Jacareí, Brazil · Residential
Rouxinol House
Sergio Sampaio Archi + Tectônica
Suspended above a forested hillside, this timber residence offers sweeping views over the Jaguari reservoir while leaving the natural landscape largely untouched.
ArchiWorld Selection
Jacareí, Brazil · Residential
Sergio Sampaio Archi + Tectônica
Suspended above a forested hillside, this timber residence offers sweeping views over the Jaguari reservoir while leaving the natural landscape largely untouched.
Wiry, Poland · Interiors
SpaceLab
A residential interior that explores a softer side of minimalism, where restrained design and a welcoming atmosphere go hand in hand.
Madrid, Spain · Education
Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza
A simple concrete volume becomes a remarkable space for reading and reflection, where carefully controlled daylight shapes the experience of the building.
On 20 November 2026, leading architects, industry experts and international coating specialists will gather at the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost for the QUALICOAT Congress 2026.
Founded in 1986, QUALICOAT celebrates its 40th anniversary, marking four decades of commitment to quality, innovation and durability in architectural aluminium coatings.
Today, QUALICOAT’s international certification network extends across five continents, bringing together coating specialists, manufacturers and industry associations dedicated to the highest standards.
The Congress will explore the future of architectural façades, sustainable surface treatments, technological innovation and the growing importance of certified coating quality in contemporary architecture.
A building is truly accessible when everyone can navigate it safely and independently. For architects, accessibility is therefore an essential part of good design.
In schools, hospitals, museums and other public buildings, particular attention must be given to the needs of people with visual impairments.
Several practical solutions can improve accessibility. Tactile warning studs alert users to potential hazards, while tactile guiding strips help with orientation. Anti-slip profiles improve safety on stairs, while Braille and tactile signage make essential information accessible.
The Flemish accessibility expertise centre Inter also emphasizes the importance of considering accessibility from the earliest design stages.
For architects, the challenge is to integrate these solutions from the outset, ensuring that safety, independent mobility and architectural quality go hand in hand.
Discover Viakan’s accessibility solutions →
This is not a lack of innovation. It is a lack of curation. The large architecture product platforms are no better, some list hundreds of thousands of products, which helps no one either. And for architects, uncurated information has almost no value. Visiting a trade fair, or scrolling an endless online catalogue, without any advice does not save time, it costs it.
This is exactly the gap ArchiWorld exists to close, not only through innovation products and systems, but through innovation projects and editorial as well.
Architects do not need to see everything. They need to see what is relevant to them, chosen by someone who understands both the material and the way they actually work.
This is precisely the gap ArchiWorld was built to close. Starting in October, archiworld.com will introduce a new section built on that principle: the Innovation Lighthouse. Not a database, not a catalogue, but a single clear signal in the noise. A small, carefully chosen selection of genuine innovations that actually deserve an architect’s attention, presented with the same editorial care ArchiWorld has always brought to architecture itself.
Less, chosen well, is worth more than everything, shown without judgment.
Last Call for Planet Earth brings together fourteen internationally renowned architects in a series of personal and thought-provoking conversations about architecture, environmental responsibility and the future of our built world.
Speaking openly about their work, their convictions and the challenges facing contemporary society, the architects reflect on how design can respond to climate change, urban growth and the urgent need to rethink the way we build.
More than a collection of interviews, the documentary is a compelling portrait of architecture as a cultural and transformative force—revealing fourteen distinct personalities, fourteen architectural visions and fourteen different ways of imagining the future.
Featuring
Françoise-Hélène Jourda · Thom Mayne · Christoph Ingenhoven · Kengo Kuma · Daniel Pearl · Georg W. Reinberg · Mikko Heikkinen · Markku Komonen · Lloyd Alter · Jaime Lerner · Richard Rogers · Ma Qingyun · Massimiliano Fuksas · Jo Crepain
Directed and produced by Jacques Allard
Interviews and research by Marie-Claire Regniers and Jacques Allard
Camera and photography by Paul De Cock
Editing by Bert Helsen — 2FRAME
Music composed by Johan Hoogewijs
Narrated by Simon Shrimpton Smith
A documentary about architecture, responsibility and the urgent need to build a more sustainable future.
WATCH THE TRAILER ON INSTAGRAM →
Follow @archiworld_com for upcoming individual interviews and more stories from the world of architecture.
ArchiWorld Boutique
The atmosphere of a room is shaped by more than what we see.
Developed in Grasse, France, L’Architecte is an exclusive interior fragrance that brings another dimension to beautifully considered spaces.
Discover it alongside the Atelier d’Architecture diffuser and Archi-Riviera scented candle.
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