a/d/u digest — 2 October 2026

Top 7 architecture news

Design Museum Gent / Carmody Groarke and ATAMA

The Design Museum Gent has reopened with a new wing constructed from locally made waste bricks, designed by Carmody Groarke and ATAMA, while RE-ST has restored the historic buildings as part of a broa

Mitte Oblique Garden / RAD+ar

The Mitte Oblique Garden by RAD+ar serves as a spatial intervention that reclaims the human scale amidst Jakarta's hyper-density, dismantling traditional boundaries between building, landscape, and cl

Lixue Primary School of KeWai Group / temp architects

Lixue Primary School, designed by temp architects, is part of the "Towards a New Campus, Season III — Longgang New Campus Action Plan" and is strategically located at the intersection of Banlan Boulev

Berkeley Station Housing / Brooks + Scarpa

Berkeley Station, designed by Brooks + Scarpa, is a four-story, 13-unit community providing transitional housing for youth and permanent residences for low-income families, utilising a prefabricated m

Centro Socio-Cultural Kenitra / AGA STUDIO

AGA STUDIO's Centro Socio-Cultural Kenitra is situated on a six-hectare landscaped site and aims to serve as a cultural hub for the Moroccan diaspora, promoting connection and exchange among younger g

Mixed-Use Office, Warehouse and Parking Building / KF arquitectes

KF arquitectes addresses the challenge of integrating a large-scale building into a densely populated area by prioritising a design that harmonises with the landscape rather than dominating it. The pr

Stuart Weitzman School of Design Expansion / KieranTimberlake

KieranTimberlake's expansion of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design in Philadelphia enhances a historic 1892 building, marking the institution's first major capital project in six decades. The design