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How a 120-Square-Meter Corner Became a Conversation Piece
OUT Architecture turns an overlooked London corner into a pocket park that challenges what public space can be on one of the city's busiest streets.
27 Jul · 6 min read

Trade Fairs Are Turning Into Year-Round Platforms - Here's What CIFF Shanghai Is Betting On
The 58th edition of China's largest furniture event is restructuring around design autonomy, retail intelligence, and material accountability - a shift that matters far beyond the exhibition floor.
27 Jul · 8 min read

When the Street Becomes the Lobby: Laiva Plaza Hotel Redefines Public Space in Cabo
RA! architects carve a hospitality experience around a shaded atrium that invites the town in, not out
27 Jul · 6 min read

When Spider Webs and Salt Mountains Teach Us to Play Again
Tomás Saraceno's exhibition at Munich's Haus der Kunst transforms ecological research into tactile, participatory environments that challenge visitors to rethink connection and community.
27 Jul · 6 min read

Two Villas By LandDecor Honored With Asia's Top Interior Design Awards 2026
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27 Jul · 4 min read

Inside the Real Estate Portfolio of Hollywood's Most Grounded Star
From a record-breaking Brooklyn penthouse to a Westchester estate, Matt Damon's property choices reveal an actor navigating the tension between Hollywood demands and family life.
25 Jul · 9 min read

When Youth Asked for Space, a Swiss Village Built Doors Instead of Walls
Piertzovanis Toews transforms a community friction point into a 15-square-metre pavilion that redefines how shared public space mediates generational conflict
25 Jul · 7 min read

How Polyhedral Form Can Rewrite Waterfront Density in Miami
Gómez Platero's angular towers reimagine the historic Herald site with a vertical language that challenges orthogonal convention
25 Jul · 7 min read

Valencia Turns Design Heritage into Annual Ritual
The UNESCO City of Design launches a recurring festival that distills two decades of creative momentum into a concentrated autumn programme.
25 Jul · 5 min read

The Quiet Revolution of Pale Facades
From reclaimed stone to recycled aluminum, a new generation of muted-tone cladding is redefining how buildings meet the sky.
25 Jul · 7 min read

How Faceted Glass and Stepped Massing Are Redefining Chicago's Lakefront
A 261-meter residential tower by SOM reinterprets the city's bay-window tradition through contemporary curtain-wall geometry.
25 Jul · 6 min read

Six Architects, Three Countries, One Lens: South Asian Women Redefining Practice
A documentary commissioned through the Lilly Reich Grant explores how migration, motherhood, and resistance shape architectural careers across borders.
25 Jul · 6 min read

From Landfill to Workplace: Remaking Industrial Architecture in Rural Croatia
MVA Mikelić Vreš Arhitekti's Dubrovčan facility demonstrates how adaptive site remediation and thoughtful massing can elevate small-scale industrial typology.
25 Jul · 6 min read

When AI Dreams of the Rainforest: Inside Dataland's Omni-Sensory Architecture
Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkılıç have built a 25,000-square-foot data-responsive environment in downtown Los Angeles that challenges the boundary between computational art and physical space.
25 Jul · 9 min read

How Red Deer Translated Cypriot Craft Into a Covent Garden Factory
At Zylia, limestone from the Mediterranean meets Victorian industrial architecture through a deliberate material dialogue that refuses pastiche.
25 Jul · 7 min read

The Terracotta Canyon: How SANAA's Living Strata Emerged from Public Revolt
After citizens rejected a blocky finalist, the Japanese studio's brick-wrapped scheme for Quito's National Museum demonstrates the power of participatory design - and the perils of architectural competition.
25 Jul · 8 min read

How Two Designers Turned Lanterns Into a Dialogue Between Heritage and Home
Kawabi's Aaron and Irisa Chan-Kawabi craft lighting that speaks to diasporic identity, blending Chinese symbolism with contemporary making.
25 Jul · 6 min read

SANAA's Living Strata: A Circular Museum for Quito That Grows from the Landscape
The Japanese studio and its collaborators propose a layered civic institution that reframes Ecuador's national museum as a system of interconnected vertical plazas.
24 Jul · 6 min read