Houston’s Ismaili Centre is America’s most dazzling new building | Wallpaper*
When Aga Khan IV, Karim al-Husseini, died in February, he left behind a legacy that centred around faith, charity, his beloved Thoroughbred horses and a passion for architecture. He established the Aga Khan Architecture Award in 1977 to honour exemplary architecture around the world.Aga Khan IV also served… Continue reading
A year of art and film in Philadelphia
In 2026, Philly’s vibrant artists, exhibitions, and festivals are taking center stage, proving that the city’s cultural legacy is as alive and ambitious as evers Source: A year of art and film in Philadelphia… Continue reading
Designing for Endless Fire – Harvard Design Magazine
Wildfires are nothing new in Los Angeles. Nor is the overlap between fire and the cultural imagination in Southern California. Literary, artistic, and cinematic depictions of the city and its architectural landmarks in flames go back more than a century, an apocalyptic canon that includes work by the… Continue reading
‘A tapestry of stone’: the first Ismaili Centre in the US rises in the heart of Texas | Architecture | The Guardian
Architect Farshid Moussavi is behind a tranquil and timeless new building where Houston’s 40,000-strong Ismaili Muslim community can come together. But how has she created something that looks so delicate out of stone?Catherine SlessorThu 20 Nov 2025 12.46 CETShareOn a hot autumn day in southern Texas, monarch butterflies… Continue reading
B.V. Doshi’s Lasting Legacy Shapes a Poetic Pavilion at Vitra’s Campus in Germany | Architectural Digest
Memory. Contemplation. Ritual. Movement. These were among the many words that the late architect Balkrishna “B.V.” Doshi, at home during the pandemic, scribbled on a piece of paper along with a drawing of a building and landscape. The illustration responded to an invitation from Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman emeritus… Continue reading
Tour LA’s Cano House, a case study for tranquil city living | Wallpaper*
Dramatic hillside residences are a Los Angeles speciality. Richard Neutra’s Lovell House and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Sturges Residence lead the pack, along with many other classics and innumerable DIY dwellings that exploited ‘unbuildable’ sites back in the days when such land was practically given away. Young Spanish architect… Continue reading
Second edition of Sphere – Announcements – e-flux
The Houston Archive Project (with contributions from Iwan Baan, Igor Marjanović, and Clare Lyster) publishes contemporary images of the city by visual artists. It documents the diversity and dynamism of Houston, a city described as one of the most pluralistic in the United States. Source: Second edition of… Continue reading
Domaine de Beaucastel by Studio Mumbai & Studio Méditerranée in France
For this historic wine estate in southern France, Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditerranée used local earth as the main building material, combining the concept of genius loci with environmental sustainability. Source: Domaine de Beaucastel by Studio Mumbai & Studio Méditerranée in France… Continue reading
Farshid Moussavi Architecture completes the first Ismaili Center in the U.S.
Houston is a multicultural mecca, and now it is home to the first Ismaili Center in the United States and just the seventh in the world. (The other centers are in London, Vancouver, Lisbon, Dubai, Dushanbe, and Toronto.) The 5-story, 150,000-square-foot building designed by Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA)… Continue reading
How Architect Michael Murphy Is Rethinking The Value Of Design
Architect Michael Murphy is well-known as a co-founder of MASS Design Group, a non-profit architecture firm that worked to find meaningful ways to have a positive impact on the built environment. For Murphy, architecture is a tool to make the world a healthier, happier, more beautiful place.As CEO… Continue reading
Ismaili Center in Houston – Farshid Moussavi | Arquitectura Viva
Houston has inaugurated the first Ismaili Center in the United States and the seventh in the world. The complex is part of the international network of institutions promoted by Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV (1936–2025), creator of a prestigious triennial architecture award. His legacy continues under the leadership… Continue reading
Discover Rotterdam’s Fenix Museum, a tribute to migrant stories – The Washington Post
Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD Architects, says on the museum’s website that the weaving of stainless steel staircases symbolizes the twists and turns that many migrants encounter in their quest for a better life. The steps of the Tornado are shiny on the outside but steep on the… Continue reading