Palm Beach is famous for its exclusivity, with its neat hedges, private clubs, and ocean views reserved for those who can afford them. Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) set out to change this with MiMar, a new 25-story residential tower in West Palm Beach. Built with Jeff Greene under Florida's Live Local Act, the building brings together affordable and market-rate apartments, giving every resident the same view of the Atlantic, regardless of what they pay.

In Piazza Sant'Agostino, a quiet square in the heart of Modena, a seven-meter triangular structure has just unfolded in full public view. Its steel panels catch the afternoon light and fold like a giant sheet of origami, hinting at something far larger still to come. This is the scale model of a kinetic roof designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and kinetic-structure pioneer Chuck Hoberman, the architectural centrepiece of AGO.

Seoul knows how quickly water can turn from a comfort into a crisis. The city's monsoon season has grown more volatile in recent years, turning ordinary streets into rivers and testing the limits of even the most modern drainage systems. Into this reality steps a new residential tower from Italian studio CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and South Korean construction giant GS E&C. This building doesn't fight the water, but learns to live alongside it.