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Architecture often reveals itself in how it moves people, frames daily life, and settles into its surroundings, and this week’s projects reflect that quiet intelligence across scales and geographies. Hong Kong unveiled plans for a 400-metre-long groundscraper on the Central Harbourfront. Snøhetta is one of the two shortlisted teams participating in Bane NOR’s design competition. The studio proposes a transformative development on a riverside site just north of the newly renewed Drammen Station and its striking new bridge.

Amid the rush of new development along the Qiantang River, Snøhetta’s proposal for the Hangzhou Art Museum stands out by slowing the scene down. Kéré Architecture’s cultural center draws on climate-responsive design and local materials to support everyday community use, and in Iran, the Ernan Boutique Hotel by Kalbod Studio uses light, material restraint, and careful planning to create a calm architectural pause in the desert.

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“Stairway to Heaven” China’s Fuxi Mountain Emerges as a Cliffside Tourist Attraction

Central Yards Introduces Hong Kong’s First 400-Metre Multi-Functional Theatre

Snøhetta Reimagines Drammen’s Riverfront as a Civic Landscape

Vertex by NOT A HOTEL: ZHA-Designed Coastal Hotel in Okinawa

Snøhetta’s Hangzhou Art Museum That Mirrors the Qiantang Tide

MVRDV Completes the Pujiang Platform, an Earth-Covered Timber Retreat

Biblioteca dos Saberes: Kéré Architecture’s Cultural Center and Library in Rio de Janeiro

Ernan Boutique Hotel by Kalbod Studio Revives Historic Castle in Iran

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