Top architecture moments of 2025: year in review

Top 10 architecture moments of 2025

Brutalism in the Philippines, an amazing Egyptian museum, and a look at the landscape architecture of tomorrow are among architecture & environment director Ellie Stathaki’s highlights of the year. Take a ten-stop tour…

01. The Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 wowed everyone

Launched in May, the biennale – an event that always takes the pulse of the industry – was curated by Carlo Ratti and focused on the topic of ‘Intelligens: Natural. Artificial. Collective.’

02. Expo 2025 Osaka spotlighted experimental architecture

As the expo opened its doors in April, we previewed the world festival, its developments and highlights

03. We took a tour of Philippine brutalism

We explored and admired this architecture subgenre; Patrick Kasingsing, the brains and lens behind visual database Brutalist Pilipinas, was our guide

04. Houston’s Ismaili Centre opened as the most dazzling new building in America

London-based architect Farshid Moussavi designed a new building open to all – and in the process, created a gleaming new monument

05. We got lost in the V&A East Storehouse

Designed by DS+R, the V&A East Storehouse immerses visitors in history as objects of all scales mesmerise, seemingly ‘floating’ in all directions

06. How to use AI in architecture: an expert lesson

Architect Tim Fu, an early AI adopter who regularly uses these new technologies in his practice, offered his advice

birds eye view of Bas Smets architecture

07. A deep dive into landscape architecture with Bas Smets

The landscape architect spoke with us on the art, philosophy and science of his pioneering approach: ‘a site is not in a state of being, but in a constant state of becoming’

08. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Weisblat House went on the market

We peeked inside the heritage modernist home in the countryside

09. The Grand Egyptian Museum made its debut

Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, the museum stands as an architectural link between past and present on the timeless sands of Giza

10. At Accra’s newest tennis court, the architects played an ace

Created by DeRoche Projects, Backyard Community Club is not just a tennis court but a valuable, sustainable, public recreational facility

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