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Architecture is never just about buildings. Today’s stories ask bigger questions about cities, society, politics, careers, and the forces shaping how and where we build.

🔴 In the Czech Republic, Chybík + Krištof completes Jihlava Municipal Arena, wrapping the city-center venue in a striking red aluminum façade.

🌊 Denmark just grew by 300,000 square meters, using seabed material excavated for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel to create new coastal land near Rødbyhavn.

🏙️ Can architecture really solve social problems? We examine Bjarke Ingels’ optimistic approach to design, and where architecture’s ability to influence society reaches its limits.

🎨 From Venice and Milan to Copenhagen and London, we round up 15 European art and design events every designer should know.

🏛️ In Washington, architecture and politics collide as changes under the Trump administration raise questions about monumentality, civic identity, and how political decisions leave lasting marks on a capital city.

🌍 In Libya, a ZHA-led team maps Benghazi’s path to 2050, combining a long-term spatial strategy with a Digital Planning Hub designed to guide the city’s future growth.

💰 We also examine the global income paradox of architects: why a profession demanding years of education, technical expertise, and responsibility often struggles to financially reward its practitioners.

🇺🇿 And in Tashkent, ten modernist landmarks join the UNESCO World Heritage List, recognizing an architectural legacy shaped by modernism, Central Asian culture, climate, and craft.

🎓 Over at PAACADEMY, upcoming workshops explore circular fabrication, AI-powered design, computational workflows, deployable structures, tensile systems, and new approaches to architecture and technology.

Eight stories, eight very different ways of looking at where architecture stands today. Keep scrolling. 👇

Bjarke Ingels: Can Architecture Solve Social Problems?

A Red Hedgehog in the City Center: Chybík + Krištof’s Jihlava Municipal Arena

Denmark Grows by 300,000 Square Meters: New Land from the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel

This Weekend! AI-Powered Interior Design in Architecture 3.0

This Friday! Richard Hassell - Rethinking Architecture (Free Event)

GPT-Astra in Architecture: Agentic AI Modeling with Astra, Fable, Rhino and Revit (New)

When Architecture Becomes a Political Signature: Trump’s Changing Washington

15 European Art and Design Events Every Designer Should Know

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Mapping Benghazi’s Future: How a ZHA-Led Vision and Digital Hub Aim to Guide the Libyan City to 2050

The Global Income Paradox of Architects

Tashkent’s Modernist Architecture Joins UNESCO World Heritage List

Eco-Parametric Architecture

Tensegrity and Tensile Membranes in Kangaroo

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