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Magazine for Architecture and Design

Gadigal Station Sydney, Australia. Architectural office: Foster + Partners in collaboration with Cox Architecture. Artwork ‘The Underneath’ by Callum Morton
Photo: Aaron Hargreaves

Commute in style

They do exist: underground stations and railway platforms that are more than just functional constructions that you want to leave as quickly as possible. That inspire architecturally and are ecologically well thought out. Seven examples have been honoured as the ‘World's Most Beautiful Stations 2025’ by the international architecture and design award Prix Versailles in collaboration with UNESCO. We present the projects to you.

11/20/2025

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Connecting Lines

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Connecting Lines

10/28/2022

Doppelmayr's Cablebús Línea 1 aerial cableway complements Mexico City's urban transport system and has contributed to improving the social balance within the city. With Cablebús Línea 3, another line is now planned that will also help integrate tourist activities within the urban fabric.

Planning More Flexibly

Planning More Flexibly

3/23/2022

Hubert Klumpner is a professor of architecture and urban design at the ETH Zurich's Department of Architecture and a founding partner of Urbanthinktank_next. In an interview he told us what is important in the planning of urban space today, what is lacking and what we can learn from cities in the global south.

Tightrope act

Tightrope act

1/24/2022

Seven new subway stations in Karlsruhe were completed in December 2021. The lighting concept for them was created by Ingo Maurer, whose design forms an exciting combination with the restrained architecture.

The sky under Berlin

The sky under Berlin

12/15/2021

The starry sky in Berlin's new Museum Island underground station is dotted with 6662 point-sources of light. We spoke to the Max Dudler's office about the history of the structure and the lighting concept behind it.

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