Read the story here: ArchDaily The project at Vergotedok in Brussels’ canal zone is developed with restraint as its guiding principle: only what is necessary is added. The aim is to preserve the layered character of the place from historic townhouses facing the street to warehouses and small-scale industry in the courtyards. The architectural studio archipelago and Greenpeace started from the inside. They examined what the activity-based working environment should actually co

Read the story here: ArchDaily In Heilbronn, near Stuttgart, an AI campus is being developed: “Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence.” It is Dutch MVRDV that is behind this mini-city, which is intended to accelerate our knowledge of artificial intelligence and its use, both in relation to new forms of collaboration and new types of business activity (for around 5,000 employees.). The campus is conceived as an open system: researchers, students, startups and companies share

Read the story here: Byrummonitor Landscape projects are removed by the roots and turned into biodiversity areas, climate-adapted spaces or something else entirely. Landscape architect Kjeld Slot has written a wake-up call to the profession in Byrummonitor: It is “a basic condition in Danish landscape architecture that existing garden and landscape architectural works can be radically changed or removed rather than transformed, without any significant professional resistance.

Read the story here: Catalan News Barcelona has been designated UNESCO World Capital of Architecture 2026 — not only because of its iconic buildings, but especially because of the way it works with urban planning and housing development as a shared concern. There is much to learn here about social sustainability for the citizens of a major city. The city is rolling out a year-long programme with 140 exhibitions, debates and workshops, where the city itself functions as a lear

Read the full story here: IPBES Although researchers say that it does not significantly benefit biodiversity when, for example, a traffic junction is transformed into a park with wild nature for the city’s residents, insects and birds, it is still a daily joy for many. In addition, we know that planting in cities cools the city during the warm months, and that all the greenery stores CO₂. And there is even more good to say: Green areas function as sponges that absorb rainwate

Find the full story here: archdaily.com In Southern Europe, public coffers are not overflowing in the same way as they are here in the north. That means money has to be used with care. For example, the Municipality of Lisbon needed more kindergartens in different areas of the city. The municipality launched a competition through a public initiative programme, in which several architectural studios participated. The architectural studio SUMMARY has developed a standardised sol

Find the full story here: Byrummonitor.dk The architects behind the project Delehus have started an exciting and important debate about the use of our many detached houses, villas, farmhouses and commercial buildings. Louise Heebøll is behind the research project. She suggests that we can meet housing needs and use existing houses much more efficiently. It is conceived as a municipal initiative, where, for example, existing detached houses are converted into shared houses. Th

Find the full story here: HomEarth Energy: 80% energy savings compared to conventional energy Danish Energymachines has delivered a near-zero-energy system that combines heat pumps with geothermal energy storage, solar panels — and intelligent energy management and storage. Materials: Long-lasting and reusable From timber to slate; all materials are Nordic Swan Ecolabelled. Prefab timber modules produced in Jutland have shortened the construction process, which also has a pos

Find the full story here: Mipimawards2026 As more cities direct traffic out of the centre, they are left with countless empty car parks. With a MIPIM Award on the façade, this new trend is gaining the attention of the global construction industry. The French developer Galia and the architectural studio PCA STREAM received the award for Best Mixed-Use Project with the project Fondation. A nine-storey 1960s car park, with a narrow façade and an elongated building volume, has be

Find the full story here: dublinactivetraveldashboard It is not boring to look at how Dublin City has encouraged more people to walk or take the bike instead of driving by car on their way to work, to study or to the fishmonger. And hold on to the edge of the table: Dublin City Council has a goal that 95% of the city’s citizens should be able to find their way to an “Active Travel” route within 5 minutes, meaning a route where they can walk or cycle safely. What is new is tha

Find the full story here: Gillespies.co.uk A single project is likely to resonate through the management corridors of many companies. Google is going all-in on the green agenda as it develops the workplace of the future, Google Campus, where 7.000 employees will work. The London office will be Google’s largest workplace outside the United States. A 300-metre-long roof garden is intended to boost interdisciplinary collaboration and move the well-being barometer in a positive d

Link to the full story: ArchDaily Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings is the first building complex constructed with an iron frame, dating back to 1797. Now, the key had been found to resisting fire. It marked the beginning of iron structures such as the Empire State Building and other skyscrapers. The buildings were first a flax mill, producing flax for the cotton industry, then a maltings, and during the Second World War temporarily a military barracks. Now the buildings have unde