Odile Decq draws from Lyon’s industrial context to project the waterfront’s new identity. From Oslo and Lisbon to Hamburg and Amsterdam, the last 20 years have seen many of Europe’s redundant urban dockyards transformed into architectural zoos, peppered with signature structures by top-tier architects, often with greater regard for novelty than for the particularities of history or place.

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi create an uplifting gateway for a corporate campus.

Can an office building, using only heat generated by occupants, their equipment, and lighting—and using only operable panels for cooling—maintain year-round indoor comfort?

Weiss/Manfredi breaks into the box, ingeniously chiseling out a variety of spaces for a new office building.

Denton Corker Marshall created a forest of columns for the Stonehenge Exhibition and Visitor Centre that respects the ancient monument it serves.

As it courts a new clientele, the Wild Turkey distillery opens a visitor center by De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop that pays homage to the landscape that gave birth to bourbon.

At the Palazzo Montemartini, a small hotel in a renovated transportation building, King Roselli Architetti provide a quiet, luxurious refuge with modern interiors.

With a bold new entrance, the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department stands out from the crowd.

In the hinterlands of northeastern Oregon, St. Anthony Hospital's new campus is a contemporary spin on a pioneer town's rich history.

Along with the adjacent Cleveland Convention Center, a health center aims to reinvigorate an aging downtown.