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New places and design from the magazines we read, in taggg’s words. Updated 6 October.

Design & architecture

55 stories about buildings, homes, design and exhibitions, newest first.

TijuanaNewest · Tijuana · Completed projectA sports park planned as public space firstIn Tijuana, Border Arquitectos links pitches, courts and paths into one shared civic landscape.designboom · 6 October
San RafaelA San Rafael synagogue shaped by light and hillsIn Marin County, a new synagogue lifts its sanctuary to the treetops and organises daily life around a courtyard.Dezeen · 6 OctoberZagrebTwo Zagreb homes argue for building more carefullyNjirić+ arhitekti’s latest houses take aim at blunt redevelopment, one in the suburbs and one above an older home.Wallpaper* · 6 OctoberBilbaoBilbao’s fine arts museum now has a gallery in the airA new bridge-like extension links the museum’s buildings while reopening its original 1940s entrance.Dezeen · 6 OctoberLondonA west London rebuild organised around one stairFieldwork reshaped a run-down building into a casting studio below and a light-filled apartment above.Dezeen · 6 OctoberCopenhagen & Paris & Helsinki & MacduffEurope’s art deco pools, restored for another centuryFrom Copenhagen to Aberdeenshire, a handful of public pools show how carefully restored bathing architecture can feel current again.The Spaces · 6 OctoberRonchampRonchamp, seen again through light and landscapeA new photo essay returns to Le Corbusier’s chapel in eastern France, freshly restored and still changing with every step.designboom · 6 OctoberCavalloSavin Couëlle’s Corsican villa disappears into the rocksA rare chance to look around an organic 1970s house on Cavallo, shaped by granite, sea views and strict coastal rules.Wallpaper* · 6 OctoberGironaA pavilion made to weather back into the forestIn Les Gavarres, Atelier DARN has built a temporary land art pavilion from wood and biodegradable printed modules.designboom · 5 OctoberSão PauloA new Itaú Cultural tower for Paulista AvenueEstúdio Módulo’s competition-winning design imagines a glass-wrapped cultural headquarters opening in São Paulo in 2031.Dezeen · 5 OctoberDallasA Dallas Victorian rebuilt inside another houseA collapsing 1903 brick home in the Cedars was taken apart and reassembled within a new protective shell.Architectural Digest · 5 OctoberNghệ AnA concrete house with gardens at every turnIn Nghệ An, HGAA shapes a family home around a courtyard, terraces and a rooftop vegetable garden.Dezeen · 5 OctoberLondon & Vienna & HilversumLondon’s old gasholders keep finding new livesA new Bethnal Green scheme joins a small European set of Victorian gasworks turned into homes, parks and public spaces.The Spaces · 5 OctoberShigaA Shiga house split in two for lake viewsA compact home above a lakeside town uses a glazed link and carefully framed openings to stretch space beyond its footprint.designboom · 5 OctoberMibuA Mibu house with a garden on its roofTato Architects sinks the living room into the ground and lets the garden continue across a planted roof.designboom · 4 OctoberEindhovenEindhoven’s new history museum is built as a material testMuseum Vonk pairs regional history with reclaimed timber, hempcrete and a green roof you can walk onto.Dezeen · 4 OctoberBelgiumA Belgian house made from the idea of cardsVantieghem Talebi turns a familiar pitched-roof form into a sharply resolved timber family home in Belgium.Wallpaper* · 4 OctoberWeil am RheinGeoffrey Bawa’s Sri Lanka at VitraA new Vitra exhibition reads Geoffrey Bawa’s buildings as a way of seeing post-independence Sri Lanka.designboom · 4 OctoberA desert architecture book for cooler daysJessica Ritz’s new book traces how homes across the American deserts respond to heat, scarcity and wide-open land.Wallpaper* · 4 OctoberTen brutalist buildings to know across AsiaA new Blue Crow Media book traces brutalism across 28 Asian countries through 140 buildings and a sharp ten-project selection.Dezeen · 3 OctoberAthensAn Athens studio that still feels like an apartmentLocal Local has turned a Kolonaki flat into a workspace with careful repairs, custom furniture and very little fuss.designboom · 3 OctoberNaraA field shelter made for stopping in NaraStudio Armitage’s small timber pavilion gives Nara’s allotment growers shade, seating and shared water without shutting out the fields.Dezeen · 3 OctoberLondonA West Ealing extension that opens up the whole ground floorA modest rear addition replaces a dim lean-to with light, storage and a clearer route through the house.Wallpaper* · 3 OctoberLondonA West End office built around the hearthSODA reworks a 1920s shell on Great Titchfield Street into a calm workplace with a kitchen at its centre.Wallpaper* · 3 OctoberYakamiA low timber house shaped by snow and mountain viewsIn rural Shimane, Enter-Archi has split a family home into three volumes under one carefully angled roof.Dezeen · 2 OctoberParisCharlotte Perriand still lives in this Paris tower flatA 1960 apartment in Albert Tower preserves built-in interiors attributed to Charlotte Perriand and shows postwar modernism at domestic scale.designboom · 2 OctoberLunanoA timber tower listens to Lunano’s hillsCollectif MAGMA’s temporary structure reworks Marche’s stone towers with pine frames and wind-moved shingles.designboom · 2 OctoberLechA mirrored pause above LechSnøhetta turns a cable car station roof into a reflective lookout in the Austrian Alps.Dezeen · 2 OctoberChathamA retirement house shaped by oak leaves in ChathamIn rural Columbia County, Desai Chia has made a low, metal-clad home that studies shade, canopy and long views.Dezeen · 2 OctoberParisLoewe turns a runway into a room for watchingAt Château de Vincennes, Casper Mueller Kneer Architects reworked the catwalk as a circular arena of scaffold and sheer fabric.designboom · 2 October