The Architecture of Restraint: When Choosing Not to Build Becomes Design

FRAC Dunkerque / Lacaton & Vassal. Image © Philippe RuaultIn a world facing ecological exhaustion and spatial saturation, the act of building has come to represent both creation and consumption. For decades, architectural progress was measured by the new: new materials, new technologies, new monuments of ambition. Yet today, the discipline is increasingly shaped by another form of intelligence, one that values what already exists. Architects are learning that doing less can mean designi