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// 3 stories · last updated June 2026
A small office in Warsaw's Praga district has spent five years writing speculative briefs for buildings that will never be built. Their archives are now being cited by city architects across the bloc. We open the…
A generation of Spanish architects under 35 are designing the housing tenders most of the country lives in — without ever appearing on a public byline. We spent two months trying to find them. They almost agreed to be…
The artisans who keep the Portuguese capital's azulejo facades alive are quietly retraining for thermal-retrofit work. The pay is better. The cultural cost is one of the most difficult conversations in Lisbon urb…