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In Hefei, SZ-Architects transform a former prison guard tower into A Very Small 24-hour Bookstore—a 70 m² reading room that stays open and unguarded for the neighborhood. → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/very-small-24-hour-bookstore-sz-architects

ARTHUR ERICKSON Law Courts Complex, 1973 Vancouver, Canada Image © Ezra Stoller

Erdegard Arkitekter | thisispaper

Untitled (Portrait of Uzbekistan) by Hassan Kurbanbaev — Thisispaper → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/untitled-portrait-of-uzbekistan-hassan-kurbanbaev

Perched on the precipice of the Byron Bay hinterland, Federal House by Edition Office stands as a contemplative sentinel, harmoniously engaging with its verdant surroundings. → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/federal-house-by-edition-office

MUDEC (Museum of Cultures) by David Chipperfield — Thisispaper → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/mudec-museum-of-cultures-david-chipperfield

On a narrow Tokyo site with a rich artistic history, Tan Yamanouchi and AWGL design a house and studio for a manga artist — its sweeping curved facade rising like earth from the ground, its split-level interior calibrated to the rhythms of creative life. → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/a-japanese-manga-artists-house-tan-yamanouchi

Paperfarm Inc's Veil House in Kaohsiung, Taiwan transforms a compact urban lot with a perforated clay-brick facade that breathes like skin, filtering light while shielding domestic life. → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/the-veil-house-paperfarm