The top September 2019 architecture ideas explore designs that range from the simple and practical to the fantastical and otherworldly.
To help people appreciate its striking stained glass windows and intricately designed ceiling, Norwich Cathedral set up a towering funhouse ride within its interior, also injecting a sense of play into a setting that's ordinarily very serious. In a few years, people will be able to look forward to being able to rent a stay in a futuristic and sustainable dwelling inspired by outer space.
Some of the most stunning architectural facades include experimentation with the use of repeated elements like plant pots and foliage, which form not only details that are interesting to look at but rich textures that make it seem as though buildings are dressed in "fabric."
Top 25 Architecture Innovations in September

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Shipping Container Micro Homes
Marilia Pellegrini Produces a Concept for a Luxury-Focused Home

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Minimalist African Safari Lodges
ARRCC Extends Afro-minimalism as a Movement with This Project

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Urban Prefab Cottage Dwellings
The NODE 'Trillium' Prefab Backyard Cottage Comes in Four Styles
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Couture-Inspried Concrete Friezes
Iris van Herpen Boasts Her Experimental Haute Couture Aesthetic
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Speedily 3D-Printed Buildings
S-Squared 3D Printers Printed a Prototype Home in Just 12 Hours
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Expandable Camping Vehicle Designs
This Conceptual Countryside Camper Imagines the Year 2030
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Experimental Social Housing Projects
A Community Development in Hidalgo Boasts Affordable Housing
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House-Like Apartments
Atelier Pierre Thibault Arranged a Slated Facade for a Dual Apartment Layout
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Contemporary Cat-Friendly Apartments
SABO Projects Designs a Parisian Flat for a Family with a Cat
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Interconnected Rubik's Cube-Inspired Residences
Studio VARA Designs a Family Home for Five
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Plant-Covered Self-Sufficient Structures
WOHA Debuts an Immersive and Futuristic Pavilion
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Stunning Architecture Photomontages
Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar Fuses Tradition and Modernism
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Shared Communal Living Projects
TC Plus Tests Boundaries in Belgium for the Future of Housing
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Modular Social Housing Projects
Zeller & Moye Uses Adobe Brick & Concrete for Its Concept
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Slick Three-Apartment Urban Villas
Nicola Probst Architetti's Design Boasts Smooth Corners
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Textile-Inspired Facades
Julie Firkin Architects Boasts a Striking Patterned Facade for This Abode
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Minimalist Weathering Steel Barns
Clayton & Little Boast Sustainability in This Structure's Design
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Funhouse Chapel Rides
Norwich Cathedral's Ride Helps Visitors Appreciate Ornate Interior Details
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Container-Based Seasonal Bars
SG Blocks Builds This Bar with Its Signature GreenSteel Product
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Inflatable Rooftop Gardens
SKNYPL Made a Modern Take on Korean Rooftop Garden Design
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Accessible Campground Cabins
M-Rad Produces a Dwelling That is Catered to Those with Restrictions
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Ultra-Cozy Wooden House Extensions
Rise Design Studio Uses Douglas Fir Wood for This Home
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Playful Plant Pot Facades
A Plant Pot Wall Adorns the Green Villa by MVRDV in the Netherlands
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Rentable Martian Dwellings
In 2020, AI SpaceFactory Will Be Renting Out a 3D-Printed Eco Home
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Net-Covered Educational Event Spaces
Divooe Zein Architects Repurposes This Abandoned Building
Related Ideas
Venetian-Inspired Museum Designs
The Conceptual Floating Glass Museum is AI-Generated
Innovative Modern Living Spaces
Gestalt New York Has Unveiled The Gestalt Haus
Nest-Inspired Urban Houses
This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
Nostalgic 70s-Inspired Apartments
The House Special Studio Designs a Compact Apartment
Nature-Connecting Warm Apartments
Baranowitz + Kronenberg Designs the Urban Refuge Apartment
Plant-Based Cabin Constructions
Moontower Design Build Creates the Cross Cabin in Austin
Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Self-Shaping Timber Structures
ICD and ITKE Design the Hybrid Flax Pavilion and Wangen Tower
Futuristic Baroque Rome Hotels
Zaha Hadid Architects Revives the Remeo Hotel Roma
Fold-Out Furniture London Flats
Intervention Architecture Designed the Florin Court Flat
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Eco-Friendly Offices
Office@27 by Sanjay Puri Architects is Enhanced by Ancient Indian Principles
Treehouse-Inspired Norwegian Residences
This House Aesthetically Connects With its Surroundings
Reimagined Ecclesiastical Architecture
The Ørestad Church Was Designed by Henning Larsen
Solar-Lined Energy Towers
Foster + Partners Released Designs of Solar Towers for Moon Use
Window-Accented Garden Homes
CAN Designs the Verdant House with a Luscious Garden
Terracotta-Inspired Art Installations
Gornace Brioni's Grounded Exhibition Features Wall Coverings
Timber Modern Porch Pavilions
A Team of Designers Curate Porch: An Architecture of Generosity
Sleek Spiralling Ramp Pavilions
Apropros Architects Designs the Czech Pavilion for Expo 2025
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Curved Translucent Experimental Apartments
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL Designs the Sculptor's Apartment
Light-Inviting Renovated Apartments
Estúdio BRA Reconfigures the Copan Apartment in Brazil
Exoskeleton Stepped-Back Skyscrapers
Foster + Partners Constructed the BDO Unibank Inc Towers
Music Festival Bright Pavilions
Re:Right Design Created the Hayes Pavilion for Glastonbury
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
3D-Printed Ceramic Home Facades
The Ceramic House in Amsterdam Gets a Ceramic Feature
Ethereal Contemporary Workspaces
The Prior Ecclesia Project is Stunning, Modern, and Functional
Sand Dune-Inspired Airport Roofs
Kohn Pedersen Fox Completes a Terminal Design
Colorful Rooftop Unified Buildings
Urbanus' Nantou Hybrid Building is Comprised of Five Buildings
Modernism Birdhouse Exhibitions
Andu Masebo and Rio Kobayashi Create the Dwellings Project
Parking Lot-Transformed Homes
Maritau Arqui Completed the Octa House on a Japanese Island
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Striking Glass Canopy Designs
Heatherwick Studio is Redeveloping Olympia in London, United Kingdom
Art Expo Village-Esque Pavilions
Foster + Partners Create a Saudi Arabia Pavilion at Osaka 2025
Lighthouse-Resembling Urban Buildings
Safdir Architecture Designs the Old Port Square in Portland
Lily-Shaped Reusable Pavilions
Studio Saar Has Designed the Srivan Pavilion Presented Last Month
Sweeping Culture Centers
Zaha Hadid Architects Presents the River Culture and Art Centre
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Steel Facade-Wrapped Residences
Atelier Itch Designs the Bomun House with a Shiny Facade
Subterranean Courtyard Galleries
Buzz Designs the Hermit Space Yards in Beijing Park
Fiji Ocean-Front Estate Homes
A Tesm of Designers Join Forrces to Create the Reef House
Vaulted Glass Roofed Greenhouses
Max Núñez Arquitectos Designs the Casa de Vidrio in a Garden
Moving Wall-Integrated Renovated Homes
BAT Studio Designs the Blooming Shed in North London
Hidden Urban Oasis Cottages
Winwood McKenzie Adds an Extension to the Quarry House
Draped Plant-Design Shopping Centers
INgenhoven Associates Redesigns the Calwer Passage
Greenhouse-Topped Residences
Moe Architecten Adds a Greenhouse on Top of the Wooden House
Bright Balcony-Defined Apartments
Austin Maynard Architects Designs the Nightingale Village
Contemporary Artful Bright Apartments
Butterfly Studios Designs a Bright Krakow Apartment
Bamboo-Clad Residential Homes
i29 Designs the Open Park Villa to Connect with Nature
Sustainable Visitor Pavilions
NU Architectuur Atelier Designs the Green Arc in a Garden
Nature Blending Modern Homes
MODU Designed the Mini Tower One Residence in Brooklyn
Sustainable Vibrant Work Environments
LEGO Group Shows Off its Innovation Campus in Denmark
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
Curvaceous Artful Play Pavilions
Peter Cook Designs the Play Pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery
Contrasting Facade Clad Apartments
Messner Architets Designs the RVTK Apartments in Italy
Environmentally Blending Residences
A Threshold Studio Designs the Ineffable Light Home
Sustainable Futures Exhibitions
SCI-Arc is Presenting 'Views of Planet City' in September
Exploratory Architectural Projects
The Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is Thought-Provoking
Natural Japanese Art Galleries
Brazil's Yayoi Kusama Gallery Features a Nature-Inspired Design
Garden-Nestled Luscious Residences
i29 Designs the Hidden Villa in a Secluded Garden
Welcoming Prefabricated Student Housing
Ignacio Prego Architectures Designs New Student Housing
Local Craft-Shown Bamboo Pavilions
AtArchitecture Designs the Northeast Pavilion for an Art Fair
Brutalist Concrete Tower Apartments
Archmongers Renovates the Trellick Tower in London
Stainless Steel-Wrapped Buildings
Payette Adorns the EXP Building with Metal Strips Throughout
Neon Illustation-Donned Buildings
OMA Adorns a Building for the Crafted World Exhibition
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Urban Skyline-View Apartments
i29 Designs the Apartment with a View in Amsterdam
Modern Interpreted English Homes
Threefold Architects Designs the Eight Gables Home
Monolithic Sleek Summer Homes
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter Creates the Vollerup Atrium Home
Perforated Facade Compact Residences
Rahul Pudale Design Creates the Porous Adobe Compact Home
Architecture-Inspired Building Blocks
James Paulius Designs the Blockitecture® Frank Lloyd Wright
Woodland-Inspired Timber Office Spaces
Atelier du Pont Completes the Pavilion Jardins Building
Graphic-Accented Brutalist Apartments
Jean Verville Designs a Creative Laboratory in Quebec City
Doughnut-Shaped Elevated Houses
Studio Saxe Designs the Sinfornia Verde in Carate, Costa Rica
Lighthouse-Inspired Urban Tall Structures
Safdie Architects Designs the Old Port Square Building
Office-Transformed Co-Living Spaces
HUB & Bridges Fund Management Present its Cornerstone Project
Bright Colorful Converted Apartments
Alarquitectos Presents the São Sebastião 123 Apartment
Temple-Inspired Striking Galleries
Abin Design Studio Designs a Gallery with Temple Themes
Colorful Multifunctional Work Buildings
Perron Revamps a Historic Building as Maison Perron
Red Brick-Adorned Rustic Pizzerias
Neogenesis+Studi0261 Deisgns the Capiche Pizzeria in India
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Mass Studies Unveils the Visuals for the Archipelagic Void
Inclusive Social Housing Projects
Peris + Toral Arquitectes Design 85 Social Dwellings in Cornellà
Experimental Cuboid Exhibition Spaces
Sār Unveils the Experimental Sār Residence by Girish Doshi
Renovated Family-Friendly Apartments
Carmody Groarke Designs the Covent Garden Apartment
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Expansive School Bamboo Canopies
CollectiveProject Creates a Canopy at Talaricheruvu Rural School
Cozy Gaden Cabin Retreats
BYRÓ architekti Designs the Garden Pavilion with Wooden Detail
Perforated Pink Concrete Mosques
Studio Morphogenesis Designs the Zebun Nessa Mosque
Captivating Viewpoint-Integrated Exhibitions
MVRDV Designs the Portlantis Exhibition Center
Perforated Light-Passing Art Installations
The Volvo Circle Pavilion Uses Tyvek Facades
Structural Concrete Arts Centers
DUO Finishes the Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre
Traditional Sustainable School Designs
Heatherwick Studio Showcases Plans for Universidad Ean
Poetic Habourfront Nature Centers
3XN Created the Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing
Cascading Aluminum Pipe Museums
Kengo Kuma Design the Audeum Museum with an Aluminum Facade
Nature-Themed Modern Workspaces
The New Natwest Office in London Features Greenery Throughout
Electric Heritage-Based Apartments
Yana Molodykh Renovates the Landscape Alley Apartment
Kaleidoscope Vibrant Pavilions
Google's Mountain View Features a Halo Pavilion Artwork
Cave-Like Folded Residences
Earthscape Studio Creates the Unique Structural Wild House
Office Building Rainbow Facades
SAKO Architects Designs the Vertical Rainbow Office Building
Organic Striking Tower Designs
David Macullo Architects Designs the Leaves Tower
Social Housing Unit Blocks
Joan J Fortuny & Alventosa Morell Arquitectes Forms 54 Social Housing
Temperature-Balanced High-Rise Buildings
Snøhetta Designs the Vertika Nydalen Project
Barn-Inspired Timber Residences
Florian Busch Architects Designs the House W in Japan
Artfully Rotating Glass Pillars
Sebine Marcelis Created the Panorama Pillars in Atlanta
Atrium Stacked Toronto Courthouses
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Creates a Justice Building
Renovated Neo-Gothic Provostry
Studio Acht Renovates a 19th-Century Provestry with Modern Touches
Transformed Disused Steelwork Structures
Delugan Meissl Designs Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse
Rustic Cultural Architectural Buildings
Abin Design Studio Designed the Gallery House in Bensberia
Romantic Seaside Pier Pavilions
GN Architects Designs the Seaside Pavilion in China
Roman Architecture-Themed Pavilions
Pratique and Fanum Design the Forum des Vestiges Pavilion
Ribbon-Like Dynamic Structures
Zaha Hadid Presents the Capital International Exhibition Space
Basketry-Informed University Facades
Heatherwick Studio Designs a Building for Universidad Ean
Interconnected Brick-Clad Buildings
David Chipperfield Architects Blends Three Housing Typologies
Porcelain-Clad Skyscrapers
Selldorf Architevts Completes Another New York Skyscraper
Optimal Energy Research Centers
Zara Hadid Architects Designs the Alisher Navoi Research Center
Botanical Visitor Pavilions
NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago Create the Green Ark Pavilion
Paper-Like Art Museum Roofs
BIG Expands the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark with a Folded Roof
Puzzle-Inspired Italian Nurseries
C+S Architects Develops the Noah's Ark Nursery in Alzano
Textured Concrete Tiered Homes
Nomo Studio Designs the Shift House Holiday Residence
Sleek Contemporary Elevated Retreats
Brown & Brown Architects Designs the Tidal House
Contemporary Cantilevered Residences
Alterstudio Architecture Presents the Westview Residence
Naturally Ventilated Bright Houses
Kiron Cheerla Architecture Designs the Pott House
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Minsuk Cho Designs the Archipelagic Void Shelter in London
Hybrid London Townhouse Office
SPPARC Updates a New Office Space with a Unique Roof Design
Monolithic Custom Residences
Laboratorio de Arquitectura Designs the Casa Catedral Project
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Metal Sheet-Facade Book Stores
Wutopia Labs Designs the Shanghai Book City with a Dynamic Facade
Glass Facade Premium Skyscrapers
Zaha Hadid Architects Near Completes the Henderson Office
Multifunctional Angled Apartments
Snøhetta Designs the Vertikal Nydalen Building in Oslo
Artful Dockside Installations
London Festival of Architecture Gets Benches for Pews and Perches
Cave-Style Coastal Viewpoints
3andwich Design Completes the Coastal Blue Insight Cave Space
Dynamic Living Towered Residences
Triptyque Completes a Residential Tower in Onze22
Archaeological Protection Initiatives
The Remains of the Curtain Playhouse are Uncovered in London
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Tree-Lined Striking Modern Residences
Palette Architecture Designs the Shift House in New York
Distinctive Airlifted Structures
Arête Architects and Makers Fabrication Design the Karka Tower
Arched Garden-Topped Cultural Centers
Atelier Apeiron Creates the Hengqin Culture and Art Complex
Terraced Naturally Lit Homes
Unknown Works Designs the Bright Oasis Home in London
Urban Living Residential Buildings
Workstead and Frida Escobedo Join on the Bergen Building