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2024.
11.13

Open Design and Green Roofs Redefine Tropical Tranquility at Cap Karoso Resort

Nestled on gently sloping beachfront land, the design story began by reuniting architecture and nature. Designed by GFAB Architects, the resort highlights a series of clustered concrete buildings paired with local stone, wood, and woven materials, em...more

2024.
10.23

Emergentes Architectures Sàrl creates trapezoidal beach house on Chilean coast

Swiss architecture studio Emergentes Architectures Sàrl designed a linear beach house with angled concrete columns and wood cladding on the coast of Chile. Completed in 2024, the 220-square metre (2,370-square foot) Dreal House is located on a gen...more

2024.
10.21

Studio Gang Wraps Hotel in Perforated Facade Informed by Aspen Trees

Architecture practice Studio Gang has completed the Populus hotel in Denver, which its developer claims is the "first carbon-positive hotel" in the US. Located in downtown Denver, the 13-storey hotel has a distinct facade with elliptical...more

2024.
10.16

Neri Oxman Unveils AI-powered Eden Tower, Featuring "An Endless Ecosystem"

Design studio Oxman has unveiled an AI-powered, conceptual skyscraper, featuring "an endless ecosystem" and uniting "human-centric cultural typologies" in a single tower. Named Eden Tower, this conceptual tower aims to maximize...more

2024.
10.14

VATRAA Uses Reclaimed Bricks for London House Extension

Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in London that features a "brutalist cat flap" and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Located in Stoke Newington, the project was designed for a family of f...more

2024.
10.09

Atrium at Sumner Features a Dynamic Geometric Design with Diagonal Lines

The Atrium at Sumner is a dynamic residential complex designed by Studio Libeskind. It is situated on NYCHA-owned land within Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The 11-story building, located on Marcus Garvey Boulevard between Park Avenue an...more

2024.
10.07

Taiyo Service Apartments

Taiyo Apartment is a serviced apartment complex located in An Thượng, a popular nightlife neighborhood near Da Nang beach that attracts many expats. This 10-story structure has 40 serviced apartments in three sizes: studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedr...more

2024.
10.02

ENNEA Hotel Instills Tranquility and Organic Beauty through Eco-Conscious Design

Designed by Jaque Studio, the design story of Ennea Hotel began with crafting a tranquil oasis that seamlessly blends with its surroundings. The hotel is characterized by the use of natural materials such as stone, wood, and rustic elements, spread t...more

2024.
08.28

A Modern Melbourne Home Designed Around a Homeowner’s Lush Garden

Centered around a homeowner’s beloved garden in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick East, the Gardener’s House by Splinter Society blends old-world charm with contemporary design. The project integrates the new addition with an original period struc...more

2024.
08.26

Locus Uses Recycled Materials for Mexico City Restaurant Interior

Mexican design studio Locus has utilised 50 per cent recycled materials for the interiors of a Singaporean restaurant in Mexico City. Combining the varied flavours of Southeast Asia typical of Singapore'...more

2024.
08.21

Studio Est Adds "Brutalist Elements" to Battersea Power Station Apartment

London interiors firm Studio Est referenced the industrial heritage of Battersea Power Station when creating the interiors for this apartment set within the redeveloped landmark. The apartment's owner wanted to transform the empty shell into ...more

2024.
08.19

State of Kin Uses Hemp Render to Create Family Home with "Organic Feel"

Architecture studio State of Kin has paired an olive-toned hemp render with aluminium awnings at Proclamation House, a light-filled family home in Western Australia. Located on the former site of a derelict dwelling in Subiaco, the house accommoda...more

2024.
08.12

South Korean Seven Island Coffee Shop Embraces Timeless Minimalism and Breathtaking Sea Views

When it comes to blending modern design with a touch of nature, Seven Island Coffee in South Korea emerges as a humble yet avant-garde example. Designed by the acclaimed architectural firm mttb, this café goes beyond the typical coffee shop experienc...more

2024.
08.05

Retreat Village Highlights Sustainable Design and Back-to-Nature Slow Living: Project by Stilt Studios

Insired by its name, Retreat Village, the design story began with building a tropical haven with a deep commitment to sustainability. Stilt Studios includes several key features such as elevated structures, environmentally friendly materials, renewab...more

2024.
07.31

Origami-Like Roof Tops Timber Home in Suffolk by Studio Bark

Local timber-framed buildings influenced the geometric form of Water Farm, a house that architecture practice Studio Bark has added to a family farm in Suffolk. The five-bedroom family home is constructed from wood and defined by its origami-like,...more

2024.
07.24

DAB Studio Adds Contemporary Touches to Dutch Home from Amsterdam School Period

An Ettore Sottsass gridded feature wall and a sculptural green ladder characterise this 1920s Dutch house, which interiors firm DAB Studio designed to reference the Amsterdam School. Called Collectors Home, the dwelling is defined by the intricate...more

2024.
07.22

Guest House Embraces Natural Minimalism with Raw and Industrial Concrete

At the guest house, the design story began by highlighting concrete as the main character of the building. The design team utilized concrete to create a sense of bare minimalism, beyond its primary function for strength and unique look....more

2024.
07.17

Vessev Launches Electric Hydrofoil Ferry That "Flies Above The Waves"

Maritime transport firm Vessev has developed a fully electric boat that uses hydrofoil technology to reduce energy consumption by up to 90 per cent. The nine-metre-long VS-9 is designed to transport up to 10 passengers at 25 knots, with retractabl...more

2024.
07.15

Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems (EIFS): An Essential Solution for Sustainable Construction

In today's construction industry, achieving energy efficiency, sustainability and safety along with aesthetics are essential goals for architects and consultants. Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems (EIFS) are versatile, high-performance s...more

2024.
07.10

MAD Architects Designs Innovation Center in Beijing with Biomorphic, Clover-Like Form and Sweeping Green Roof

Designed by MAD Architects, the newly completed ZGC International Innovation Center will serve as a permanent venue for the yearly Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum), an international conference with a focus on innovation and technology....more

2024.
06.17

MAST to create stilt-house hotel in abandoned Portuguese salina

Danish maritime architecture studio MAST has revealed plans to build a hotel formed of houses on stilts in a Portuguese lagoon formerly used for salt production. Located on the Sado Estuary near Setúbal, the overgrown salina will be transformed in...more

2024.
06.05

SOM breaks ground on skyscraper with "handmade surfaces" in Guadalajara

American studio SOM has unveiled images of a skyscraper in Guadalajara, Mexico, which will be clad in red-toned concrete with interiors designed by Mexico City-based Héctor Esrawe. Designed in collaboration with Esrawe and Mexico City architecture...more

2024.
05.29

A sustainable design lab in Buenos Aires

Morsa Taller + Emilia Pascarelli have renovated and extended a creatives’ space, where recycled plastic becomes design objects, amidst lightness and echoes of Lacaton&Vassal's frugal, flexible and adaptive architecture....more

2024.
05.20

Makoto Yamaguchi Design completes Tokyo gaming HQ with contemporary appearance of traditional Japanese pagoda

Tokyo-based Makoto Yamaguchi Design has completed the new headquarters of a Japanese gaming company in Tokyo’s Taitō Ward. “Monospinal” is a building characterized by a series of stacking floors with slanting walls, its architectural style having the...more

2024.
05.06

Snøhetta's Mixed-use Building In Oslo Performs With Net-zero Energy Usage

【 TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, NYDALEN 】 Snøhetta has unveiled Vertikal Nydalen, a groundbreaking mixed-use building in Oslo, Norway. The project pushes the boundaries of sustainable design by incorporating a simplified, self-sufficient cli...more

2024.
04.22

Zen Spaces Residence | Sanjay Puri Architects

【 Zen Space’s Location 】 Zen Spaces is a four-level house located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The house is designed to blend indoor and outdoor spaces seamlessly, and it integrates with the surrounding landscape using various techniques to allow fi...more

2024.
04.10

"Water mirror" reflects light into villa overlooking Lake Zurich by PPAA

Mexican studio PPAA has completed a concrete villa beside Lake Zurich in Switzerland, fronted by a long water feature that helps to illuminate the interior. Stepping down a sloping site in Uetikon to the west of Zurich, the home is designed by PPAA ...more

2024.
03.25

Minimalist architecture meets raw stone: a house in argentina is built into the earth

A HOME TO FRAME ARGENTINA’S VAST LANDSCAPE ‘House in the Stone,’ or Casa en la Piedra, has been designed by architect Christian Schlatter to stand proudly along the western slopes of the Sierras Chicas in Córdoba, Argentina....more

2024.
03.20

Pelli Clarke & Partners completes Japan's tallest skyscraper in Tokyo

US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed Japan's tallest skyscraper, the Mori JP Tower, as part of the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo. At 330 metres high, the glass-clad Mori JP Tower is Tokyo'...more

2024.
03.13

With KHRAM, MAKHNO Studio envisions an otherworldly spiritual setting

The KHRAM Temple of three religions by MAKHNO Studio is imagined as a space for prayer, reflection, and meditation amid nature in Ukraine. "Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life....more

2024.
03.01

Samsung unveils Galaxy smart ring for health tracking

Samsung has previewed its first smart ring at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, positioning it as a comprehensive health tracker enhanced with AI insights. The Galaxy Ring is set to launch later this year and, according to Samsung, will offe...more

2024.
02.26

Peter Pichler Celebrates Sustainability With Monolithic Bonfiglioli Headquarters

【 Bonfiglioli Headquarters: A Net Zero Workspace In Italy 】 Milan-based firm Peter Pichler Architecture and ARUP take sustainable design to new heights with the Bonfiglioli Headquarters, the final piece of the EVO development in Bologna....more

2024.
01.31

Flick through ‘Brutal Wales’, a book celebrating concrete architecture

‘Brutal Wales’ book zooms into a selection of concrete Welsh architecture treasures through the lens of photographer Simon Phipps Brutal Wales is a treat – both for lovers of brutalist architecture and concrete buildings, but also for history and ...more

2024.
01.24

Saero is a 3D-printed, aluminum reinterpretation of traditional korean furniture

KIM MIN HYUK REIMAGINES KOREAN TRADITION WITH SAERO The Saero series by Kim Min Hyuk of Osori Studio is an abstract and modern reinterpretation of culture and heritage in the form of a sculptural partition and table....more

2024.
01.17

LG reveals "world's first" wireless transparent OLED TV

Electronics brand LG has unveiled the Signature OLED T, a television with a transparent screen that was on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. LG has described the Signature OLED T as "the world'...more

2024.
01.04

Rebello Hotel in Porto

【 Nestled in Vila Nova de Gaia, just a brief journey from Porto's heart, stands The Rebello. This five-star sanctuary, cradled within four 19th-century industrial edifices, offers a serene gaze over Porto. 】 Conceived by Lisbon'...more

2023.
12.25

Architectural horology: Exploring the time-spaces of MB&F’s HM11

What if a house could be a watch? In the innovative space of Max Busser’s designs, this seemingly abstract question takes form in the MB&F Horological Machine N ̊11 Architect. A melding of architecture and horology, this timepiece blurs the bound...more

2023.
12.18

ZIIN by atelier tao+c

Atelier tao+c's innovative approach in transforming a 1960s textile warehouse into a showroom for ZIIN is a compelling exercise in architectural ingenuity and material storytelling. The core of the design features two interlaced frameworks, o...more

2023.
12.04

Architectural alchemy: Transforming AlUla’s landscape with Elie Metni’s Oasis View

【 Explore the delicate balance of preserving cultural heritage and embracing modern design in architect Elie Metni’s transformative project in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. 】 As the travel landscape evolves, designers are now turning their creative lenses ...more

2023.
11.29

1+1>2 Architects' Pottery Museum Rises Like a Canyon Amid the Bat Trang Village in Vietnam

【 BAT TRANG POTTERY MUSEUM HONORS CERAMIC & PORCELAIN CRAFTS 】 Since the 11th century, the Bat Trang village in Vietnam has stood as a hub for ceramic and pottery craftsmanship. It is home to a distinct style of porcelain — a legacy forged throu...more

2023.
11.20

Ekstrem by Varier

In the realm of design, where convention often guides form, Terje Ekstrøm's Ekstrem chair emerges not just as a mere seat but as a manifesto of design's liberated future. When first beholding the Ekstrem chair, one is struck by a sense o...more

2023.
11.13

Detail: Woven carbon and glass fiber facade of Texoversum School of Textiles

The Texoversum School of Textiles at Reutlingen University is a teaching, research, and innovation center. The new Texoversum building is part of a wider university campus expansion plan and features a highly expressive, cutting-edge woven facade....more

2023.
10.31

Jonathan Tuckey Design ties heritage and sustainability to create this home in Italy

【 The London-based design practice transforms a 200-year-old farmstead into a modern home and studio in an idyllic setting in Piedmont, Italy. 】 Cascina, a 200-year-old historic farmstead complex nestled in the Piedmont region of Italy, is not jus...more

2023.
10.23

This home built into a cliff is inspired by Bhutan's Paro Taktsang Monastery

【 The one of a kind property, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, was modelled off of Paro Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan. 】 In the mid 1960s, Richard Clements, a contractor from San Fransisco, set out to build a one of a kind resort. The location: 9....more

2023.
10.05

Residence in jakarta by k-thengono incorporates reinterpreted joglo roofs

K-THENGONO REIMAGINES JOGLO HOUSE TYPOLOGY Studio K-Thengono builds a Joglo-inspired residence in Darmawangsa, Indonesia, achieving a harmonious blend of tradition and modernity. The project explores the gradual oversight of vernacular qualities ...more

2023.
09.27

Chair of Virtue presents experimental seating at London Design Festival

Digitally shrink-wrapped skin, armrests salvaged from parks and "frozen" resin featured in Prototype/In Process, an exhibition of seating presented by virtual magazine Chair of Virtue during London Design Festival....more

2023.
09.20

Time is Running Out exhibition features 24 clocks made from biomaterials

Online platform PlasticFree and creative studio OMSE have launched a London Design Festival exhibition highlighting the urgency to find alternatives to plastic. On show at One Hundred Shoreditch, Time is Running Out presents 24 clocks made from se...more

2023.
09.14

Bardot is a Greek culinary gem on the tiny island of Antiparos

Bardot in Antiparos, a new restaurant by Manhattan Projects (MPNYC), blends traditional cooking and Greek island atmosphere Greece's Antiparos is an island that guarantees seclusion and recharge for those who seek it (it'...more

2023.
09.06

Bakery and Wine Bar in Milan by Studio Wok

Studio Wok has designed a bakery and wine bar in Milan together with gastronomer Alice Yamada and the cook Yoji Tokuyoshi. The concept unites Japanese aesthetics and the Italian lifestyle. The architects designed the bakery and wine bar with the n...more

2023.
08.30

Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition

Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco....more

2023.
08.28

Lab La Bla infuses functional whimsy at the E.ON Headquarters in Sweden

【 Lab La Bla-designed workspace interiors of energy company E.ON comprise a vivid ensemble of sun-yellow furnishing and fluid sculptures that draw curious gazes. 】 Nestled within the vibrant city of Malmo in Sweden, the E....more

2023.
08.24

Tokujin Yoshioka crafts double-layered transparent glass torch for sports festival in japan

Tokujin Yoshioka is back with a new torch design. This time, he employs clear glass as his primary material and doubles its layer to create a glass-within-a-glass concept. The dual clear glass structure enables the release of heat from the flame whil...more

2023.
08.10

Curving glass walls puncture pink-toned house in Thailand

A blocky pink form and curving glass walls define House R3, a residence by Bangkok studio PHTAA on a compact roadside site in Thailand. Made from concrete, the 400-square-metre home features living spaces across five levels to maximise the availab...more

2023.
08.02

Graphic patterns are casting a spell over the interior design world

Repeating patterns have a hypnotic effect. At first glance they seem clear, predictable and structured. However, the longer we look at the patterns, the more we can lose ourselves in them. It is precisely this that makes graphic maximalism so excitin...more

2023.
07.27

Algorithm-based Architecture: Flexible Bricks to Wrap Architectural Spaces

There are many building materials that have experienced minimal changes since their initial inception in the field of architecture. However, this does not imply that they are outdated, but rather that their qualities and simplicity make them highly v...more

2023.
07.24

Heirloom Hardware by Modem

Navigating the ethereal trails of our data-centric existence, Modem, in collaboration with industrial designers HB-AS, manifest a bold answer to the age-old question of memory preservation with their project, "Heirloom Hardware"....more

2023.
07.12

REAL TIME watch comes with rotating compass dials that resemble planetary movement

REAL TIME WRISTWATCH PAYS HOMAGE TO SEXTANTS REAL TIME wristwatch pays homage to analog timepiece design. Here, the minute hands are absent, and REAL TIME tells the hours and minutes through the two compass-styled dials that mirror the movement o...more

2023.
07.03

Kengo Kuma Reinterprets FENDI Collection With Japanese Paper, Woven Bamboo & Birch Bark

【 KENGO KUMA AND FENDI FOR SS24 MENS COLLECTION 】 An architecture and fashion crossover takes place between Kengo Kuma and FENDI for the fashion house’s Spring/Summer 2024 menswear show. For the recent collection, Kuma unveils his radical iteratio...more

2023.
06.21

FOG Architecture creates kinetic display for Super Seed's Hangzhou store

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added over a hundred moving display boxes to skincare brand Super Seed's latest retail store in Hangzhou, China. The studio installed 168 kinetic semitransparent acrylic boxes in the main product display ar...more

2023.
06.19

Rockwell Group channels Picasso’s artistic muse in their latest maximalist restaurant

- The restaurant is perched on a bustling street in Barcelona, Spain, with each space drawing inspiration from Pablo Picasso's portraits of Jacqueline Roque. - It is intriguing how inspirations are not baulked by the constraints of mediums an...more

2023.
05.31

A DRUM MACHINE WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

When a child is born with congenital heart disease the rhythm of life is disrupted. Despite being the most common birth defect in the world, general awareness of CHD is low. This drum machine was created in a collaboration between audiovisual designe...more

2023.
05.25

Issey Miyake & Nature Architects model fabric that takes 3D weave pattern when steamed

【ISSEY MIYAKE COLLABORATES WITH NATURE ARCHITECTS FOR TYPE-V PROJECT】 A-POC ABLE Issey Miyake partners with Nature Architects for Milan Design Week 2023 exhibition Thinking Design, Making Design: Type-V Nature Architects Project....more

2023.
05.17

THE BRIGHT, ART-FILLED DESIGN OF NEUEHOUSE VENICE BEACH

Though it’s NeueHouse’s third Southern California location for creators, the 23,000-square-foot Venice Beach building is the first in the portfolio to sit just two blocks from the ocean. Bright and artfully imagined, this latest addition aligns with ...more

2023.
05.10

LAYER meets Croft – a new vision for the future of energy

LAYER, the experience design agency founded by Benjamin Hubert is known for their beautiful design projects and their award-winning furniture and mobility designs. Now they have partnered with the US start-up Croft focused on creating a more sustaina...more

2023.
05.03

Minimalism at the highest level with AXOR

For AXOR, Barber Osgerby have immersed a compact bathroom entirely in green with added white detailing. The concept reflects their definition of luxury, which is also the focus of a new campaign from the Black Forest-based design brand....more

2023.
05.01

Studio Gang’s Richard Gilder Center brings organic tactility to New York City

【 The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation by Studio Gang marks a new era for New York City’s iconic American Museum of Natural History 】 Designed by Studio Gang, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovati...more

2023.
04.26

Six key trends from Milan design week 2023

As the most important design event of the year has come to a close, we look back at the biggest industry trends from Milan design week 2023, including everything from maximalism to algorithmic design. This year saw the Salone del Mobile furniture ...more

2023.
04.17

The Arc: Arctic Visitor Center for Svalbard's Global Seed Vault by Snøhetta

【 In 2019, Snøhetta unveiled their visionary design for The Arc, an Arctic preservation storage visitor center, situated in the remote Svalbard archipelago off the coast of Norway. 】 Commissioned by Arctic Memory AS, The Arc'...more

2023.
03.22

BVN and UTS rethink air conditioning with 3D-printed "breathing" system

Australian architecture practice BVN and the University of Technology Sydney have created a low-carbon, 3D-printed system that "breathes" like frog skin. Named Systems Reef 2, the invention was made of recycled plastic 3D printed into a ...more

2023.
03.08

Selldorf Architects releases design for Art Gallery of Ontario's seventh expansion

Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect have released designs for a gallery to be added to the complex of buildings at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. The design incorporates a brand-new building on top of a pre-existing ...more

2023.
03.06

Vista House by Studio MK27 frames its bucolic context 'like a wide-angle camera'

＜ Designed as a 'house within a house,' Casa Vista rests atop a 46m tall cliff in the seaside town of Trancoso in Brazil, made conspicuous with its theatrical horizontality. ＞ What comes to mind when you think of a house on a cliff, book...more

2023.
02.22

Star House cuts a bold figure on the streets of South Taiwan

\\Star House by Atelier Gratia is a bold concrete addition to the urban landscape of the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung// Star House takes its name from its site's history, rather than its shape....more

2023.
02.15

3D-printed and solar-electric pegasus superyacht camouflages into the sea

< JOZEPH FORAKIS ROOTS FUTURISTIC SUPERYACHT IN NATURE > After the world premiere of his award-winning CLX96, international designer Jozeph Forakis presents the revolutionary PEGASUS 88m superyacht....more

2023.
02.01

Ten key projects by the late architect Balkrishna Doshi

Following the news that Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has passed away aged 95, we had selected 10 key projects by the Pritzker Architecture Prize and RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner. Doshi, who was born in 1927 in Pune, India, had an architectura...more

2023.
01.30

A Floating Learning Center Is Inspired by a Salmon’s Eye

The structure, anchored in a Norwegian Fjord, was designed by Kvorning Design to have as little environmental footprint as possible. Among the myriad environmental crises currently afflicting our planet, overfishing is one that that doesn’t receiv...more

2023.
01.25

Snøhetta perches Bolder Star Lodges on cliff edge overlooking Norwegian fjord

Norwegian studio Snøhetta has dotted a quartet of wooden cabins on a cliff edge with "a front-row view" of Lysefjorden in Norway and pared-back interiors designed by the homeware brand Vipp. Named Bolder Star Lodges, the project, commiss...more

2023.
01.23

World's first 'upcycled' skyscraper saves Australian tower from demolition

Once Sydney's tallest building, the AMP Centre was showing its age. The outdated 1970s structure had come to the end of its lifespan, and the tower's owners wanted to replace it with something bigger, better and more energy-efficient....more

2023.
01.16

Hindu Heritage Experience Centre Inspired By Nature And Religious Symbolism

Arup designed the Hindu Heritage Experience (HHE) Centre in Mangarh, Uttar Pradesh. Throughout the design process, Arup used advanced digital tools to develop the geometry of the museum, as well as to improve buildability, facilitate prefabrication, ...more

2023.
01.09

Pink, bold and pretty: Pink Thermal Baths by FORMA reimagines the bathhouse typology

FORMA envisions a new typology by clubbing leisure activities of a bathhouse with the utilitarian functions of a data centre, at the Pink Thermal Baths in a Californian desert. From Turkish hammams to Japanese onsens, the architectural typology of...more

2023.
01.03

History and Drama Meet at The Magistracy

The newest F&B concept to open in Hong Kong heritage site Tai Kwun, The Magistracy by Black Sheep Restaurants and Joyce Wang Studio is an evocative homage to heritage architecture and quintessential London restaurants....more

2022.
12.26

Taking an action: reinventing the role of renewable energy in architecture

While discourse and search for solutions persist, the conversation around climate change and global warming seems inconsistent. Despite an alarming implication of the global crisis, the world still seems to be spiralling in the conventional means of ...more

2022.
12.12

Dyson Zone, headphones designed to face pollution in the city, are ready to launch

There are updates on the launch of Dyson's first wearable device, designed primarily for urban living, to tackle noise and air pollution. They will cost $949 and be available in 2023. Dyson Zone, the company'...more

2022.
12.05

elevated walkway + observatory by SUO meanders through national park in japan

A SWIRLING WALKWAY BY TAKASHI SUO Japanese architect Takashi Suo, founder of kyoto-based studio SUO, has completed a partially elevated walkway overlooking a spectacular mountaintop of the Seto Inland Sea (see previous coverage here)....more

2022.
11.23

Diller Scofidio + Renfro's 10-story cantilevered campus tower named 2022 Best Tall Building Worldwide by the CTBUH

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Brininstool + Lynch’s recent design for the David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago as the 2022 Best Tall Building Worldwide after a vote annou...more

2022.
11.21

9sekunden's film captures origami extension of swiss national museum, zurich

9SEKUNDEN PREMIERES SWISS NATIONAL MUSEUM FILM In the film soundscaped by Gil Amado, 9sekunden captures the visual, functional, and social narratives of the 2016 extension of the Swiss National Museum, Zurich, designed by Christ & Gantenbein....more

2022.
11.07

The Pyramids of Giza form the backdrop for a new AR art show

‘Forever is Now II’ provides AR technology to help viewers see ambitious work at the Giza site Collectors in Egypt this month to tour the annual Cairo International Art District (CIAD) festival can witness the first art exhibition to use the Pyram...more

2022.
10.26

9 Stunning Homes Built Into Cliffs

From the Slovenian Kamnik Alps to Calamuchita Valley in Argentina, these homes come with incredible views—if you don’t mind the heights If there’s one thing those with acrophobia know to be true, it’s that houses on cliffs weren’t designed for th...more

2022.
10.19

Yuko Nagayama's transparent teardrop-shaped tents dot a tranquil forest in japan

YUKO NAGAYAMA WEAVES DROP-SHAPED TENTS INTO JAPANESE FOREST Tokyo-based architecture firm Yuko Nagayama & Associates has constructed a series of transparent teardrop-shaped tents within a white birch forest in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefectur...more

2022.
10.12

Radio Hotel is designed by MVRDV as a stack of colourful blocks

MVRDV’s Radio Hotel brings a splash of colour to the Washington Heights neighbourhood in New York The Washington Heights neighourhood of Manhattan is not usually associated with modern high-rise constructions, but the recently opened Radio Hotel,...more

2022.
10.03

PLAYstudio’s 'more than white house' reinterprets coastal villas in spain

‘MORE THAN WHITE HOUSE’ RECLAIMS COASTAL IDENTITY The architectural team at PLAYstudio designed a residence in Spain‘s coastal city, Alicante, reclaiming local architectural identity. The ‘More Than White House 1’ is the first in a series of midd...more

2022.
09.21

Ton Venhoeven Believes Architecture Must Support Non-Human Life

The Dutch architect and former national infrastructure advisor, aims to raise quality of life by taking nature-inclusive design to the next level. Dutch architect Ton Venhoeven’s quest for a higher quality of life for people, animals, and plants u...more

2022.
09.19

Bored eye design - sculpts children's balance bike using a sweeping, wooden form

INTRODUCING THE ‘SWEEP BIKE’ BY BORED EYE DESIGN Product designer Liam de la Bedoyere from Bored Eye Design presents the ‘Sweep Bike,’ a conceptual children’s balance bicycle fitted with a wooden, fluid form to entice kids to jump on and ride....more

2022.
09.05

Hebra Arquitectos perches Apfel House on hill overlooking a Chilean valley

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed a wood-clad, T-shaped home that has stylistic elements from barn architecture and juts out into the landscape in order to provide the best views of the terrain. Located in Chile'...more

2022.
08.29

These prefab tiny homes are 3d printed using recycled plastic

Sustainability has been running on everybody’s mind. And, with everyone aspiring toward’s eco-friendly and mindful ways of living, tiny homes have completely taken over the world of architecture and cemented their place as sustainable, minimal, and e...more

2022.
08.22

Artistically transforming plastic into innovative products

Artistically transforming everyday objects, Geneva-based Franco-Japanese artist Yusuké Y. Offhause presents ‘Fuwa Fuwa’ – a series of fascinating organic pieces crafted from treating plastic bottles that can be utilized as sake bottles or even fragra...more

2022.
08.15

Neviges Mariendom by Gottfried Böhm captured by David Altrath

In 1963, German architect Gottfried Böhm designed a church for the Neviges site and more than 50 years later, photographer David Altrath captures the brutalist which is known as Mariendom. Standing like a concrete mountain amid a wood, the jagged ...more

2022.
08.01

SE01 by Johan Viladrich

Seating Element 01 is a minimal stackable seating element created by Rotterdam-based designer Johan Viladrich. SE01 is a stackable seating element in brushed and anodised aluminium. Its architectonic qualities emerge from a desire to reduce the st...more

2022.
07.29

Saudi Arabia reveals 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper to house nine million people

The Saudi Arabian government has unveiled visuals of a 500-metre-tall linear city named The Line, which will be built near the Red Sea as part of Neom. Set to stretch 170 kilometres across northwest Saudi Arabia, the megastructure, which will have...more

2022.
07.20

BIG and Barcode Architects unveil double cantilevered 'Sluishuis' housing complex

Boasting a jagged form that hovers over the IJmeer lake in Amsterdam, this 46,000 sqm housing development offers a contemporary take on classical courtyard buildings. Soaring above the waters of the IJmeer, a bordering lake on the outskirts of Ams...more

2022.
07.13

Dutch museum Art Pavilion M floats on the water

A series of floating circles make up Art Pavilion M – a new museum designed by Studio Ossidiana for the Dutch city of Almere. The Rotterdam architecture firm envisioned the art centre as a sequence of three experiences – the Port, the Stage and th...more

2022.
07.04

The Shunchang Museum by UAD is a monolith disguised as an "urban living room"

UAD garbs the spindle-shaped Shunchang Museum in fair granite, its contemporary form linking the urban fabric and the locals with the natural landscape of Nanping City, China. In the city of Nanping, within China’s Fujian Province stretches the ma...more

2022.
06.20

BIG completes in Norway the most environmentally friendly furniture factory of the world

The Plus factory, designed for Vestre, combines Passivhaus strategies, robot assisted production, solar panels and geothermal wells to be energy-efficient. The architecture firm BIG realized, for the outdoor furniture maker Vestre, the Plus factor...more

2022.
06.13

Snøhetta's underwater restaurant "embraced by nature" in Norway

Architecture studio Snøhetta has released photos showing how its underwater restaurant, Under, has become covered in marine life since reaching completion in Norway three years ago. Located in the remote Lindesnes area, the 495-square-metre struct...more

2022.
06.08

enter projects gives 'facelift' to belgium factory with an intervention of fluid rattan

INTRODUCING FLUID NATURE INTO AN INDUSTRIAL SITE Thailand-based studio Enter Projects Asia takes to Waregem — an area just outside Brussels, Belgium — to install a ‘factory facelift’ intervention using its signature undulating rattan....more

2022.
06.01

A one-of-a-kind light that doubles up as a sculptural piece of artwork

Truly an illuminating pièce de résistance – Foundation by Andrew Ferrier draws inspiration from brutalist architecture and modern building methods. Bold and creative – this sculptural ‘Foundation’ Light created by Andrew Ferrier, takes a cue from ...more

2022.
05.25

Herzog & de Meuron creates building with "modesty" for Royal College of Art

Tactile brown bricks, flexible teaching spaces and public walkways animate the research and studio building that Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has created for the Royal College of Art in London. Located in Battersea, the multi-storey complex...more

2022.
05.18

Crafting objects for a brighter tomorrow

Transforming waste into forms of desirable art – these topographic models by Charles Birshaw are entirely made using ocean plastic. With an innate obsession towards material innovation and a curiosity of exploring boundaries of design across disci...more

2022.
05.09

Triptyque Architecture collaborates with Philippe Starck a hotel building that transports the Amazonian nature in the center of the French metropolis

French-Brazilian practice Triptyque Architecture and designer Philippe Starck design Villa M, a hotel building that aims to create a new pact between cities, nature, and health. TRiptyque Architecture states that Villa M is a naturalistic manifest...more

2022.
05.02

Balbek Bureau Develops Temporary Housing Scheme for Displaced Ukrainians

Since the beginning of the war, over 7.1 million people have been internally displaced within Ukraine. In response to this growing humanitarian crisis, Kyiv-based practice Balbek Bureau has developed a modular temporary housing system that aims to pr...more

2022.
04.20

Bulak Projekt transforms Sugar Factory Żnin into an industrial-style hotel complex

Realised alongside ARCHE, MML architekci, and MIXD, this adaptive reuse project in Żnin, Poland, preserves a 19th century sugar factory, infusing it with warmth and life. Narratives in adaptive reuse, particularly with respect to the typology of d...more

2022.
04.11

Angel & Anchor rewinds to the days of VHS with its latest coffee packaging

Designed for Process roastery, the Belfast-based branding studio is taking it all the way back to Blockbuster, Fuji and someone accidentally recording over your copy of Titanic. A new niche trend seems to be emerging in the creative world....more

2022.
04.04

Jesús Mascaraque’s Digital Artworks Transport Us To A World Of Relaxing Aesthetics

Part of a new generation of artists taking the digital world by storm, València-based designer Jesús Mascaraque brings together highly crafted minimalistic settings and contemporary designs to generate a highly aesthetic world which viewers can digit...more

2022.
03.28

Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre in China resembles a stack of ice cubes

A stack of nine frosted glass "ice cubes" atop a pool of water houses this cultural centre in Xinxiang, China, designed by French studios Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia. The Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre was designed as ...more

2022.
03.21

Ten key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Diébédo Francis Kéré

Here are 10 key projects by Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who has been named this year's laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. Born in Burkina Faso and based in Germany, Kéré'...more

2022.
03.11

Shaped Around Rocks, Lætitia Jacquetton’s Stunning Glass Vases

French artist Lætitia Jacquetton creates ethereal mouth-blown glass vessels that embrace rocks collected from nature. Minimal yet complex, her sculptural decorative objects are inspired by the imperfections of the natural world....more

2022.
03.07

Sun Tower forms a lookout for natural phenomena | Chinese city landmark

Beijing-based studio OPEN has revealed the first look of its under-construction Sun Tower on the coast of Yantai, an ambitious curvilinear structure that embraces the Yellow Sea. The fast-developing coastal district called for a landmark that wou...more

2022.
03.02

A typeface that captures the dyslexic reading experience

The new typeface called Dyslexic Font, created by Switzerland-based illustrator Rocio Egio and Indian designer Pranav Bhardwaj, is playful and special. Typography is an art form that enhances the readability and visual appeal of fonts and typeface...more

2022.
02.21

Ukrainian Brand FAINA Showcases its Primitive-Modern Aesthetic in its Antwerp Showroom

Designers across the world have been exploring the relationship between cultural heritage and modern design for at least a century, drawing inspiration from traditional crafts in order to reimagine, reconstruct and reinvent ancient forms and techniqu...more

2022.
02.16

THIS MULTIPURPOSE MEGA-STORE IN SHANGHAI TAKES EXPERIENTIAL RETAIL TO THE EXTREME

Targeted at Gen Z consumers, fashion flagship Bosie Space incorporates everything from retail and a café to a pet hotel. Key features A large-scale response to the shift toward experiential retail design, the 2,000-sq-m space offers a holistic ...more

2022.
02.14

Layered aluminum strips evoke dandelion seeds for this museum façade in Bangkok

A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO ALUMINUM HAS design and research wanted to bring softness and lightness to a busy road in the outskirts of bangkok with the design of the ‘museum of modern aluminum’. shortened to ‘MoMA’, the 400 sqm museum aims to revive t...more

2022.
02.09

GS Design completes Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel

Shenzen-based interiors firm GS Design has revealed the interiors for Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, located on the coast of Sanya, Hainan. From the outside, the property’s striking façade mimics the rise and fall of ocean waves, whereas for ...more

2022.
02.07

Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music in tune with nature | Budapest park revival

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed the mesmerising House of Music museum in Budapest, topping it with an undulating canopy roof punctuated by trees. Built as part of the Liget Budapest Project, the largest and most ambitious urban cult...more

2022.
02.02

AMO creates sci-fi-themed set for Prada 2022 menswear show

Cinema seats and a runway tunnel that resembles the spacecraft in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey formed the backdrop to Prada's 2022 Fall Winter menswear show at Fondazione Prada, designed by AMO. AMO, the research arm of Dutch architecture s...more

2022.
01.26

Andrés Reisinger and Alba de la Fuente design modernist house in frosty metaverse landscape

The clean geometry of Dieter Rams' industrial designs informed Winter House, a virtual residence by digital artist Andrés Reisinger and architect Alba de la Fuente that exists in a pink-hued winter world....more

2022.
01.21

JAPANESE ARTIST’S FACE MASKS AND WEARABLES GIVE OFF FUTURISTIC, DYSTOPIAN WORLD VIBES

Artist Ikeuchi Hiroto was obsessed with pop culture influences right from his childhood. The cinematic world of the Star Wars, the imaginary robotic animals of Zoids, or the intimidating form of the Gundam....more

2022.
01.17

AstraZeneca’s The Discovery Centre / Herzog & de Meuron

AstraZeneca is establishing a new global research and development facility, named The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge, UK, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC). As part of the wider development known as the Cambridge Southern Fringe Area, CB...more

2022.
01.12

Pensieri Panteschi Transforms One Designer’s Curiosity Into Reality

Lithea’s new collection – Pensieri Panteschi – was designed by Elena Salmistraro and inspired by the Sicilian island of Pantelleria. Long considered a land of fertility, these furniture and decor pieces use marble and polychrome stones to form Salmis...more

2022.
01.07

An Electronics Factory in Chengdu Finds New Life as Multipurpose Venue Inspired by the Site's Industrial History

Housed in a former state-run electronics factory in Chengdu, China, the Vanke City Growth Hall is a new multipurpose venue by Chinese residential real estate developer Vanke that dynamically bridges past and present by drawing upon both analogue and ...more

2022.
01.05

National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir

Located at Fort Belvoir (Virginia), 30 kilometers from Washington, DC, this 17,187-square-meter museum, a work of the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), is fragmented into five monolithic pavilions differing in size – the tallest one standing...more

2021.
12.31

Himmel Trial House Offers 360-degree Views Of The Lush Paraguayan Forests

In n a remote mountain site in Guaira, Paraguay, local architecture firm Bauen has designed ‘Himmel Trial House’, a minimalist residential home for a retired client in steel and glass, in which the surrounding landscape is the protagonist....more

2021.
12.27

Uber and Arrival design "super minimal" electric car for ride-hailing industry

Electric vehicle brand Arrival has revealed the prototype of its monovolume electric car designed for Uber, which aims to offer passengers a comfort-driven ride-hailing experience. Intended for urban environments where ride-hailing is most popular...more

2021.
12.24

DESIGNED BY FORMER SPACEX, TESLA, & AIRBNB EMPLOYEES, THIS FLATPACK SHELTER IS THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE ESSENTIAL!

Glamping pods are cool but what if I tell you there is a portable shelter literally designed by the best in the game? Jupe is a luxe pod with a sci-fi-inspired design made by a team of multidisciplinary experts from across the housing, architecture, ...more

2021.
12.20

SANTA MARIA GORETTI CHURCH: DISTINCTIVE YET TIMELESS

natural forms and the curves of baroque architecture inspired mario cucinella architects‘ design of this organic-shaped church in italy. located in the calabrian hill town of mormanno, overlooking pollino national park, the new parish church of santa...more

2021.
12.17

A Japanese Restaurant with Filmic Qualities

Design studio Russell & George has created a futuristic interior with coloured film and neon lights at new Melbourne eatery Yakimono Yakimono is a fully charged flash of mirrors, lenses and 3D effects....more

2021.
12.13

To the Moon, Mars, and beyond: Innovative space architecture projects from 2021

STIR presents some of the most exciting space design projects - from vehicles to entire settlements - that share a vision of how humanity can settle on other worlds. Space architecture and design is an arena that has been explored by quite a few m...more

2021.
12.08

Snøhetta and Studio Plastique make tiles from recycled oven and microwave glass

Norwegian studio Snøhetta has worked with Belgian designers Studio Plastique and Italian manufacturer Fornace Brioni to produce tiles made of glass from discarded ovens and microwaves. Currently in the prototype stage, the Common Sands project sug...more

2021.
12.03

Waste Age: Design Museum exhibition highlights designers creating furniture from discarded plastic, rubble and food

A new generation of designers are picking rubbish as their material of choice, using discarded plastic, rubble and food to design homeware, furniture and building finishes that don’t look anything like castoffs....more

2021.
11.29

Resort Concept Imagines Treehouses Inspired by the Shape of Bamboo Rice Baskets

Searching for a unique nature retreat? Well, look no further than this wellness resort designed by DeD Studio. The proposal has considered a larger-scale masterplan for the forest area outside of Huizhou City in Guangdong province, China, as well as ...more

2021.
11.22

Vincent Dassi uses pulped cardboard to make and repair everyday objects

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Vincent Dassi has developed a form of papier-mâché that allows anyone to make and repair household objects using recycled cardboard boxes. Pulp It sees Dassi use a food processor to transform cardboard into paper ...more

2021.
11.19

Lucas Muñoz designs Mo de Movimiento restaurant interior using waste materials

Upcycled junk and site construction waste make up nearly every interior element of the Mo de Movimiento restaurant, created by designer Lucas Muñoz to be as sustainable as possible. Muñoz created Mo de Movimiento, which is located in a space in Ma...more

2021.
11.17

Herzog & de Meuron reveals second Vancouver Art Gallery redesign with woven copper-effect facade

Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its second redesign for a new building at the Vancouver Art Gallery after the project was pledged a nine-figure donation from a property developer. The architecture firm has revised the massing and ...more

2021.
11.15

7-Ton Salt Sculpture Transforms the Halls of a Japanese Nursery School

Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto is well-known for his awe-inspiring works of art in which he uses salt to sculpt labyrinthine patterns. Drawn to the crystalline substance for its beautiful, translucent qualities, he returns to the mineral, again and a...more

2021.
11.08

Artist Captures the Essence of Different Animals in Minimalistic Metal Sculptures

Seoul-based artist Lee Sangsoo proves that you don't need to be true-to-life to create striking works of art. Instead, he masterfully bends, twists, and coils strips of spray-painted metal to capture the essence of different kinds of animals in ...more

2021.
10.27

Kyle Kuzma Co-Founded Barcode Brings Plant-Based Recovery To Sports Drinks

People have competed in athletic competitions for millennia, but the advent of scientifically formulated sports recovery is relatively new, with Gatorade first coming into play in 1965. Since then, these beverages have become permanent fixtures on th...more

2021.
10.20

Human-Sized Bird Nests Invite You to Enjoy the View Like Our Feathered Friends

Many children dream of living in a treehouse, but what about a giant bird's nest? Brooklyn-based artist Charlie Baker harnesses the untamed beauty of branches and sticks in his series of massive sculptures and installations....more

2021.
10.18

Boomerang-Shaped Research Center Offers Visitors Dramatic Views of the Arctic Landscape

Danish architect Dorte Mandrup is known for her elegant and sculptural projects that thoughtfully adapt to unique sites around the world. Her firm's recent project known as the Ilulissat Icefjord Centre is one of them;...more

2021.
10.04

Historic 1930s Sea Pool Is Getting a Dramatic Redesign Resembling a Topographic Map

The historic Knubben harbor bath in Arendal, Norway, will soon undergo a dramatic redesign that's a bit different than a traditional restoration. Design firm Snøhetta has released images of a contemporary and elegant stepped landscape that will ...more

2021.
09.29

Studio Barbara Gollackner exhibits tableware made from food waste at Vienna Design Week

Design studio Barbara Gollackner has presented a collection of homeware items made from industrial and personal food waste at Vienna Design Week. Viennese designer Gollackner teamed up with Austrian chef and restaurant owner Martin Kilga to create...more

2021.
09.27

Design China Beijing 2021 show to explore sustainability in the post-pandemic world

Dezeen promotion: the fourth edition of Design China Beijing takes place this week and will showcase international brands alongside local talent under the theme of "nature, nurture and sustainable beauty"....more

2021.
09.24

Mesmerizing Halftone Sculptures Made From Hundreds of Metal Pipes

Sculptor Yi Chul Hee is known for his incredible sculptures that activate public space. He uses tightly stacked metal pipes that are then cut at interesting angles to achieve sculptures of the human form, life-sized animals, and even abstract art....more

2021.
09.20

Arc de Triomphe wrapped in fabric in tribute to artist

Giants sheets of fabric have been draped down the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris in tribute to a late artist's unfulfilled dream. The memorial in the French capital will be covered in 25,000 sq m (270,000 sq ft) of plastic wrapping over th...more

2021.
09.17

Innovative “Urban Living Room” in Silicon Valley to Reimagine More Sustainable Form of City Living

In San Jose, California, the Westbank Campus will be a collection of innovative buildings by many starchitects who are helping to reimagine a more sustainable form of city living. The campus will serve to reinspire the residents of Silicon Valley and...more

2021.
09.10

Designers and architects redesign the Louis Vuitton trunk for Louis 200

Two hundred creatives, including architect Sou Fujimoto and designer Samuel Ross, have reinterpreted the classic Louis Vuitton trunk in celebration of what would have been the fashion designer's 200th birthday....more

2021.
09.06

Frank Gehry Completes Shimmering Stainless Steel Luma Arles Tower

Architect Frank Gehry has recently completed a shimmering stainless-steel tower for Luma Arles. The tower is part of a larger complex in Arles’ Parc des Ateliers which will be full of projects by famous designers such as Olafur Eliasson, Carsten Höll...more

2021.
08.30

This Croatian Hotel Is Carved Under an Olive Orchard To Blend With Its Surroundings

If you are looking for a unique destination in the Mediterranean, the new Villa Nai 3.3 is sure to provide a special hotel experience. This five-star accommodation can be found on the Dalmatian Island in Dugi Otok, Croatia....more

2021.
08.20

Tubular holiday home cantilevers over hill in Russian art park

Moscow's chief architect Sergey Kuznetsov has completed a pipe-shaped cabin, constructed like the hull of a ship and balanced on the edge of a slope in Russia's Nikola-Lenivets Art Park. The holiday home was conceived for the annual Archst...more

2021.
08.18

Studio Avoid designs Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou to evoke ancient cave dwellings

Studio Avoid has completed a retreat in China's Hebei province comprising a series of cave-like brick-clad pods connected by a raised walkway. The village of Xiyaotou in the Zhangjiakou prefecture contains a network of traditional cave dwelling...more

2021.
08.16

Recycled Books Given a New Life As Intricate Nature-Inspired Paper Sculptures

Alove of nature can bring a wealth of joy and a newfound appreciation for the wonder and beauty in life. That statement rings true for British artist Kate Kato of Kasasagi Design. Fueled by her curiosity and fascination with the natural world, Kato c...more

2021.
08.13

Concrete stilts protect House in Takaoka from extreme weather

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has completed a house in the city of Takaoka that is raised 70 centimetres above the ground on concrete stilts to protect it from flooding and heavy snow. The owners of the House in Takaoka – a couple with two yo...more

2021.
08.11

BIG's spiralling double-helix viewing tower revealed

The first photos of the recently opened Marsk Watchtower in Denmark designed by architecture studio BIG have been unveiled. Created to attract tourists to the area, the 25-metre-high viewing tower within the Wadden Sea National Park has a double hel...more

2021.
08.04

Kengo Kuma Designs Dramatic Staircase With Metal Chain Curtains in Gaudí’s Casa Batlló

Architecture lovers will be excited to find the work of more than one master designer when they visit Barcelona’s Casa Batlló. Aside from Casa Batlló itself—which is an iconic example of Catalan Modernisme or Art Nouveau architecture designed by Anto...more

2021.
08.02

Be the First To Stay In an Luxurious Glass-Walled Tent Near the Grand Canyon

If visiting the Grand Canyon is not on your travel bucket list yet, this latest project might change your mind. Nomad’s Pad is a development of contemporary glass pyramids on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon....more

2021.
07.28

Sculptor Visualizes Enchanting Butterflies and Flowers Emerging From Golden Frame

Many people consider themselves “right-brained” or “left-brained”—either possessing a natural aptitude for creativity, art, and other such endeavors or finding themselves more drawn to the realm of math, science, and logic....more

2021.
07.23

Ohmie is a 3D-printed lamp made from orange peels

Milan-based start-up Krill Design has 3D printed Sicilian orange peels into a tactile lamp that can be composted along with organic household waste. The designers at Krill Design turned to orange peel to create the lightweight lamp because of the ci...more

2021.
07.21

Joris Laarman's 3D-printed stainless steel bridge finally opens in Amsterdam

A 12-metre 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-axis robot...more

2021.
07.16

Doug Aitken creates kaleidoscopic catwalk for Saint Laurent show in Venice

American artist Doug Aitken has designed a plant-filled mirrored installation for the Saint Laurent menswear spring summer 2021 fashion show in Venice. Called Green Lens, the kaleidoscopic catwalk is located on the Venetian island of Certosa....more

2021.
07.14

Airweave creates cardboard beds and modular mattresses for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will sleep on beds made from recycled cardboard and customisable mattresses by Japanese bedding company Airweave. Airweave has created 18,000 beds and mattresses for athletes at this summer'...more

2021.
07.09

Conceptual Cocoon Cabins Imagine Wooden Pods Nestled Among a Cuban Mountainscape

When you’re feeling bogged down with work and overly dependent on technology, you might dream of a peaceful cabin getaway to reconnect with nature. We think these conceptual cocoons by Veliz Arquitecto would be the perfect retreat to do just that....more

2021.
06.30

Kéré Architecture uses local clay to construct Burkina Institute of Technology

Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's studio has built a university in Burkina Faso, western Africa, which has walls made with locally sourced clay and screens of eucalyptus wood. The facility, named the Burkina Institute of Technology, ...more

2021.
06.28

Henry Glogau wins Lexus Design Award with Portable Solar Distiller for informal settlements

Danish architecture graduate Henry Glogau has developed a distiller that purifies water using solar energy and can be assembled from cheap, readily available materials. The Portable Solar Distiller, which won this year'...more

2021.
06.25

Bourse de Commerce: Tadao Ando Interweaves Past and Present for Pinault Collection's New Parisian Museum

The much-anticipated opening on May 22nd of the Bourse de Commerce–Pinault Collection, a private museum in Paris housing the contemporary art collection of French billionaire François Pinault, was preceded by high expectations which we’re happy to sa...more

2021.
06.23

Pitsou Kedem Architects Revamp a 300-Year-Old House in Old Jaffa, Israel

Overlooking the ancient port of Old Jaffa, the oldest neighbourhood in Tel Aviv, this remarkable two-bedroom residence seamlessly marries the building’s 300-year-old Ottoman era architecture with modern interiors of contemporary minimalism....more

2021.
06.18

A Multipurpose Development on Hormuz Island Echoes the Kaleidoscopic Beauty of the Natural Landscape

You’ve probably heard of the Strait of Hormuz in relation to its geostrategic significance - as the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the ocean, it controls the shipment of petroleum from the Middle East....more

2021.
06.16

Lush Vertical Garden Tower Will Bring City Dwellers Closer to Nature

The word biophilia describes humans' innate desire to be immersed in the natural world. Planned for Singapore’s Orchard Boulevard, the new Park Nova residential tower does just that by reimagining traditional city living to help people enjoy the...more

2021.
06.11

Enormous Sculptures Rooted in Nature Take Over Arboretum

South African artist Daniel Popper debuted his first major exhibition in the United States—and his largest ever—at The Morton Arboretum in Illinois. Human+Nature is a sprawling exhibition that sees five large-scale sculptures by Popper invading the 1...more

2021.
06.07

This Observation Tower Design Literally Anchors Two Tectonic Plates in Iceland

Design studio 00group has released imagery of an ambitious new landmark for Iceland. Known as Anchor of the Plates, the plan includes a set of monumental towers connected via a bridge that crosses a fissure in the northern part of the country....more

2021.
06.04

Photographers Capture NYC’s Newly Opened ‘Little Island’ Park

An incredibly unique park is now open for visitors in New York City. Little Island, designed by Heatherwick Studio and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, is a nature getaway and peaceful retreat for city dwellers after a difficult approval and con...more

2021.
06.02

Belgian Designer Ben Storms Creates Impossible-looking yet Functional Pieces that Defy Expectations

In the words of Canadian illusionist Doug Henning, “the art of a magician is to create wonder” for a sense of wonder fills us with joy. Evoking a sense of wonder is by no means solely the prerogative of magicians - many artists and designers aim at e...more

2021.
05.31

Lyrical Sculptures Imagine the Human Body as a Network of Branches and Twigs

South Korean artist Sun-Hyuk Kim creates mesmerizing figurative sculptures that sprout into the air like trees. He uses stainless steel to render abstract representations of bodies and faces that are merged with sprawling branches....more

2021.
05.26

Lacime Architects Draw from Ancient Chinese Texts to Design a Modern Edifice

Located outside Zhengzhou, China, the JianYe - LanHai ZhengFeng Hotel definitely stands out as the only new building in an otherwise as-yet-to-be-developed area designated as Henan province’s future land-to-air transport hub....more

2021.
05.24

25-Foot-Tall Ganesh Sculpture Made of Over 5 Tons of Bananas

In Hinduism, the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrates the birth of the elephant-headed deity Ganesh, the god of prosperity, new beginnings, and wisdom. In the Indian city of Sambalpur in Odisha, a group called Natraj Club pay their respects to...more

2021.
05.19

WATCH HOW THIS 4.7-INCH THICK MONOLITHIC SLAB OPENS UP INTO A COMFORTABLE MOVIE THEATER SEAT

Designed originally for theaters and cinema halls, this Piet Mondrian-inspired chair is a marvel of design and engineering! Titled the Mono, it exists as a 4.7-inch thick monolithic slab when closed, but unravels into a plush cinema-style seat with a...more

2021.
05.17

Mexican Boutique Hotel Features Gorgeous Brick Arches Made of Local Material

Located in Oaxaca, Mexico is Casona Sforza, a boutique hotel characterized by beautiful vaulted brick arches of varying heights. Located in the port town of Puerto Escondido, the hotel creates a new destination for tourists while highlighting local m...more

2021.
05.12

Miami Beach’s First Underwater Sculpture Park Is 7 Miles Long and Will Open Later This Year

If you love Miami’s diverse art scene, you’re going to enjoy this latest masterplan by architecture firm OMA. ReefLine is Miami Beach’s first underwater sculpture park and is planned for an area of seven miles....more

2021.
05.10

Artist Uses Sand and Stones to Create Land Art Masterpieces at His Local Beach

Awalk on the beach is one of life’s simple pleasures; but for land artist Jon Foreman, it’s a chance to get creative. The UK-based artist collects natural materials such as stones, pebbles, and shells and then artistically arranges them in mesmerizin...more

2021.
05.07

Playful ‘catHAUS’ Lets Humans Lounge on a Chic Mini House Built for Cats

As cat lovers, we would do almost anything for our feline friends. But with their common tendency to lay claim to absolutely any space or household object they see fit, it’s not uncommon to find ourselves in a battle for the comfiest perch in the hou...more

2021.
04.28

These Meticulously Crafted Hand-Blown Glass Spiders Will Make You Do a Double-Take

Glassblowing is an incredible art and craft with a history dating as far back as the 1st century BCE. Glass Symphony, a small family-owned glassblowing studio, has been in the business for generations, and their talent and love for their vocation is ...more

2021.
04.23

Japanese Artist Creates Over 100,000 Cherry Blossom Petals From Salt in Heartfelt Installation

Propelled by precious memories of loved ones lost, Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates in order to preserve and cherish those sacred remembrances too often forgotten with time. Best known for his painstakingly crafted salt installations which he o...more

2021.
04.21

BIG Designs Giant O-Shaped “Infinity Loop” Tower in China

Bjarke Ingels Group, or BIG, has just has just released images of a dramatic skyscraper for Hangzhou’s Future Sci-Tech City. Commissioned as the new research and development headquarters for China’s largest smartphone manufacturer OPPO, O-Tower is a ...more

2021.
04.19

Architects Design Self-Sufficient Biocabins That Adapt To a Post-Climate Change World

Now more than ever, architects and designers are being asked to consider the effect their work will have on the planet. How can we combat climate change, and what will the world look like if we don’t take action?...more

2021.
04.14

Delicate Tattoos Inspired by Traditional Chinese Painting Tell Stories Within Long Rectangles

Beijing-based tattoo artist Franky Yang creates ethereal body art inspired by traditional Chinese paintings. Like windows to another world, she contains each of her refined illustrations inside long, thin rectangles, which stretch across her clients&...more

2021.
04.09

Dynamic Tower Will Be Powered by the Wind to Glow in Silicon Valley At Night

Did you know that some tall structures visibly sway in the wind? It's true; many of the iconic designs for the world’s tallest buildings were made to help these skyscrapers deal with high-speed wind....more

2021.
04.07

Polaroid Has Created the World’s First 3D Candy Pen To Draw and Design Your Own Sweets

If you could design your own candy, what would it look like? Whether you want to craft star-shaped sweets or 3D edible flowers, you can make your ideas a reality with the Polaroid CandyPlay 3D Pen. It’s the world’s first device that allows you to dra...more

2021.
04.05

This Elusive Green Home Was Designed to Fit Perfectly in the Icelandic Hillside

Nestled in the hills overlooking the Icelandic lake of Þingvallavatn sits a camouflaged home called Thingvallavatn House. This modern abode was designed by architecture firm KRADS as a holiday home for musicians Tina Dickow and Helgi Hrafn Jónsson....more

2021.
03.31

Elaborate Paintings Capture the Beautiful Mystery of Diverse Ecosystems

There's a myriad of unique creatures living deep underwater and between blades of grass. Los Angles-based, self-taught artist Robert Steven Connett explores the diversity of these lesser-seen ecosystems in his vibrant acrylic paintings....more

2021.
03.26

Louis Vuitton Store in Japan is Now Covered in a Shimmering Sea-Inspired Exterior

After three years of renovation, Louis Vuitton’s Ginza Namiki store in Tokyo’s Ginza district is back in business with a new unique façade. Japanese architect Jun Aoki designed a shimmering face for the historic store through the use of unique panels...more

2021.
03.19

Sculptural Hair Styles Become Unlikely Canvases for Delicate Baroque-Inspired Art

Spanish stylist Alexis Ferrer merges botanical patterns with unique coiffures in his stunning series titled La Favorite. The avant-garde collection features models wearing blonde hair extensions that are digitally printed with romantic floral motifs....more

2021.
03.17

Architects Design Whimsical “Tree House” Resort in Hangzhou, China

If you were lucky enough to experience a treehouse as a child, you know that these whimsical structures can be the coziest place to spend the day. For those who never got their own treehouse, WH Studio’s Tree House Cabins may be your chance to experi...more

2021.
03.12

Tri-Color Palette Ideas For Your Next Design Project

It's easy to find two colors that go well with each other, but things get tricky when you add a third color to the mix. Each color must complement the other two perfectly. If you're looking for tri-color palettes for your graphic, web, o...more

2021.
03.10

5 Contemporary Textile Artists to Celebrate During Women’s History Month

Textiles have a long place in art history. The combination of textiles and art can be traced back to ancient times when it was primarily used to clothe people or keep them warm. But as trade routes were established and production techniques improved—...more

2021.
03.09

This Unique Hokkaido Retreat Was Designed Using an Algorithm

This retreat in Hokkaido, Japan is unlike any cabin in the woods you have ever seen. Laboratory for Explorative Architecture & Design, or LEAD, designed YEZO as an architectural experiment in fabrication and sustainability....more

2021.
03.05

Foster + Partners Designs Saudi Arabian Hotel in Sand Dunes

Foster + Partners has shared a new design for a hotel in Saudi Arabia set within sand dunes. Dubbed Southern Dunes, the project is part of The Red Sea Project tourist development. The hotel will include 40 villas that are constructed from timber and ...more

2021.
03.04

NK Home / Kiên Trúc NDT

NK Home is located in a densely populated area in Bac Ninh province. The project has an area of 81m2 (4.5m x 18m) and the main façade is North. This is a typical tube house in Vietnam with the common feature of a narrow façade and an elongated livi...more

2021.
03.02

Cantó House / Piano Piano Studio

The project objective was to build a house in an elongated corner in a somewhat complicated plot, where the future house would have to learn to live with two-party walls: a large one on the east border, and another one with more proportioned dimensio...more

2021.
02.25

The Cube House / Verizon Architects

The Cube House is located in the fringes of Ahmedabad city far away from the urban clatters, which gives the essence of the countryside-nestled in a 9,000 sq. ft. corner property and encircled by blooming trees around its periphery, the site is also ...more

2021.
02.25

Cube Hotel / SU Architects

Intent. The construction conditions of the building are very clear. The building height shall not be more than 12 meters and the land area shall not be over 140 square meters. It could be seen that 140 square meters ≈12 meters by 12 meters and the he...more

2021.
02.24

Informal Cube in Rotterdam / jvantspijker

Jvantspijker Architects have designed a sturdy cube-shaped house in the centre of Rotterdam. With its spatial 3-dimensional layout the building allows a modern family to meet the paradoxical demands of urban life: The house provides community as well...more

2021.
02.23

Private House in Kratigos / b-group

The house lies on a hill in Kratigos Mytilene with panoramic views of the Aegean Sea and the lush vegetation of the adjacent downhill slope. The design takes into consideration and uses to its advantage the orientation of the plot as well as the terr...more

2021.
02.23

Kecherile Veedu House / Finder Studio

Traditional Kerala homes are rich in memories; of the long-forgotten smell of the first rain, the sound of raindrops falling in the courtyard, people sitting and conversing around it, the feeling of the warmth of mud walls and wood, the coziness of s...more

2021.
02.23

Giovanni House / Marazzi Reinhardt

Giovanni - a timeless house in the spirit of a palazzo - is located in an ordinary residential zone with buildings from the last seven decades. The main idea of the house, such as flexibility of use, privacy, the view and the demand for representatio...more

2021.
02.20

K5 Tokyo Hotel / Claesson Koivisto Rune

K5 Tokyo, housed in a converted 1920s bank building, sits beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange and connects the traditional Imperial Palace area with hip Eastern Tokyo. The Japanese word ‘Aimai’ guides K5 Tokyo’s concept....more

2021.
02.18

Punta Majahua Building / Zozaya Arquitectos

Punta Majahua is situated in the magnificent surf villa of Troncones, it is a residential complex strategically located in a spectacular ten thousand square meter piece of land on a peninsula, north of Troncones, in the state of Guerrero, Mexico....more

2021.
02.18

Rag Doll House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten

In this neighbourhood, homeowners like to give their homes a name. The name of this house was “Rag Doll”. A rag doll is a stuffed doll, made from different incoherent pieces of material and parts, forming a coherent ensemble. This house is just that....more

2021.
02.18

Netsch Residence Renovation / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Known for daring and unconventional designs such as Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy, architect and former SOM design partner Walter Netsch (1920 – 2008) employed the same ingenuity for the design of his own home as he did in his m...more

2021.
02.18

Softie Interior Renovation / OPA Architects

Why can’t architecture be more like nature -- changeable, varied, and uninhibited? Our client wanted to return home and feel a sense of private freedom, a release from the conformity of the world outside....more

2021.
02.17

Perpetual Spring Pavilion / OBRA Architects

The year 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Museum Of Modern and Contemporary Art MMCA, coincides with the centennial birth of an ongoing revolution: the establishment of the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai April 11, 1919....more

2021.
02.17

Comporta 10 House / Fragmentos

The Comporta 10 residence is located in the Portuguese traditional village of Comporta. Surrounded by a pine forest, the building is placed on a mild sloping plot that favors sun exposure and the relationship with the landscape to the South....more

2021.
02.17

Sou Fujimoto Unveils Images of Public Pavilion for Haikou's Waterfront in China

After MAD’s Wormhole Library, the city of Haikou revealed a pavilion by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Scheduled for the end of spring, the ribbon-like white pavilion with an accessible roof will be one of the first public waterfront interventions to be co...more

2021.
02.17

Today is Long Cafe / Absence from Island

The clients were a group of individuals who have studied and worked separately in Australia and have subsequently moved back to their hometown Hong Kong where they eventually met due to a shared passion for coffee....more

2021.
02.17

Muee Restaurant / MAT Office

In the summer of 2020, a friend who came to us chose a place to administrate a restaurant, what he expected was to introduce the local hotpot from Hunan, his hometown to Beijing. The restaurant is located in Hepingli, Dongcheng District in Beijing, a...more

2021.
02.17

EC Apartment / DT Estúdio

Wishing to live in a more peaceful neighborhood but in a space where he could entertain his friends, the financial market executive moved from his apartment near downtown São Paulo to a bigger one in Jardins....more

2021.
02.17

Tsiskvili Restaurant Complex / Studio 9

The attractive landscape of the coast, the operating mill and the rather affluent waterfall falling into the river became the basis of creative understanding of the author of the project. Factually, the architecture of the historic city type "...more

2021.
02.16

Quarter Glass House / Proctor & Shaw

A series of stepped levels and angular windows designed by Proctor and Shaw open the ground floor of an Edwardian terrace house onto a quiet leafy garden in South West London. The clients charged Proctor and Shaw with the task of connecting the groun...more

2021.
02.15

Desizo Monni Administrative Building / A&A Architects

Desizo Monni corporate office building provides a creative working environment for a local fashion brand. It is located in an industrial town in one of the poorest regions in Europe. The key goals of the project were to create a new identity for the ...more

2021.
02.12

Half House / Projekt V Arhitektura

Situated in an ordinary unplanned neighbourhood in Sarajevo, the Half House is a new studio extension and refurbishment of the ground floor of a typical Bosnian ‘family house’. The Half House has been designed for a wheelchair user and his wife by Pr...more

2021.
02.11

2 Waterline Square Building / KPF

Through creative planning and massing adjustments within the strict confines of a previously approved scheme, KPF achieved the client’s brief, weaving together 646 units total (160 condo, 216 rental) with plentiful outdoor space and amenities....more

2021.
02.10

Frame House / Bureau de Change Architects

Bureau de Change have completed a rear extension and refurbishment to a Victorian terraced house in South London, employing their characteristically questioning approach to produce an unconventional arrangement of interlocking geometric glass volumes...more

2021.
02.09

Peliva Nature & Suites / G2lab

Built in a privileged location in the southern part of Pelion, close to an old olive grove with an unparalleled view of the Pagasitic Gulf, Peliva Nature & Suites offers a high quality place to escape, relax and stay....more

2021.
02.09

La Vida Residencial Building / Todos Arquitetura

Urban, practical and contemporary are some of the qualities of this model-apartment that we’ve designed for Grupo Lar’s La Vida Residencial Building, in Alto da Boa Vista neighborhood in São Paulo. The interior design for this 37 m² two-bedroom pr...more

2021.
02.08

Burnside Tokyo Culinary Space / Snohetta

Using food to empower communities, Ghetto Gastro celebrates the Bronx as an inspiration and catalyst of global culture. Burnside builds upon this creative energy where the Bronx and Tokyo meet. Since their founding in 2012, Ghetto Gastro’s work to ex...more

2021.
02.08

Samna Restaurant / YOD Group

Samna is a restaurant of Middle Eastern cuisine in the author’s interpretation by famous Israel chef Meir Adoni. The venue is located in the historic part of Kyiv, next to Arsenalna square. The restaurant occupies the basement and the first floor of ...more

2021.
02.04

Tam Đảo Villa / Tropical Space

Tam Dao villa is a vacation villa located in a valley at the foot of the mountain in Tam Dao town. The front of the house is east-facing, welcoming the dawn and the rear looks toward the golf course valley in the west, watching the sunset....more

2021.
02.04

Heatherwick Studio Unveils Pair of Curvaceous Towers for Vancouver

Heatherwick Studio has shared plans for a pair of residential towers in Vancouver, Canada. The "curvaceous" skyscrapers were designed for Kingswood Properties and Bosa Properties in the city's West End neighborhood....more

2021.
02.04

Teahouse Ø / PAN- Projects

Floating Pavilion Ø is a series of pavilions that proposes urban water spaces as new public spaces. Teahouse Ø is the first one to be built amongst the series. Currently known as a sustainable city, Copenhagen once prospered as an industrial area, th...more

2021.
02.01

Floris Hotel / noa*

For many years the cosy guest rooms of Parc Hotel Florian, situated at the foothills of the village of Siusi allo Sciliar, have been providing the perfect year-round holiday experience. A unique feature of this property is the magnificent park, where...more

2021.
02.01

Loft in Marvila / RA+TR arquitectos

The intervention is in a two-storey building in which the ground floor was a former wine warehouse and the upper floor contained two apartments. The advanced state of dilapidation the existing structure found itself in made complete demolition of the...more

2021.
01.27

V&A Bags: Inside Out Exhibition / Studio MUTT

Bags: Inside Out at the V&A is the UK’s most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the ultimate accessory. Curated by Dr. Lucia Savi and designed by Studio MUTT, with graphic design by Heather Whitbread at V&...more

2021.
01.27

P House / T H I A Architecture

P. House is the establishment with an area of 4.3 x 15m located in an alley, with three sides bordering the neighbor while the east façade borders an old factory and many large old trees. Upon approaching the site, we notice the unique settings of...more

2021.
01.27

Mahallat Residential Building No3 / CAAT Studio

The project is located on a residential periphery of Mahallat, 262 kilometers southwest of Tehran with the hot and dry climate. The area surrounding the city is rich with travertine which is mainly because of the two significant travertine local mine...more

2021.
01.27

House 011 / Camps Felip Arquitecturia

The plot is located in the Mira-sol district in Sant Cugat del Vallès, dominated by isolated houses with gardens. A space of spaces or a house of houses, in the middle of a garden. Every small pice turns into an interior courtyard and looks different...more

2021.
01.26

Most Beautiful House / Leo Romano

Located in the Condominium Terras de São José, in Itu, São Paulo, the 1100m2 residence received from the owners the affectionate name of "The most beautiful house". The wide sloping terrain protects a portion of native forest....more

2021.
01.26

Eaves Around House / y+M design office

The house is for a family of four, married couple and their children. Their parents’ house is located on the north side of their ground. So we arranged their low-rise house on the south side. The arrangement provides an open space which ensures adequ...more

2021.
01.26

Common Reader Bookstore / Atelier TAO+C

Atelier tao+c has designed a bookstore to provide a traditional reading experience for Common Reader, of which the name originated from the book [The Common Reader] by Virginia Woolf. The designer and the owner reached a common understanding that the...more

2021.
01.26

Casablanca Finance City Tower / Morphosis Architects

Designed by global architecture firm Morphosis, Casablanca Finance City Tower is the first project to be realized in the newly-established Casablanca Finance City (CFC)—a transformative new business district currently being developed in the Anfa Dist...more

2021.
01.26

Gallery House / Abin Design Studio

The client of Wall House procured a parcel of land across the street from his home as a parking lot for his vehicles. ADS was approached to provide for a garage structure with staff quarters above. Given its simple program, ADS convinced the client t...more

2021.
01.25

98 Front Apartments / ODA New York

98 Front Street is a 10 story 189,000 sqf ground-up mixed-use building in DUMBO Brooklyn. The property is bound by Adams street on the east, York Street on the south, Fleet Alley on the west, and Front Street on the north....more

2021.
01.25

The Brick Trader's House / Architecture Studio YEIN

In Korean legends appear so many stories about traders of cattle, salt, silk, and trinketry, but nothing about a brick trader. In British fairy tales, however, a brick house is regarded as a model of robust house as exemplified by the third pig'...more

2021.
01.25

Pinghe Bibliotheater / OPEN Architecture

Pinghe Bibliotheater is the core of OPEN’s latest project—School as Village/Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School. A library, a theater, and a black box interlock together like a Chinese puzzle to form this characteristic building that some cal...more

2021.
01.22

Parikrama House / SPASM Design Architects

Approached by a friend who represents a Minimal-window producer from Portugal, called PANORAMAH. We, were given the task of developing a sort of case study home, in the Murud region amidst a coconut grove....more

2021.
01.22

50% Cloud Artists Lounge Restaurant / CCD

The restaurant is situated in a building named "50%Cloud", which follows the design languages of red brick architectural complexes designed by Luo Xu while at the same time subtly incorporating Art Deco Style to maintain its own unique iden...more

2021.
01.21

Q04L63 House / mf+arquitetos

The design of the Q04L63 House begins with the proposal of a summer house. The Family, which includes the couple and three children of different ages, attends the residence during the weekends for their leisure time, in addition to receiving friends ...more

2021.
01.21

Fisksätra Folkets Hus Community Center / Sandellsandberg

Folkets Hus (The People’s House) is the first building to be completed in the redevelopment of Fisksätra – a suburban residential area outside Stockholm. The building, culture, and youth center with great social responsibilities in the community of F...more

2021.
01.21

Augusta Vin Winery / Texas Timber Frames

The owner of Augusta Vin originally wanted a plantation-style project with wrap around porches on the first and second floors as a tasting room for the vineyard’s products. We happened to have a conceptual structural design kicking around the Texas T...more

2021.
01.20

RB Pharma Office / Galant I.D. Lda

Yaroslav Galant (Galant I.D.lda studio) has finished work on the project for the office of RB Pharma, a company that specialises on finding individual solutions for distribution of hard-to -find medicines....more

2021.
01.20

Casa Bottega / Chris Briffa Architects

As an architect, designing your home is a labour of love, with all the permutations that love brings with it; obsessing, re-designing, evaluating possible solutions, costing, and realisation of vision. After purchasing the property, budget was lackin...more

2021.
01.20

Vagantes Ermita House / Gina Góngora + Arista Cero

The project is located near the Ermita de Santa Isabel Church in the San Sebastián district in Mérida Yucatán. it is a renovation of an abandoned building, transformed into an ideal space for couples who want to live in Mérida, in an iconic neighbour...more

2021.
01.20

Querencia Neighborhood Facility / L'eau Design + Dongjin Kim (Hongik University)

“Querencia,” which originates from the word “querer” meaning “to want” or “to desire” and which means “homing instinct,” is a terminology used in Spanish bullfighting. The bull, after entering the expansive bullring, looks around the tension-filled b...more

2021.
01.19

Deep Gray Apartment / Azovskiy&Pahomova architects

The clients are a family with two children who know how to see the beauty in minimalism and appreciate it. Their wishes were succinct and understandable: to create comfortable housing for life in concise methods. Initially, the apartment was a "...more

2021.
01.19

Lagos House / MAPA

Six prefabricated concrete slabs rest on two concrete walls which are also built in factory. This set of components, simple in their construction, layout and assembly, define the spaces and character of Lagos House....more

2021.
01.19

Plaza of Kanagawa Institute of Technology / junya ishigami + associates

While working on the outdoor plaza to the KAIT workshop of Kanagawa Institute of Technology (completed in winter of 2008) Junya Ishigami + Associates considered two main characteristics: Versatility and the Semi-outdoor, and what these two would real...more

2021.
01.18

PH-13 Apartment / Atelier L'inconnu

Located off the Charles Malek Avenue in an eastern district of Beirut, PH-13 crowns the building in which it is housed. Though it sits well above the bustle of the dense area in which it is situated, it does not seek to escape the urban fabric of its...more

2021.
01.15

Office Renovation in Old Factory / Qing Studio

This project is an office space transformed from an old factory, located in the first Chongqing printing factory built in the 1930s. It's like a newly built house, because light industry doesn't leave much of a mark on the house....more

2021.
01.15

Apartment Renovation in Singapore / Studio Wills + Architects

PROJECT #13 is a renovation to a 30-year old HDB FLAT. The project seeks to re-examine the ‘interface’ between the flat and the public corridor, create a sense of space within a ‘MICRO’ FLAT, address the requirements of 2 PROGRAMS (an OFFICE and a HO...more

2021.
01.15

Sky Cave House & Clinic / IKAWAYA Architects

Welcoming calmness, comfort and light to the north garden in front of the railway station in central Tokyo. The site is adjacent to a railway station in Meguro ward, Tokyo. There is an elevated railway to the east and a neighboring building to the...more

2021.
01.15

House Within / Arch.Lab

Located at the junction of two arterial roads, the house is constructed on a site located at the edge of a street of row houses. Hence the primary challenge was to balance the privacy of the residents and the intake of natural light through the stree...more

2021.
01.15

St Peter & Paul Courthouse / Knorr & Pürckhauer Architekten

Knorr & pürckhauer architekten has completed a new building in zurich, which is located in the courtyard of a perimeter block development. the architects explain that these types of structures are commonly found across the city with uses ranging ...more

2021.
01.14

House in Aokibashi / Shinta Hamada Architects

This is a project to renovate a room in an old apartment building facing the former Tokaido Kanagawa-juku. It was an impressive space with an open surrounding environment that could not be thought of as a central city area and a very bright interior ...more

2021.
01.13

The Diary House / DA VÀNG studio

The house is located in Soc Trang city, which belongs to a small province in the Southwest of Vietnam. The client requests to build a comfy house at which his family can enjoy a resort lifestyle. Long and narrow size (6x45 meters) and long and dark h...more

2021.
01.13

Social Space in Jing’an Kerry Centre / Linehouse

The Social Space is a conversion of a swimming pool into a shared multifunctional area for the office tenants at Jing’an Kerry Centre, Shanghai. It is designed as an extension of the traditional office to accommodate events, talks, town halls, meetin...more

2021.
01.13

The Twins House / DELUTION

The house is located in Cipulir, with 70 sq meters and a densely populated environment. Just walk through the alley with 1,5 sq meters or by the motorcycles. Two Houses were built in this land for two families consisting of 4 people (a couple of husb...more

2021.
01.12

Vista Coffee Shop / Karvone Design

The strong visual tension of the design is derived from the dramatic confrontation with everyday memories, bringing a brand-new sense of lightness and imagination to the café experience. An artistically shaped installation made with white metal gr...more

2021.
01.12

Amore Pacific Research and Design Center / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira + Kim Jang Kyu

Amore Pacific is a brand of cosmetics, products used in industrial quantities by oriental women to enhance their beauty, hide imperfections or to deepen the whiteness of their skin, a sign of nobility and beauty, like the gaja* whose white features, ...more

2021.
01.12

Student Hotel / The Invisible Party

The Amsterdam design studio The Invisible Party designed The Student Hotel’s newest property in Delft in collaboration with the brand’s in-house design team. All public areas, workplaces, co-working space Collab and the in-house restaurant The Common...more

2021.
01.12

Sabrab Office / Sabrab

This project refers to Sabrab Office. Letting natural light enter in the space was the concept for the development of this space. The space was originally segmented with several work areas and where natural light was none and very dark rooms....more

2021.
01.12

Student Services Building / CO Architects

CO Architects designed the 140,000‐square‐foot Student Services Building (SSB) as a new gateway to the California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) Pomona campus, roughly 30 miles east of Los Angeles....more

2021.
01.11

Porcuna Parish Center / Pablo Millán

"The air is serene and clothed in beauty and unused light, Salinas, when divine music sounds, governed by your divine hand." Fray Luis de León. I must confess at this point, that the images of Pablo Millán'...more

2021.
01.11

Tasting Room for Master Blenders / Elluin Duolé Gillon architecture

“Creating a prestigious space for the assemblage of industrial materials | as part of a pathway revealing the knowledge and expertise, | magic and rituals of a renowned house of cognac. Martell wishes to showcase its three-hundred-year history and ex...more

2021.
01.08

5 Beams House / Gubbins-Polidura

We had been developing many houses in sloped sites and the main issue in all of them was the connection with the land. That was what this client asked us to continue and emphasize for his project. They wanted a house connected with the ground and wit...more

2021.
01.08

Goon Yard / KSOUL Studio

Goon Yard is one of the most remarkable and inspiring start-up project in the past several months. After long haul meetings and discussions with customers, we finally came up with a breakthrough change in our design style in order to approach the mos...more

2021.
01.07

Octavia House / PPAA Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados

CASA OCTAVIA arises from the intention of transferring the values of the OCTAVIA brand to a lviing space. Values as natural, simple, clear and honest are taken into an architectural space where the user can live a unique accomodation experience in Me...more

2021.
01.07

Young Art Biennale InfoPoint / AB CHVOYA

The temporary pavilion for the Biennale of Young Art in the courtyard of the Museum of Moscow was designed as an access point to all the projects of the Biennale in the city, and first of all to the projects of street art in the courtyard of the Muse...more

2021.
01.06

B Bar & Lounge / Wynk Collaborative

B Bar & Lounge is an idiosyncratic and atmospheric sequence of spaces inspired by old drawing rooms, wine cellars, secret chambers and Italian Post-modernism. Located within a gourmet supermarket in Singapore, B Bar &...more

2021.
01.06

Bê House / SMG Arquitectos

In an old ruined warehouse dating from the beginning of the 20th century, with 800 m2, its deep rehabilitation is proposed, with the demolition of some roofs, defining interior patios, transforming the centuries-old space, into a 3-bedroom house....more

2021.
01.04

Aranguren House Rehabilitation / CoA Arquitectura + Luis Aldrete

Aranguren house (1937), is one of the most representative works of the style locally called "regionalist", which had its main inspiration in the work "Enchanted Gardens" by Ferdinand Bac and was characterized by integrating in his...more

2021.
01.04

Sonnenklang Installation / Christoph Hesse Architects

On the hill dedicated to the annual Easter fire above Referinghausen thrones the Open Mind Place Sonnenklang. The tent-shaped roof over a wooden lounger captures the light rays from the evening sun and the sounds of the surrounding....more

2020.
12.31

Hoff Flagship Store / Ciszak Dalmas + Matteo Ferrari

Sneaker fashion Brand Hoff recently unveiled his new retail design concept at the flagship store on Calle Velazquez in Madrid. Ciszak Dalmas Ferrari studio was called to design the interior architecture with the clear scope to conceptualise a space b...more

2020.
12.31

Nankun Secret Art Restaurant / Wildurban Architects

Background and site. An art hotel settlement in the Nankun mountain national forest park. Starting from the site and tradition, a new picture is established, which contains memory and points to future imagination....more

2020.
12.30

Hoofddorp Fort Island / Serge Schoemaker Architects

The process of redeveloping and converting Hoofddorp Fort took a decade. Some 8,100 m2 in size, the Dutch world heritage site has been transformed into an urban park with space for a restaurant as well as cultural and educational activities....more

2020.
12.29

The Westin Miyako Kyoto / Chapel Renovation / KATORI archi+design associates

Founded 130 years ago, the Westin Miyako Kyoto is an elegant hotel with a proud history nestled into the foothills of the city’s Higashiyama district. That same elegance and quality were essential in this major renovation and earthquake retrofit of t...more

2020.
12.28

HKPI's Office / Design Systems

The new headquarter of HKPI, designed by Hong Kong-based interior and furniture design firm Design Systems ltd., epitomises a new work lifestyle envisioned by the client and the team that reflects unspoken contemporary desires....more

2020.
12.25

House of Grain / Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

The Jutland region, with its diversity of landscapes and long history, is in many ways the most continental region in Denmark. Hjørring has some of the oldest traces of settlements nationally and an established cultural landscape....more

2020.
12.24

Sant Daniel House / Sau Taller d'Arquitectura

The main aim of the reform is to improve the conditions of habitability through low-cost measures with a minimal environmental impact. The challenge to organise the functional program of a room with a width of 3....more

2020.
12.24

Expansion of Apartment in Brazil Building / Alvorada Arquitetos

“Renovation is about bringing a new meaning for your home” We had performed a full renovation on this apartment located on the Brasil Tower in Sao Paulo – Brazil back in 2015. In 2020, the owner decided to acquire the unit next door and invited our o...more

2020.
12.23

Café KUO’S & KUO’S Showroom / STUDIO IMA

She is always in a dream As you can see in the design slogan, Café KUO’S has been planned from the beginning to touch women’s hearts. It represents one of the marketing strategies called Sense marketing, and includes the experience with the value,...more

2020.
12.22

Bosjes Chapel / Steyn Studio

The new chapel, set within a vineyard in South Africa, is designed by South-African born Coetzee Steyn of London based Steyn Studio. Its serene sculptural form emulates the silhouette of surrounding mountain ranges, paying tribute to the historic Cap...more

2020.
12.18

The Erlang Liquor Storehouse of Langjiu Estate / Langjiu Group + DCA

The project site is situated in Erlang Town, Gulin County, Sichuan Province of China. Erlang Town is the original place of Langjiu Liquor, one of the two most prestigious soy-sauce scents Baijiu in China that produced alongside the Chishui River....more

2020.
12.18

MESA Bar and Restaurant / Laura Mottin Arquitetura

MESA was born with the purpose of receiving people and transmitting them to the "soul of the house" as if they were all family and friends. Located in an old building in the Moinhos de Vento neighborhood, in Porto Alegre, we were inspired b...more

2020.
12.17

Suzhou Bay Grand Theater / Christian de Portzamparc

The Suzhou Bay Cultural Center is part of a series of emblematic projects initiated by the city through the Wujiang Lakefront Masterplan. On the shores of Lake Tai, Christian de Portzamparc discovered the deserted plain in 2013, while appreciating th...more

2020.
12.16

The Smile Residential Building / BIG

Text description provided by the architects. Bridging Harlem’s active 125th Street corridor and the quieter 126th Street, The Smile is a mixed-used development that houses a nursing school on the street level and residential apartment units above....more

2020.
12.16

Changzhou Towngas Service Center / Architecture & Engineers of Southeast University

Changzhou Ganghua Gas Service dispatch Center is located on the west side of East Yangtze Road, Zhonglou District, Changzhou city. The east side of the site is urban green space. After completion, it will become the first comprehensive business accep...more

2020.
12.11

Tiny Houses Comarca Contuy / Utreras Arquitectos

The work is situated among the trees near the shores of the Paildad estuary, in the rural sector of Contuy, commune of Queilen, Chiloe Island, situated within the complex "Comarca Contuy", www.comarcacontuy....more

2020.
12.11

Reading, an Ocean / Cheng Tsung FENG

Taiwanese artist Cheng Tsung FENG always focuses on traditional handcrafted culture. For the large-scale installation art for Hsinchu State Library, his subject is “Chinese Stitched Binding”, which is a kind of book binding method with a long history...more

2020.
12.07

Spirit and truth by Florence Lo

Face ID (Face ID) creates a magic power for people to make up for image defects and tends to tailor themselves to perfection, but the series of works "Trumen's World" and "Empty Face"...more

2020.
12.07

Jardin Anglais Cafe Pavilion / Dreier Frenzel Architecture + Communication

Initially thought of as a military installation, Chillon Castle has become meanwhile an international tourist destination. The gentle meanders of the garden layouts, inspired by Rousseau, offer the visitor the opportunity to take a stroll....more

2020.
12.02

House of the Nuns / Mário Martins Atelier

The house was built from scratch on the degraded space of a vehicle workshop. A new building appears behind a really massive, powerful wall that is more than a meter thick, guarding the memories of successive occupations and that now plays the role f...more

2020.
12.01

Superanfibio Coffe Shop / Grupo Studio

Superanfibio Coffe Shop it´s a space which speaks about details, simplicity, transparency and of bringing back the essence of things and life, a place where special moments and relations comes to life. It is a space in the conjunction of great gastro...more

2020.
11.30

YTL Headquarters / Ministry of Design

To unify. YTL Corporation Berhad, a large Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate founded in 1955, grew from a small construction firm into a global infrastructure company spanning oil & gas, cement, construction, property development and hotels....more

2020.
11.24

L’Artesà Theatre / Forgas Arquitectes + AMM Arquitectes

The “L’Artesà” theatre is located in the heart of the town of Prat de Llobregat and was built in 1919 according to the project of the architect Antoni Pascual i Carretero. It was in operation until 1988, the year in which it closed its doors to the p...more

2020.
11.23

Tour a Colorful Idyll in Upstate New York Where Charm Reigns

Creative power couple Kevin Ryan and Rob Ashford fashioned a seductive hideaway deep in a former 1920s woodland resort. When not on a plane between continents, Tony and Emmy Award–winning director and choreographer Rob Ashford has long escaped on ...more

2020.
11.17

Tree House / Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design

The architects have been involved with previous projects on this tree-rich property, and were commissioned to design a small contemporary house to compliment the existing collection of buildings - spatially organised around a modern interpretation of...more

2020.
11.09

Jean Nouvel Explains His Latest Design—A Resort Hidden Within the Rocks of Saudi Arabia

“I have a lot of admiration for the desert,” says Jean Nouvel. “The desert, for me, is a totally metaphysical dimension, surely a poetic dimension. We vanish in the middle of it, are alone in the middle of its vastness....more

2020.
11.02

3XN Plans Denmark's First Climate-Positive Hotel

3XN has revealed plans for a hotel wing in denmark that will be built, clad, and insulated using wooden materials that will not only be CO2 neutral, but climate-positive. the project has been designed for hotel green solution house (hotel GSH), a hot...more

2020.
10.26

MTA launches live new york subway map to show trains moving in real-time

The metropolitan transportation authority (MTA) has launched a live digital map that lets users navigate the new york subway system in real-time. the ambitious project marks the subway map’s first major redesign in four decades, replacing the design ...more

2020.
10.05

Luminous, undulating brickwork defines wallmakers' pirouette house in India

Indian architecture studio wallmakers realizes its sculptural pirouette house in the center of india’s urban and crowded city of trivandrum. the dwelling, constructed of undulating brickwork, is sited along a small plot that had been suffocated by ot...more

2020.
09.28

the sculptural 'desert house' in joshua tree, california is photographed by lance gerber

photographer lance gerber captures the formal desert architecture of kendrick bangs kellogg and the sweeping interiors by designer john vugrin. nestled among the rocky terrain of joshua tree, california, the house takes the form of an organic object ...more

2020.
09.18

These Brilliant Ads Use Optical Illusions To Encourage People To Wear A Mask

McCann Health New York and renowned Israeli artist Noma Bar have come up with an exceptional campaign for cold & flu medicine brand Mucinex. The six-ad series reminds people to wear a mask if they want to get back to their normal life amidst the ...more

2020.
09.07

Creative studio Unknown, Untitled places "immersive collaboration" at its core

Unknown, Untitled is a creative studio based in Paris, France, which specialises in industrial design and counts Facebook and Rimowa as two of its clients. It was founded in 2016 by Sylvain Chasseriaux, Maxime Loiseau and François Rybarczyk, three...more

2020.
08.31

Walden House / Formative Architects

When a day has spring feeling and wet after raining in Muchang-ri, we met a late 40's dink couple on a wide and warm site which has cozy atmosphere with moderate mountain. They were dreaming a rural life depart from city life that quiet and can ...more

2020.
08.24

Notary Van Damme / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Three notaries employ 24 employees in the Van Damme notary in Bruges. The building was designed around a number of essential spaces, such as auditoriums, meeting rooms, closed and open offices. This functional approach was aesthetically conceived to ...more

2020.
08.17

House H / KC Design Studio

“If a building is compared to a box, its doors and windows introduce the greenness and natural light into the box underground. To make it breathe is our romantic feeling in the design of the space.” The project is a building nearly forty years old o...more

2020.
08.10

Comarina House / Cidadela Arquitetos

I Answering the request for the conception and design for a Gourmet Restaurant, we developed the project with the idea of a Guesthouse, private equipment as complement of the first. The group intends to relate to the wine production, and to frame thi...more

2020.
08.03

PPAA - "Las Golondrinas"

Las Golondrinas Year: 2018 Location: Valle de Bravo, México Construction: 350 m2 Team: Pablo Pérez Palacios + Alfonso de la Concha Rojas, Miguel Vargas, Christopher Torres, Jesús García, Camila Ureña Las Golondrinas is located in Valle de Brav...more

2020.
07.27

Nature Can Be Integrated Into Urban Environment

‘UNIC,’ MAD Architects’ first built project in Europe, is nearing completion. Led by Ma Yansong, MAD was awarded the project in 2012 through an international design competition in collaboration with local French firm Biecher Architectes....more

2020.
07.24

Yakusha Design Imagines A Minimalist Glass Cabin for A Surfer

With a 270-degree glass structure, the idea behind The Air cabin by Yakusha Design is to create a feeling of weightlessness and provoke a sense of impossible architecture. With a prominent position overlooking the horizon and directly confronting the...more

2020.
07.21

The Highest Levels of Craftsmanship

Armani’s approach is to offer an experience over a mere shopping service. Customers are encouraged to feel the fabrics, notice and compare textures and discover how each house style interacts, moves and wears in differing real-life environments....more

2020.
07.20

Tianjing Zarsion Exhibition Center / Ruf Architects

EXHIBITION CENTER, TIANJIN, CHINA Architects: Ruf Architects Area: 450 m² Year: 2020 Photographs: Yijie Hu Architect In Charge: Mingbo Qian Engineering: Kunlun Green Building Wood Structure Technology Co....more

2020.
07.13

Cangzhou Mingzhu International Clothing Industry Characteristic Town’s Service Community / y.ad studio

CANGZHOU, CHINA ・Architects: y.ad studio ・Area: 26667 m² ・Year: 2020 ・Photographs: Lotan Architectural Photography ・Manufacturers: Viva, 桃花江, 瑞奥格・Design Team: Yang Yan, Maofeng He, Yu Yan ・Construction Drawings: Hebei Jingcheng Architectural ...more

2020.
07.06

Victor Vasilev's Multidisciplinary Work is United By Pursuit of "Formal and Material Purity"

VDF studio: Bulgaria-born, Milan-based architect Victor Vasilev designs furniture, products and interiors as well as buildings in a bid to create holistic home environments. The resulting projects range from a Tuscan family house with custom-made ...more

2020.
06.25

GENTLE MONSTER's dollhouse pop-up store boasts a half-scaled façade

You probably already know GENTLE MONSTER for its bold, avant-garde designs of sunglasses and optical glasses. What you might not know yet is that the south korean eyewear brand takes an equally radical approach when it comes to the way they desig...more

2020.
06.18

Monte Uzulu is a boutique hotel in the Oaxacan jungle by Taller Lu'um and At-te

Mexican studios Taller Lu'um and At-te designed this boutique hotel in Oaxaca to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. Called Monte Uzulu, the hotel is located in San Agustinillo, a small fis...more

2020.
06.04

Plants cover grey steel of Hotel Click Clack Medellín by Plan:b Arquitectos

Verdant greenery contrasts with the concrete benches and grey metal walls of a hotel in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Plan:b Arquitectos. Plants native to the mountainous region around Medellín grow from planters built into the steel walls and h...more

2020.
05.13

They will provide citizens and visitors with a unique and culturally immersive Xiangyang experience

Aedas has released images of the new Xiangyang Overseas Chinese Town Cultural & Tourism Development Area Joy Town. Expected to be completed in 2022, the project, located in the Ecological and Cultural Tourism Department in western Hubei....more

2020.
05.11

The Outrageous Azulik Villas In The Tulum Jungle

In jungles around the world, architects are developing eco-tourist hotels far from the city lights to offer up enchanting, unusual experiences. The design is by an Argentine-born local hotel owner who simply goes by Roth, whose vision was to build...more

2020.
05.06

LUO Studio turns abandoned concrete foundations into community centre

Architcture practice. LUO Studio has extended the abandoned foundations and concrete columns of a residential project with a timber-framed upper storey to create a community centre in Yuanheguan, China....more

2020.
04.26

Ahmed Hossam Saafan builds a yellow cultural center in one of Cairo's most populated slums

With the idea of changing architectural paradigms within one of Cairo’s largest informal settlements, Ahmed Hossam Saafan has designed the Dawar El Ezba cultural center in the heart of Ezbet Khairallah....more

2020.
04.19

Canvas House is a co-living space in Singapore with all-white interiors

Ministry of Design has created completely white interiors for this co-living space, which occupies a traditional shophouse in Singapore. Situated at the heart of Singapore's buzzing Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood, Canvas House provides shared ac...more

2020.
04.11

Onion builds a huge material library and co-working space for designers in Bangkok

Design studio, Onion, was commissioned by a Thai builders’ merchant to create a new material library and co-working space in Bangkok. Offering a free-of-charge place for young designers, suppliers and the general public, ‘workspace’ covers a huge are...more

2020.
04.07

Zero-water garden created in Sharjah to show how desert plants can thrive in cities

Architecture studio Cooking Sections and engineer AKT II have created an experimental landscape in Sharjah to demonstrate how desert plants could be used as an alternative to water-hungry greenery in arid cities....more

2020.
03.27

House in Takatsuki by Tato Architects has 16 different floor levels

A series of triangular and rectangular platforms create numerous floor levels inside this house in Osaka, Japan. Designed by Tato Architects, House in Takatsuki is a three-storey building containing 16 different floor levels....more

2020.
03.14

The Future Perfect turns 1970s Beverly Hills house into third Casa Perfect showroom

Design gallery The Future Perfect has created its third Casa Perfect showroom to pay homage to its 1970s aesthetic of the Beverly Hills house it inhabits. The roaming gallery opened its showroom in the Trousdale Estates neighbourhood to follow pre...more

2020.
03.09

Waterfrom design repurposes gas cylinders to create industrial office in Taiwan

When the team at Waterfrom design was commissioned to complete the interior of ideal gas lab‘s new office in Taiwan, they developed a space that makes direct reference to the company’s scientific operations....more

2020.
02.28

Go.Do.Be. LIVE!

Our adviser Annie Ivanova spend a whole year of 2019 researching and creating a new self-coaching tool- "Go.Do.Be. LIVE!", she also made the paintings and the designs, you could use them as tools to become a savvy designer of the rewarding...more

2020.
02.17

MUJI's 'plain house' is a single-storey timber dwelling for diverse lifestyles

Continuing its foray into holistic living environments, MUJI has unveiled plans for a single-storey timber dwelling designed to support diverse ways of living. Called ‘yō no ie’, or ‘plain house’, the home has been configured to accommodate a wide ra...more

2020.
02.04

Studio Amit designs elderly housing with "sense of vitality" in Israel

Tel Aviv's Studio Amit has opted for colourful details to add flair to this retirement housing development in Israel. Studio Amit designed the project for Maccabi Healthcare Services' chain of private, upscale retirement complexes around...more

2020.
01.21

Where was the beginning of ancient Chinese culture? 一個什麼樣的地方開啟了中國古人類和孕育中國的民族文化?

Shannxi Province is, the origin of the entire Chinese culture. It’s capital city Xian, also known as Chang’an, the start of the old silk road, carries thousands of years of old history and culture. The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracott...more

2020.
01.15

Japanese house has hidden courtyards for growing fruit and drying laundry

Three internal courtyards in a timber-clad bungalow designed by Osaka-based practice Arbol in Akashi, Japan, provide space for growing food and drying clothes. Located in a quiet neighbourhood, the rooms of minimalist House in Akashi turn inwards ...more

2020.
01.10

Freitag opens store in Kyoto, complete with DIY workshop + industrial aesthetics

Following its first store in Japan, which opened in 2011 in Tokyo, Freitag has now opened a second outlet, setting up a new tarpaulin distribution center in an 80-sq.m space in Kyoto. The Zurich-based company, which transforms used truck tarps into n...more

2020.
01.06

How this hotel helps forge relationships between its visitors and the locale

KANAZAWA, JAPAN – ‘Our goal was not to create just another place to sleep,' says Japanese designer Yusuke Seki, about his design of the Kumu Share Hotel in Kanazawa, Japan. Yusuke's minimalism always belies his prolific mining of the contex...more

2019.
12.30

Fathom finishes Miyanishi Yakeyama hair salon in Japan with wall of greenery + copper pipes

Fathom has based the design of the Miyanishi Yakeyama hair salon in the Japanese city of Kure, on Laputa, the flying island in castle in the sky, a Japanese animated steampunk fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki....more

2019.
12.26

The British Museum cooperates with Lano Hotel

Design Company：Taipei Base Design Center Project：The British Museum cooperates with Lano Hotel Designers：Roy Huang Associate Designers：Zona Chang, Debbie Du Photographer：Black Wang Design Time：2018/01 Completion Time：2019/01 Area of Base：4800 ...more

2019.
12.23

Steven Chilton Architects completes "bamboo forest" theatre in Wuxi

The Wuxi Taihu Show Theatre, which is wrapped in a steel structure designed to look like a bamboo forest, has opened in China. The theatre in Wuxi, a city near Shanghai in eastern China, was designed by Steven Chilton Architects as the permanent h...more

2019.
12.18

Aya Codama's works of December in 2019

Our member Aya Codama is very active on her fields - Packaging Design. She founded BULLET Inc. in 2013. Let's get a look on some of her packaging design works of December in 2019. CantaCarta - Diary http://cantacarta....more

2019.
12.16

Wolfgang Tschapeller adds suspended bookshelves to Cornell University library

Architecture firm Wolfgang Tschapeller has renovated a library at Cornell University and added suspended shelving, which prompted criticisms about the potential for upskirting when it opened in earlier this year....more

2019.
12.13

Junsekino combines wooden cantilevers with exposed steel for contemporary home in bangkok

Famed Thai architecture firm Junsekino recently completed the Nakhon Chai Si house located in the outer part of Bangkok. A residence that houses three generations of Thai/Chinese family members, the project shares the site with the family’s factory b...more

2019.
12.11

Ponti Design Studio latest project: MOJU

Product Design | CMF | Conceptual | Planters Conceptual Design (2019) Moju is a series of 5 indoor planters whose compact size and clean lines can complement any room. Moju comes from the Japanese “mojurā”, meaning modular....more

2019.
12.09

Pastel pinks and massive stones fill Molos group's design of a beauty salon in Kosovo

Kosovo-based design firm Molos group created a contemporary, yet raw, beauty salon following its brand identity and theme of ‘angel’. Located in Prishtina, the capital city of Kosovo, the salon is tastefully decorated with elements referencing wings ...more

2019.
12.02

Bathhouse spa with sensory deprivation tank opens in old Williamsburg soda factory

A 1930s soda factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been transformed into bathhouse with a subterranean spa influenced by Scandinavian saunas, Russian banyas and Turkish hammams. Founders Jason Goodman and Travis Talmadge collaborated with Manhatta...more

2019.
11.25

Cristiano Bianchi and Kristina Drapić document Pyongyang, north Korea's 'model city'

Rrom the ideal cities of the renaissance, to modernist utopias such as Brasília or Chandigarh, ‘model’ cities have existed throughout history. However, Pyongyang, the capital of north Korea, is a metropolis like no other....more

2019.
11.18

T Sakhi's Lebanon pavilion uses walls to activate social interaction

Beirut studio T Sakhi redefined the wall as a hub for social connection with its pavilion for Dubai Design Week, which comments on the "resilience" of Lebanese society in the face of current socio-political unrest....more

2019.
11.11

A stepped garden provides produce for the residents of the red roof house in Vietnam

TAA design, an architecture firm based in Ho Chi Minh city, has completed a small property in the Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai. The dwelling, named ‘red roof house’, is topped with a vegetable garden that also serves as place for socialization a...more

2019.
11.04

Enota encloses pool in Slovenia with geometric roof

Ljubljana-based studio Enota has replaced an outdoor swimming pool with a pool covered in a rugged landscape of geometric, funnel-like roof structures at the Terme Olimia Spa in Slovenia. Designed to blend in with the pitched rooflines of the surr...more

2019.
10.29

Here's one way to design a retail space that stands out in an (airport) crowd

Creating a strong presence in retail environments heavily concentrated with shops can be a challenge for brands. Especially so in a place like an airport, where distractions are plentiful. Renesa Architecture’s work for Opium, a premium eyewear brand...more

2019.
10.07

Bjarke Ingels Group's Copenhill power plant opens in Copenhagen

‘Copenhill’, a transformed power plant in Copenhagen, Denmark, has officially opened to the public. Designed by BIG- Bjarke Ingels Group and landscape architecture firm SLA, the project — also known as ‘Amager Bakke’ — is a waste-to-energy plant with...more

2019.
10.02

Minami Nursery School - Toki Design Co., Ltd.

Minami Nursery School is designed by Toki Design Co., Ltd., which is established by our member Hiroyuki Kikuchi. This project won the “13th Kids Design Award” this year and it's their continuous 8th year win this award....more

2019.
09.25

Sakura So Nursery School Motogo - Toki Design Co., Ltd.

Sakura So Nursery School Motogo is designed by Toki Design Co., Ltd., which is established by our member Hiroyuki Kikuchi. This project won the “13th Kids Design Award” this year and it's their continuous 8th year win this award....more

2019.
09.23

'The Twist' by Bjarke Ingels group opens at Kistefos sculpture park

Spanning the winding Randselva river, a unique new building connects two forested riverbanks at Kistefos — northern Europe’s largest sculpture park. Part museum, part bridge, and part sculpture, ‘The Twist’ has been designed by Bjarke Ingels group (B...more

2019.
09.17

Kaeng Krachan Library - Junsekino Architect and Design

Kaeng Krachan Library is a project located on the rural part of Thailand, among the surrounded by shady tree and peaceful nature of Petchaburi Province. The initiation of this project started from the owner wanting to build a public library as a gift...more

2019.
09.09

【ADP Sharing】Snøhetta completes office on Norwegian Fjord that produces twice the amount of energy it uses

Snøhetta has completed the sustainable Powerhouse Brattørkaia office in Trondheim, Norway, which produces more than double the amount of electricity it consumes daily. Located on the harbour overlooking Trondheim Fjord, the angular office building...more

2019.
09.04

Cloud of Luster Chapel - KTX archiLAB

Luster, glitter, sparkle, light, shiny, and bright are fundamentals of any modern wedding ceremony. The time for writing a new page in people’s life, a white page, all in joy, all in happiness, all together, open to the future, reflecting dreams and ...more

2019.
09.02

HZA's public toilets in norway feature a concrete ceiling that waves up from the floor

Located in Norway, Helgelandskysten is the longest of the 18 Norwegian scenic routes, encountering many unique natural phenomena like the aurora borealis, the world’s largest tidal maelstrom and the country’s second largest glacier....more

2019.
08.26

An intricate wooden canopy tops JK-AR's house of three trees in South Korea

Located in a rural area of South Korea, JK-AR has completed ‘the house of three trees’, which features a forest-like structure at its center. The residential project has been designed as a contemporary reinterpretation of the typical wooden bracket s...more

2019.
08.19

Atelier tree brings life to Beijing storefront with golden heart installation

In an old hutong building, located in west Xinglong street, Beijing, a golden heart shines through its windows. Atelier tree created an installation for the second store of poppee, a quiet two-level shop on the entrance of a hutong....more

2019.
08.12

Helter skelter installed in Norwich Cathedral so visitors can admire its architecture up close

Norwich Cathedral in England has installed a helter skelter so visitors can get a better view of its vaulted nave before sliding down. The 16.7-metre-high fairground ride has been positioned in the nave so that its 12-metre-high viewing platform o...more

2019.
08.05

Atelier Masomi uses colorful metal canopies to build Dandaji market in Niger

Located in the village of Dandaji in Niger, Atelier Masomi has designed a marketplace as a new public space for the local community. Considering the rural area, the previous markets were only temporary, moving from village to village and running on a...more

2019.
07.29

A pop-up in Beijing brings all the coffee drinkers to the (court)yard

BEIJING – The siheyuan is the most traditional of Chinese courtyards– it comprises a mix of residences, palaces, temples and monasteries. But it’s surprising when a non-traditional drink in the country, such as coffee, makes it to the siheyuan....more

2019.
07.23

Sou Fujimoto's 'white tree' in Montpellier photographed by Nils Koenning

Late last year, the first images of Montpellier’s ‘l’arbre blanc’ or ‘white tree’ development were revealed. Now, with the project complete, photographer Nils Koenning visited the site to document the building as part of the french city’s evolving ur...more

2019.
07.15

Kientruc o introduces vibrant 'playhouse' kindergarten to Ho Chi Minh city

Architecture firm Kientruc o completes its whimsical ‘TTC elite Saigon kindergarten‘ in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Designed as a playhouse for its students, the project is conceived as a simple and singular geometric shape — a strategy aimed to provo...more

2019.
07.08

Masquespacio adds interactive features to futuristic concept store for publisher in Spain

Masquespacio has completed a project in Valencia, Spain, with the debut of thee first concept store for RUBIO, a famed publisher of Spanish educational books. The project sees Masquespacio infusing the essence of RUBIO into its flagship store, largel...more

2019.
07.01

Ryoji Iedokoro turns Tokyo's Nikunotoriko restaurant into indoor cave

Low lighting, rough stone-effect walls and water-like glass floors help create a cave-like atmosphere inside this restaurant in Tokyo designed by architect Ryoji Iedokoro. Situated in Tokyo's bustling Roppongi district, Nikunotoriko has been ...more

2019.
06.24

b2 architecture’s optical illusion colors creative agency office in prague

B2 architecture splashed color into DDB, thee creative agency’s office in prague, by creating an anamorphic optical illusion. Visitors and employees are welcomed by the company’s striking massive logo, painted light blue and white against a black lob...more

2019.
06.17

Foster + Partners completes quartet of high-speed rail stations in Saudi Arabia

Foster + Partners has completed stations in Saudi Arabian cities Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City, connected by the 280-mile Haramain high-speed rail line. The stations, "conceived as gateways to each city"...more

2019.
06.10

OMA/AMO amplifies shanghai silo with neon light installation for prada menswear show

For the 2020 spring/summer Prada menswear show in Shanghai, AMO — OMA’s research studio — has devised a light installation that seeks to amplify the industrial monumentality and rawness of Minsheng wharf’s silo hall....more

2019.
06.03

Pink semi-transparent partitions and floors adorn 'Omakase' restaurant by shanghai hip pop

Envisioned by Shanghai hip pop design, the interior of ‘Omakase’ restaurant has been built to envelop guests in swathes of pink cherry blossom. Situated within a renovated business center in Shanghai, the brief required the creation of a space fit fo...more

2019.
05.29

Jishou Art Museum by Atelier FCJZ doubles as a pedestrian bridge

Chinese firm Atelier FCJZ has completed an art gallery that bridges a river in the city of Jishou, to encourage people to engage with art on their daily commute. The Jishou Art Museum (JAM) traverses the Wanrong river, which runs through the old t...more

2019.
05.20

This ethereal, multi-purpose flower shop in China is designed like a poem

HANGZHOU, CHINA – Among Hangzhou’s urban jungle is a new outlier: painted a stark white and cobalt blue, the exterior façade of By Jove – a new flower shop in the city – is quite unlike its neighbours in its visage....more

2019.
05.13

Monteverdi Hotel avoids "folkloristic approach" to restoration of medieval Tuscan hamlet

Crumbling buildings have been transformed into the boutique Monteverdi Hotel in Tuscany, which includes rustic bedroom suites and a cavernous spa. Monteverdi Hotel is the brainchild of American italophile Michael Cioffi, who has spent years revivi...more

2019.
05.10

Project Of The Week (2019.05.06-10) of SBID – Dou Dou Education Center

This week’s (2019.05.06-10) instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features an inspiring and thoughtfully designed children’s educational centre and a picture book library. With health and safety in the educational centre and library a...more

2019.
05.06

Ménard Dworkind embrace Chinatown kitsch for Miss Wong brasserie in Montreal

Architecture firm Ménard Dworkind has created a microcosm of Chinatown at this a colossal pan-Asian restaurant and bar in Montreal's Laval suburb. When local designer Guillaume Ménard was approached to convert the former Moomba mega-club into...more

2019.
04.29

Koichi Takada reveals final images from inside the national museum of Qatar

Following the national museum of Qatar‘s grand opening in march, Koichi Takada architects presents final photography from inside the museum gift shop and children’s gift shop. The idea behind the interiors designed by the Australian studio intend to ...more

2019.
04.22

Hufton + Crow photograph heatherwick's zeitz MOCAA museum in cape town

In september 2017, after six years of design and construction, zeitz MOCAA — a contemporary art museum located on cape town’s V&A waterfront — opened to the public. Designed by thomas heatherwick’s london-based studio, the institution is the worl...more

2019.
04.15

Safdie Architects completes world's tallest indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport

An indoor forest sits under a large glazed dome with a rainwater waterfall running through the middle at Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects. Safdie Architects led a consortium of architects and designers to build the five-s...more

2019.
04.08

Frida Escobedo segments Aesop Park Slope with rammed-earth brickwork

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo sourced rammed earth from her home country to make the rosy brick walls in this Aesop store in Brooklyn. Hundreds of slender bricks stacked together and arranged in a gridded design feature in the Escobedo'...more

2019.
04.01

MM++ forms a huge light well to create bright interior of the 'pattern house' in vietnam

MM++ architects has completed the design of the ‘pattern house‘ in Vietnam‘s ho chi minh city. Positioned on a narrow 5m x 15m plot, the construction is an example of the south-east Asian housing type called ‘shop-house’ or ‘tube house’, which are kn...more

2019.
03.27

Kyo-machiya’s revival in the modern age: where tradition and modern technology intersect in a luxurious space, MOGANA

The deep and narrow site is typical in the old city context of Kyoto, famously nicknamed “Unagi no netoko”, or “the eel’s nest”. MOGANA, designed by our member Takashi Yamaguchi, which is arranged with topological symmetry between external and i...more

2019.
03.25

Snøhetta completes Europe's first underwater restaurant in Norway

Snøhetta has completed Under, the "world's largest underwater restaurant", which plunges from a craggy shoreline in the remote village of Båly, Norway. Designed by Snøhetta to resemble a sunken periscope, the 495-square-metre restau...more

2019.
03.18

On the edge of the boom: a library in rural China

Nowadays, while market-driven dynamics dominate for better or for worse the growth of the largest Chinese metropolitan areas, regions and villages on the edge of the boom become valuable spaces for architectural experimentation....more

2019.
03.14

Our member Fang Chun Lo/ Florence's Works

<Gallop>/ 2015/ watercolor/ (109*78cm）- Figure 1 "Crossing every break of waves at a furious pace In remembrance of Enzo Ferrari Continuing the heritage The sound of La Ferrari echoes in the yellow Modena"...more

2019.
03.11

This Mumbai cafe by NUDES is made almost entirely from cardboard

Situated in Mumbai’s central business district, ‘cardboard bombay’ by NUDES literally explores ‘thinking outside the cardboard box.’ The project by the architect uses the 100% recyclable and biodegradable material to form the interior of the cafe....more

2019.
03.04

The Hoxton hotel arrives in Portland as brand's first West Coast outpost

London-based hotelier Ennismore has opened a branch of its chain The Hoxton within a historic building in Portland, Oregon, with refreshed modernist-influenced interiors. The Hoxton Portland is located just beyond the entrance gates to Old Town Ch...more

2019.
02.23

Rone composes neglected art deco mansion into somber song of life and death

Hundreds of antiques, thousands of botanic debris, gorgeous murals, piano scores, spring, summer and fall crescendo throughout this neglected art deco mansion in Melbourne. A dusty vanity reflects a gorgeous life. A dead telephone rests on a futon....more

2019.
02.18

CHANG architects creates stepped garden on the roof of this house in Singapore

‘Cornwall gardens’ by CHANG architects is created to accommodate a family of four generations in Singapore. the concept behind the project looks to enhance livings spaces within a tropical climate through the implementation of well-designed communal ...more

2019.
02.11

Studio Malka Architecture designs chromatic interiors for Homecore's new Paris store

Homecore, the Paris-based streetwear brand, has commissioned Studio Malka Architecture to design its new store on les champs-elysées. The project is inspired by the design of the Krylon spray paint can, as well as graffiti culture in general....more

2019.
01.29

ITALIAN BALLOON FRAME by Blaarchitettura, Turin, Italy.

The apartment is a unit of a building of the late 50s in the center of Turin, a few steps from the Mole Antonelliana. From 2011, the year of birth of blaarchitettura, at the end of the different projects that involve us, one of our recurring activ...more

2019.
01.28

Spinn Arkitekter completes wooden hiking cabin on Norwegian mountain

A wooden cabin with a prefabricated honeycomb-like structure, called Varden, has opened on Storfjellet mountain in Norway. Spinn Arkitekter designed the shelter, which exists to encourage hiking in the mountains surrounding the town of Hammerfest,...more

2019.
01.22

Precita jewellery boutique by Stefano Tordiglione Design, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Emerging young jewellery brand, Precita, has opened a strikingly stylish flagship in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City. Traditionally focused on monetary value, the Vietnamese jewellery market is challenging for international trends....more

2019.
01.21

New Practice Studio uses desaturated palette and Chinese imagery at Atlas Kitchen

New York firm New Practice Studio has designed a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan with natural hues and quirky illustrations on the walls by artist Qiu Anxiong. Atlas Kitchen, on the Upper West Side, occupies 3,000 square feet (279 square metres) of ...more

2019.
01.16

Myoyoung Kim participated “The Cleveland Foundation’s fall 2018 Creative Fusion: Data Edition”

Our member Myoyoung Kim participated “The Cleveland Foundation’s fall 2018 Creative Fusion: Data Edition”, which shares the similar idea as “The ABOUT KOREAN Exhibition”. The Creative Fusion brings together three international and five Cleveland-base...more

2019.
01.14

Kengo Kuma renovates camper's barcelona store using vaulted ceramic plates

After designing camper’s store in Milan, Kengo Kuma has completed the renovation of a second retail space for the Spanish shoe company, this time in Barcelona. Facing the plaza Catalonia, camper Paseo de Gracie incorporates a revolutionary catalan me...more

2019.
01.07

Ole Scheeren completes pixelated MahaNakhon tower in Bangkok

The opening of the glass-floored observation deck atop Büro Ole Scheeren's MahaNakhon skyscraper in Bangkok marks the completion of the second tallest building in Thailand. The 77-storey MahaNakhon – a name that translates as "...more

2018.
12.21

First images of sweden's 29th ICEHOTEL revealed

The first images of the 29th annual ICEHOTEL have been revealed, featuring suites sculpted out of ice and snow from the free-flowing arctic river torne. ICEHOTEL is the first and largest hotel built of snow and ice and is reborn in a new guise every ...more

2018.
12.14

383 Projects Nominated for the EU Mies Prize for Contemporary Architecture

The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and European Commission have revealed the 383 projects nominated for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The projects, which hail from 36 countries across the European ...more

2018.
12.14

crespy & aumont architectes and WY-TO's tree-like structure blends city and nature

crespy & aumont architectes and WY-TO have won the international competition ‘imagine angers’ with arborescence, a mixed-use project for a new urban development. situated by the maine river bank in anger, western france, the project pays tribute ...more

2018.
12.04

Timber arches support wavy roof of Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines

Rolling waves inspired the undulating timber roof of this airport on the island of Cebu, designed by Integrated Design Associates as a "symbolic gateway to the Philippines". The design of Terminal 2 at Mactan Cebu International Airport w...more

2018.
12.02

Tokyo House Renovation by NRC

The building NRC renovated was 43 years old house. NRC started by repairing the outer wall as well as the water proof on the waterproofing on the roof. After removing the damaged tiles from the building’s exterior, they coated the wall with mortar an...more

2018.
11.30

LaeKhon NonBai by Junsekino Architect and Design

LaeKhon NonBai is a small hotel located at the central part of Nakhon Si Thammarat, one of the most ancient cities on the southern part of Thailand. The initiative of the project is to revitalize the building which has already been designed and done ...more

2018.
11.19

Tokyo's Inua restaurant blends Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics

OEO Studio has referenced Danish cabinetry and Japanese gardens for the design of new Tokyo restaurant Inua, which is headed up by an ex-Noma chef. The restaurant occupies the ninth floor of a building in Tokyo'...more

2018.
11.14

“Palladio with a twist”: a contemporary villa by Herzog & de Meuron and Sauter Von Moos

A “radical use of the ornament”, is how architects Charlotte von Moos and Florian Sauter describe the referential detailing of the new apartment building built in the back garden of the neo-baroque villa....more

2018.
11.08

Temple Activities for Solving Poverty Problems Wins 2018 Japan GOOD DESIGN Grand Award

The japan institute of design promotion has announced the result of the GOOD DESIGN grand award 2018. the otera oyatsu club for its ‘temple activities for solving poverty problems’ has been chosen out of 6 grand award finalists to become the 2018 des...more

2018.
11.07

What Might a Child-Friendly Airport Look Like?

If flying economy is hell, flying as a family is worse, from coaxing your frightened toddler through the metal detector, to the anxiety of tethering your two-year-old in an adult seatbelt proven unsafe for kids....more

2018.
11.05

Michael Young's LSX for KEF is a High-End Kit Packed with a User-friendly Wireless System

Michael young studio has unveiled their collaboration with KEF — a world leader in audio hifi. Dubbed the LSX, the speaker packs all the specs of KEF’s high-end kit into a user-friendly wireless system....more

2018.
11.03

the PANELARIUM by KTX archiLAB

The Client, Dr. Matsubara an international award-winning urology surgeon is a specialist of the Davinci Robotic Surgery System. His new clinic in Himeji, Japan, echoes his advance by offering a futuristic sci-fi like atmosphere....more

2018.
10.29

What is – or What Should be – the Heart and Soul of a Library Today?

Just how hard it is to create a public building, especially a library, and how diverse architects' points of view are on the subject, is clear. You can tell from looking at the pictures of libraries here....more

2018.
10.22

Mecanoo Completes World's Largest Performing Arts Centre in Taiwan

Mecanoo's 141,000-square-metre National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, described as the "world's largest performing arts centre under one roof", is now open in Taiwan. Enclosed beneath a bulging 34,843-square-metre roof, the bu...more

2018.
10.16

Snuper Design Creates a Dream Lab Office in Taipei, Taiwan

The site locates in the space of Song Shan Cultural Park. The plan of Taipei New Horizon Building has a playful form to respond to the context of the old, memorable Taipei; therefore, the dividing indoor elements also correspond to the cutting lines ...more

2018.
10.14

Heatherwick Studio's Friction Table Expands to Adapt to Different Spaces

Sheets of paper set in resin were used to create the latticed structure of this table designed by Heatherwick Studio, which "transforms to offer two forms". The Friction table, launched during this year'...more

2018.
10.11

sP+a Constructs Brick Vaulted Library for a School in India

Mumbai-based architecture firm sP+a has designed a brick vaulted library for a school in india. located in kopargaon, a town in the state of maharashtra, the structure’s narrow footprint is a result of the site, which sits between the school’s existi...more

2018.
10.08

Guest House - Hanare by Arbol Design

Guesthouse-connecting people with the hart of hospitality and Japanese citron. Mr. Kenkichi Nakano, who worked as an amateur photographer in Kito village, Tokushima prefecture, was loved by many people, Unfortunately, he came down with illness, but l...more

2018.
10.04

A Classic Courtyard Duplex in West Hollywood with a Trove of Exemplary Design

Casey Smith didn’t come to Los Angeles to get discovered, to make it big, or even to open a West Coast branch of Studio Cavaco, the New York-based agency he cofounded with stylist and creative director Paul Cavaco. “It wasn’t about business....more

2018.
10.01

Peel Saver is an ecological packaging for fries made from potato skins

Italian designers Simone Caronni, Paolo Stefano Gentile and Pietro Gaeli have created an ecological packaging for fries made from recycled potato skins, as a sustainable alternative to paper. Called Peel Saver, the packaging is made of starch and ...more

2018.
09.26

Eileen Gray's modernist E-1027 villa revealed in photographs by Manuel Bougot

A modernist villa on the south coast of France, which was designed by Eileen Gray and lived in by Le Corbusier, is captured in these photos by Manuel Bougot. Completed in 1929, E-1027 was the first major architecture project by Gray, an Irish archit...more

2018.
09.24

The future of our homes according to IFA 2018

Our houses will turn upside down very soon, according to the latest edition of IFA Berlin. Innovation in domestic spaces gives for granted our relationship with voice assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant....more

2018.
09.21

Robert Venturi Passes Away at 93

Robert Venturi, famed-postmodernist and icon of American architecture, passed away Tuesday at the age of 93. Among Venturi’s many accolades were the 1991 Pritzker Prize, a Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects, and an Honorary Fellowsh...more

2018.
09.19

Walk into the future gymnasium: Supermonkey by Mur Mur Lab

How to create something different in the normal? How to break the formula to invent the future? How to use design and innovation to trigger the sparks of interests? These propositions are what Mur Mur Lab and Supermonkey pursue for....more

2018.
09.14

US military 3D prints concrete barracks on site

In a world first, the US Armed Forces has 3D printed a barracks out of concrete on site at an army base, in less than two days. The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) constructed the 46-square-metre building in 40 hours at the US Army Engineer Re...more

2018.
09.09

Through Designers’ Eyes — Design Inspirations from Daily Life

Through Designers’ Eyes — Design Inspirations from Daily Life I. Building Design Confidence and an Eastern Design Value System The sight of the new-generation MOBIKE (see figure 1&2 – New MOBIKE design) made my heart swell with exc...more

2018.
09.05

Here's Why All the Sets in Crazy Rich Asians Look So Authentic and, Well, Rich

Creating the worlds of old and new money in Southeast Asia for Kevin Kwan's bestseller turned film Crazy Rich Asians may seem like fun, but try doing it without visiting a prop house. Luckily, production designer Nelson Coates and set and interi...more

2018.
08.31

How a Toronto architect designed the home in Crazy Rich Asians

It’s kind of a crazy story: a stunning house in Kuala Lumpur designed by a Toronto architect is cast as the home of “crazy rich Asians” in a Hollywood movie of the same name. And the proud family of five who actually live there have a blast when t...more

2018.
08.30

How To Design for Senior Citizens

The population’s aging phenomenon is occurring worldwide. We say phenomenon because all population pyramids are reversing, which means birth rates are steadily decreasing over the years, and at the same time, life expectancy has been increasing....more

2018.
08.06

A Brief Discussion on the Essence of Design

Reflections on Working in the Jury of the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2018 Returning to the IDEA jury for a second year, I joined a panel of renowned designers in mid-April, 2018, at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, where we spe...more

2018.
07.18

Michael Young Designs Amphibious Smartwatch with an AMOLED HD Screen for PACEWEAR

Michael Young Studio designs amphibious watch P1, featuring an AMOLED HD screen that offers next level graphic interventions. created for chinese brand PACEWEAR, the smartwatch is an affordable option, patiently crafted to assist in sports and life m...more

2018.
07.16

New Pavilion in Rotterdam's Leuvehaven Port Brings High-Tech Design to a Historical Context

A new public pavilion from MoedersheimMoonen Architects is set to be built in the old 'Leuvehaven' port in Rotterdam. Located near the Erasmus Bridge, the pavilion intends to bring new life to the historic port of Rotterdam....more

2018.
07.12

“A newspaper is not a magazine – it should never be an exercise in graphic design”

Publisher Gestalten has released Newspaper Design, a new book delving into editorial graphics from around the world. We speak to featured graphic designer Mark Porter, former creative director at the Guardian and art director at the Evening Standard,...more

2018.
06.19

Christo unveils floating Serpentine sculpture made from 7,506 barrels

Christo has completed The London Mastaba, a 20-metre-high sculpture floating on London's Serpentine Lake, which represents his and late wife Jeanne-Claude's determination to make art free. Based on the trapezoid shapes of mastaba an Ara...more

2018.
06.05

Olafur Eliasson's first building is a castle-like office in a Danish fjord

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has completed his first building – a fortress-like office in the Vejle Fjord in Denmark, called Fjordenhus. Fjordenhus is the headquarters of Kirk Kapital, which is the holding and investment company for thr...more

2018.
05.23

"Architects are not really required for the nitty gritty of actual building any more"

Architecture is under siege, say Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Irish studio Grafton, the curators of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week. And of course, they're right....more

2018.
05.15

Respect Me: Designers Tackle Female Empowerment and Gender Inequality

Grouphug, a NYC based design collective that aims to address some of society's most pressing problems, has announced 'Respect Me,' a showcase of products, concepts and campaigns designed to promote female empowerment....more

2018.
05.09

Going Green: How The Design Industry Is Embracing A Return To Its Roots

In Finland, it’s not unusual to see kindergarteners running through the forest, their bright clothes flashing through gaps in the trees and their laughter coalescing into an exuberant, dizzying cloud. For years, schools across Finland have incorporat...more

2018.
05.05

The Edge of The Wood by KTX archiLAB, Matsuya Art Works

How can architecture represent a culinary concept? The Edge of the Wood is an attempt to respond to this question. The owner, Inami Koro, an Udon restaurant in Miki City, is reinventing the traditional Japanese thick noodles dish while keeping the co...more

2018.
04.30

Foster + Partners' Reforma 432 will rival Mexico City's tallest building

The announcement – made by the company's billionaire owner María Asunción Aramburuzabala – comes after a seven-year-long period of interruptions on the development, formerly called Sky Tower and overseen by real-estate developer Grupo Elipse....more

2018.
04.24

3 Key Trends In This Year’s Red Dot Award: Product Design

What are the ingredients of a winning product in the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design? “It is becoming much more complex to be successful as products become more connected to our emotional and aspirational ambitions,” says Red Dot juror and ...more

2018.
04.17

Seven trends to look out for at Milan design week 2018

With less than a week to go before the start of Milan design week, Dezeen editor Amy Frearson predicts the big trends that will emerge, including innovation in recycled plastic and the return of retro. As the biggest event in the design calendar, Mil...more

2018.
04.10

Kengo Kuma designs Japan's first Ace Hotel

The Ace Hotel chain is opening its first Japanese outpost in Kyoto this winter, in a former telephone exchange building overhauled by Kengo Kuma. Japanese architect Kuma will convert the ShinPuhKan building – originally designed by Tetsuro Yoshida...more

2018.
04.03

A Worldwide Focus on Hong Kong for Art Basel

When the art fair Art Basel Hong Kong rolls into town for its sixth presentation from March 29 to March 31, about 248 galleries will be showing their wares in a marketplace that has been expertly primed for selling art....more

2018.
03.27

UNStudio launches tech startup to drag architecture into "the age of the iPhone"

Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has launched UNSense, a startup that will develop technologies to make buildings healthier and cities smarter. The new company will explore ways to help the architecture and construction industries catch ...more

2018.
03.23

Crespy & Aumont Architectes and WY-TO's Tree-like Structure Blends city and Nature

Crespy & Aumont Architectes and WY-TO have won the international competition ‘imagine angers’ with Arborescence, a mixed-use project for a new urban development. situated by the Maine river bank in anger, western France, the project pays tribute ...more

2018.
03.20

Zaha Hadid Architects wins contest for water-inspired cultural hub in UAE

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans for a vast cultural hub at the heart of a new masterplan in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah, which will comprise a series of droplet-shaped buildings set around a tapered observation tower....more

2018.
03.13

Balkrishna Doshi Receives the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize

His work in architecture to affect humanity is deeply personal, responsive, and meaningful. Chicago, IL (March 7, 2018)—Professor Balkrishna Doshi, of India, has been selected as the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, announced Tom Pritzke...more

2018.
03.06

10 architecture and design exhibitions not to miss in 2018

This year, exhibitions will explore architecture and design in a variety of ways. US reporter Eleanor Gibson's selection of the 10 best include the first showcase of Bodys Isek Kingelez's body of work and 60 dresses by the late Azzedine Ala...more

2018.
02.27

Design Shanghai 2018: A Preview

One of the hottest tickets on the regional design calendar, this year’s show is set to run from 14 to 17 March 2018. As the fair looms closer, we bring you a round-up of some of the events to get involved in....more

2018.
02.20

Where do freelance designers stand with workers’ rights?

Freelance designers could see improved workers’ rights as the Government rolls out reforms that aim to help those who are self-employed, part-time and working zero-hour contracts. The Government’s Good Work Plan follows an independent review conducte...more

2018.
02.13

Snøhetta unveils plans for "energy-positive" Arctic Circle hotel

Snøhetta has revealed plans for a sustainable ring-shaped hotel, that will be nestled at the base of Norway's Almlifjellet mountain, within the Artic Circle. The architecture firm claims that Svart Hotel, which takes its name from the nearby ...more

2018.
02.06

Plant-filled spheres open at Amazon headquarters in Seattle

Retail company Amazon has completed a set of glass orbs filled with "cloud forest" gardens for its headquarters in Seattle, providing work areas for employees and green space for the public. The Spheres comprises a trio on connected glas...more

2018.
01.30

Are We Entering an Age of Timber High-Rise Construction?

‘Plyscraper’ was one of the finalists in the 2016 edition of Macquarie Dictionary’s ‘Word of the Year’ poll. A portmanteau of plywood and skyscraper, the noun refers to high-rise structures built using, as described by the dictionary, “super-strong, ...more

2018.
01.23

Wendell Castle "father of the art furniture movement" dies aged 85

American designer and artist Wendell Castle, famous for his elaborate woodwork pieces, has died aged 85 after a battle with leukaemia. The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where Castle was an artist-in-residence, announced that the designe...more

2018.
01.17

The exhibition commemorating forgotten heroines of the industrial age

Queens of Industry runs until 2019 at Leeds Industrial Museum, and tells the stories of working women who acted as industrial ambassadors for Britain throughout the 20th century. Brand consultancy Lee Goater has created the identity for Leeds Indu...more

2018.
01.09

UNStudio completes enormous Raffles City Hangzhou complex featuring twisted glass towers

Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou that accommodates a hotel, offices, apartments and shops, within a pair of sinuous towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza....more

2018.
01.02

10 buildings to look forward to in 2018

A colossal theatre complex in Taipei and a Copenhagen power station with a ski slope on the roof are among Dezeen editor Amy Frearson's pick of the top 10 buildings to look forward to in 2018. -- Tapei Performing Arts Center, Taiwan, by OMA ...more

2017.
12.29

The Waves of Design

No matter what industry you’r working in, open and effective communication is pinnacle to facilitate and improve any situation. In fact, communication is a major factor that contributes to the success of Artwill Interior Design House....more

2017.
12.27

Oxygen House by Susanna Cots Uses Oak and Stone to Reference its Natural Setting

Interior designer Susanna Cots employed a palette of natural materials to ensure the living spaces of this house in Spain's Empordà region complement the tones and textures of its surroundings. The 600-square-metre property is situated in the...more

2017.
12.19

Muji is not just about minimalism and simplicity, says art director Kenya Hara

Working for Muji is like "spinning circus plates" according to Kenya Hara, who discusses the hugely popular Japanese retailer's aesthetic and approach to products in this exclusive interview....more

2017.
12.12

London Design Biennale reveals installations for 2018

The first group of participating countries in the 2018 edition of the London Design Biennale have been named, including the UK, Latvia, Israel, Norway, Lebanon and Guatemala. Taking place at Somerset House in Central London, the biennale will see ...more

2017.
12.05

Prolific logo designer Ivan Chermayeff dies aged 85

New York-based graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff, whose iconic designs include logotypes for New York's MoMA and LA's MoCA museums, has died aged 85. Chermayeff – a co-founder of the New York branding and graphic design firm Chermayeff &a...more

2017.
11.28

What graphic design looked like before it was ‘invented’

“The purpose of graphic design is to communicate information in a distilled form – most people agree that it is the type of design that communicates an idea or experience through a mix of visual and textual content....more

2017.
11.21

Paul Catherall designs print for English Heritage’s Iron Bridge crowdfunder

The designer was commissioned by the charity to create a linocut print of the 18th century bridge as part of a campaign to restore the world heritage site. Conservation charity English Heritage has launched a crowdfunding campaign as part of a £3....more

2017.
11.18

Jun Sekino replaces earthquake-damaged school in Thailand with stilted classrooms

Bangkok-based architect Jun Sekino designed these elevated classrooms in northern Thailand in response to a severe earthquake, which destroyed the school's original building (+ slideshow). The earthquake struck Chiang Rai Province in May 2014...more

2017.
11.14

Duplex penthouse with expansive roof terraces tops Tadao Ando's 152 Elizabeth Street

Images of the penthouse at Japanese architect Tadao Ando's residential complex in New York City have been released, showing large rooftop terraces and an internal spiral staircase. The 5,603-square-foot (1,707-square-metre) residence will inc...more

2017.
11.10

Montreal declaration outlines design's responsibility for solving global problems

A group of international organisations representing designers and architects have signed the first Montreal Design Declaration, setting out the sector's ambitions for tackling world issues. The declaration was agreed and signed at the World D...more

2017.
11.07

Louvre abu dhabi: Jean Nouvel-designed Museum Opens in the United Arab Emirates

Ten years ago, the United Arab Emirates and France signed an intergovernmental agreement to develop the first ‘universal’ museum in the Arab world. The alliance would establish Louvre Abu Dhabi as an independent institution, and includes the use of M...more

2017.
10.31

Dutch Design Week 2017: the inventive, creative and futuristic

Strolling through the Dutch city Eindhoven, there’s a strange contrast of quaintness and a more contemporary industrialisation. Cobbled, brown-paved side streets and many an old-fashioned bicycle grace the area, but these are intermingled with high-r...more

2017.
10.24

Designart festival aims to "put Tokyo on the map" as a destination for design, say founders

A new design festival aiming to revitalise Tokyo's creative scene launched last week, as doubts emerged over the future of rival event Tokyo Designers Week. The inaugural Designart festival featured 72 exhibitions and talks across the city an...more

2017.
10.17

Alvar Aalto library renovation wins Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2017

Finland's most important architecture prize has been awarded to JKMM and Arkkitehdit NRT Oy for their renovation of the Aalto University campus library in Otaniemi. Architects Arkkitehdit NRT Oy and interior architects JKMM won the Finlandia ...more

2017.
10.13

FR-EE plans Hyperloop corridor to create Mexican "megalopolis"

A team led by Fernando Romero's Mexican studio FR-EE has won a competition to design a Hyperloop high-speed transport line, which will link urban areas from Mexico City to Guadalajara. The Mexloop is set to become one of the world'...more

2017.
10.06

UNStudio uses colour to give identity to faceless South Korean skyscrapers

Dutch office UNStudio has devised a solution to the "impersonal homogeneity" of high-rises in many Asian cities – add colour and patterns to the exteriors. The Amsterdam-based firm has transformed two whole urban blocks in Daegu, South K...more

2017.
09.30

Pavilion Ponderosa by Paolo Cucchi Architects

The project develops on about 0,86 acres and is located in the North-East of Johor Bahru, Malaysia, inside a high-end gated area, just next to a prominent golf course, surrounded by abundant greenery. The client, the owner of two adjacent plots of la...more

2017.
09.22

The B&B Italia Flagship store reopen in London after Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel restyling

STORE NEWS B&B Italia celebrated the UK launch of their partnership with Arclinea, expanding the product range available in store into the high-end designer kitchen segment. Reflective of the new partnership between B&...more

2017.
09.08

Europa City: France’s new Utopia

Danish wunderkind Bjarke Ingles and his world-renowned architecture firm BIG is starting construction this year on one of the most important projects ever won by the company: Europa City. Awarded to BIG in 2013 after an international competition, Eur...more

2017.
09.01

Japans Hospitality Secret

The Japanese have a term called “Omotenashi”, which signifies the traditionally correct and proper way to treat a guest, and it is this term that has become somewhat of a guiding principle for much of the nation’s hospitality industry....more

2017.
06.16

Key Features of ‘Design Hotels’ Success

The 2017 Skift Forum Europe recently took place in London, and one of the key events was a discussion between Design Hotels CEO Claus Sendlinger and SkiftX Editor Greg Oates. Oates started off the discussion by referencing how boutique hotels were on...more

2017.
06.09

About Vietnam

Thailand-based global hospitality company Dusit International will debut in Vietnam this December with the opening of the Dusit Princess Moonrise Beach Resort on the country’s largest island, Phu Quoc. The result of a long-term franchising arrangeme...more

2017.
05.05

Country Special: China – the Asian Superpower

It’s a common thing to see: A new or established hotel chain or brand is expanding, and the bulk of its projects are located in the Asia Pacific region, specifically within the borders of China. In fact, by nearly any metric, China is among the faste...more

2017.
05.02

Swiss-Belhotel announces Mega Plans for Middle East

Swiss-Belhotel international (SBI), a global hotel management company with over three decades of strong track record, had a number of strategic announcements lined up for the “Arabian Travel Market” show (ATM) that took place in Dubai from April 24th...more

2017.
04.21

【City of Asia】Singapore

Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and contributor to the Singaporean economy. End of 2016 a total number of 16.4 million international arrivals have been counted. That is a plus of 7.7 percent compared to the previous year....more

2017.
04.21

Singapore warehouse revamped into hotel

A new 37 room boutique hotel has taken up residence in a former warehouse which overlooks the Singapore River. This heritage site of three dockside warehouses has been beautifully restored and conserved to hark back to Singapore’s roots as a major tr...more

2017.
04.14

【Hotel News】Plans announced for first Hyatt-branded hotel in Algeria

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a management agreement with Société d’Investissement Hôtelière EPE SPA for a Hyatt Regency hotel at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers, Algeria. The hotel, expected to open late 2018, will mark the first Hyatt-bra...more

2017.
04.08

A dated Hong Kong apartment gets a contemporary makeover

Having lived in their Jardine’s Lookout apartment for a decade, Peter and Christina Chan decided late last year that a renovation was in order. They wanted to make the 1,500-sq-ft flat appear lighter, replace the dated décor with a simple, minimal lo...more

2017.
04.07

【Emerging city of Asia】That`s talk about Phnom Penh today

Phnom Penh formerly known as Chaktomuk, is the capital and most populous city of the Southeastern Asian country of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since French colonization of...more

2017.
04.06

Benedetta Tagliabue wraps playful wooden furniture around pillars of 15th-century Milanese auditorium

Benches and mirrors can be pushed, pulled and swivelled from these striped wooden cabinets that Italian architect Benedetta Tagliabue has installed across a palazzo facade for this year's Milan design week....more

2017.
03.22

ONE FLIPPIN’ COOL CHAIR

The Flipp chair is aptly named for the process in which it folds. Simply flip down the seat and voila! You’ve got a seat that’s as stylish as it is storable. The three-legged design is unexpected yet highly functional with its 3rd back leg being an i...more

2017.
03.15

Andrea Ponti Portrays Hong Kong's Urban Scene Through Eight Conceptual Seats

Milan Design Week 2017: Italian designer Andrea Ponti introduces his latest creations titled ‘shadows in the windows’. The collection portrays Hong Kong's urban landscape through two symbolic elements: a window and a seat, combined to create eig...more

2017.
03.09

Anchor Ceramics: Beauty, Simplicity and Sustainability from Melbourne

The primacy and plasticity of clay casts an irresistible spell on Australian designer Bruce Rowe, founder of Melbourne-based ceramics studio Anchor. Originally trained as an architect, Rowe’s first contact with ceramic-making took place in 2009, when...more

2017.
03.01

Pastel Fresh: Deli Canteen in Lisbon by DC.AD

Located in the historic neighborhood of Lisbon's Príncipe Real, Deli, a new cafeteria designed by local architectural practice DC.AD, offers an all-day service in a clean-cut environment of minimal elegance and retro vibes....more

2017.
02.08

Fizzics Waytap | Untap the full taste of beer with science

One's tastebuds can judge the difference between the flavour of beer fresh from the tap and the mass production of canned and/or bottled beer. By leveraging sound waves, Fizzics Waytap coverts the beer’s natural carbonation into densely compacte...more

2017.
01.19

Fellow designs app-controlled kettle for precise coffee brewing

San Francisco startup Fellow has designed a connected kettle that lets users precisely and remotely control its temperature for optimum coffee brewing. The Stagg EKG kettle, which was designed by Fellow in collaboration with branding agency Branch...more

2017.
01.12

'Use Your Illusions' by Page Thirty Three

‘Use Your Illusions’ is the brand new innovative collection from Page Thirty Three. The Australian creative design company took inspiration from a combination of primitive form, ancient ritual and modern living....more

2016.
12.23

Nando’s Crawley Gets a Fresh, New Look

Nando’s has been known to work with different designers to get fresh new looks for their chain of Portuguese-style chicken restaurants that began in South Africa in 1987. An existing Nando’s in Crawley, West Sussex was in need of a renovation and Blo...more

2016.
12.09

Chi and Chi's second watch features a 24-sided face and refined materials

The second watch from Taiwan-based studio Chi and Chi is now available to buy from Dezeen Watch Store. Chi and Chi has updated its original design with a high-quality Swiss movement and refined finishes to create the Polygon 02 collection....more

2016.
12.01

Nordic Kitchen: Scandinavian Kitchenware by Eva Solo

Cast iron post and pans can sometimes look antiquated and let’s be honest – they’re ridiculously heavy. Eva Solo decided to bring the idea of cast iron to a Scandinavian lifestyle with a new series called Nordic Kitchen....more

2016.
11.30

Secret Library Hidden in the Woods Is Every Bibliophile's Dream Come True

Tucked away in the quiet woods of Upstate New York, you’ll find the Hemmelig Rom, a cozy cabin equipped with its own private library. A bookworm’s dream come true, the secluded space—whose name translates to “secret room” in Norwegian—was designed...more

2016.
11.23

Tiny Mobile House Made From Upcycled Materials Lets You Live Off-Grid and Mortgage-Free

Greemoxie, a Canadian lifestyle magazine exploring green living, has built their first tiny house, sparing nothing to create an inviting space out of small quarters. The cozy, 340-square-foot cabin-like structure was built with upcycled materials and...more

2016.
11.17

Salt & Water’s Portable Tiny House Concept

Russian design studio Salt & Water has created a tiny house that’s designed to work within any landscape. The Tiny Eco-House is a prefabricated concept that’s only 20 square meters (215 square feet) and constructed of mostly natural materials, li...more

2016.
11.01

Slender roof covers Apple Store Stanford by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

A+Awards: a dramatically thin roof soars over the glass front of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto – another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards. The store in the heart of Silicon Valley was designed by Appl...more

2016.
10.14

UniSuper offices by PTID, Sydney – Australia

PTID has designed the new offices of retirement fund UniSuper located in Sydney, Australia. The new workspace for UniSuper challenges the preconceived notions of what a Contact Centre should be. A direct reflection of the organisations contemporary, ...more

2016.
10.07

Toyo Ito's Taichung Metropolitan Opera House in Taiwan opens

These new photographs reveal the cavernous form of an opera house by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, which has opened in the Taiwanese city Taichung . Taichung Metropolitan Opera House by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito is expected to have ...more

2016.
09.22

Steel and glass extension added to traditional stone house in Paris by Atelier Lame

Atelier Lame has added a steel-framed extension to an old stone house in a Parisian suburb, as part of a renovation that creates ample storage for an avid CD and record collector (+ slideshow). Paris-based Atelier Lame was asked to transform the p...more

2016.
09.09

Kenta Eto completes house with sliced-away corner in Japan

The corner appears to have been chopped off this house in Japanese city Oita, revealing a tree growing behind the building's walls (+ slideshow). Designed by locally based architect Kenta Eto, OJI House is a two-storey residence at the juncti...more

2016.
08.09

Sayama Forest Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura is covered with hand-bent aluminium shingles

A+Awards: next up in our series on winning projects from Architizer's 2016 A+Awards is a small chapel by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura, which features extreme gables and a roof covered in 21,000 aluminium shingles (+ slideshow)....more

2016.
07.29

Z4Z4 AAA Designs a Unique Modern Home in Madrid, Spain

Casa Tobogan by Z4Z4 AAA: “A family is looking for a new home able to represent their trips around the globe, their desire to live in a garden and to embody the cinematic diversity of domestic life. The result is the design of two different houses o...more

2016.
07.18

NAVAMIN RESIDENCE

This house is a product of an unlikely coupling - a reductive modernist articulation together with an intensive Feng Shui inspired planning. The work was a rigorous collaboration between the owner, Hypothesis team, and the client'...more

2016.
06.30

Modelia Days apartment block in Tokyo features concrete walls and steel box windows

Thick, galvanised-steel frames highlight a selection of windows on the concrete facade of this apartment block in Tokyo designed by Japanese studios Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O (+ slideshow). The architects designed the block named Modelia D...more

2016.
06.13

Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O design minimal gallery space for traditional porcelain dolls

Japanese practices Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O have transformed the ground level of a 40-year-old warehouse in Tokyo into a gallery for traditional Hina dolls (+ slideshow). The Beishu Gallery is located in Taito area of Tokyo, inside an old...more

2016.
06.05

Nendo reimagines Bangkok department store as a new concept for retail

Japanese studio Nendo has completed its biggest-ever project: the exterior and interior renovation of a department store in Bangkok that founder Oki Sato believes represents a new way of shopping (+ slideshow)....more

2016.
05.30

An Incredible Interior Courtyard Shielded By Optical Glass Bricks

Built around a carefully tended courtyard, this home enjoys the privacy of a glass wall for a dazzling sense of semi-transparency. Designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, and located in downtown Hiroshima, its structure surrounding structure serves a...more

2016.
05.23

Benn + Penna completes corrugated metal cabin in the Australian bush

This pill-shaped corrugated-metal cabin contains a reading room for a rural retreat in Australia's Barragorang Valley Southern Highlands House was designed by Sydney studio Benn + Penna as an addition to a bush retreat owned by a couple who ...more

2016.
05.20

Japanese House in the Forest (Visualized)

Here is a neat little structure rendered by Israel based designers Ando Studio for TNA Architecture. The house set in a forest environment looks like the perfect kind of place to move in if you are planning to escape the noisy city life....more

2016.
04.16

T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze

Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house Named T Weekend Residence, the three-storey house offers residents various spots to read or dine amid a ...more

2016.
03.23

Platform_a completes reflective glass and volcanic stone cafe on Jeju island coast

Korean studio Platform_a has completed a cafe with pivoting mirrored-glass doors and volcanic stone walls on Jeju, a volcanic island off the coast of mainland South Korea (+ slideshow). The simple boxy building is constructed from a combination of...more