Le Carrier Cabin / Le Festival des Cabanes
05 December 2025
The monolith, born from the limestone quarry and detached from its slope after mining ceased, slowly opened up over time. With a gap carved out, hikers rush in.
Urban Retreat / Atelier Réalité
05 December 2025
The intervention aimed to transform a former office into a small urban retreat in Lisbon, reconfiguring the space to accommodate multiple uses — a room for yoga, meditation, and alternative therapies, and a kitchen prepared for cooking classes and showcooking sessions.
ArchDaily Curator’s Picks 2025: A Look Back at 12 Key Project Reviews
05 December 2025
For the past couple of years, the project curators at ArchDaily have been revisiting architectural works they believe deserve a deeper look. Through an Instagram post called "Project Review", the curators describe what they consider to be the work's main attribute(s). Delving into the project's stories and the elements that make them truly inspiring, they underline what might otherwise be overlooked initiatives and study them closely, with attention to locality and context. The result is an array of diverse works, often from rural or suburban areas that have a public function or historic significance.
Rami Library / Han Tümertekin Design & Consultancy
05 December 2025
The Rami Library Project focuses on the adaptive reuse of the historic Rami Barracks, transforming the 19th-century military structure into a contemporary public library through a design strategy centred on clarity, spatial continuity, and minimal intervention. Built between 1826–1828 for the Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye and attributed to Seyyid Abdülhalim Efendi, the large single-storey complex—organized around a monumental courtyard—offered a strong architectural foundation for its new function.