Poetic architecture

Image 1 of 12 from gallery of “Daylight Reveals the Nuances and Sensibility in Our Everyday Spaces”: International Velux Award Winner Louise Grønlund. Poetic Daylight / Louise Grønlund. Image © Laura Stamer / Courtesy of VELUX

atelier deshaus has built taoyiqiu memorial, a place in xiaqiao community that pays homage to a remarkable figure from a bygone era.

Image 16 of 22 from gallery of Light as a Design Statement: Inspiring Ways to Manage Natural Lighting. Courtesy of Mendaro Corsini Arquitectos

An austere material palette of concrete and grey marble helped Kaan Architecten create a series of calming spaces inside this crematorium in Belgium.

A terracotta-coloured earth wall bounding the edge of a research complex in Pune, India, vanishes into a hillside. Designed by Malik Architecture, the research centre for pharmaceutical company Lupin also features an open amphitheatre, water fountains and an auditorium inside an aluminium cube. The complex surrounds a central courtyard, while a connecting block for administration

After architectural visualisers received a bad rap from Aaron Betsky and Es Devlin, Troy Hodgson defends his profession and explains why renderings don't always exactly match the finished buildings they portray

Shortlisted project for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Serge Najjar sublime Beyrouth en offrant une vision de la ville à travers ses bâtiments en ruine, en construction, délabrés et solitaires. Son esthétique e