Architecture

Architect Carlo Ratti on why the Autogrill bridge is Italy's testbed for motorway design

The eighth instalment of the architect's series, 'Objectify', investigates how the Autogrill bridge attracted some of post-war Italy's greatest architects and engineers

Seven versatile homes that facilitate multi-generational living

For our latest roundup, we look at seven homes and apartments designed to accommodate multiple generations under one roof.

Biophilia meets Bali at Jia Curated 2026's architectural spotlight show

Jia Curated 2026 highlight, 'Architecture at Scale', explores biophilic architecture and its expressions on the island of Bali, Indonesia

Construction on the White House ballroom must stop, a federal appeals court rules

According to a decision handed down Friday, Congress must approve alterations to the White House: ‘Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner’

A home in rugged Nova Scotia by Place of Work is an extraordinary take on the ordinary

Place of Work, an emerging architecture practice from Canada, features in the Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2026

White House Ballroom may go to Supreme Court

Washington, D.C. circuit court judges ruled today against President Trump’s plans for the White House East Wing Ballroom, designed by Shalom Baranes Associates. The project needs House approval, which the president has not earned, the judges affirmed in a joint majority opinion.

How Influencers Are Rewriting the Rules of Estate Sales

What was once a closely guarded treasure hunt is now a full-on social media boom, inviting a new generation of shoppers into the mix

America at 250: Architects and others weigh in

Rather than recounting the greatest hits of United States architecture, AN looks ahead. We asked architects, educators, writers, and photographers a future-forward question: What building, place, or landscape best embodies where the U.S.is headed and why? With this inquiry, we sought responses that both evidence our current state and suggest possibilities...

SLAM and RTA Architects announce merger

S/L/A/M Collaborative and RTA Architects announced a strategic merger. Founded in 1976, SLAM is headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut. It has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and other cities. RTA Architects is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Walter Sickert: Working Notes

At Charleston, etchings, engravings and lithographs from across the avant-garde artist’s career are joined by a painting that counts Virginia Woolf and King Charles III among its admirers

Symphony of Colors: Paul Signac and Neo-Impressionism

The artist found new methods of capturing the play of light – and also found ways to express his anarchist beliefs in painting, as the Museum Barberini makes clear

Raoul Dufy: The Sound of Music

The painter is best known as a Fauvist, but his career took many twists and turns, as a survey at Les Franciscaines in Deauville makes clear

Gothic romance and 1980s slasher films informed sets of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Production designers Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Matt Hyland constructed sets including a "flesh palace" to create a dreamlike world for this horror film starring Gillian Anderson.

Foster + Partners cleared in court case over 2018 tower window death

Foster + Partners has been cleared over the death of a man hit by a window falling from the practice’s Corniche building in Vauxhall, south London, in 2018

"A hodgepodge of ideas" says commenter

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing The Linhay, a family house in the Somerset countryside designed by studio Charles Gillespie Architecture.

Jon Matthews reveals images of 17-storey tower planned for Manchester

Jon Matthews Architects has revealed images of its proposed 17-storey residential tower in Manchester, following confirmation of a subsidised loan for the scheme from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

RIBA reveals four-strong shortlist for UK's best affordable housing for 2026

The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced its shortlist for the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2026.

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings: The 10 Most Important Projects Everyone Should Know

Study these projects to understand the designer’s philosophies, perspective, and why he remains the most famous American architect decades after his death

Green New Deal for Public Housing Act reintroduced in Congress

Today representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Delia C. Ramirez and Senator Bernie Sanders reintroduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act. The legislation is aimed at rebuilding the country’s public housing stock, addressing capital backlog, and creating union jobs.

A palm tree-engulfed home by Marilia Pellegrini is a sanctuary in the heart of São Paulo

Meet Marilia Pellegrini, an emerging Brazilian architect whose studio features in the Wallpaper* Architects Directory for 2026

Leckie Studio tucks house clad in "silvered wood" into forested Vancouver site

Leckie Studio has completed the Twin Peaks House, which features an asymmetrical roof and silvery wood cladding.

DS+R to design cafe and biofiltration system at NYBG

The New York Botanical Garden has selected Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design a new cafe and “living biofiltration system” for its historic Bronx campus.SCAPE and Natural Systems Utilities, an engineering consultant, are design partners.

Tan France launches debut furniture collection with Castlery

Tan France has released an 18-piece homeware collection with Singapore brand Castlery, marking his first foray into furniture design.

These emerging firms use their platforms to shape sensitive spaces

Four emerging design firms are using their small yet mighty platform to make waves in their cities and local communities.

Five key takeaways from the Draft London Plan

The newly published Draft London Plan includes a tiered system for affordable housing quotas, a refocused energy standard, and the prospect of data centres on greenbelt land

MVRDV designs colourful stacked volumes for Shenzhen cultural complex

Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed designs for a cultural development in Shenzhen, China, set to comprise a stack of colourful volumes.

Novak Hiles submits plans for two homes on Buckinghamshire grey belt

Novak Hiles Architects has submitted a two-home scheme for a patch of grey belt land in Buckinghamshire

Mumbai apartment designed to feel like "arriving at the edge of a still body of water"

The lily pads that float on the Kerala backwaters were the inspiration for this multi-generational apartment renovation by The Act of Quad.

Harvest Moon table fabricated with materials and tools from within a 40 mile radius

Architect Charles Holland, academic Catharine Rossi and design studio Local Works have fabricated a table from materials harvested within a 40-mile radius of Canterbury, UK. Named Harvest Moon, the table was designed to investigate the potential of local biomaterials, while evoking the ideals of gathering associated with harvest rituals. "The table explor...

Berlin's sleeping architectural giant, the ICC conference centre, is about to awake

Berlin’s ICC once offered a vision for the future. Years after its failure, a revival might turn it into a symbol for an open society

When a Devastating Fire Destroyed Their 200-Year-Old House, the Malin+Goetz Founders Rebuilt It For Modern Living

Beauty entrepreneurs Andrew Goetz and Matthew Malin brought their home back to life, filling it with their easygoing mix of midcentury and Hudson Valley finds, and nurturing a working farm along the way

Eleven architecture preservation battles across the US

With the recent release of plans to build on top of Eero Saarinen's terminal building at Dulles International Airport, we take a look at old and new controversies surrounding significant works of architecture and their preservation across the US. Preserving historic architecture is no easy task given ageing buildings, lack of funding and the lucrative The...

These 17 Zaha Hadid Buildings Are Her Most Beautiful—and Ones Everyone Should Know

Swooping, sinuous, and striking, they’re the most awe-inspiring architectural creations of the late Queen of the Curve

Thomas Hines, scholar of modern California architecture, dies at 89

With the passing of Thomas Spight Hines, Jr. from pneumonia on July 28 in Santa Monica, California, modern architecture in Southern California has lost one of its most sensitive and prolific scholars.

Venetia Scott Makes Magazine Covers Beneath the Soaring Ceilings of Her Former Postal Office-Turned-Apartment

The British fashion photographer-stylist-creative director lives inside the same kind of immersive worlds she crafts for her iconic shoots

Red scaffolding surrounds temporary pavilion in India

A vast grid of red scaffolding surrounds The Reclaimed Pavilion, a temporary events space in India designed by local studio Kanan Modi Associates using materials that were salvaged from local construction sites. Commissioned by real estate firm Jayabheri Group for a rapidly developing neighbourhood in Hyderabad, the 1,500-square-metre pavilion contains wo...

MAD scatters boulder-like galleries across green-roofed museum in Shenzhen

Architecture studio MAD has unveiled Shenzhen Bay Culture Square in China, a design museum formed of stone-like volumes perched atop an undulating green roof. Situated in Houhai in Shenzhen's Nanshan District, MAD designed the museum to be a hub for design and culture as well as a coastal public space for city residents to enjoy. The post MAD scatters bou...

ARB opens consultation on broadening routes to registration

The ARB has launched a consultation on proposals to modernise the prescribed examination as part of its wider education and training shake-up

GT3’s controversial Brighton leisure centre approved despite backlash

Brighton & Hove Council has backed GT3 Architects’ proposal to redevelop the city’s King Alfred Leisure Centre, despite major opposition from residents arguing for alternative proposals

PLP submits plans to redevelop Victorian house in Surrey as luxury hotel and spa

PLP Architecture has submitted plans to redevelop an early Victorian house in Betchworth, Surrey, into a luxury hotel and spa retreat, marking one of the London-based practice’s first rural projects.

Ómós guesthouse designed to "feel like nothing else in Ireland"

Asca Studio and Relief Gallery joined forces to create the interiors of the Ómós guesthouse outside Abbeyleix, Ireland, which was converted from a ruin into a welcoming space filled with tactile materials. The 16-room guesthouse is located in a formerly dilapidated Victorian house that was renovated by local studio Ryan W Kennihan Architects. It also The ...

AHMM and FaulknerBrowns submit plans for Newcastle homes and offices

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has submitted a 12-storey office scheme for a major regeneration site in Newcastle, while FaulknerBrowns has lodged a 79-home scheme for the site

The intriguing Staempfli House on Costa Brava was once home to a Surrealist art dealer

Once host to Dalí, Bertoia, Noguchi and more, this elegant Spanish seaside villa was a meeting point for post-war artistic movements. Now it’s on the market

National Park Service states Trump’s arch poses adverse effects

In a recent assessment, the National Park Service stated President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch by Harrison Design will adversely affect 37 locations in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Virginia.

Manifesta 16 installs art in a dozen modernist churches

Manifesta 16 stages artistic exhibitions in 12 decommissioned modernist churches buildings across 4 cities in the Ruhr.

River Architects replaces Hudson Valley structure with gabled Passive House

Local studio River Architects has designed a wood-clad structure to Passive House standards, orienting gabled volumes around a pond in New York's Hudson Valley. Known as the China Pond Passive House, the 4,318-square-foot (400-square-metre) home sits on a wooded 2.2-acre property in Carmel, New York. River Architects, which is based in nearby Cold Spring,...

Texas architect Pliny Fisk III dies at 82

Pliny Fisk III, the exuberant and visionary co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS), died on July 27 in Austin, Texas, due to complications of ALS. He was 82 years old.

HBA Los Angeles completes Seraph interiors

HBA Los Angeles has completed the interior design for Seraph, a 217-unit residential tower in downtown Salt Lake City that transforms the former South Temple Tower, a 1966 office building, into contemporary apartments.

ENSEMBLE Architecture + Interiors promotes Robert (Bob) Ortiz to lead business in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin America region

ENSEMBLE Architecture + Interiors has promoted Robert (Bob) Ortiz, AIA, NCARB, to Director of Architecture, based in Puerto Rico. In his expanded role,

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.

Farmsteads inform corrugated metal-clad home in Sussex

Agricultural barns and sheds informed the corrugated metal-clad volumes of House in a Clearing, a house in East Sussex completed by UK studio TaylorHare Architects. When the clients purchased the site nestled in a woodland clearing near Uckfield, it was occupied by a small structure but already had planning permission for a much larger, two-storey The pos...

Joyce Wang draws on "colonial country manors" for Hong Kong hotel interior

Designer Joyce Wang has completed an interior renovation at the Mandarin Oriental The Landmark hotel in Hong Kong, designed to evoke the feel of living in a colonial mansion. Located on Queen's Road in Hong Kong's Central district, the hotel was first established a decade ago. It recently reopened after the completion of interior renovation The post Joyce...

Which projects are in the running for the 2026 Stephen Lawrence Prize?

RIBA has revealed the six projects shortlisted for this year’s Stephen Lawrence Prize, which recognises work by up-and-coming architects

Norm Architects designs Dynaudio showroom to resemble "speaker components unfolded"

Wood, aluminium and artworks made from reused textiles were used to create speaker brand Dynaudio's new showroom in Copenhagen, which local studio Norm Architects has filled with wooden furniture by Japanese manufacturer Karimoku. The showroom is located in Copenhagen's picturesque, central Indre By neighbourhood, in a former flagship store for Danish sho...

Rayner rejects UNStudio’s stadium and regeneration scheme for Ebbsfleet Utd

Housing secretary Angela Rayner has rejected Dutch practice UNStudio’s major mixed-use regeneration scheme in Northfleet, Kent, citing risks to public health and loss of a safeguarded minerals wharf

Taylor Knights designs responsible Melbourne coffee roastery to "reveal rather than replace"

A stripped-back interior of concrete surfaces and timber joinery lets sustainable production practices take centre stage at Melbourne's Contraband Coffee cafe and roastery, designed by architecture studio Taylor Knights. The cafe is located in Melbourne's buzzy Brunswick East neighbourhood and is the second Contraband Coffee branch to be designed by Taylo...

FGMF’s new São Paulo house is cleverly arranged around a sub-tropical garden

Casa da rua Escócia brings the outside in thanks to clever planning, angled walls and a richly planted courtyard garden

A Pierre Paulin design icon becomes the backdrop for Fred Again.. and Latin Mafia's latest collaboration

Conceived in 1970, Pierre Paulin's Dune seating landscape is part of Fred Again.. and Latin Mafia's collaborative mixtape, '9 months & 50 hours', recorded at LagoAlgo in Mexico City, with a spatial installation by Paulin, Paulin, Paulin

Inrestudio uses double-layered envelope to create "in-between spaces" for Vietnamese home

Irregularly placed and mismatched openings puncture the terracotta-toned, double-layered exterior of 100 Windows, a multigenerational home in Vietnam designed by local architecture practice Inrestudio. Designed for two generations and three households – a couple, their two sons and the sons' families – the 639-square-metre home is located close to the Red...

Demolition of Studio Fuksas concert hall underway in Tbilisi

Work has begun on the demolition of the never-opened Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, which was designed by Italian practice Studio Fuksas. Local news organisation TV Pirveli filmed the cladding being removed from the Rike Concert Hall in central Tbilisi last week. The work began less than two weeks after the Tbilisi city hall architecture The post Demolitio...

Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy: High Court challenge fails

The High Court has rejected a challenge against David Chipperfield Architects’ proposed Chinese ‘super embassy’, but an appeal could take the case to the Supreme Court

As the temperature soars, collaboration between architects and contractors is more vital than ever

As the harsh impact of climate change hits the UK, collaboration between those who design buildings and those who build them has never been more important, argues CIOB president Saul Humphrey

Who has made the RIBA’s inaugural Conservation Award shortlist?

The RIBA has shortlisted four projects for its inaugural Conservation Award, including the restoration a landmark Victorian town hall and the revival of a neglected community theatre

Scottish architect launches campaign to rebuild Mackintosh Building

Scottish architect Ruairidh Moir has launched a campaign to rebuild the fire-torn Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, calling on "an independent body to own and take forward the project". The campaign calls for the building's ownership to be transferred to an independent organisation to deliver a "faithful restoration and reinstatement". It ...

CJCT submits plans for student towers next to Silvertown Tunnel

Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher (CJCT) has submitted plans for a 1,053-bed student accommodation and co-living development on the Greenwich Peninsula beside the entrance to the Silvertown Tunnel

Number of units in new housing schemes is up 50%, planning data shows

A report by the national Planning Portal operator has revealed that the number of homes per application has jumped by around 50 per cent over the last five years

Six architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide

Exhibitions Architecture's Inscriptions, Maggie's: Architecture That Cares and Wellbeing in the City are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August. Other events taking place during the month include Helsinki Design Week, Jia Curated and The Art-Marotte Masterclass Series. Maggie's: Architecture That Cares 6 March...

Dezeen's favourite furniture and lighting from July

A flat-pack wardrobe that can be assembled with a single Allen key and a concrete bench made of clam shells feature in this roundup of furniture and lighting, spotted by Dezeen's design team over the past month. ReFrame by Becca Panter This flat-pack wardrobe by design graduate Becca Panter took home no less than three different awards at The post Dezeen'...

The surprising design history of the Campari Soda bottle

Architect Carlo Ratti investigates how the Campari Soda bottle became a part of everyone's favourite summer ritual – and explores its secret Fascist design origins

A dark and ‘stealthy’ Welsh cottage reimagines life and architecture by the Irish Sea

White Breakers is a Pembrokeshire Coast National Park holiday home, refitted by Unknown Works to improve flow, looks and sustainability

Get up close and personal with icons of Italian design at Nilufar's summery New York residency

Works by Gabriella Crespi, Carlo Mollino and more congregate to create a design lover's beach scene at New York's Galerie56

The July/August issue of The Architect’s Newspaper is out now

The July/August issue of The Architect’s Newspaper is out now. In our special-features section and across this issue, we offer stories of American invention.

The Sherwin-Williams 2027 Color Forecast Is Made for Nostalgia-Fueled Experimenting

The brand’s trend forecasters predict an emphasis on designing for joy

Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone

A survey of the first African American sculptor to win renown at home and abroad comes to the Georgia Museum of Art

The Making of a Medieval Manuscript

The literati of the Middle Ages produced some astounding manuscripts – and the Getty Center is offering a glimpse into how they were made

Drama and minimalism meet in this Osaka house – where all is not what it seems

Titled ‘Moment’, this house by Apollo Architects & Associates appears modest from the street, but opens up to double-height spatial drama inside

The Jewelry-Box Theory Explains Why Some Rooms Feel So Personal

From dependable foundations to heirlooms and statement pieces, designers reveal the formula behind an interior that feels collected over time.

The Best Interior Design Details For Making a Room Feel Layered and Alive

A curved corner here, an unlacquered switch plate there—subtle moves make a room feel singular

The New Balance factory is updated with a restorative outdoor space for workers

New Balance and jewellery designer Bleue Burnham collaborate on a new horticultural project for its factory in Cumbria, a reflection of the footwear brand’s belief that exceptional craftsmanship begins with happiness

Queen Victoria’s Dining Chairs and a Bronze Cat Faucet Create the “Right Mix of Weirdness” in This 1920s LA Home

Barry Fox and June Street Architecture helped their clients thoughtfully personalize the historic Hancock Park house

In Mason Gooding’s 650-Square-Foot “Tree House” Apartment, Bold Colors Bring the Outdoors In

The actor didn’t shy away from color and pattern while working with Claudia Allegra Interiors to create a home base in New York City

Hill over the house

Walking around Singapore’s affluent neighbourhood of Siglap, it seems impossible to picture it as it once was: a coastal district.

The Kitchen Cabinet Trend Interior Designers Are Obsessed With in 2026—And How You can Re-create it at Home

A centuries-old trick once used to keep food fresh is making a high-design comeback

Weight Loss Drugs Are Reshaping Homes: How Our Living Spaces Are Changing in the Age of GLP-1s

As weight-loss drugs reshape American life, they’re also sparking a surprising behind-the-scenes transformation of our homes, from med-station bathrooms to ghost-town kitchens

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Inside This Austin Home Where the Interiors Are Equal Parts Personal and Museum Worthy

Interior designer Jennifer Vaughn Miller and architect Paul Lamb created a new home for the collector and philanthropist’s art collection

Catherine Goodman: In the House of Tapestries

Contemporary colour comes to Boughton House in Northamptonshire in the form of tapestries, a triptych and a series of abstract paintings

Newlyweds Paul Wesley and Natalie Kuckenburg Used One-of-a-Kind Pieces to Create a Quintessential Downtown New York Apartment

Designer Alan Eckstein of Somerset House transformed the couple’s spontaneous NYC purchase into a richly layered home filled with vintage collectibles

Casa CO by Aagnes Estudio

There is a kind of silence that can only be found in spaces designed to slow us down. Casa CO by Aagnes Estudio is one of those places.

Why New Builds Are Now Designed to Look Like Historic Homes

As homeowners shake off the crisp minimalism of the 2010s, they’re commissioning residences designed with heritage from scratch

This Roman Designer Renovated Her Historic Home with Romantic Gardens in Mind

Ludovica Malagò’s condo blends botanical influences, rainbow mosaics, and vintage straw furnishings

Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840–Now

These snapshots of the great outdoors at the Yale Center for British Art range from the purely artistic to the fiercely political

Brett Whiteley: Coming Home

After a two-year renovation, the artist’s studio in Sydney reopens with a survey of the inventive, impressive work he made in the ’70s

Miró: Proof Against All

In 1958 the painter and printmaker collaborated with the French poet and fellow Surrealist Paul Éluard to create one of the most ingenious of all artist’s books

Greetings from Sicily

A beach, a swimming pool, a lake... Water becomes the place to be. As a little taste of summer, we send you greetings from Sicily.

Nth Degree Clerkenwell

Nth Degree was founded on a clear philosophy: the exterior deserves the same intention, the same rigour and the same beauty as the interior.

Modernity and Opulence: Women of the Wiener Werkstätte

The Vienna workshop was a hub of modernist production and, as this show at the Jewish Museum reveals, women played a major part

Greetings from Brazil

A beach, a swimming pool, a lake... Water becomes the place to be. As a little taste of summer, we send you greetings from Brazil.

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

Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Eye That Listens

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

Kave Home × RCR: personality and intention

Meme and Riccardo

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

Portraits of Self by Devon Liedtke

For Devon Liedtke, beauty has always been central to her work. Interior designer, stylist, content creator, curator, designer, and founder.

Metamorphoses: Ovid and the Arts

The Galleria Borghese explores the profound influence that Ovid’s epic poem had on Renaissance, baroque and modern artists

‘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.

"Echoes of Space"

Openhouse presented “Echoes of Space,” in partnership with Expormim, Saba Italia, JOV, Japan Form and Mike Hausmann.

Casa Brava

The house was first known as Casa de Ventós I, and later as Casa de la Tortuga. Today, Casa Brava stands on a hillside on a peninsula close to Sa Riera.

The Liljestrand House

A mid-century Hawaiian gem, Liljestrand House is a reminder of the value of preserving touchstones from our past.

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

A Vocabulary of Form: At Home With Sculptor Veronika Janovec

“Is the equation between destruction and growth also a formula for art?” writes American postmodern novelist Kathy Acker in Against Ordinary Language: The Language of...

Tadashi Kawamata Leads Ruinart’s Latest Conversation with Nature

Tadashi Kawamata has been creating temporal installations from salvaged materials since the late 1970s — wooden accretions that appear to have grown organically from the...

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.

Hagius: Architecture as a Medium for Wellbeing

Berlin’s vibrant Torstraße in Mitte isn’t exactly a street you’d associate with the words “calm” or “retreat”. Yet, from the moment you step into the...

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...

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...

Worlds Between Water and Waste: Leeroy New at Futurium’s Ocean Futures

At Berlin’s Futurium museum for futures thinking, the exhibition Ocean Futures (on through 31 August 2026) navigates the planet’s vast expanses of water as infrastructure,...

House Zafari: Studio Penzlien and Maj van der Linden Reframe Berlin Living

In Berlin’s diplomatic center, not far from Unter den Linden and the Brandenburg Gate, a new interior offers an unexpected lens onto domestic life in...

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...

Child’s Play: With INDERGARTEN, Yellow Nose Studio Returns to First Principles

When Berlin-based design duo Yellow Nose Studio first removed the K from ‘kindergarten’ to name their evolving collection of objects, they opened more than a...

Architect Seamus Kowarzik: In the Details, a Dialogue

For architect Seamus Kowarzik, the shift between a building and a bench is hardly a shift at all. The same questions persist – how materials...

Daniel Hölzl Reimagines the Architecture of Endings with ‘soft cycles’ at Berlinische Galerie

In the work of Daniel Hölzl, every ending is a nexus for new beginnings. His practice unfolds through recursive gestures—recycling, reconstitution and transformation. Through soft...

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...

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...

The Saut Hermès 2025: A Spectacle of Airborne Precision at Paris’s Grand Palais

For three days in March, the show jumping competition Saut Hermès transformed Paris’s Grand Palais into a theatre of equestrian brilliance. Beneath the newly restored...