Architecture

Can John Wilson Convince You to Care About Concrete?

The cult-favorite documentarian tells AD how he applied his signature style to the crumbling world around him in The History of Concrete

Slancha presents Hanging Baskets referencing David Bowie, brutalism and the Romans

From laser-cut steel to melted polystyrene waste, 10 designers have reinterpreted the humble hanging basket for a London Design Festival exhibition.

Khoy sofa bed by Khoy

Dezeen Showroom: Finnish company Khoy's flagship product transforms from a seat into a bed by simply unzipping it, without relying on conventional "over-engineered" mechanisms. Available in sizes ranging from single to king, the Khoy sofa bed is made of two simple slabs of polyurethane foam that fold open like a book to make an expansive The post Khoy sof...

Is London having a design renaissance?

It's LDF week, and this year's edition is surprisingly strong. Could it be that London's creative scene is recovering after a difficult decade?

British practice among three shortlisted in Oregon waterfront park contest

A team led by Studio Egret West has made it to the final three in an international competition held to redesign a key waterfront park in central Portland, Oregon

RCA design students exercise restraint in One Tool One Stool exhibition

Chiselled acoustic foam and interlocking rulers feature in an exhibition of stools created with single tools by London design students.

Court finds former Devon architect guilty of continuing to use title

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has successfully brought a prosecution against a Devon man for continuing to use the title ‘architect’ after being struck off the register

Haworth Tompkins team reveals images of Norwich mustard factory regen

Haworth Tompkins and Hudson Architects have revealed the first images for their planned housing-led regeneration of the Colman’s Mustard factory in Norwich

How architects are leading the way on building reuse

Architects, alongside engineers, contractors, clients and enlightened developers, have led an extraordinarily rapid change in the industry over the past five years, Will Hurst told this week’s CircularBuild

East Side Coastal Resiliency project bolsters New York City’s waterfront

Last summer, after a five-year wait, a stretch of the revamped East River Park opened to an eager public. New amenities include the Corlears Hook Pedestrian Bridge, six additional tennis courts, and an amphitheater.

Fisher & Paykel crafts Contemporary kitchen appliances for tactile luxury

Subtly reflective silver-grey glass and tactile physical controls characterise Fisher & Paykel's Contemporary Style kitchen products.

Mamdani rolls out plan to add 17 new public restrooms in New York City

On September 16, the Mayor’s Office rolled out a plan to install 17 new public bathrooms designed by Throne Labs throughout New York City. The modular units will be strategically located in areas that lack access to public bathrooms.

RHAD Architects gives Nova Scotia house "quiet, monolithic presence"

RHAD Architects has completed Two Bay House in Nova Scotia, Canada, which consists of blocky volumes with carved-out voids.

Five things we learned from CircularBuild 2026

‘Today our most innovative architecture is what is already there,’ AJ managing editor Will Hurst told CircularBuild yesterday (16 September) – the one-day conference previously called Retrofit Live

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.

Lucy Hale Embraced Her Good Witchy Style—and Found Herself—in Her Los Angeles Sanctuary

The Pretty Little Liars actor brought rich colors and bold personality to her home—it’s “witchy, but not bad witchy,” says designer Marie Trohman

Lechner & Lechner Architects adds charred timber-clad annexe to home in Austrian Alps

Lechner & Lechner Architects has added a charred timber-clad annexe to a home in the Alps, designed as a space to "withdraw and think."

Studio Iron exhibition is all about chainmail, cowhide and tattooed leather

Isamaya Ffrench has opened her second-ever Studio Iron show in London, with participants including Andu Masebo and Barnaby Lewis.

The ever-evolving relationship of music and architecture chronicled in new monograph

'Music and Architecture in Harmony' explores Europe’s grandest operatic and orchestral venues, old and new, charting 350 years of architectural, acoustic and stylistic evolution

Fosters redesigns under-construction Scott Brownrigg Oxford research building

Foster + Partners has shown off its plans to rejig an under-construction Scott Brownrigg-designed research building in Oxford, with part of an already completed structure now set for demolition

Denmark grows by 300,000 square metres in land reclamation project

A land reclamation project has added 300,000 square metres to Denmark's southern coast as part of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel construction.

RSHP team wins contest to design new Valencia Central Station

A team led by Spanish engineer Sener with co-architects RSHP and local practice ERRE has won an international competition for the new Valencia Central Station in Spain

How a Facebook post led to the resurrection of a space-age architectural icon

A Matti Suuronen Futuro House has been manufactured for the first time in decades and decked out by Finnish design brand Marimekko.

RIBA International Prize 2026 shortlist – which will be the world’s best building?

The shortlist for the RIBA International Prize 2026 has been announced, revealing four projects that will compete for top spot, as this awards cycle celebrates the entire initiative's tenth anniversary

The Met’s Tang Wing designed by Frida Escobedo Studio breaks ground

Construction broke ground this week on the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art designed by Frida Escobedo Studio. The addition will measure 126,000 square feet, rise five stories, and house the Met’s collection of 20th and 21st century art. Its anticipated opening date is 2030.

Own a classic Frank Lloyd Wright house as the Samuel Eppstein residence comes to market

The Samuel Eppstein residence in Kalamazoo combines architectural history with a spectacular site and equally significant neighbours from Wright’s Usonian house era

Arquitectonica designs world's largest cruise terminal to "mirror directionality" of ships

Arquitectonica has completed the MSC Cruise Terminal in Miami, which is the largest in the world at nearly 500,000 square feet

SOM’s Grimes Engineering Center offers a new gathering space

Architecture has the capacity to reset the environmental balance within highly charged settings. The recently completed Grimes Engineering Center does precisely that for UC Berkeley’s campus. It marks the assertive beginning of a new chapter on the campus bucolic context, opening new vistas metaphorically and factually to the educational community and its...

Max Bond by Brian D. Goldstein

Harvard educated and son of an eminent African American family, Bond designed housing, cultural institutions, community centers, and campuses amid an era of sweeping changes in architecture, urbanism, and American culture. He expressed an architectural vision that was democratic and inclusive, international in orientation, and celebratory of cities and th...

Ginkgo lounge chair by Anne-Mette Bartholin and Morten Ernst for Cozmo

Dezeen Showroom: economy of material and sculptural presence meet in this lounge chair, designed by Anne-Mette Bartholin and Morten Ernst for furniture brand Cozmo. The Ginkgo lounge chair is the product of a simple gesture, where a 2D shape is turned into a 3D object using as little material as possible. Bartholin and Ernst originally The post Ginkgo lou...

Judges announced for AJ Student Prize 2026

The judging panel for the AJ Student Prize 2026 has been announced, bringing together perspectives from architecture, development, cultural programming and sustainable design

Yinka Ilori trash bins "find the magic in the everyday"

British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori has designed a collection of bins, ironing board covers and kitchenware for home product brand Brabantia. Named simply the Home Collection, the range was design by Ilori to add colour and joy to everyday items in the home. "For me, the whole idea was to find the magic in the everyday," The post Yinka Ilori trash bins ...

Terre radiator by Sebastian Herkner for Tubes

Dezeen Showroom: designer Sebastian Herkner worked with Italian heating brand Tubes to create Terre, the company's first radiator made from terracotta. Taking its name from the Italian word for "earth", Terre is made from the clay of the Impruneta quarry in Tuscany, providing a warm, rustic contrast to the usual metal character of radiators. Tubes used Th...

Greetings from Cologne

There is still time to make the most of it. As summer slowly begins to give way, we send you greetings from Cologne.

Edinburgh councillors reject Richard Murphy’s ‘radical’ plans for Princes St

City of Edinburgh councillors have rejected Richard Murphy Architects’ plans for Princes Street and Waverley Valley, instead choosing a ‘pragmatic’ non-architect alternative backed by council officers

Konishi Gaffney Architects designs cultural centre by Scottish poet’s cottage

Konishi Gaffney Architects has outlined proposals to create a cultural and writing hub on the site of a 20th century Scottish poet’s former home

SketchUp's 3D Basecamp Summit to showcase new digital tools for architects and designers

Promotion: Trimble SketchUp will bring its 3D Basecamp Summit to Las Vegas, exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) and reality capture are changing the way projects are designed, visualised and built. Taking place from 9 to 11 November at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, the 3D Basecamp Summit will form part of Trimble Dimensions, a conference The po...

AI-powered alarm for deaf people wins UK James Dyson Award

Design student Gargi Agrawalla has won this year's UK James Dyson Award with a device that uses artificial intelligence to alert deaf and hard-of-hearing users of important sounds like knocks or fire alarms, which they might otherwise miss. More than 500 samples were used to train the SIVO.GO system so it can recognise these noises The post AI-powered ala...

Steelcase's redesigned WorkLife Studio shows how "thoughtful design can enhance wellbeing"

Promotion: furniture manufacturer Steelcase has unveiled its renewed WorkLife Studio space in London, which was designed to bring people and design expertise together. The studio, located in London's vibrant Clerkenwell neighbourhood, aims to showcase the brand's latest workplace research and design solutions in an inspiring physical space. Organic materi...

Excerpt from Out in Architecture, Volume II

Out in Architecture is a collective of authors and editors dedicated to spotlighting the queer community in the AEC industry. The group published its second book earlier this year, and has shared the introduction with AN as an op-ed about the themes of identity beyond the architecture profession, the intersection and identity of practice, and reclaiming s...

Veronica Mishaan carries out "successful juxtaposition" of patterns in Bogotá penthouse

Local designer Veronica Mishaan has revamped a penthouse apartment with bursts of colour and animal prints in Bogotá, Colombia. The 580-square-metre apartment was redesigned to balance the needs of the family with the ability to host, while preserving and displaying the clients' art and antiques collection. "We aimed to preserve the essence of the space T...

West African modernist architecture goes under the microscope at MoMA

Architects of Liberation: Modernism in West Africa MoMA Through January 2, 2027 In Act II of the long-running Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, a group Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa explores the role of architecture in western Africa’s transformation from a collection of colonies to an array of sovereign states. MoMA describes t...

Grimshaw to integrate Boring Company station into elevated Las Vegas stadium plaza

Architecture studio Grimshaw has released plans for a reimagined entry plaza for Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, transforming parking lots into transport infrastructure and walkways. Grimshaw's plans for the redesign of the entryway mark both the city's commitment to the Boring Company's series of underground car tunnels and the move away from parking in ...

Topo portable lamp by Felix Pöttinger Design Studio for Maytoni

Dezeen Showroom: Felix Pöttinger Design Studio has combined a sculptural form and portable illumination in its Topo table lamp, created for German lighting brand Maytoni. The Topo portable lamp combines a simple cylindrical base with a tiltable, disc-shaped shade. Its translucent diffuser creates a sharp interplay of light, shadow and reflection on the fo...

Excerpt from Max Bond by Brian R. Goldstein

Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect by Brian D. Goldstein | Princeton University Press | $40 James Max Bond, Jr. was, and is, larger

Mango trees shade "restrained and calming" home in India by InLe architects

Timber shutters and the canopies of two large trees shade the interiors of House Beyond the Mango Trees, a home in Kerala by Indian practice InLe Architects. InLe Architects founder Afiz Ubaid described the existing trees on the site in Kannur as its "biggest opportunity", providing shade and filtered sunlight while also buffering noise from a The post Ma...

Wapping Power Station becomes the London Design Festival’s centre of sound

For London Design Festival 2026, sound artist Chris Watson draws upon Hull’s rich maritime heritage in his ‘sound voyage’, ‘Trent Falls’

Architectural hardware that improves the performance of openings

Architectural hardware continues to meet the needs required of different types of windows and doors across commercial typologies.

Jony Ive decorates Moncler outerwear collection with New York symbols

Designer Jony Ive's studio LoveFrom has created its second collection for fashion brand Moncler, using symbols including its signature bear climbing the Empire State Building to celebrate the brand's flagship New York store. The collection is organised around the down-filled Moncore jacket, which can be complemented by three interchangeable outer layers. ...

Studio Egret West submits plans for final Battersea Power Station phases

Studio Egret West (SEW) has submitted proposals for the final phases of Battersea Power Station’s redevelopment – revising Rafael Viñoly’s earlier masterplan for the riverside site

George Clarke rejects protection of function: ‘We shouldn’t force people to use architects’

Architect and broadcaster George Clarke has argued that architects should focus on making the case for the value of good design, rather than pushing for legal protection of function

London has "the best architecture and interior design community in Europe" says Duncan Riches

As Shoreditch Design Week kicks off its inaugural edition at this year's London Design Festival, we interviewed creative director Duncan Riches about how he aims to bring design back to the east London neighbourhood. If you ask people in London's design scene which of the ever-increasing London Design Festival (LDF) districts are a must-visit, chances The...

The Product Design 100 hits the shelves to showcase the state of the industry

We cast our eyes over the first volume of The Product Design 100: A Snapshot of Industrial Design Today, a welcome physical monograph created to sum up the modern design landscape

Hiring junior architects is essential – they’re the ones who can best use AI

The capabilities of AI are rising exponentially. Smart practices understand they need young talent to harness them, writes Stephen Drew

Lee Broom evokes 1970s glamour with The Chant Chambers installation

Designer Lee Broom has created an "atmospheric environment" in his Shoreditch showroom with The Chant Chambers, an installation showcasing his glass-block Chant lighting collection at London Design Festival. The Chant Chambers displays the modular light in a variety of forms – as a portable lamp, wall lamp, linear pendants and oversized chandeliers. All a...

Corstorphine & Wright narrowly wins go-ahead for Newcastle student housing

Newcastle City Council has approved a £60 million 507-bed student housing scheme by Corstorphine & Wright

Herman Miller updates Aeron Chair to ensure its "lasting design"

Promotion: American furniture design brand Herman Miller has been honing its Aeron office chair for decades, equipping it with innovative materials and features for modern workplaces. Featuring an ergonomic form that supports sitters of different sizes and technological enhancements for better long-term sitting, Aeron was first designed in 1994 by Bill St...

AN checks in with contributor Timothy Schuler to learn about his new role

Timothy Schuler has been a longtime contributor to The Architect’s Newspaper, as well as other publications such as Places Journal, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Bloomberg CityLab, Metropolis, and others. This fall semester he starts a new role as director of the Institute for Community Design & Research, established in 2026 by Kansas State University’...

Rimowa partners with Faber Castell on an case that is an artist's dream

Discover the Rimowa x Faber Castell Artist Case, featuring specially-designed pencils and tools, and 120 Polychromos colour pencils

Introducing the New American Voices of 2026

Coast-to-coast, an emerging class of interior design stars are defying norms and reimagining the way we live

Ca’s Xorc

Almost three decades ago, the father of Britta Plönzke discovered this magical site and since its opening, Ca’s Xorc has been owned by the same family.

RIBA to publish Stirling shortlist carbon data following ACAN campaign

The RIBA is to publish the whole-life carbon data for this year’s Stirling Prize contenders after the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) urged it not to prioritise aesthetic taste over sustainability credentials

AtkinsRéalis submits plans for civic building in Cambridgeshire new town

AtkinsRéalis has submitted plans for a multi-functional civic building in Northstowe, the new town under construction in Cambridgeshire

Willo Perron creates a triumphant set design for Céline Dion's return to the stage

On Saturday, Céline Dion's fans welcomed her back to the stage in Paris. We take a look behind the scenes of the set design, by Wallpaper* Designer of the Year Willo Perron

Love or hate? Why the Monobloc plastic chair inspires strong emotions

In the penultimate instalment of ‘Objectify’, architect Carlo Ratti turns his attention to Italy's most hated (or loved?) chair - meet the Monobloc

Seven lighting designs to discover at London Design Festival 2026

Here are seven illuminating designs our team is looking forward to seeing across the city's exhibitions during London Design Festival 2026

Fred Hollingsworth’s Mahogany House is a hidden jewel of mid-century modernism

Architect Fred Hollingsworth created many outstanding residences but the Mahogany House in Canyon Heights is perhaps the most coherent design of all. Now it’s on the market for the first time in over half a century

Eva Gonzalès: A Free-Spirited Artist

The Impressionist painter, who took lessons from Manet before forging her own path, gets her first museum survey at the Petit Palais in Paris

These intricate rugs replicate the microscopic workings of Earth’s tiniest creatures

RDAI and Creative Matters present Zoometry, a collection of six fine rugs, now on display at Galerie Mouvements Modernes (on view until 23 September 2026)

This Midcentury Modern Beirut Apartment Is a Lesson in Living With Antiques

Interior designer Guillaume Excoffier brings together Biedermeier pieces, '80s icons, and locally made staples in a spirited dialogue with the city’s layered design history

King’s Foundation bids to encourage traditional regional housing styles

The King’s Foundation is inviting architects to work up regional design codes with an emphasis on local, period styles

Open House 2026 highlights: 10 of London’s must-see buildings

Open House, the free festival of London’s architectural heritage, has unveiled its line-up of buildings opening their doors to the public from 12 to 20 September

Contemporary furniture and archival rug designs come together in an exhibition from Max Radford Gallery and Christopher Farr

As part of London Design Festival, ‘Progressive Permanence’ by Max Radford Gallery and Christopher Farr creates new dialogues between art, craft and design – and puts forward the masterpieces of the future

Liev Schreiber Feathers His Nest in New York City—Rooftop Chicken Coop and All

With help from AD100 firm Ashe Leandro, the actor and his wife, Taylor, expand the bachelor pad he’s held since 1998 softening its hard edges for their brood

Moncler just opened its largest-ever global flagship. Take a look inside

Designed by acclaimed French firm Gilles & Boissier, the new Fifth Avenue store blends the spirit of the mountains with the exhilaration of Manhattan

A pioneering force in Afro, mixed and curly hair culture, stylist Charlotte Mensah has a London exhibition

‘Charlotte Mensah: Community Matters’ traces the career of one of Britain's most groundbreaking hair artists

Richard and Su Rogers’ house, a modernist masterpiece, enters the National Trust

22 Parkside in Wimbledon, a landmark example of pioneering 20th-century design, has been given to the nation by the Rogers family

Paige and Tommy Paul Open Up Their Connecticut Estate, Complete With a Chicken Coop and a Tennis Court (Naturally!)

The Dairy Boy founder and creative director, and professional tennis player worked with Annie Parkhurst to bring their dream home to life

Franz Marc: The Quest for a Better World

The artist became one of the key exponents of German Expressionism despite his death at the age of only 36

A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire

An lushly illustrated book of songs from the Mughal Empire sheds light on courtly culture in 18th-century Lucknow

Greetings from Austria

There is still time to make the most of it. As summer slowly begins to give way, we send you greetings from Austria.

The 7 Most Beautiful Airport Terminals in the World—Including Two in the US

The journey is as stunning as the destination when flying through one of these incredible architectural spaces

In Her Light-Filled Riverside Apartment Muriel Brandolini Crafts a Mysterious, Luxurious Floating World

Filled with passionately collected art, precious objects, and a beguiling mix of furniture, the New York City home showcases the designer at the height of her powers

Tennis Star Madison Keys Turned to Her Fans for Helpful Advice While Restoring Her Charming Florida Home

The professional athlete brought cohesion to her Spanish-style casita and uncovered new interests outside of tennis along the way

On France’s Cap Ferret, a Team of Architects Re-Creates a Minimalist 1960s Cabin

Touton Architectes meticulously renovated and expanded this vacation home in the manner of a classic, wood-clad Girolle

The Secret Design History of Peanuts

As a buzzy NYC pop-up exhibition celebrates the strip’s cultural legacy, “AD” explores how Charles M. Schulz documented the evolution of the American home, from iconic Eames chairs to ’80s chintz

Ali Cherri: Soul Witness

Three perturbing films about the threat and the legacy of violence anchor this show of sculptures, watercolours and drawings at WIELS

Giovanni Agostino da Lodi: An Itinerant Painter Between Leonardo and Giorgione

One of the more shadowy artists of the Italian Renaissance gets a moment in the sun at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan

The Casa Albero Revolution

In the creation of their family home, the ‘Casa Albero’, the guiding principle for its architects - Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant - was experimentation.

Inside Kristin Cavallari’s Peaceful Nashville Home Complete with an Indoor Basketball Court, Podcast Studio, and No Curtains in Sight

The 130-acre home acts as a one-stop shop for the reality TV star and her family

Michaels and AD Team Up for a Display-Worthy Frame Collection

The collaboration is rolling out with five stylish pieces, each evoking a different mood

Animal-Inspired Decor and Butter Yellow Plaster Warm Up This New-Build Montreal Apartment

Thanks to designer Luke Havekes, this young family’s 1,195-square-foot home is less concrete, more jungle

Kapwani Kiwanga: Changing States

In Barcelona, the artist makes clear what won her the Joan Miró Prize: colourful abstraction, formal experimentation and a keen appreciation of texture

Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today

Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge celebrates the art of the floral still life, from Édouard Vuillard to Louise Bourgeois to Hurvin Anderson

The New Rules of Designing for Kids

Teen lounges are in, gendered design is out, and chunky, corded telephones have newfound cachet. Here’s how top designers are rethinking modern family living

Chris Appleton Brings a Sensitive Eye for Color—and Frolicking Goats—to His Cotswolds Manor

After a decade in LA building his high-profile career, the hairstylist to Kim Kardashian and Martha Stewart purchased a storybook English country house to reconnect with his roots

Beti Jai Alai: A Dialogue in Motion

The function of a space, what it was conceived for, inevitably determines its personality. Few places illustrate this as clearly as jai alai courts: spaces built for play, movement and the crowds that come to watch.

Roy Lichtenstein: Sweet Dreams, Baby!

The Kunstmuseum Basel unveils dozens of prints donated by the artist’s foundation, many of which are on public view for the first time

Modern Classics: Elga Sesemann

The Finnish modernist drew early comparisons to Schjerfbeck and Munch before carving out a melancholy style of her own

Beyond Impressionism: Printmaking from Manet to Picasso

The Holburne Museum presents a different side of artists best known for revolutionising painting

Titian and the Landscape

The Old Master’s native town in Veneto is marking the 450th anniversary of his death with an exhibition that explores his relationship with the local landscape

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

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

Casa C

As a young girl in the 1960s, the Interior Architect Ingrid von Werz lived with her family in a rapidly transforming Mexico City.

Greetings from Menorca

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

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

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.

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.

LOV. Foundation

Peace-making; the valorisation and preservation of traditional crafts; the feminine approach to leadership; nature conservation; mental wellbeing; and the support of contemporary artistic creation are amongst LOV.Foundation’s main goals.

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.

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...