The Architectural Review

The Architectural Review is a global magazine dedicated to architecture, released monthly. It has been in circulation in London since 1896. The magazine features articles that explore the built environment, including landscape architecture, building and interior design, urban planning, and the theories behind these areas.

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Track changes: Transa repair centre in Zürich, Switzerland, by Baubüro In Situ, Zirkular and Denkstatt sàrl

1 week ago | architectural-review.com | Kristina Rapacki

The Swiss Federal Railways’ repair works in Zürich are being lightly transformed for new commercial usesWorkers at the Swiss Federal Railways’ (SBB) central repair works in Zürich used to climb the roof of its halls and practise handstands. It was as good a place as any to do gymnastics: out in the open air, with a view to the Käferberg rising across from a tangle of railway tracks and the river Limmat.
Regional circles: Magasin Électrique by Assemble and BC Architects & Studies in Arles, France

1 week ago | architectural-review.com | Manon Mollard

Atelier Luma’s new home in Arles hints at the level of investment required to rethink what buildings should be made ofEvery autumn, the fields are strewn with rice straw after the harvest. Farmers in the Camargue would traditionally assemble the dry stalks into windrows and set them on fire. This ancestral technique known as écobuage or ‘controlled burn’ is forbidden in France, but the Camargue benefited from a derogation.
Competition results: Winners named in contest to rethink UNESCO heritage sites

1 week ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has named the winners of its ideas contest calling on young architects to rethink UNESCO World Heritage Sites within urban contextsThe overall winner was ‘W[oa]ndering Medina’ submitted by Amath Luca Diatta, Greta Allegretti, Letizia Allegretti, Pietro Brunazzi, Elena Paccagnella and Stefano Tremolada from Italy.
Competition: Baghdad Central Station

1 week ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

An open international ideas contest is being held to rethink Baghdad’s underused main railway station (Deadline: 1 October)Open to architects, students, engineers, planners and designers – the single-stage competition seeks proposals to upgrade and revitalize the landmark 1953 complex which was designed by Scottish architect JM Wilson and originally provided a range of domestic and international services but now only operates one overnight train to Basra.
Competition: Palace Hotel, Ostrava

1 week ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

An open international contest is being held to retrofit and upgrade the former Palace Hotel in Ostrava, Czechia (Deadline: 6 June)The two-stage competition – organised by the Centre for Central European Architecture (CCEA MOBA) on behalf of the developer ANTRACIT – will select a design team to upgrade the historic complex located on a prominent site in the centre of Czechia’s third largest settlement.
Competition: WinDesign wind turbines

2 weeks ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

An internation contest – featuring a €445,000 prize fund – is inviting architects, designers and engineers to create a ‘new look’ for wind turbines (Deadline: 16 June) The two-stage ‘WinDesign’ competition – organised by Italian energy company Enel – seeks concepts for new wind farms which combine ‘functionality, aesthetics, innovation and sustainability.’ The call for concepts aims to identify a range of solutions to reduce the environmental impact of new wind turbines and to promote...
Competition: Mircea cel Bătrân Square, Tulcea

2 weeks ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

The Romanian Order of Architects has announced an open international contest to upgrade Mircea cel Bătrân Square in Tulcea (Deadline: 2 June)The single-stage contest – organised on behalf of the Tulcea Municipality – invites proposals to revitalise the town centre public space which occupies a prominent site closely connected to the Saint George Branch of the River Danube.
Outside the box: Waldorf school campus in Nairobi, Kenya, by Urko Sánchez Architects

3 weeks ago | architectural-review.com | Kristina Rapacki

Recycled and reused construction materials turn Urko Sánchez Architects’ Waldorf campus in Nairobi into a teaching aidWhen designers at Urko Sánchez Architects received a commission to design a campus in Nairobi’s leafy Karen neighbourhood, the brief from the client, the Nairobi Waldorf School Trust, was direct and concise: design a school deep in the woods without harming the trees, while preserving the old, British colonial‑style structures that would house some classes and other amenities.
Salvage for Ukraine: wartime economies of reuse

3 weeks ago | architectural-review.com | Kristina Rapacki

Cross‑border collaboration to supply recycled building materials to Ukraine counters the exploitative forces of the global marketIn March 2025, around a hundred people gathered in a courtyard in Kalush, in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine, to initiate the conversion of the dilapidated building in front of them into a dormitory for displaced people.
Competition: RaumScape, Prague

3 weeks ago | architectural-review.com | Merlin Fulcher

An open international architecture contest is being held for a new £5.1 million (150 million CZK) public plaza in central Prague (Deadline: 2 June)The two-stage competition – organised by the Centre for Central European Architecture (CCEA MOBA) on behalf of Prague 1 Municipal District – seeks ‘visionary’ and ‘innovative’ proposals to revamp a large public space outside the Fairmont Golden Prague Hotel in the city’s Old Town area.