Architecture & Design — Floating architecture and adaptive reuse signal growing demand for climate-responsive, materially-conscious design

Architecture & Design · 2026-05-17

The strongest signal this week comes from Copenhagen, where Arcgency and MAST's Bedding 1 floating community space represents a maturing typology — floating architecture moving from novelty to civic infrastructure. This is the first of three planned structures, indicating municipal buy-in for water-based urbanism as a serious planning tool. Simultaneously, two retail-interior projects — a…