Architectural Review #1527

Every house has a story to tell. This issue revisits five houses that have new things to say, from a 1920s building in Beirut defying demolition to Gaudí’s Casa Batlló and its extensive commercial ecosystem. The new issue also presents the six winning and commended houses of the 2025 AR House awards, spotlighting projects spanning material experiments in rammed earth to adaptive reuse in suburban Beijing.