Bruges Triennial 2024 explores the architectural potential of the Belgian city
At Bruges Triennial 2024, international artists and architects created site-specific installations throughout the UNESCO city’s canals, gardens, and cobbled alleys.
SOM’s Terminal 2 of Bangalore Airport connects travellers to Nature
SOM—Skidmore, Owings & Merrill envisioned a “terminal in a garden” for Bangalore Airport’s new extension.
Brutalist Italy: concrete architecture from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea
In the ‘Brutalist Italy’ book and photo essay, Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego captured monumental concrete buildings to give voice to their country’s most overlooked and neglected architectural style.
SunRICE installation by Carlo Ratti in Milan is made from rice waste
SunRICE shows how processing rice waste can become a raw material for new and sustainable architecture. After Milan Design Week, the installation will become nourishment to be reintroduced into the garden’s soil.
David Lynch designs surreal thinking rooms at Salone del Mobile
Acclaimed film director David Lynch invites Salone del Mobile visitors to an enigmatic cinematic experience in Milan.
‘DUNE’ inspires AI-generated Arrakis Palaces by NKey design studio
NKey Design Studio has harnessed Artificial Intelligence to create otherworldly architecture and interiors for imaginary palaces on the fictional planet of Arrakis.
i29 and Namo Architecture build a nest-like cabin high up in the trees
Have you ever slept with squirrels and woodpeckers? Spend a night at Buitenverblijf Nest, a birdhouse-shaped cabin high up in the trees, tuning into the forest’s heartbeat.
Studio Ardete ‘dresses’ Ribbon House with undulating concrete
Curvy layers of concrete wrap Ribbon House, creating gaps that allow natural ventilation and light to enter and flow throughout the building.
Bonfiglioli HQs by Peter Pichler Architecture combine “sustainability with intelligent geometry”
Peter Pichler Architecture has completed a geometric office block dressed in pleated mesh for industrial manufacturer Bonfiglioli.
House Sound: Marcus Byrnes AI-crafts musical instruments-shaped homes
What if a musical instrument’s design characteristics influenced a building’s architecture? For the House Sound project, Marcus Byrne harnessed Artificial Intelligence to create imaginary architectures in the shape of Ringo Star’s percussions, John Coltrane’s saxophone, and more.
Inside the surreal world of ‘Poor Things’
Director Yorgos Lanthimos and Academy Award-winning production designers James Price and Shona Heath explain the in-wonderland scenography of Poor Things.
Eleven community-building projects by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto
A terraced university campus for interdisciplinary exchange, homes open to neighbours, a museum open to both visitors and locals and a see-through fire station strengthening the bond between firefighters and residents… Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto won the 2024 Pritzker Prize for his bold, community-driven approach.
Riken Yamamoto wins the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Architecture as a tool to foster a sense of community, collective life and mutual aid. This is what the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient, Riken Yamamoto, has been doing for the last five decades.
Pinaffo & Pluvinage creates the ‘En Cascade’ sand-powered cardboard pavilion
EN CASCADE is an electricity-free, micro-architecture-automaton made of cardboard, “using sand as its sole means of propulsion, yet approaching the sophistication of electronic machines,” explains Pinaffo & Pluvinage studio.
Farming Architects: architecture merges with ecology and agriculture
With the Farming Architects pavilion at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, Jordens Architects looks into the future of construction.
Twelve museums and cultural architecture projects openings of 2024
An art space carved in a grain silo in Norway, the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and the Shakespeare Museum in London feature in the 12 museums opening in 2024.
i29 introduces CÂPSULA, luxury tiny houses for sustainable, mindful living
To be happy, how much do we need? How can we reduce our footprint and still live large? CÂPSULA is a new typology of high-end cabins that inspire new ways to live well.
SPARK completes the Instagram-friendly GRiD mall in Singapore
Post-industrial graphics and arcade-style neons define the youth-focused, Instagram-friendly GRiD mall in Singapore’s Arts District.
Israel-Gaza War: Moshe Safdie reacts to Hamas’ brutal terroristic attack
“Hamas has to be eliminated. But…” says Moshe Safdie in the wake of the Israel-Gaza War.
Radical architect, educator, and designer Andrea Branzi passed away aged 84
Designer, artist, architect, and academic, Andrea Branzi was a pioneer of a radical design ideology. He passed away on October 9, 2023.
Burning Man 2023: 10 mesmerising design architecture projects with powerful messages
Best of Burning Man 2023: A 1,000 drone show dedicated to endangered animals, an (anti-tank) hedgehog shrine to honour Ukrainian heroes, and a feminine temple blooming with flowers…
The Hedgehog Temple supports Ukraine at Burning Man 2023
Ukrainian collective Kurenivka honours and supports patriots at war with the Hedgehog Temple and Memorial site at Burning Man 2023.
Burning Man flooding sparks a reflection on Climate Change
Burning Man flooding, people stranded in the mud, and a surreal traffic jam in the desert trigger a reflection on the role of festivals and leisure events within the frame of the climate change emergency.
Snøetta’s Norwegian Wild Reindeer Pavilion point blends into the Nordic wilderness
The Norwegian Wild Reindeer Pavilion is a rectangular frame of raw steel and glass with a wooden core shaped like rock or ice eroded by natural forces like wind and running water.
HW Studio’s peaceful stone house in Mexico reinforces deep contact with the elements
HW Studio creates a peaceful stone house in perfect dialogue with the unique natural landscape of the Guanajuato region.
Barbie set design displays an emotional ‘authentic artificiality’
From Richard Neutra’s mid-century modern Kauffman House in Palm Springs to purposely wrong proportions, fake pools and oversized lipsticks. In Barbie set design, there’s much more beyond pink.
WAFX 2023 Prize: 10 future projects tackling today’s global issues
WAFX 2023 Prize: sandstorm absorbent skyscrapers, a project rethinking oil rigs in a sustainable perspective, rainwater-harvesting cooling facades, and more.
World Architecture Festival 2023 shortlist revealed
The World Architecture Festival 2023 shortlist includes a mosque designed by a woman, a submerged stadium, a tree-like energy station, and more.
BE_Design completes the Komera Leadership Center for a rural community in Rwanda
Komera Leadership Center by BE_Design in Rwanda is a cluster of buildings connected by a dynamic and flexible roof canopy creating spaces for learning and social activities with the mission of empowering self-confident young women through education and community development.
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos’ Alamo House idly floats over Madrid
“We envisioned the Alamo House as a solid mass, from which carved-out openings create a dynamic narrative.”