Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño’s provocative projects, ranging from a whimsical garden folly to radically energy-efficient apartments, utilize design as a tool for activism.
Top 10 Projects of 2024: Eero Saarinen's striking 1959 chancery—one of three buildings in Europe by the architect—now houses offices, a multifunction event space, cafe, and restaurants thanks to Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem.
Through the creation of the Norman Foster Institute on Sustainable Cities, overseen by his Madrid-based foundation, the starchitect aims to train “the civic leaders of the future” to face the challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world.
Fragmenting the concrete structure into a pile of cantilevered boxes, the architects textured its surface with evocations of dials, nautical charts, and sedimentary rocks.