Top 10 architecture moments: year in review
Architecture & environment director Ellie Stathaki’s architecture stories of the year
| | Architecture stories of the year: who, what and where stood out?Happy 2025! As we look forward to a new year and all the architectural marvels it may bring, we start by taking stock of a memorable 12 months. From an undulating terracotta arts centre in South India to an off-grid community in New Mexico and Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest hits, here are architecture & environment director Ellie Stathaki’s architecture stories of the year
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| | 01. India’s Hampi Art Labs is a piece of architecture at one with its content and contextThe world-class Hampi Art Labs by Indian architect Sameep Padora mimics the contours of the nearby Tungabhadra River |
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| | 02. At the heart of Sydney Metro’s expanded Central Station lies a spectacular new public spaceThe new extension to the Sydney Metro, designed by Woods Bagot in collaboration with John McAslan + Partners, can now be accessed beneath its monumental roof structure above the city’s historic Central Station |
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| | 03. Frank Lloyd Wright architecture: from Prairie House to Guggenheim New York
Frank Lloyd Wright, hailed among the 20th century’s greatest architects, left a rich legacy that inspires to this day; here, we invite you to dive into his world |
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| | 04. The off-grid Earthship community in New Mexico is an otherworldly desert landscapeA community where architecture is ‘like entering some other country’ is captured through the lens of photographer Victoria Sambunaris |
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| | 05. This unassuming London house is a radical rethinking of the suburban homeStation Lodge by architect Andrei Saltykov in south-west London offers a radical subversion of regional residential architecture |
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| | 06. Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024: meet the practicesIn our latest annual guide to exciting, emerging practices from around the world, 20 young studios show off their projects and passion |
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| | 07. How Marcio Kogan, during a visit to the movies, ‘discovered that something else exists in the world, real poetry’Kogan was a guest editor of the October 2024 issue of Wallpaper*. In his dedicated section, we discovered how the world of cinema’s loss was architecture’s gain, when a feature film failed but a dream-space creator rose from the ashes |
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| | 08. Step inside a forgotten brutalist necropolis in Buenos AiresA new book, Chacarita Moderna: The Brutalist Necropolis of Buenos Aires, is an ode to 20th-century architecture, concrete and one of Argentina’s first female architects, Ítala Fulvia Villa
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| | 09. Changi Airport’s Terminal 2 is a relaxing traveller experience that stimulates the sensesThe new airport terminal designed by Boiffils Architecture is an organic space inspired by Singapore’s vegetation, forming a gateway into its garden city |
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| | 10. Landscape designer John Sharp explains how, when it comes to gardens, ‘manicured is never it’John Sharp’s namesake studio in Los Angeles tackles garden and landscape design with flair; we connected with him to discuss nature, style, modernist architecture, and more |
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