Image 5 of 23 from gallery of lyf One-North Co-Living Development / WOHA. Photograph by Patrick Bingham Hall

2020 has surely brought about a change in our priorities. Where Instagram was earlier filled with people jet-setting across the globe to exotic, unseen locations and inspiring wanderlust for everyone else, our mindless focus on self and not caring enough about the natural resources that quietly supported us led to this COVID-19 pandemic. The question that

Five storeys up, on an existing floorplate, the design for a welcoming place for Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders from Australia, Aotearoa and the Pacific tackles the challenge of connecting with Country in a dense urban environment.

Architecture firm BIG has won a competition to design a village-like student centre for the John Hopkins research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

The project is aimed to design a social hub for promoting circular economy practices: workshops for repairing the things, flea market platform, temporal and permanent stores for sustainable businesses. The platform for social connection and community gathering. #Urbandesigncompetition #Conceptarchitecturecompetition

Kokaistudios combine retail, co-working space, a cafe, and an event venue, into an expansive and visually expressive multi-storey hub. #Shanghai #design #interiors #retailspaces #Xintiandi