"In 2025, public architecture asserts itself with renewed civic ambition, revealing how cultural institutions, parks, , and are being reimagined for a rapidly shifting world. This year's most compelling projects extend far beyond their physical footprints: they restore historic landmarks, rewrite urban narratives, and create new frameworks for collective experience - whether through adaptive reuse, socially driven programming, or architectural innovation at the scale of cities."
"' This building is an example of postwar modernism and Brutalism with a very distinct beauty,' says architect Wim Walschap, Senior Partner at Herzog & de Meuron. ' It has endured as an icon and much-loved landmark in New York. Our goal was to preserve the building's integrity, its purpose, and legacy, while preparing it for a dynamic new use that puts art at the center.'"
Public architecture in 2025 demonstrates renewed civic ambition through projects that extend beyond physical footprints to restore historic landmarks, rewrite urban narratives, and build new frameworks for collective experience. Projects employ adaptive reuse, socially driven programming, and architectural innovation at city scales. Architects across continents embrace porous edges, hybrid typologies, and participatory spaces that invite unexpected public inhabitation. Interventions include preservation of iconic modernist buildings, major new cultural centers in Asia and Europe, community-driven religious spaces, and theatrical reuse of industrial ruins. The renovated Marcel Breuer building reopens as Sotheby's global headquarters after Herzog & de Meuron preserved its integrity while enabling a dynamic art-centered reuse.
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