Architectural design and construction firm S&K Group conceived the layout and materiality of this Melbourne home to better suit the family’s lifestyle and improve the connection to the outdoors. Director Paul Kegen shares more about his team’s approach to the renovation

Designed by Klein Dytham architecture (KDa), Tokyo’s toggle hotel suidobashi is a colour lover’s dream amid a quintessentially Tokyo cityscape

Initiated by The Bengal Institute, BI Between is a series of conversations that aims to explore the critical spaces in between architecture, landscape and city. In the fourth video in the series, the institute’s director general Kazi Khaleed Ashraf speaks with Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss of New York-based multidisciplinary firm WEISS/MANFREDI

Beijing firm MONOLITH ARCHITECTS transformed an abandoned industrial dormitory in Shangyou County into Ten Times Hotel, a light-filled accommodation that combines nature and rural vernacular architecture. The studio’s founder Lei Mao shares more about the unique project

Tasked with designing an arts and culture centre in rural Xiuwu County, architecture firm Atelier Xi instead conceived a set of seven microstructures that would better serve the local community. We speak with studio founder and principal architect Chen Xi about the first completed structure, the uniquely shaped Peach Hut

Conceived by founder and architect Daisuke Motogi, DDAA/DDAA LAB’s Artek stool hacks highlight the design and architecture firm’s belief that everything has the potential to evolve

Indonesian architect Realrich Sjarief, founder of RAW Architecture, has built himself a unique retreat on the west side of the sprawling capital city, which he’s named Guha

Initiated by The Bengal Institute, BI Between is a series of conversations that aims to explore the critical spaces in between architecture, landscape and city. In this thought-provoking video, Mumbai- and Boston-based architect Rahul Mehrotra speaks with the institute’s director general, architect, urbanist and historian Kazi Khaleed Ashraf about the impact of COVID-19 and the future of cities, especially in South Asia

Mixed-use building Piccolo House, a collaboration between boutique developer Piccolo and Wood Marsh Architecture, is a new landmark set to become part of South Melbourne’s urban fabric

In picturesque Guilin, Integral is an all-new concept that combines industry, sustainability and nature. We spoke with Guymo Wong, director and head of studio for Hong Kong-based Ronald Lu & Partners who are behind this hybrid project that marries landscape and industry

Kokaistudios recently completed adaptive reuse project Baoshan Wast-to-Energy Exhibition Center, which makes its home on the site of a former steel mill. We speak with architect Andrea Destefanis to find out more about the landmark project

Ma Yansong, founding partner of MAD Architects, has made his US debut with the launch residential development Gardenhouse in Beverly Hills, designed as a ‘hillside village’ and intended to connect humans with nature and one another

Atelier xy designed Shanghai co-working space Xingfu Park as an inspiring workspace where past and present meet, preserving the original structure of the old building and incorporating contemporary interventions

Realised by Rocco Design Architects, the iADC Design Museum forms the core of a new art town that takes over a former industrial zone

Shanghai-based Atelier tao+c transformed a 1950s factory into a multidimensional, terrazzo-clad showroom for emerging furniture brand JOLOR

Housed in a series of brick warehouses renovated by architect Tsuyoshi Tane, Hirosaki’s new Museum of Contemporary Art sensitively pays tribute to its location and history as an apple cider factory

The Auckland-headquartered firm prides itself on having a global outlook backed by a certain New Zealand flavour

Daniel Boyd and Edition Office have created a war memorial for Indigenous Australians, its inclusive design bridging individual and collective contemplation and deeper memory

As part of the 2020 Anthology Festival in Manila, some of the country’s foremost architecture and design firms conceived a series of pavilions under the programme title Follies

Connection to community and a sense of home have become more important as the world heads into uncertain times. In Tasmania, new apartment development The Commons Hobart has embraced these most basic of human needs, with every aspect of the design and programming demonstrating an aspiration to facilitate connection with each other and the surrounding environment