life. XIRU IMAGERY XIRU IMAGERY The Lighthouse: Consolidating Function into a Visual Anchor The whit... More

Empty-nesters purchased a 1960s ranch, imagining its transformation into an innovative, light-filled, and efficient modern home where they would retire.  They sought a simpler lifestyle, where they could inhabit a single floor, entertain informally, and experience the wooded and rocky landscape from within the home. In addition to an open, bright, comfortable home with warm, beautifully crafted materials, they also wanted their rebuild to be environmentally sensitive, reusing the original foundation to the extent possible, and incorporating sustainable best practices.  Michael Moran/OTTO Michael Moran/OTTO Michael Moran/OTTO Michael Moran/OTTO Michael Moran/OTTO We worked closely with the couple to devel... More

The project concerns the transformation of a former industrial space into an apartment, that can potentially host temporary art exhibitions. The renovation took place in a postwar office building, a dominant typology in the centre of Athens, that posed several challenges. Characteristic of this typology is the insufficiency of domestic infrastructure, like plumbing/sewage installations (toilets located externally per floor), and adaptation limitations for heating/cooling systems. These restraints, in combination with the mixed-used program, informed the design methodology to a large extent.  The main feature of the composition is the creation of a strict limit that divides the plan in two distinct parts. The first part refers to the p... More

Studio Vural, a Brooklyn-based architecture firm, completes a Manhattan loft renovation, giving the 1500 sf space a third life.Built in 1920, the building was originally a herring canning factory back when the far West Village was an industrial port. The large wall of windows and 12 ft ceilings remained, but the open spaces had been converted into Co-op apartments in the late 80’s by architect Cy Winthrop (who lived out his remaining years in this very unit!) Cy’s labor of love completely obscured the original structure with smoky mirrored walls, laminate everything and a small koi pond in a corner of the living room. Enter Studio Vural, tasked with creating an open “party” space with 3 flexible “bedrooms&rdqu... More

This social housing block aims to consolidate a city corner while providing a high-quality living experience for its residents.  The building mediates the intersection between a newly designed avenue and a street of low-rise buildings, reinforcing the transition between them through a composition of two volumes connected by a curvilinear geometry. The ensemble, with a neutral appearance, blends into its surroundings while revealing the uniqueness of its interior: open and fluid communal spaces that organically connect to a tree-lined garden. Around this central green space, the 22 dwellings are arranged, accessed through open-air walkways.  José Hevia José Hevia José Hevia José Hevia... More

Quang Dam SON – Bếp Nhà Đãi Khách is a Vietnamese dining space in Ho Chi Minh City built around a simple idea: the atmosphere of a Vietnamese home can be translated into architecture, not through literal imagery, but through the way spaces are organised, connected, and inhabited. Quang Dam The project takes the familiar domestic sequence of the veranda, kitchen, living and dining room, and formal sitting room, and reinterprets it across the third and fourth floors of an existing urban building. Rather than treating these references as decorative motifs, the design uses them as a spatial structure for hospitality: a restaurant that feels less like a venue and more like a house prepared to receive guests.... More

Found Founded is a design studio working across different scales and disciplines, from product design to furniture, spatial design, graphics and digital experiences. Its new headquarters provides a place from which the studio can continue to work and make in its own way, while establishing a new centre for what lies ahead. The building was conceived as an environment in which Found Founded’s people, work and the things they create can naturally accumulate over time. Joel Moritz Joel Moritz Joel Moritz Joel Moritz Joel Moritz The site lies within a low-rise residential neighbourhood in Seogyo-dong, one layer removed from its busy commercial streets. Multi-family houses and older homes sit alongside external st... More