Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns

Studio Font has completed Casa Diez Pies, a home in Mexico that steps down a lush coastal cliff atop a series of inhabitable concrete columns.

RIBA unveils Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist

RIBA has announced the shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize, which includes Renzo Piano Building Workshop's Paddington Square.

RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist revealed

RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 laureate Witherford Watson Mann has a chance of winning a rare back-to-back victory after being named on a shortlist dominated by projects in Cambridge and the South East

The AJ’s verdict on the 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist

AJ deputy architecture editor Fran Williams looks at this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize contenders – and finds a shortlist that rewards the familiar and established

David Chipperfield unveils plans for first scheme in London’s Square Mile

David Chipperfield Architects (DCA) has unveiled plans to demolish Deutsche Bank’s former UK headquarters in the City of London and build an office-led development on the site

This month we’re looking at buildings that are simply unmissable

Whatever you think of them, the projects featured in the July issue of the AJ aren’t just prominent, they’re monumental, says Emily Booth

Allies and Morrison wins approval to redevelop Hackney’s New Era estate

Allies and Morrison has won planning permission to redevelop the New Era estate in Hackney, the site of a battle over rent rises in 2014 between residents and the previous owners

Frankfurt RheinMain hosts festival of creative events for Open

Over 35,000 visitors gathered in cities across Germany's Frankfurt RheinMain region for Open – Design Week 2026.

Selldorf Architects reveal new design for the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts

The 15,000 sq ft insertion will unify two older buildings on the campus and house the dazzling Aso O. Tavitian collection

The 9 Most Beautiful Historical Movie Theaters in the US

From neoclassical to Egyptian-inspired designs, these stunning structures have equally cinematic histories

Smiljan Radić, PPAA, and others stage installations at Concéntrico

Each June architects and designers descend on Logroño, Spain, for Concéntrico to stage immersive exhibitions on themes related to urbanism.

New York enacts temporary data center moratorium

New York Governor Kathy Hochul this week signed an executive order (EO) that sets the country’s first moratorium on new hyperscale data centers.

Lang Architecture uses a curved motif for a unit in Midtown

To combine apartments in a prewar midrise, Lang Architecture introduces a unified palette of noble materials and subtly curved flourishes.

Essence Cannetté tiles by Casalgrande Padana

Dezeen Showroom: completing Italian tile manufacturer Casalgrande Padana's Essence line of wood-inspired tiles, Essence Cannetté has a slatted, dimensional surface to bring texture into interiors. The Essence Cannetté tiles are the decorative option in Casalgrande Padana's Essence porcelain stoneware line, which mimics the look of richly-grained larch woo...

Studio Fuksas-designed Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi set to be demolished

The unopened Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, designed by Italian practice Studio Fuksas, is set to be demolished less than 15 years after it completed.

Studio Libeskind designs cluster of Seoul skyscrapers as "a living work of art"

Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has unveiled designs for six skyscrapers set to form a residential complex in Seoul's Gangnam district.

LHC names 46 architects selected for its new £75m framework

Procurement specialist LHC has announced the 46 teams picked for its new £75 million architecture framework

Assael makes application for 1,300 homes on east London golf course

Assael Architecture has put forward a proposal for 1,300 homes on a golf course in Dagenham, having taken on the scheme from RCKa, which drew up initial designs

RIBA Stirling prize 2026: AI picks its shortlist

What schemes has ChatGPT favoured when asked to predict the contenders for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize?

AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards 2026 shortlist 3: Fit-out, small project and private renovation

The AJ can exclusively announce the third set of shortlists for this year’s AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards. Today it’s the Fit-out, Private/individual renovation and Project under £800,000 categories

Panasonic launches Japanese Microwave designed for modern American kitchens

Electronics brand Panasonic has launched a minimalist microwave that seeks to bring Japanese design principles into North American homes.

Issue Nº25

In issue Nº24, we discover matter not as substance, but as memory made visible. Each story speaks of what endures, of what is essential.

MASS wins competition to replace confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (JSAAHC) announced that Model of Architecture Serving Society’s (MASS) design, Rooted, was selected to replace the statue of confederate general, Robert E. Lee on Market Street Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Play-Doh enters "home decor space" with flower-making kit for adults

Hasbro has announced a line for adults with the release of Blooms, a Play-Doh flower-making kit for creating "lifelike flowers"

Raising Cane’s Inglewood flagship reimagines fast-food architecture as an event

Donaldson + Partners designed Raising Cane’s West Coast Flagship in between Intuit Dome and SoFi Stadium, drawing inspiration from Googie architecture.

Heavily stylistic approach to stadium design "should die down" says Populous global director Jonathan Mallie

Jonathan Mallie talks about the combination of urban planning, computational design and economics behind Popoulus, the studio driving global stadium design.

Anomaly submits plans for 526-home co-living tower scheme in Glasgow

Anomaly Architects has put forward plans for a £100 million co-living scheme on the banks of the River Clyde

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater: Everything You Need to Know

While the iconic American architect designed more than 1,000 buildings, this private home situated over an active waterfall is his most celebrated project

A Brutalist Marseille Villa Takes Inspiration from Formula 1 and Brazilian Modernism

Perched on a Mediterranean hillside, this home was designed “for someone who knows how to have a good time”

Tom Kneepkens "integrates living and nature" at Dutch forest villa

Tom Kneepkens has completed a home in the Netherlands sheltered by a gridded timber roof with openings to accommodate the surrounding trees.

The artist-led Fonds Bustamante is Arles’ newest creative gem

The brainchild of Jean-Marc Bustamante, and designed by Charles Zana, the new art foundation has opened its doors in an old church building in the south of France

Nokia unveils nostalgic dumbphones with dedicated AI button

Tech company HMD has launched a range of retro Nokia brick phones with limited internet capabilities and an AI assistant button integrated into the centre of the keypad. Like many dumbphones, these 4G feature phones were designed to combine the simplicity and affordability of old-school Nokias with a limited set of amenities needed for modern The post Nok...

AHMM gets approval for Hammersmith hotel and office scheme

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won approval to partially demolish and redevelop a 1980s office building in Hammersmith

New practice Macro Micro: ‘Lean into new technology; we use AI to manage our business’

Continuing our series on those who have set up on their own, the AJ talks to Sebastian Elliott, whose new practice Macro Micro Architects has embraced AI

Scale Rule, FIT students, and others bring a childlike whimsy to Union Square

For an art installation staged near Union Square, Scale Rule, seven Fashion Institute of Technology students, architects at Grimshaw, and engineers at Schlaich Bergermann Partner (sbp) scaled up a classic waiting room object: the bead maze.

Congress enacts landmark, bipartisan housing package

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act was enacted on July 11 by Congress. The act sets policies to increase national housing supply and caps the amount of single-family homes institutional investors (hedge funds, private equity groups) can own.

Snarkitecture brings THE PLAYGROUND to the National Building Museum

This summer, designers Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham of Snarkitecture have returned to the National Building Museum’s Great Hall with another immersive environment: THE PLAYGROUND.

1X Technologies designs humanoid hand to "match or surpass human capability"

California-based company 1X Technologies has updated the hands of its humanoid robot Neo to "perform virtually any task a human can do with their hands". The hands will be installed on the first Neo robot model to be delivered to households, which are to ship this year, according to the company. The 5-foot-6-inch (167 cm) The post 1X Technologies designs ...

The winner of the National Museum of Ecuador competition has been rejected. What comes next?

A first place-winning competition entry by Studio Campo Baeza and MAODA for the National Museum of Ecuador has been rejected by the Ecuadorian government. Now, the competition finalists will re-present their proposals and a new selection process will take place.

File into the Future Stadium

With stadium construction intensifying and the World Cup drawing to a close, our Future Stadium series looks at the future of one of the world's most impactful buildings. We live in an age of entertainment, and it is no surprise that some of the most massive structures being built today are geared towards the delight The post File into the Future Stadium ...

Studio Wests designs an all-in-one snowball shop, home, and store

For a lesbian couple with a snowball business and drag careers, Studio West outfits a pink fantasyland, merging home, shop, and store.

A yoga retreat in East Hampton translates the art of wellness into architectural form

BE_Design’s Woods Retreat is a blackened temple to the principles of yogic process in a spectacular woodland location

MPs slam government’s ‘complacency’ on retrofit-first and heritage protection

A strongly-worded report from the Culture Media and Sport Committee has called for policy and tax changes to support a ‘reuse-first’ approach to buildings

YSG draws on art deco for Sydney apartment revamp

Chamfered surfaces, warm hues and reinstated art deco features define the interiors of The Gentleman, a Sydney apartment remodelled by local interiors studio YSG. YSG carried out a complete renovation of the 95-square-meter, high-ceilinged apartment in a 1929 art deco building in the trendy suburb of Redfern, which has views of the Sydney Opera House. The...

BIG’s UK arm plunges to £4.2 million loss after Saudi project woe

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)’s London studio reported a £4.2 million pre-tax loss last year, despite an increase in turnover, following heavy tax write-offs in the Middle East and the cancellation of a major Saudi project

AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards 2026 shortlist 1: Adaptive reuse categories

The AJ can exclusively announce the first set of shortlists for this year’s AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards, beginning with the five adaptive reuse categories

Mesh-89 device lets Palestinian drivers stay ahead of checkpoint closures

Recent Central Saint Martins graduate Joud Abuhomos has invented a simple, off-grid communication device called Mesh-89, designed to alert Palestinian bus drivers to the status of the West Bank's 89 permanent checkpoints. Deliberately unassuming in appearance, Mesh-89 is intended to help drivers navigate the everyday problem of traffic restriction around ...

Modular activewear collection among projects from the University of Portsmouth

Dezeen School Shows: an activewear collection consisting of modular garments to adapt to movement and different body types is among projects from the University of Portsmouth. Also featured is a project exploring the cultural influence of cassette tapes, and another representing cultural identities through portraiture. University of Portsmouth Institution...

Amazonian crafts feature in Costa Brazil's New York fragrance store

Fragrance brand Costa Brazil's flagship retail space in New York's Hudson Yards features items from its founder's personal collection and was designed in collaboration with Alexander May Studio. The Costa Brazil store on level one of The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards is one of the brand's first physical stores and was "designed to The post Amazonian...

Verstas Architects uses natural materials for "comforting and gentle" mortuary in Helsinki

Finnish studio Verstas Architects has completed the Malmi Mortuary and Farewell Spaces in Helsinki using a pared-back palette of stone, timber and brick. Located next to Malmi Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Finland, the building was designed in response to Helsinki's rapidly ageing population, which is placing increasing strain on its hospitals and car...

Carlo Ratti on why the Vibram sole is a staple of the Italian summer

The fourth instalment of the architect's series, 'Objectify,' investigates how Italy's Vibram sole helped the world find its footing

Overstimulated design student creates satisfyingly minimal focus timer

Frustrated by her own struggle to stay focused while studying, product design student Carrie Lee has developed a portable task timer that hopes to rival the addictiveness of smartphones. Her prototype Immersion timer is about the size and shape of a Tamagotchi. But instead of distracting themselves by feeding a virtual pet, users set themselves The post O...

Project exploring chronic illness among work from the University of Portsmouth

Dezeen School Shows: a multi-disciplinary project exploring the experiences of people with chronic illnesses is among the projects from the University of Portsmouth. Also featured is a conservation proposal for a naval site in Gosport, UK, and another exploring writing systems and scripts informed by Indo-European languages and traditions. University of P...

This New Build Colorado Farmhouse Was Designed to Look as If It Had Been There Forever

Landed Interiors worked with craftsmen to give the interiors an “ageless, rugged warmth”

Wright Office creates "distinctive yet quiet" apartments on triangular infill site in London

London architecture studio Wright Office has completed Radnor Road, a compact development of two apartments on an infill site in Peckham finished with a textural palette of rough bricks and lime-washed plaster. Situated on a triangular site flanked by mid-century residential buildings, the 130-square-metre building contains a pair of two-bedroom apartment...

Six tactile homes characterised by stone

Limestone cladding, sandstone bricks and precast stone blocks feature in this roundup of contemporary homes that demonstrate the versatility of both structural and decorative stone. Whitberry, UK, by Pend Blush-toned blocks of precast stone enliven the exterior of this extension to a heritage-listed farmhouse in East Lothian, Scotland. Completed by archit...

National Museum of Ecuador competition sparks controversy

Alberto Campo Baeza, a Madrid architect; and MAODA, an Ecuadorian office, were named the first place winners by Ecuador’s Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture in a competition to design the National Museum of Ecuador. Since the announcement, the competition results have been subject of an ongoing controversy taking hold of Quito.

Studio TK uses Plantd's pressed-grass panels for furniture line

North Carolina furniture company Studio TK has designed furniture utilising manufacturer Plantd's panels, which are made from perennial grasses and marketed as an alternative to traditional engineered woods such as plywood. Studio TK released the Clique Luxe collection, using the panels as the non-visible, core structural components of the modular furnitu...

I, Gustave Courbet: Painter and Rebel

The painter had a knack for making enemies and, as this exhibition at Museum Folkwang makes clear, his art was all the better for it

Rembrandt to Matisse: A Celebration of Works on Paper

Prints, drawings and watercolours from the National Gallery of Ireland’s collection reveal how Continental Europe inspired Irish artists, and vice versa

At Van Alen, NOT NOT is part workspace, part exhibition

Ekin Bilal and Celia Chaussabel of the newly launched design practice NOT NOT have turned the Van Alen Institute’s Urban Room and its double storefront into a temporary office space and eponymous exhibition.

Seven products by USA-based design brands

Dezeen Showroom: from sumptuous couches to cutting-edge workstations, the following products are all included in the catalogues of brands based in the USA. The following selection comprises seating, flooring, wall coverings, workplace furniture, statement lighting and surfaces. They have been released by brands from across the country, from Seattle and Lo...

Inside Christian Interior Design: What Would Jesus Design?

A growing number of faith-forward interior designers are decorating homes Christ-first. Turns out it’s as good for business as it is for their souls

Formwork Architects transforms abandoned care home into light-filled Crouch End House

Local studio Formwork Architects has transformed a derelict care home in Crouch End, north London, back into a family dwelling, introducing a two-storey brick extension overlooking a sunken patio. Simply named Crouch End House, the old Edwardian home had served as a care home for several decades before being left derelict and subject to several The post F...

Allies and Morrison team wins approval for 40ha Toronto island neighbourhood

Allies and Morrison, working with Danish nature-focused design studio SLA, has won approval for a huge, housing-led 40ha island scheme in Toronto, Canada

This 400-Square-Foot Chelsea Apartment Has a Surprising Amount of Storage

Architect Robert Garneau upheld the character of the 1920s space while bringing in sleek designs and space-saving innovations

Portland announces design competition to revamp Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Portland, Oregon, has plans to reshape Governor Tom McCall Waterfront park through a design competition. Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is setting out to improve the park’s amenities, access, and encourage regular visitation beyond major events.

A reimagined former dairy offers west London’s newest boltholes to covet

New residential scheme The Dairy is tucked away in a quiet corner of Notting Hill and has everything going for it – design-led interiors by Echlin, a slice of London history, and location, location, location

How One California Native Manifested Her Dream New York City Apartment

LA-based designer Mike Moser helped Caroline Bell create her new home in a storied West Village apartment

Updated and extended, a classic Horace Gifford beach house is for sale on Fire Island Pines

Owned and cherished by interior and fashion designers over the decades, 122A Ocean Drive is a classic piece of modernist beachside Americana

The Faro Santander launch will bring a northern Spanish grande dame back to life

Spain's new cultural destination, Faro Santander, gears up to open its doors on 8 September 2026 – in anticipation, we tour its historic building, redesigned by Chipperfield Architects

An eight-metre replica of the Fifa World Cup trophy has appeared at Rockefeller Plaza

As Team USA’s World Cup run ends, New York finds another reason to look up: a 1.3 million-brick Lego trophy has landed in Manhattan

The Renaissance Engraver at Work

The Cleveland Museum of Art sheds light on how early engravers mastered their art – and how prints came to conquer western Europe

Back from the Underworld: Mia’s Dante Tapestry Restored

For the first time in nearly 70 years the Minneapolis Institute of Art displays the largest Italian Renaissance artwork in the United States

Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds

The photographer’s talent for infusing the textures of everyday Mexican life with a fantastical sensibility is on full display at SFMOMA

Why Vintage Furnishings Are Fashion's New Favorites

Historic design objects have been spotted on recent runways across the globe. The relationship is far deeper than surface-level beauty

Gil Schafer, Redd Kaihoi, and Miranda Brooks Rewrite the Script for the Great American Lake House

The Vermont escape designed by three AD100 talents feels centuries in the making, straddling the worlds of fashion and an English country home

Inside the New Museum’s New Restaurant, Where Sleek Steel Meets Subterranean Design

How a cozy eatery was brought to life inside the museum’s slick, OMA-designed expansion

5 Living Room Mistakes You’re Making and How to Fix Them, According to Design Experts

Here’s what to avoid when it comes to lighting, TVs, furniture, and more

"Interior Landscaping" Turned This Glass Box West Palm Beach Apartment Into a Lush Paradise

AD PRO Directory designer Louis Lin features an abundance of plants, warm colors, and collectible design

A Once Lost Frank Lloyd Wright Design Is Brought Back to Life

Visitors can now step into the architect’s former field office just as it would have been in the 1950s

Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Eye That Listens

The Danish artist’s paintings of eerie interiors are joined by portraits, landscapes and depictions of musicians

‘Star Trek’ and ‘Dune’ Inspired the Futuristic Design of This San Francisco Home

Designer Christine Lin of Form + Field worked with the building’s existing architecture and incorporated new materials and furnishings to make the interiors “live long and prosper”

Kave Home × RCR: personality and intention

The Art of Flowers: In Conversation with Carolin Ruggaber

Caro Ruggaber’s studio sits beside a meadow-like field that edges the River Spree — wild green pushing into what was once a heavily industrial landscape....

Meme and Riccardo

For Marta Meme Fagiuoli and Riccardo Gira Giraldo, intention informs and shapes their two businesses, Casamadre restaurant and Rekhale.

Frida: The Making of an Icon

The Tate explores how the Mexican artist became a pop-culture phenomenon and influenced generations of artists around the world

‘Bunjin’ in Japanese Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art celebrates the Edo-period tradition of scholars getting together to share art they had made

Blasco

That's what living with Blasco means: textures, shapes and materials that make you feel good, and that create a home where harmony and authenticity are part of the everyday experience.

Willem de Kooning Drawing

The abstract painter was always fascinated by the figurative and, as this show at the Art Institute of Chicago makes clear, his draughtsmanship is still underrated

Kissabō: A Contemporary Japanese Tea Bar in Berlin

On a sunny tree-lined street in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg, plum-coloured noren (暖簾) — traditional Japanese split curtains — float gently in the breeze. They mark...

Berlin on Camera: 100 Years of Photography and the Press

Snapshots of life published in newspapers in the German capital over the last century provide revealing insights into propaganda, reportage and the art of photography itself

Eduardo Pérez

A vertical garden and undulating balconies make this new Singapore tower stand out

PLP Architecture's newly completed Park Nova tower in Singapore – the studio's first South-East Asian project – takes the vertical garden up a level

Tour a perfectly calibrated photography studio in Geneva

In this photography studio, young Swiss practice Sapid Studio makes light work of its task to transform a raw industrial space into a luminous atelier

Jasper Johns: Night Driver

This retrospective at the Guggenheim Bilbao does justice to the painter’s genius for mining well-known signs, symbols and shapes for new meaning

In the Italian Manner: Spain and the Mediterranean Gothic, 1320–1420

The Prado explores the influence of the Italian painters who took their painterly innovations to Spain in the 14th century

Ray Phoenix cuts a modernist-nodding, green-tinted figure under the Arizona sun

Johnston Marklee completes the new building, the third project to open by the ambitious, New York-based lifestyle and residential brand Ray

As Ferrari prepares to reveal the Luce EV, is there a future for the electric sports car?

Is there any future in a traditional sports car powered by pure electricity? It all depends on who you ask, amidst complex cross currents of mechanical chauvinism, brand snobbery, and economic reality

A Frankfurt airport interior elevates travel with its flowing, ‘lava-like’ ceiling

Redesigning the airport’s Terminal 3 Marketplace, architects LAVA play with light, movement and generosity of space

Toyota bolsters its EV line-up with the bZ4X Touring, a high-riding electric estate

A sojourn in Slovenia provides the perfect backdrop to sample the practicalities and foibles of the new Toyota bZ4X Touring

MAD completes the Hainan Science Museum, which ‘floats’ against the skyline

‘A science museum's job is no longer to deliver facts. It is to teach children how to question them,’ says Ma Yansong, founder of the firm

Frederic Church: Global Artist

The intrepid painter didn’t just capture American landscapes from coast to coast – he depicted majestic vistas all over the world

Edvard Munch and the Chocolate Factory

The 12 paintings the artist made for the women’s canteen of a chocolate factory in Oslo go on public display at the Munchmuseet

The Eyes of a House

David's mother was born in Marfa in the 1950s. The place was not a discovery but a return, a way of closing a circle the family had left open

Tate Britain Commission 2026: Zineb Sedira

The artist is filling the museum’s Duveen Galleries with an expansive installation about migration and memory

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2026

Thirty shortlisted works in an impressive range of forms and materials go on display at the National Gallery Singapore

Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal

SFMOMA recreates the Salon d’Automne of 1905, when a portrait of the artist’s wife shocked viewers and set Fauvism in motion

CRISTINA at MDW

CRISTINA is marking a new chapter in its trajectory: a profound, human-centric evolution of its brand identity.

Bieke Casteleyn & JOV

Bieke, founder of the furniture brand that takes her name, and Gilles, owner of the rug company JOV, they often crossed paths.

Carl Hansen & Søn

During Milan Design Week, Carl Hansen & Søn also introduced two new additions to the Hans J. Wegner collection.

“Obsessions: A Self Portrait”

For Salone del Mobile, Openhouse with the support of Mango Home, invited visitors to step into the universe of “Obsessions: A Self Portrait”.

Strom by Celeste Asfour: A Seasonal Café Where Reverie Meets Play

In the heart of Berlin, a quiet courtyard sits framed by historic properties that once thrummed with the energy of industry. Here, on the ground...

Matter Edit and Oikos Estudio

In this profound sense of the essential, Matter Edit, together with ceramicist Pascale Zintzen (Oikos Estudio), present Artefacts of Shelter.

Greetings from Stockholm

To celebrate the arrival of Spring, we send you our greetings from Stockholm.

Sanghyeok Lee on ARC, Emptiness, and the Spaces Between

Sanghyeok Lee’s work is nothing if not balanced. It is restrained and minimal. Playful and intellectually rigorous.

Essential Forms in Modern Jewelry: ORFÈVRE Presents Walter Wittek

For over fifty years, ORFÈVRE has been a home for jewelry that values meaning as much as beauty. Among the artists it champions, the German...

Aeyde Haus by Gonzalez Haase AAS Marks a New Era for an East Berlin Landmark

On Berlin’s monumental Karl-Marx-Allee, one of the former GDR’s emblematic sites of Socialist Classicism has taken on a renewed role as the working home of...

TRADER HiFi Tunes Hamburg’s Coffee Culture to a New Frequency

Hamburg’s growing TRADER constellation stems from founder Vincent von Thien’s wish to offer his city more than another café. TRADER Gallery in the Schanze set...

Marbledworks: The Nature of Making

In stone, time turns tactile—a record of sediment, heat, and movement pressed into matter. At Marbledworks, that long geological story continues in contemporary form.

KARST: The New Craft of Space

The craft of KARST reveals itself first in a feeling. An ambience of warmth, polish and clarity. A closer look at—and feel of—the Berlin carpentry...

Time Softens at extrastudio’s Casa Plaj, a Coastal Retreat in Portugal

High on a ridge above Portugal’s Atlantic coast, Casa Plaj appears almost imagined: a red geometry in a green expanse, elemental yet precise. Designed by...

“History is a Battleground”: Zuzanna Czebatul and the Pergamon Altar

Zuzanna Czebatul is interested in the way monuments shape and perform power. Through her sculpture-based practice, she distorts architectural forms and cultural relics—columns, obelisks, busts—to...

Q&A: Viviane Sassen on the Body as Symbol, Surface, and Story

Over the past three decades, Dutch artist Viviane Sassen has carved a singular path through the intersecting worlds of photography, fashion, and contemporary art. Known...

Torio by Noah: A Canvas for Contemporary Life

A sofa holds the conversations, gatherings, and pauses that shape daily life. With the launch of Torio, Berlin furniture brand Noah reimagines the essential piece...

What the Land Remembers: Julian Charrière and Ruinart Engage in Conversations with Nature

On the chalky soil of Champagne, time collects in layers. Ancient sea beds, slow-growing vines, and old-world rituals compound into to a future shaped by...

George Nakashima Woodworkers: A Legacy Carved in Time

Stepping onto the grounds of George Nakashima Woodworkers feels like entering another world—a quieter, more refined realm. The soft light, unhurried sense of time, and...

Detroit Institute of Arts director finds missing Velázquez painting

Salvador Salort-Pons, a noted Velázquez scholar, says he made the discovery by chance while preparing a related exhibition at the museum

Beer With a Painter: Keltie Ferris

“I am playing with the building blocks of painting,” the artist told me at his studio in Woodstock, where he experiments with gestural compositions and monumental body prints.

Remembering Bruno Lucchesi, Pat Oliphant, and Edward Lucie-Smith

This week, we honor a figurative sculptor, a political cartoonist who revolutionized the form, and a prolific poet and writer.

Guerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses Campaign

“Billionaires could fund cures for cancer — so why are they funding glasses for perverts instead?" asked the protest group Everyone Hates Elon.

James Cohan Gallery becomes Norr Cohan as founders step back

Longtime senior director David Norr assumes sole ownership following a years-long leadership transition

Jacolby Satterwhite awarded inaugural Artists Living with Cancer Grant

The new grant, funded by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and the Rema Hort Mann Fund, supports New York-based artists undergoing cancer treatment

Zimmerli Art Museum receives gift of 70 modern and contemporary works

The donation—from the New Jersey museum’s long-time patrons Anne and Arthur Goldstein—includes works by Mark Bradford, Nicole Eisenman and Takeshi Kawashima

A 'signpost' amid the Alps, TITLIS Tower by Herzog & de Meuron is a structural triumph

Boasting warm hospitality and panoramic views in cantilevered steel volumes, TITLIS Tower marks the onset of the Swiss architects’ renewal of the popular mountain destination.

Christie’s and Sotheby’s 2026 half year results: trophy lots and luxury goods fuel rebound

Private sales and flexible financing arrangements are also helping the businesses shore up their bottom lines

West Bund Museum's Material Matters on learning through the hands and the eyes

A double solo exhibition of Sheila Hicks and Shi Hui unpacks two independent artistic worlds through material, memory and the unmediated experience of making.

Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures?

After The Met returned a Roman bust connected to Phoenix Ancient Art, the question of what will happen to other works sold by the gallery to dozens of US institutions remains open.

For Michael Asher, the Museum Was the Medium

A survey of the conceptual artist reveals his deep engagement with institutional machinations, though it sometimes feels like inside baseball.

Connecticut’s Artists Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's inaugural decennial exhibition showcases works by 40 artists in the state, all made in the last decade.

Former High Museum Executive Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

According to court filings, Brady Lum stole more than $600,000 from the Atlanta institution during his nearly seven-year tenure.

We Must Imagine It by Unfold Projects advocates for regenerative art and design

Using salvaged wood, wild earth, copper remnants and more, the exhibition at ICA San Diego / North brings together 20 regional creatives exploring regenerative approaches to making.

Comment | A view from to the top of Manhattan’s famed Municipal Building

A circular observation deck in the colonnade below the golden Civic Fame statue opened to the public last month, after a $6m restoration

Robert Rauschenberg foundation donates three sculptures to shared Tate and National Galleries of Scotland collection

Now part of the joint Artist Rooms collection, the 1980s works will go on show at Tate Modern in September as part of a free Robert Rauschenberg display

What happened when Lucian Freud met Kate Moss? Nothing much, according to new film

Movie about the friendship between the artist and the supermodel gets widespread drubbing from critics

Vitra Design Museum stirs form, colour and space for Verner Panton’s birth centenary

STIR explores the legacy and enduring relevance of the 20th-century designer as illustrated through a comprehensive retrospective at the Vitra Schaudepot in Weil am Rhein.

Name of ancient Maya astronomer-mathematician deciphered for the first time

Discovered alongside unique formulas for the movements of the sun and planets, the attribution proves the importance of such work more than 1,000 years ago

At the home of IKEA, the probe for democratic design deepens

An inflatable chair, a rocking bench, an angled, adjustable floor lamp and artistic textiles, among others, round out IKEA’s 10th PS collection, built around ‘playful functionality’.

Ana Mendieta’s ‘Neolithic art’ recreated for major Tate Modern survey

London exhibition explores how ancient sites informed the work of the late Cuban American artist, who was best known for her performance and land art

'It's not my best work': Anish Kapoor sizes up his biggest-ever sculpture

And he has a message for the UK's incoming Prime Minister

Auction houses made significant recoveries in 2026, ArtTactic report finds

Data from Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips shows confidence from major single-owner sales is trickling down to the rest of the art market

Experimenter Curators’ Hub and the new, rhizomatic structures of the art world

This July, Experimenter Kolkata will host the 15th edition of the Curators’ Hub, where select global curators gather to broaden conceptions of curation in a circular model.

The architecture of socialist science and ambitions in Soviet Scientific Institutes

Photographer Eric Lusito documents the Soviet Union’s laboratories, reactors and other scientific buildings across the former USSR landscape in a new book by FUEL.

India Street Lettering explores a visual art that is always looked at, hardly ever seen

Typeface designer Pooja Saxena’s book is a journey across India’s streets, capturing over 300 handmade signs in various languages and scripts and some of their makers.

BRICK AWARD 26 winners harken to the traditional brick as the material of the future

Selected from a shortlist of 50 projects, the winning designs employ brick and ceramic in unique ways to enhance a sense of groundedness, community, cohesion and legibility.

Architectures of Amnesia: Donald Judd and America’s “Forgotten War” in Korea

Andrew Sungtaek on the geopolitical and conceptual traces that haunts Donald Judd’s legacy.

The Algorithm and the Antichrist: Political Theology at the Sunset of Silicon Valley

Giorgio Cesarale and Matteo Pasquinelli trace Carl Schmitt’s influence on Peter Thiel.

Do Androids Dream of AGI?

Vinícius Portella argues that no democratic or socialist future will ever be possible unless digital technology is liberated for the common good

Fire Tribes and Stateless Worlds: A Conversation

Bima Satria Putra, David Wengrow, and Stevphen Shukaitis discuss Indigenous anarchism in Indonesia.

Remembering Steve Kurtz (1958–2025) of Critical Art Ensemble, Part 1

Remembrances of Steve Kurtz by Nato Thompson, Claire Pentecost, Brooke Singer, David Garcia, Rich Pell, and Lucas Fortunato. (Part 1 of 2. )

Remembering Steve Kurtz (1958–2025) of Critical Art Ensemble, Part 2

Remembrances of Steve Kurtz by Nicola Triscott, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Samuel Ashford, Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, and Trevor Paglen. (Part 2 of 2.)

Experimental designer Tadeas Podracky on traditional folklore as ‘living systems’

The Czech-based designer talks to STIR about honing material craft by blending intuition, manual tools and digital workflows with folklore to create objects that are ‘grown, not made’.

Isamu Noguchi was never a designer, affirms High Museum of Art, Atlanta

The first design retrospective of the visionary American sculptor to appear in 25 years challenges everything we thought we knew about his work.

Just another brick in the wall: The search for a radical architecture

In the Building outside the box category of the BRICK AWARD 26, designs take the ‘rigid’ form of the brick, and give it new meaning for projects fluidly embedded in their contexts.

Clerkenwell Design Week 2026 considers the creation and consumption of design

Returning to London for a landmark 15th edition, CDW adds new venues, brand interventions and material cultures to showcase the best of contemporary design from across Europe.

AEROTIM Hangar channels aviation and its spirit through material restraint and clarity

Kyiv-based +kouple’s design for the aviation collective AEROTIM employs an industrial materiality and thoughtful lighting design attuned to the crew’s professional rituals.

Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love

On May 14, the Walker Art Center will open Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, the first major museum retrospective dedicated to the work of groundbreaking artist Suzanne Jackson.

Igshaan Adams: Unsettling Dust—The Body’s Archive

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is pleased to present Igshaan Adams. Unsettling Dust: The Body’s Archive, the third chapter of the Museum’s in situ series.

Maja Malou Lyse: Things to Come

The Danish Arts Foundation presents Things To Come, by Danish artist Maja Malou Lyse at the Danish Pavilion for the 61st Venice Biennale, curated by Chus Martínez.

Living to Learn: Art & Education for the Common Good

Living to Learn: Art & Education for the Common Good presented by Inventory Press.

Tolia Astakhishvili: Figure of the Child and Tolia Curriculum

Figure of the Child is Tolia Astakhishvili’s first solo museum exhibition and her largest presentation to date.

Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán: Black Seas—Scores for the Sonic Eye

Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán, Black Seas—Scores for the Sonic Eye // May 9–November 22, 2026

In Another Man’s Yard

Marking the second presentation of The Bahamas at the Venice Biennale following a 13-year hiatus, the Pavilion is an intergenerational dialogue between Bahamian artists John Beadle and Lavar Munroe.

Klara Kristalova, Benjamin Orlow, Tori Wrånes: How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?

How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? is a collaborative exhibition presented by the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Mariechen Danz and Andrea Grützner

The Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections (Kustodie) at TUD Dresden University of Technology presents two parallel exhibitions in the summer semester 2026: Circuits by Mariechen Danz and Rasenstücke (Grass Patches) by Andrea Grützner.

Copper Tones for Abimis Stainless Steel Kitchens

Created using a micro-brushing technique, the new finish introduces a unique aesthetic to the tailor-made kitchens of the Atelier line

Cosentino’s Éclos Signals the End of the Quartz Era—and a Reordering of the Surface Industry

Discover how Cosentino’s Éclos challenges quartz with silica-free, layered design and recycled content. See what this shift means for architecture.

LG CLOiD™: The AI Robot Bringing Smart Homes to Life

From cooking breakfast to folding laundry, LG’s new home robot manages daily tasks with precision and ease

LEGO® SMART Play™: When the Brick Comes to Life

The new smart play system lets children build, modify, and activate their own interactive, screen-free creations that surprise and engage through responsive play

The New Samsung Speakers Designed by Erwan Bouroullec

‘An essential shape for visualising sound’: the Music Studio series reinterprets traditional loudspeakers through a point and a sphere

When Architecture Starts Hallucinating

Does generative AI redefine architecture—or dissolve it? Aaron Betsky questions AI’s promises and its real impact on design. Read more.

Casalgrande Padana Porcelain Stoneware Induction Hobs

A uniform, continuous surface with no visual interruptions, incorporating perimeter lighting or an extractor hood. Ghost, the new smart solution for the kitchen

We Used to Build Buildings. Now We Grow Them.

Architecture is evolving—materials are now grown, not built. Discover how science is redefining the future of construction and design.

Multimedia Furniture for Home and Office

USM Leica Cine Collection combines USM iconic modular design with Leica Cinema TV technology in four sideboards with integrated projector system

Are Architects Ready for Materials That Think for Themselves?

Metamaterials—once confined to physics labs—are reshaping architecture. From bricks that silence cities to walls that cloak light, these engineered materials invert the logic of design, putting geometry at the heart of performance.

Downdraft Extraction According to Falmec

Design, technology and versatility come together in three solutions designed to seamlessly integrate extraction and cooking, ensuring high performance and minimalist aesthetics

Architectures of Adaptability

Red Dot Award for Pininfarina and AC Future's AI Transformer Home Series

SKYY wins the Pierantoni Innovation Award for its Evolving Wellness Ecosystem

Sound Engineering Blends with Natural Stone

Audio brand Bang & Olufsen presents its new collaboration with Antolini: Beosound Balance Natura, a capsule collection of 16 marble-base speakers

The Power of Steam for Kitchen

From Combi steam ovens to the Sliding Hinge dishwasher, Signature Kitchen Suite appliances redefine cooking and hygiene standards with its innovative steam technology

Eco-Conscious Driving is Now a Reality

Aptera unveils its solar electric vehicle at CES 2025