Alternative Histories

Models created for the 2018 Alternative Histories exhibition donated to the Architecture Foundation, were auctioned at the end of March. The twenty-six architectural models, including Caruso St John and Siw Thomas' ceramic model based on Hans Poelzig's sketch for the Stadthaus, Dresden, raised over £6,000 for their New Architecture Writers programme.

Commissioned by Drawing Matter, the exhibition presented an exchange of today's architects with those from the past. A range of international architects were asked to develop a model in response to one of the historic architectural drawings in the Drawing Matter archive.

Other models that were for sale included Florian Beigel's interpretation of Le Corbusier's Open Hand Monument, and Tony Fretton's Stennäs by Asplund.

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Adam Caruso contributes a review of Sébastien Marot's 'Taking The Country’s Side, Agriculture and Architecture' to Drawing Matter.

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Royal Belge has been shortlisted for the RIBA International Awards. Selecting projects from five continents, the award recognizes a broad range of designs addressing global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, social equity, and rapid urbanization.

Our Royal Belge project is praised for its adaptive reuse strategies, extending the life of a modernist icon. The jury will visit the projects in the coming month.

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Book launch & talk, Berlin

Collected Works: Volume 3, 2010-2020
Thomas Demand & Adam Caruso

Buchhandlung Walther König, Berlin

19:00 CET 10th April 2026

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Adam Caruso will be in conversation with artist Thomas Demand at the Buchhandlung Walther König an der Museumsinsel in Berlin, to celebrate the release of Collected Works: Volume 3 2010–2020. Free to attend.

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Book launch & talk, Zurich

Collected Works: Volume 3, 2010-2020
Adam Caruso & Salim Umar

Hochparterre Bücher, Zurich

19:00 CET 20th March 2026

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Adam Caruso will be in conversation with Salim Umar to celebrate the release of Collected Works: Volume 3 2010–2020. Free to attend.

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Book launch & talk, London

Collected Works: Volume 3, 2010-2020
Caruso St John & Owen Hatherley

ICA, London

18:30 26th March 2026

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Adam Caruso and Peter St John will be in conversation with Owen Hatherley at the ICA in London, to celebrate the release of the book Collected Works: Volume 3 2010–2020published by MACK Books. Tickets available through the ICA website.

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Phase 2 of our Masterplan for Hospitafields Arts, the Studios, have been shortlisted for the RIAS Awards in Scotland. This phase focuses on the more private areas of the site, creating studios and workshops with excellent access. Centred on the Rear Yard, this phase includes the renovation of the 1901 studios, conservation of the 1845 Patrick Allan-Fraser Studio, refurbishment of the Drawing School, and construction of a new studio building.

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Royale Belge has won the Contemporary Heritage Award at the third edition of the Brussels Architecture Prizes. The prizes celebrate contributions to the spatial quality of Brussels.

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Opening

Opia Store Sihlstrasse

Zurich, Switzerland

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Opia is celebrating the opening of a second store in Zurich. Caruso St John designed the fit-out of the new store at Sihlstrasse 20. The design centers on a spatial element that integrates lighting and display systems, while also helping to organize the space and bringing colour and texture.

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The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transportation has awarded the project for the refurbishment of the Neue Pinakothek with a BIM-Prize in the category ‘Existing Buildings’.

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Audience Award

Architekturpreis des Kantons Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

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The Foundation for the Recognition of Good Buildings in the Canton of Zurich has awarded the Swiss Life Arena the 2025 Audience Award for exemplary buildings in the canton.

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