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A large-scale residential complex in a mountain region and UNESCO Heritage Site 250 miles southwest of Shanghai steers clear of the typical urban high-rise.

A noodle restaurant in a building by Kengo Kuma riffs on its signature dish through its architecture.

More than a mile of white neon tubing forms Forms in Space . . . by Light (in Time)—a site-specific installation in the Tate's Duveen Galleries.

A new luxury hotel presents a tranquil alternative to the all-inclusive resorts of Mexico's Baja California Sur.

A combined brewery, bar, and general store in Kamikatsu, Japan, takes recycling to new heights.

While building a 43-story skyscraper in downtown Vancouver, the Tokyo-based firm also embarked on a smaller project for its developer.

Developed for the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal, this utopian modular-housing system married urban density with the spaciousness and individuality of suburban houses.

Organizers of an arts and illustration festival collaborated with local officials to revitalize a decaying park in the Italian city of Alessandria.

A design team restores the ornamental elements of an Art Nouveau building in the Southern Italian town of Corato to their original luster.

In a dense residential area just west of Seoul, South Korea, a church’s sculptural form breaks up the surrounding cityscape of banal apartment towers.