The list of February 2022 architecture ideas takes today's social and economic climate into consideration to create the necessary infrastructure. The conceptual Puffer Village, for example, is designed in response to the rising sea levels. Architects are looking for new ways to adapt to the changing environment to ensure humanity's survival.
On a social level, some architectural projects focus on the welfare of refugees and immigrants driven into exile from war-torn or poverty-stricken communities. Atelier Craft and ICI! completed the Aire de Repos shelters for this exact purpose. Located in Paris, the Aire de Repos structures offer refugees and migrants a respite from the elements. This month's architectural innovations are informed by public welfare needs as we navigate through the changing social and environmental conditions.
Top 40 Architecture Trends in February
From Rising Sea Level Housing to temporary Refugee Housing:
Elena Rahman — Feb 5, 2022 — Art & Design
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Detachable Trailer Tiny Homes
This Tiny Home Offers Reliable Mobility As Well As Standalone Use
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Shipping Container Tiny Homes
The Mansfield Container House is Made from Unlikely Material
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Adult Treehouse Cabins
Wauhaus is Hello Wood's Interpretation of a Treehouse for Adults
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Low-Carbon Countryside Cabins
The Bide Cabin is Made with Eco-Friendly and Low-Carbon Materials
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Open-Air Backyard Tiny Homes
This Tiny Backyard Home by Cover Embraces the California Lifestyle
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Regenerative Bioceramic Domes
Geoship is a Geodesic Dome Built with a Net-Positive Impact
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Isolated Glassy Steel Cabins
The 'Metal Lark' Cabin Offers Tranquility in Northern Wisconsin
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Prefab Nomadic Hotel Pods
Moliving Offers Movable Pods that Contain Hotel Rooms
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Chromatically Accented Tiny Homes
The Baluchon 'Planedennig' Tiny Home on Wheels is Eclectic
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Efficient Towable Tiny Homes
The Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses 'Boulder 2.5' is Well-Appointed
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Opulent Coastline-Hugging Houses
The Residences Six Senses Seychelles are Award-Winning
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Elevated Hillside Homes
Javier Sanjurjo's Hórreo House Is Raided With Concrete Pilotis
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Conceptual Floating Glamping Experiences
The Hydro X Floating Hut is Set to Establish in Portugal
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Temporary Refugee Housing
Atelier Craft and ICI! Completed the Aire de Repos Shelters in Paris
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Rising Sea Level Housing
The Conceptual 'Puffer Village' Adapts to the Changing Environment
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Floating Office Spaces
Intg Designed a Korean Bank with a Floating Meeting Room
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Space-Themed Cafes
Linehouse Designed a Galactic Cafe for Black Star Pastry in Shanghai
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Isolated Glass Cabins
The Smart Lucia is a Glass House with Panoramic Views of Finnish Forestry
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Pop-Up Contact-Free Cafes
The Blue Bottle Coffee Pop-Up in Shibuya Rethinks the Patron Experience
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Swedish Ice Hotel Suites
The Icehotel Welcomes its Newest Suite, A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Vertical Forest Complexes
The Easyhome Huanggang is a Vertical Forest City Complex in China
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Locally-Sourced Soil Bricks
Marc Thorpe Designed the Kampala Houses With Soil Bricks
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Artfully Designed Hotels
The Virgin Hotels Dallas was Completed by 5G Studio Collaborative
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Bathroom-Themed Office Spaces
Office of Tangible Space Designed the 'Billie' Office as a Bathroom
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Abstracted Metallic Church Designs
Buro Ziyu Zhuang's Chamber Church Boasts White Metal Fins
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Fish Eye-Shaped Aquatic Exhibits
Marketex Marine Designed the Salmon Eye Aquaculture Center
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Window Solar-Panel Hybrids
Ubiquitous Energy Has Developed See-Through Solar Energy Receivers
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Undulating Musical Museums
This Hungarian Museum's Rooftop is Inspired By Sound Waves
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Pigmented Concrete Park Pavilions
Adjaye Associates Designed the Winter Park Library
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Converted Geometric Holiday Homes
Casa Cabrita Moleiro was Converted from a Granary Mill
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Lattice Facade Twin Homes
A Swedish Architect Couple Designed Two Twin Homes With Unique Facades
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Winter-Festival Beach Pavilions
Toronto's Winter Stations Competition is Featured Across the Beach
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Whole-Home Cape Town Rentals
Homes & Villas by Marriott Opens Nearly 300 New Rentals in Cape Town
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Direct Air Capture Technologies
'Sustaera' Is Scaling Up Its Cost-Efficient Carbon Capture Tech
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Playful Pier Designs
The Leaf is a Plant-Covered Pier Designed to Rejuvenate its Surrounding Area
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Hybrid Landscape Infrastructure
BAU Designed a Winding Bridge that Integrates into the Landscape
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Industrial Art Galleries
The Doozy Access Art Gallery in Shanghai Boasts a Fragmented Facade
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Steel Tube Monuments
The Waterline Monument is Made with Hundreds of Stacked Steel Tubes
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Nautically-Informed Miami Hotels
The Mr. C Coconut Grove Hotel is Influenced by Coastal Italy
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CO2 Sequestering Pipelines
ADM Has Developed a Pipeline Plan for Midwestern Carbon Recapture
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Ultra-Modern Apartment Designs
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Venetian-Inspired Museum Designs
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Dark-Green Minimal Cabins
Scalar Architecture Introduces a New Quaint Forest Cabin for a Family
Floating Bamboo Houses
This Vietnamese House Aims to Protect Residents From Rising Water Levels
Experimental Low-Carbon Housing
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3D-Printed House Neighborhoods
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Displaced Persons House Designs
The Essential Homes Research Project Has a Bunker-Like Form
Sustainable Luxury Buildings
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Greenery-Sheathed Architecture Offices
This Building Will House the Offices Of 'VTN Architects'
Future Building Material Exhibitions
The Farrell Centre Debuts Its Inaugural Exhibition
AI Post-Apocalyptic Cities
Top10Casinos Explores the Future, Inspired by the Dune Universe
Prefabricated Miniature Home Concepts
i29 Creates the Câpsula Concept for Dutch Design Week
Ocean-Cleaning Island Cities
Estudio Focaccia Prieto Conceptualizes Self-Sustaining Island Cities
Rurally-Inspired City Buildings
The 'Ziel' High-Rise Building Brings the Country to the Cityscape
Flax Fiber Floating Homes
The Conceptual 'Blue Nomad' Floating Home is Sustainable
Mockup-Inspired Garden Structures
New Affiliates & Samuel Stewart-Halevy Create Testbeds
Cave-Inspired Installations
Cave Bureau Design an Installation for Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Japanese Inn-Inspired Apartments
Intheory Design Creates an Apartment Inspired by Ryokan
Multipurpose Creative Living Spaces
Ab Rogers Design Completes the Fishmarket Studio in Japan
Modern Multi-Purpose Japanese Buildings
Akio Isshiki Architect Overhauls an Old Wooden Building
Stylishly Renovated Apartments
Malfinio Revamps a 19th-Century Building in Prague
Stunning Mid-Century Coastal Homes
Design Theory Updates a House from the 1960s
Bauhaus-Inspired Pattern Collections
Design En Rogue Architecture Recently Debuted Its New Line
Contemporary Ski Home Projects
Alfredo Paredes Reimagines the Traditional Ski Chalet
Flood-Proof Raft-Inspired Sofas
Mother Releases the Bliss Soda for New York Design Week
Harmonious Modern Beach Houses
Raiz Arquitectura Designs the Casa D31 is São Paulo, Brazil
Water-Inspired Theatre Designs
Open Architecture Unveils Its Plans for the Yichang Grand Theatre
Balearic Island Housing Projects
The Life Reusing Posidonia Project has 14 Dwellings on the Island
Curved Concrete Hotels
Atelier d’More Transforms a Two-storey Building into a Contemporary Hotel
Urban Structural Street Furniture
BLUE Architecture Studio Designs the Symbiotic Urban Furniture
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
Playful Public Seating Designs
The London Festival of Architecture Boasts a Series of Seats
Modern Forest Homes
Bourgeois / Lechasseur Architects Design the Des Forges Residence
Sand Dune-Inspired Airport Roofs
Kohn Pedersen Fox Completes a Terminal Design
Post-Apocalyptic Aluminum Furniture
Students at HEAD Genève Create 2084, Diorama of the Future
Award-Winning Housing Designs
Hong-En Lin Emphasizes the Importance of Clean Water Access
Outdoor-Blended Summer Houses
Erling Berg Studio Designs the I/O Cabin in Risør, Norway
Renovated Compact Loft Apartments
Metre Architects' Vessel Project Renovates a Small Space
Sustainable Air Travel Concepts
The Airbus Airspace Cabin Vision 2035+ Concept is Eco-Focused
Large Headquarter-Transformed Housing
Studio Egret West Designs Hayes Park Central and South
Colorful Metaverse Cities
Space Popular Applies Aldo Rossi’s Ideas to the Metaverse
Micro-City Housing Nooks
Notan Office Transforms an Industrial Site in Brussels
Modernist Reconfigured Belgian Homes
ISM Architecten Adds a New Roof to the BEEV Home
Japanese-Inspired Elevated Pied-à-Terres
In Situ & Partners Turns to a Minimal Design Aesthetic
Coral-Shaped Bulbous Pavilions
Marc Fornes Designs a Bulging Pavilion for Louis Vuitton
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Flood-Mitigating Wooden Homes
Ushijima Architects Designs a New Small Home in Shiga Prefecture
Water-Powered Family Residences
Studio Bark Unveils its Plans for the Breach House Design
Accelerated Modular Housing Construction
David Baker Architects Pushes for Housing in San Fran
Social Network-Encouraging Homes
Ignacio G Galán and OF Architects Design a Madrid Home
Caterpillar-Shaped Apartment Buildings
Undecorated Developed an Eye-Catching Metal Building
Cohesive Co-Operative Housing Projects
Tsukasa Ono Designs the Sumi Yakashima Housing Project
Off-Grid Self-Sufficient Island Homes
Vollebak and Bjarke Ingels Design the Earth House in Canada
Constellation-Inspired Apartment Designs
Mersura Furnishes the Casa Vasto in El Poblenou
Vividly Designed Apartments
Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos Renovates an Apartment in Sao Paolo
Elevated Timber-Clad Homes
Habitable Form Designs the Victory Bay House on Kiawah Island
Frameless Glass Twin Villas
Formafatal Designs the New Achioté Twin Villa in Costa Rica
Futuristic Vibrant London Apartments
2LG Studio Designs a Vibrant Apartment in East London
Village-Inspired Tapered Stone Airport
Foster + Partners Designs a Set of Stone Buildings
Multifunctional Circular Housing Blocks
Gensler's EVE Park Design has Integrated EV Parking Towers
Fish Scale-Resembling Facades
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Designs the Istanbul Modern
Viewing Box Cultural Centers
The Center for Arts & Innovation Hosts Events and Education Spaces
Tranquil Suspended Hanging Retreats
Ardh Architect Designs the New Retreat in Sharjah Mountains
Rustic Ruin-Inspired Aquariums
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio Designs The Sea of Cortez Research Center
Reflective Hemispherical Theater Stages
Muoto Designs the Ball Theater to Evoke a Sense of Utopia
Mosque-Inspired Installations
Studio Bound Created City as a Mosque for the Islamic Arts Biennale
Avian-Inspired Luxury Residences
This Hill-Top Costa Rican Home is Inspired By Bird Plumage
Environmentally Blending Residences
A Threshold Studio Designs the Ineffable Light Home
Prayer Room Government Offices
Agata Kurzela Studio Rewors a Floor of a Heritage Building
Multifunctional Vietnamese Homes
H-H Studio Designs the House for Young Families in Da Nang
Biodiverse Suburban Homes
Andrés Jaque & Miguel Mesa del Castillo Design the Rambla Climate-House
Generously Glazed Spiral Buildings
This Building is Inspired By Czech Glassmaking Tradition
Welcoming Prefabricated Student Housing
Ignacio Prego Architectures Designs New Student Housing
Volcano-Surrounding Modern Homes
Schwartz and Architecture Design the New Leit House
Self-Cooling Exterior Buildings
Modu Creates the Promenade Building to Control Air Temperature
Floating-Style Classroom Designs
Ennead Architects & Rockwell Group Completes the Bloomberg Center
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Steel-Cladded Social Housing
Christ & Gantenbein Creates a Block of Social Housing in Paris
Wave-Like Structural Art Centers
Studio Zhu-Pei Designs the Zibo OCT Art Center in Shandong
Monolithic Sleek Summer Homes
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter Creates the Vollerup Atrium Home
Global Affordable Housing Competitions
ICON Challenging Architects & Designers with Initiative 99
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Water-Inspired Sales Building
CIFI Group's New Office Reflects a Frozen Fluid Aesthetic
Boat-Inspired Community Center
Snøhetta & WERK Architecture Design the Esbjerg Maritime Center
Glass Bridge-Connected Small Homes
PJCArchitecture Finishes a Micro-Home Design in Ecuador
Modern Concrete Community Residences
AOA Architects Designs the Hoji Gangneung Dwellings
Eco-Friendly Refurbished Studios
Workers of Art Presents the WOA Second Home in Kochi
Elevated Garden-Filled Buildings
Snøhetta Designs the New Cloud 11 Building in Bangkok
Modern Water Tower Apartments
Zecc Architecten Creates a Series of Elevated Apartments
Waterfront Social Housing
Studioninedots Designed Stepped Buildings in Amsterdam,
Sustainable Cubic Homes
Appels Architekten Designs a New Wooden Home in Germany
Minimal Urban City Apartments
GRT Architects Designs the East Village Apartment in NY
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Water Tower-Transformed Apartments
Zecc Architecten Designs the Amsterdamsestraatweg Water Tower
Pale Yellow Minimal Townhomes
i.B. Archstudio Designs the VVV Townhouse with Pastel Hues
Boulder-Resembling Cabin Designs
Bureau Designs the Thérèse Cabin in France with Concrete
Energy-Efficient Headquarter Buildings
The New 'Bench' Building Prioritizes Sustainable Design
Reinforced Concrete Housing Sets
Atelier Rampazzi Designs the Residenza Carèsg Row of Homes
Adjustable Japanese Studio Apartments
IGArchitects Designs the Building Frame of the House
Modular Tent Classroom Designs
Zaha Hadid Architects Designs a Series of Classrooms for Refugees
Spiralling Stainless-Steel Cultural Center
Clouds AO Designs the New 010 Building in Fukuoka
Pyramidal Roof Steel-Framed Homes
Niall McLaughlin Architects Designs the Saltmarsh House
Open-Air Kenyan Holiday Homes
PAT Renovates the Falcon House with Passive Cooling Systems
Coastal Hybrid Residential Hotels
Palma Designs the New Chiripa Housing Complex in Mexico
Mass-Timber Transport Hubs
BIG and A+ Architecture Build the Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub
Blocky Stone Perimeter Homes
Pema Studio Designs the Dense Enclosed Forte House in Portugal
Sculptural Concrete Hotel Designs
Atelier d’More Designs the Sleeping Lab Hotel in Beijing
Upcoming Architectural Floating Parks
MAST Designs the New Centroparco on a Sand Quarry
Climate-Friendly Waterfront Homes
From 4 to 1 Creates Three Pavilions in Copenhagen
Renovated Contemporary Industrial Apartments
TENKA ARKITEKTURA Designs the Burgatoi Project
Volcanic Terrain Modern Homes
The Ranch Mine Designs the Noir Peaks House in Arizona
Sustainability-Focused Building Renovations
Climate Group Launches the Renovation Revolution
Illuminating Water-Based Pavillions
Daniel Ryabakken Installs the Shelter Pavilion in Stockholm
Sculptural Staircase Penthouses
Tria Arquitetura Designs the New Frederic Chopin Apartment
Reflective Mountain-Based Shelters
Senorer Tammerle Architekten Updates the Shelter Santerpass
Dynamic Interactive Lighting Installations
Zava Designs a New Light and Metal Installation
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Eco-Friendly Antarctic Research Buildings
The 'Discovery Building' Aims to Cut Carbon Emissions
Sculptural Timber Gathering Spaces
Lina Ghotmeh Designs the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion
Ice Block-Formed Pavilions
BIAD Creates the Ceremonial Falling Hours Pavilion for Visitors
Textured Concrete Tiered Homes
Nomo Studio Designs the Shift House Holiday Residence
Inuit-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Building Takes Design Cues From Snowdrift Patterns
Art Deco Affordable Housing
the La Brea Affordable Housing Project Takes Place in LA
Nomadic Community-Themed Pavilions
Joar Nango Designs Girjegumpi: The Sámi Architecture Library
Textile-Inspired Skyscraper Designs
Snøhetta Unveils the Airside Skyscraper at the Kai Tak Airport
Alternative Housing Co-Living Buildings
French 2D Designs the Bay State Cohousing Complex
Childhood-Inspired Generational Homes
AUN Design Studio Creates the New Reflection House
Barrel Vault-Topped Metro Stations
KA Architecture Studio Designs the Jahad Metro Plaza
Disaster-Ready Housing Prototypes
Holcim & Norman Foster Join on the Essential Homes Project
Warped Stacked Residence Buildings
Contaminar Designs the Dynamic Quinta do Rei in Leiria
Sawtooth Roof Apartment Blocks
Six Degrees Architects and Hip V Hype Design Ferrars & York
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Immersive Breeze Houses
Alya Ola Abbas' Design Was Installed for Dubai Design Week 2023
Golden Age-Honoring Housing Blocks
Local Studios Create the Seestadt Aspern Housing Project
Multifunctional Angled Apartments
Snøhetta Designs the Vertikal Nydalen Building in Oslo
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Residential Developed Urban Farms
Snøhetta Designs the Pavilia Farm Residential Development Space
Sustainable Dynamic Hilltop Buildings
Arshia Architects Designs the RO54 in LA's Bel Air
Architectural Tranquil Cabin Retreats
Snøhetta Designs the Bolder Lodges in Lysefjord