metallica frontman’s built-from-scratch vintage car collection goes on view in LA

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HIGHLIGHTS rounds up what's hot on designboom, with a curated selection of must-read stories, exclusive features and interviews with creative visionaries that are topical, insightful, and attention-worthy.

architecture

sweden's floating, circular 'arctic bath' hotel opens on the lule river

sofia lekka angelopoulou

art

pigalle basketball court in paris gets 2020 refresh with gaming-inspired graphics

nina azzarello

architecture

powerhouse plans floating, all-timber office building for rotterdam port

philip stevens

architecture

‘cycling through water’ provides a unique experience of belgium's lake district

lynne myers

design

interview with michael anastassiades, maison&objet designer of the year 2020

juliana neira

art

mohammad hassan forouzanfar adds contemporary frames to ancient iranian ruins

MH_Forouzanfar readers

design

effe - perfect wellness creates spa spaces as unique as every client

tim spears

architecture

exclusive first images of kengo kuma's completed olympic stadium for tokyo 2020

shuhei senda

architecture

tadao ando's new art museum nears completion in southern china

lynne myers

architecture

sky-frame: bjarke ingels' point of view on the world and his work

tim spears

technology

bjork and microsoft use AI to create music that changes with the weather

kieron marchese

architecture

valentino gareri designs a low cost modular prototype for schools in africa

V. Gareri readers

architecture

liz diller interview: 'architecture has a danger of becoming obsolete'

lynne myers

art

interview with erwin wurm on body-based art and beverage-drinking at 'yes biological'

nina azzarello

architecture

kengo kuma wraps 'the exchange' in sydney with a sculpturally curving timber screen

kat barandy

art

soweto spinning in south africa: an act of defiance and a work of art

kieron marchese

architecture

FR-EE and planet collective envision communal living in burning man with the holon temple

kat barandy

architecture

one thousand museum, zaha hadid's miami skyscraper, fully unveiled in new images

philip stevens

architecture

the red barn by roger ferris + partners reinterprets traditional new england architecture

RFP readers

technology

AR contact lenses place micro-displays inside your eyes

kieron marchese

technology

a robot bird built using 40 pigeon feathers flies like the real thing

kieron marchese

architecture

villa majorelle, the iconic home of art nouveau in nancy, reopens its doors after restoration

sofia lekka angelopoulou

architecture

IKEA plans new city store in vienna, complete with green façades and no car parking

sofia lekka angelopoulou

technology

the exolung gives divers an 'unlimited' underwater air supply

kieron marchese

highlights

sweden's floating, circular 'arctic bath' hotel opens on the lule river

pigalle basketball court in paris gets 2020 refresh with gaming-inspired graphics

powerhouse plans floating, all-timber office building for rotterdam port

‘cycling through water’ provides a unique experience of belgium's lake district

interview with michael anastassiades, maison&objet designer of the year 2020

mohammad hassan forouzanfar adds contemporary frames to ancient iranian ruins

effe - perfect wellness creates spa spaces as unique as every client

exclusive first images of kengo kuma's completed olympic stadium for tokyo 2020

tadao ando's new art museum nears completion in southern china

sky-frame: bjarke ingels' point of view on the world and his work

bjork and microsoft use AI to create music that changes with the weather

valentino gareri designs a low cost modular prototype for schools in africa

liz diller interview: 'architecture has a danger of becoming obsolete'

interview with erwin wurm on body-based art and beverage-drinking at 'yes biological'

kengo kuma wraps 'the exchange' in sydney with a sculpturally curving timber screen

soweto spinning in south africa: an act of defiance and a work of art

FR-EE and planet collective envision communal living in burning man with the holon temple

one thousand museum, zaha hadid's miami skyscraper, fully unveiled in new images

the red barn by roger ferris + partners reinterprets traditional new england architecture

AR contact lenses place micro-displays inside your eyes

a robot bird built using 40 pigeon feathers flies like the real thing

villa majorelle, the iconic home of art nouveau in nancy, reopens its doors after restoration

IKEA plans new city store in vienna, complete with green façades and no car parking

the exolung gives divers an 'unlimited' underwater air supply

380,000 LEGO flowers transform shanghai's concrete oil tank into botanical landscape

massimo dutti reincarnates 16th-century palace as rome flagship store

BIG wins 'fountain plaza tirana' competition with building lifted above the public realm

A' design award winners achieve real world impact through graphic design

sculptures made of timber and steel occupy raw concrete shell in seoul before demolition

380,000 LEGO flowers transform shanghai's concrete oil tank into botanical landscape

massimo dutti reincarnates 16th-century palace as rome flagship store

BIG wins 'fountain plaza tirana' competition with building lifted above the public realm

A' design award winners achieve real world impact through graphic design

sculptures made of timber and steel occupy raw concrete shell in seoul before demolition