Backyard Community Club / DeRoche Projects

In Accra, where public investment in recreational space is limited and green areas increasingly scarce, the Backyard Community Club proposes a new model for shared civic life: a community sports facility centered on a tennis court, demonstrating how design can deliver inclusive, sustainable, and socially transformative environments. Designed by DeRoche Projects, it is Ghana's first project using a precast rammed earth system – an innovative method pioneered by the studio that reimagines an ancestral material for contemporary, scalable use. At once a local landmark and a replicable prototype, Backyard exemplifies how design can respond to urgent questions of civic quality, environmental stewardship, and cultural identity.

How Architects Are Responding to Technology That Turns Buildings into Carbon Sinks

During the Time Space Existence exhibition, organized by the European Cultural Centre in Venice, the building-solutions company Holcim and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Alejandro Aravena, with his firm ELEMENTAL, unveiled a full-scale prototype that introduces a new approach in incremental housing solutions.

Ubani Publishes First Volume of the Guide to Tbilisi Districts, Focusing on Kala

Ubani — Tbilisi Cityscape Research Center has released "Kala," the first publication in its new Guide to Tbilisi Districts series, offering an in-depth look at one of the Georgian capital's oldest urban areas. As a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and promoting Tbilisi's architectural heritage and landscape, Ubani develops public programs, exhibitions, workshops, and events aimed at making the city's built environment more widely understood. This inaugural guidebook continues that broader mission, situating Kala within the long-term evolution of Tbilisi's urban fabric.

Oktade House / Garrido Studio

In a flat and peaceful plot in Godella, just minutes from Valencia, a residence emerges that adopts horizontality as its defining language. The project is composed through pure geometries, bold planes, and generous cantilevers that create a massive yet serene architecture, deeply attuned to the Mediterranean climate. This interplay of overlapping volumes, advancing surfaces, and shifting shadows gives the house a strong but balanced presence that integrates naturally into its surroundings.

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