For today’s edition, we’ve got a bundle of interesting articles, insights, and trends just for you. Let’s take a look:

• Dive into the eerie architecture of Lumon in Severance, where the building itself plays a key role in creating that unsettling, corporate dystopia.

• Biophilic design is all about bringing nature indoors, but is it truly sustainable, or just a trendy buzzword in architecture?

• What if architecture didn’t just exist in nature, but behaved like it? That’s the provocation behind BIOTOPIA: Propagative Structures.

• Parametric Design in Architecture is on the rise, and here’s everything you need to know.

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Inside Lumon: The Architecture of Division in Severance

The unique architecture of Lumon in Severance mirrors the show's eerie tone, using design to enhance the psychological and thematic exploration of control and isolation.

What is Parametric Architecture?

Ever wondered how architects create those mind-bending, futuristic designs? That’s parametric architecture at work, using algorithms to craft structures that are as dynamic as they are functional.

Biophilia in Architecture: Is it Sustainable?

While biophilia offers a promising approach to sustainable design, its true impact will depend on how effectively it is integrated into the built environment without compromising environmental balance.

15 Unmissable Pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale

Curated by Carlo Ratti, the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, titled Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective., unites 66 national pavilions.

BIOTOPIA Imagines a World Where Architecture Grows Like Nature

Presented in the main exhibition curated by Carlo Ratti, BIOTOPIA reimagines a future in which biology becomes the basis of design, and our cities are not just livable but alive.

How Rhino3D & Grasshopper Transform Architectural Design

Within the field of architectural design, Rhino3D and its visual programming plugin, Grasshopper, both have transformed the ecosystem of architectural workflow processes to a broader extent.

Top 10 Grasshopper3D Plugins for Architecture

This article mentions top 10 Grasshopper3D plugins that have been highly contributing to the sub-fields of computational design in practice

Oshinowo Studio Brings Lagos Markets to Venice with Alternative Urbanism

Oshinowo Studio's installation explores Lagos's self-organizing markets and informal economies as models of circular urbanism.

ComfyUI Installation Process (Desktop Application)

ComfyUI is a customizable, node-based tool for running generative AI models like Stable Diffusion, enabling easy creation of images, videos, and more.