Marià Castelló’s Island Mirage villa in Formentera merges nature and design
Contrast of materials, light-filled spaces and contemporary interiors. The Island Mirage villa by Marià Castelló Architecture blends with Formentera natural landscape.
5 verdant skyscrapers aiming to turn our cities’ skylines into forests
Suspended green oases, energy-consumption extensions and wooden high-rises. Sou Fujimoto, Stefano Boeri, Stephan Malka, Big and Carlo Ratti designed verdant skyscrapers for a greener urban future.
Balkrishna Doshi Receives the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Balkrishna Doshi once said that there “are not houses, but homes where a happy community lives. That is what finally matters”. Discover the values and architecture of the 2018 Pritzker Prize winner through 7 masterpieces.
Joia Meìridia neighborhood in Nice features Sou Fujimoto’s verdant towers and French Riviera style architectures
Lambert Lénack architects’ masterplan for the new Joia Meìridia neighbourhood in Nice features a tower with undulating, tree-covered canopies by Sou Fujimoto as well as buildings by Cino Zucchi, Chartier Dalix and more.
Border walls’ architecture from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
Trump’s wall and the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) splitting the Korean peninsula in two… These border walls are just the tip of a global iceberg. Archipanic explores protectionist and divisive constructions across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
8 innovative designs and technologies at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018
A demountable roofless stadium (at -25° blankets are provided), a legion of over 1.200 drones creating a floating light-show and a pavilion absorbing light for you to look into the deep darkness of the universe. Winter Olympics 2018 kicked off in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Check the most innovative designs, architectures and technologies on show.
Asif Khan’s super-black pavilion frames glimpses from outer space at PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018
Outer space might sneak a peek on planet Earth, through Asif Khan’s super-dark Vantablack pavilion at PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018. The “darkest building on earth” features also a hydrophobic water installation recalling cities viewed from other planets.
Tom Blachford captures Tokyo’s Blade Runner-style nightscapes
Australian photographer Tom Blachford explores Tokyo’s Blade Runner-style architecture portraying iconic buildings by Kenzo Tange, Kisho Kirosawa and more…
Should Trump’s US-Mexico border wall prototypes become US National Monuments?
Whether Trump’s dream to erect a US-Mexico border wall comes true or not, should the built prototypes rising near San Diego be protected as an architectural proof of the spirit of the times?
7 cultural architectures to look forward in 2018
A concrete cliff shaped like a vessel and a desert rose inspired architecture but also a grand museum by the Giza pyramids and a musical tower remembering 9.11 heroes… 7 cultural architectures inaugurating in 2018.
10 architecture and design exhibitions worthy a trip in 2018
From Venice and Istanbul Biennials to Tokyo, New York and London. Make sure to explore 2018 best exhibitions and events cross-pollinating architecture and design with fashion, art, digital technologies and more.
2017 round up: how architects and designers responded to global issues and political turmoil
From climate change to women rights, from the refugees emergency to natural calamities but also Trump, Brexit and more. Check our 2017 round up featuring some of the most visionary projects responding to our times challenges.
King Kong and the White Rabbit make it to Lapland and welcome the guests of 2017 IceHotel
Are you ready to to feel cozy in Lapland? 2017 IceHotel unveiled designers’ suites 200 km away from the Arctic Circle… Until Spring will melt them down.
Chaoyang Park Plaza by MAD Architects merges nature with Beijing’s urbanscape
MAD Architects’ Chaoyang Park in Beijing features asymmetrical twin towers which were inspired by Chinese traditional mountain paintings.
David Adjaye and Ron Arad’s winning proposal for London Holocaust memorial was conceived as a “park of Britain’s conscience”
London Holocaust Memorial will feature 23 tall bronze fins rising next to the House of Parliament leading to a submerged space where visitors can explore and intimately reflect on antisemitism, extremism, Islamophobia, racism, homophobia and other forms of hatred and prejudice in society today.
Carlo Ratti masterplans Milan’s World Expo site to become an innovation hub
Carlo Ratti Associati reimagines Milan’s World Expo site as a theme park for science and technology featuring the world’s first neighborhood planned for self-driving cars.
Zaryadye Park brings tundra, steppe and Russian forests a stone’s throw from the Red Square and the Kremlin
Zaryadye Park, Moscow’s first major new park in 50 years, features a “floating bridge” stretching over the city’s river and areas celebrating the natural landscapes and climates of Russia.
Gates of light: Dan Roosegaarde explores futuristic eco-landscapes
Inspired by light-reflective butterflies wings, kites and bioluminescent algae, Dan Roosegaarde envisions futuristic sustainable light designs by the floodgates of the historic Afsluitddjk site in the Netherlands.
Studio Dror’s UNDER/STANDING steel sculpture is inspired by the art of winemaking
Studio Dror’s Corten sculpture for Brancott Estate is inspired by the winemaking process and Buckminster Fuller’s philosophy.
WAF 2017: Hong Kong students’ project for the earthquaked Guangming village wins World Building of the Year 2017
In the wake of a devastating earthquake, architecture students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong updated traditional building technologies to support Guangming villagers to build anti-seismic and sustainable homes with affordable materials.
Printemps renovation by UUfie features an Art Deco-inspired vertical dome
UUfie re-designed the interior spaces of Paris iconic department store Printemps inserting a vertical dome which creates a game of reflections spanning across 9 floors.
Jean Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi opened to the public as the first universal museum in the Arab world
Louvre Abu Dhabi by Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel mesmerises guests with a huge dome creating a “rain of light” over a floating village of galleries which explores humanity through art.
BIG’s LEGO House brings the toy scale of the classic LEGO brick to architectural scale
With the LEGO House, BIG scales up classic LEGO bricks to compose an architecture made of overlapping volumes hosting playful galleries and terraces with dinosaurs, giant trees, a submarine and a shark.
Chicago Biennial 2017 showcases architecture-driven performing art projects
A dancing quartet in air-filtering costumes and a choreography exploring the body’s relationship to buildings and spaces in a Mies van der Rohe’s masterpiece. At Chicago 2017 architecture-driven performing arts projects bring to life iconic masterpieces with music, theatre and dance.
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017 showcases the art of improving on history
Mies van Der Rohe meets Freddy Mercury while the iconic Chicago Tribune Tower is reimagined as a maze of tubes. Discover how contemporary studios take on architectural icons from the past at Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017.
London Design Festival 2017: 6 brilliant exhibitions at Victoria & Albert Museum
From fluo reflections to eclectic stage designs and breathing chandeliers: 6 stunning exhibitions at Victoria & Albert Museum during London Design Festival 2017.
Best architecture and design on show at Burning Man 2017
Cadillacs rising from the desert, kinetic wheels from hell and gravity defying shrines but also a temple doomed to burn down raising awareness on environmental issues… Welcome to Burning Man 2017!
Bamboo Sports Hall withstands earthquakes with a lotus shaped organic architecture entirely made of bamboo
Chiangmai Life Architects completed the zero carbon footprint Bamboo Sports Hall for Panyaden International School in Thailand combining modern organic design with 21st century engineering.
SelgasCano creates an undulating and translucent pavilion for Fondation d’enterprise Martell in France
Madrid-based architecture studio SelgasCano designed a forest of hight-tech and transparent waves at the multidisciplinary foundation of Martell cognac brand.
2017 Beazley Designs of the Year: 8 politically charged projects reacting to social issues and emergencies
The Refugee Nation Olympic flag, Brexit-related graphic designs and the Pussyhat worn by protesters in the USA following President Trump’s sexist comments. There are a lot of politics in the shortlisted projects competing for the 2017 Beazley Designs of the Year Award.