House of Remarks / fala 171

The new structure enters the existing building on its own terms. A row of thin metal poles carries an I-beam stretching from front to back. When needed, beams are interrupted. These cuts are exposed and celebrated. The new elements are painted in bright red and blue. They occupy positions within the space that are deliberately disruptive, blocking doors, windows and passages. Because of that inconvenience the structure becomes visible. It is an active participant of the space. 

Last Days to Vote for the 2026 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards

With only two days left to vote, this is your last chance to pick your favorite projects of 2025 and help showcase the most influential architecture of the moment. There are 75 finalists to choose from in 15 different categories, with voting ending on February 18, 2026 at 18:00 EST.

How to Frame the Landscape: Design Strategies in Residential Architecture

When placing a house on its site, one of the first steps is to recognize the territory that surrounds it, identifying its potentials and tensions. In this process, we inevitably select, cut, hide, or enhance certain views, shaping the architectural experience according to the sensations we wish to foster.

Asympta / Leopold Banchini Architects

Li Le is known as one of the people who lived and buried their dead along the Anapo River.  Pantalica - a complex of over 4000 thumbs carved in the rocks a millennium BC - doesn't tell us much about the way the living found shelter. Since very few traces of commoners'  architecture have been found, we can only imagine that the valley's inhabitants used light construction techniques and local organic materials to build their homes.

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