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OMA Completes Hangzhou Prism Mixed-Use Development in China's Future Tech City
OMA has completed the Hangzhou Prism, a large-scale mixed-use development in Hangzhou's Future Tech City district, China, following a design and development process that began in 2016. Commissioned by Xinhu Real Estate Group and led by OMA Partner Chris van Duijn, with Michael Hadjistyllis serving as project architect, the project combines residential units, a hotel, offices, commercial spaces, and public amenities within a single building volume. Marking OMA's first completed project in Hangzhou, the development occupies a central site within one of the city's emerging innovation and business districts.
"The Century of Gehry": Frank Gehry Retrospective Opens at the Serralves Museum in Porto
From June 12 to December 20, 2026, the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal, will be hosting a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the career of Frank Gehry (1929-2025). Titled The Century of Gehry, the exhibition presents to the public original large-scale models, sculptures, drawings, furniture, and other works documenting the architect's notable, and at times controversial, postmodern architecture. The exhibit covers from early experiments to iconic buildings such as the architect's house in Santa Mónica, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The Serralves Museum occupies a building designed by the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira in 1991. The exhibition is housed in the new wing that bears his name.
Contemplative Drama: How Gaudí Shaped Light and Color at Sagrada Família
It is afternoon in the summer, and the nave of the Sagrada Família is saturated with warm colors. Shafts of amber and crimson sweep across the stone floor, shift as a cloud passes over Barcelona, then deepen again. Around you, visitors slow without quite realizing it. Some raise their phones — not to capture the architecture, but to step into the light itself, positioning themselves in a pool of orange or gold as if the colours were something you could wear.
They are, without knowing it, doing exactly what Gaudí intended: surrendering, however briefly, to the sensation of being bathed in something larger than themselves.
Ara Manor / Reincarnation
- architects: Reincarnation
- Location: Baroicha, Bangladesh
- Project Year: 2025
- Photographs: Prantography
- Area: 6800.0 ft2
House Yolk / TOUCH Architect
- architects: TOUCH Architect
- Location: Khet Bang Khae, Bangkok, Thailand
- Project Year: 2025
- Photographs: Jinnawat Borihankijanan
- Area: 340.0 m2
Yanqian Trail / VCD Lab
Parnasambhar / N. B. Architects
Viceroy Los Cabos Emerges as a Series of Floating Monoliths
Upon arriving at the newly opened Viceroy Los Cabos, one is almost unsure where the Sea of Cortez begins and the massive pool that surrounds and interlaces between most facilities ends. Designed by seasoned Mexico City architect Miguel Ángel Aragonés, the water-enclosed complex comprises a series of concrete volumes connected by a matrix of elevated walkways that bypass this sizable body of water. The spatial sequencing—from half-a-dozen restaurants, fully equipped spas and gyms, and various lobbies and lounges to private sanctuary-like guestrooms—is cinematic.
Inspired by the “poetic modernism” of Luis Barragán and Brutalist principles, Viceroy Los Cabos harnesses light, shadow, water, and silence as its primary materials. Though grand in scale, the resort unfolds as a series of more intimate spaces. One feels as though they are passing through a sequence of mazes, moving through natural light and darkness at just the right intervals. The only welcomed interruption, perhaps, are the woven, cocoon-like breakout structures set just above the pool’s surface.
In the 198 accommodations, a minimalist design scheme sets the stage for panoramic views of the sea. Some rooms appear to suspend above the pool below, framed by floor-to-ceiling glass. It is a far cry from the overtly maximalist ornamentation that defines other properties in the vicinity. That by no means leaves guests cut off from the rich cultural and natural offerings of the region. The blank-canvas approach actually helps make these features and attractions the star of the show.
The Sea of Cortez is one of the most biologically diverse marine environments in the world, and guests catching a glimpse of a whale is almost a certainty. Viceroy’s curated experiences include snorkeling, private boat journeys, desert excursions, and visits to local markets. There is also a rotating program of site-specific art installations, music performances, additional wellness activations, and special culinary experiences.
Restaurants include Cielomar, an upscale rooftop haunt serving Mexican fare. The sculptural interior of Otro Bar complements a menu of rare mezcals, while Casero is the main heart of the resort, where comfort food is served at breakfast and lunch. Near the distinctly beach-adjacent, oval-shaped pool that seems to hover over the setting is Nidito Beach + Poolside Bar, where mezcal and agua fresca flow freely.
The resort’s wellness offering is equally ritual-driven, blending ancestral healing traditions with contemporary wellness science. It incorporates a cold plunge, contrast therapy experience, hydrotherapy suite, and private treatment rooms.
Viceroy Los Cabos is defined by a more restrained, if monumental, form of luxury — an approach that lets everything else in the vicinity shine.
What: Viceroy Los Cabos
Where: Los Cabos, Mexico
How much: From $541 per night
Design draw: A Brutalist, poetic-modernist complex traversed by a single massive pool, with minimalist interiors that emphasize the surrounding natural setting.
Book It: Viceroy Lo Cabos
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Photography by Ema Peter.
Anna Dawson Presents Motion Frozen in Time
Lightning can and will strike the same place twice. Yet the bolts, an explosive expression of electricity breaking through ionized air, are always different, never forming exactly the same. The same is true for glass – the specific temperature, pressure, and formulation of form defines everything about a piece. The terroir in which the piece was made is infused within, delineating bubbles, texture, and the fine marks of making. Each slightly different, yet all adhering to the generous curvatures set forth, three lighting collections, by designer Anna Dawson – Ribbon, Dancer, and Twirl – delight in the strength and softness of glass, playing with transparency, hue, and symbolism.
Inspired by memories of ribbon dancing with her grandmother, the designer presented her lighting collection at ICFF this year, the warm glow of glass working double time against the glare of tradeshow lighting. Shielding her booth from errant rays with a protective ceiling and bathed in a rich burgundy, a distinct shift in temperature and tone creates an immersive feeling when interacting with the booth. In Twirl, shown below, the forms are grounded in the feeling of spinning in space.
Dawson’s work is infused with a biomimetic quality, organic curves meet the somewhat stoic quality of glass, continuing the conversation of the ancient art. The colors and transparency evoke a sense of calm, a warm seafoam green and deep burgundy illuminated beautifully from the inside.
The Ribbon collection features two similar forms, flat elements draped across each other, ribbons in repose. Just as impactful whether positioned up to the ceiling, for a diffused glow, or angled downward, for a more concentrated beam of light, the light olive and rich browns of the shades are completely transformed when lit, exuding a warmth and depth that glass simply couldn’t achieve alone.
Here, we explore the Dancer Collection – which comes in six colors, Sienna, Dark Amber, Cherry, Warm White, Golden Green, Artichoke, and Egyptian Blue. In Dancer Symmetrical, shown below, the form is characterized by a flowing, almost hourglass shape. This piece is illuminated both at the top and the bottom, allowing diffused light to flow outward, as well as cast a glow on to the walls above and below.
In Dancer Asymmetrical, the same principles stand, but with a twist. This river has a couple bends in the middle, the path of light reducing in size, and given a bit of a wiggle. The light is expertly balanced throughout the sconce, creating a multitude of sunset-like hues anywhere in the home.
From California but now based in Brooklyn, NY, Dawson believes that design sensitive to emotion should not be overlooked. Our innate wiring continues to be the same, century after century, and design as a whole has yet to come to terms with this reality. Fluidity and ease of movement is essential to her work, providing the platform on which to build meaning. She shares, “I’ve always felt that the design principle of form follows feeling was both an antithesis to function and services a real need. Feeling good is a function design can service!”
To learn more about lighting by Studio Anna Dawson, visit https://studioannadawson.com.
Photography courtesy of Anna Dawson.
710 House / BLOCO Arquitetos
- architects: BLOCO Arquitetos
- Location: Brasília, Brazil
- Project Year: 2026
- Photographs: Maurício Araújo
- Photographs: Paula Caruso
- Area: 180.0 m2
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