bigwin island club cabins respect the indigenous history of their natural context

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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

DAS lab builds the lost villa boutique hotel on the banks of the yellow river in china

DAS Lab readers

art

jenny holzer confronts the reality of gun violence with rockefeller center light projections

philip stevens

architecture

in a rainy region of chile, LLU house references water's molecular structure

kat barandy

technology

chelsea truck company unveils 'muscular' adaptation of land rover defender 110 edition

lynne myers

architecture

elton john purchases bjarke ingels' 'treehouse' penthouse at KING toronto

philip stevens

architecture

shigeru ban designs one of the world's largest timber structures for new swatch HQ

philip stevens

architecture

MoMA completes its diller scofidio + renfro-designed expansion in new york

nina azzarello

design

prada debuts new luna rossa AC75 boat monohull with 2 carbon-fiber arms

kieron marchese

design

inside this mercedes-benz camper van is a beach house on wheels

kieron marchese

architecture

gramazio kohler improves a cafeteria's acoustic qualities with computationally designed walls

philip stevens

architecture

designboom scales the morgan library's scaffolded façade during monumental restoration

nina azzarello

architecture

project ö is a series of self-sufficient timber cabins on a finnish archipelago

Aleksi readers

art

cross-stitch street art: portuguese artist combines digital and analog design

bryan shim

architecture

david chipperfield architects to build rolex USA headquarters in new york

philip stevens

design

MSCHF injects holy water into NIKE air max 97s to create 'jesus shoes'

Kevin Wiesner readers

art

reuben wu uses drone LEDs to illuminate bolivia's remote landscapes

kieron marchese

architecture

OMA's axel springer media campus nears completion in berlin

philip stevens

architecture

this light-filled house in osaka is sandwiched between two apartment buildings

nina azzarello

architecture

joão morgado captures matteo foresti's luxurious sauna in sweden

cristina gomez

architecture

this timber structure in japan disappears against its forested backdrop

philip stevens

architecture

connected to the ground, the sloping roofs of these cottages in india bridge nature + architecture

d6thD Studio readers

technology

NASA releases 3D map of the moon for CG artists and creators

kieron marchese

architecture

SEEDS builds community-driven, disaster resilient bamboo housing in india

SEEDS readers

architecture

antony gibbon's 'twine' house expresses organic softness in concrete

kat barandy

highlights

DAS lab builds the lost villa boutique hotel on the banks of the yellow river in china

jenny holzer confronts the reality of gun violence with rockefeller center light projections

in a rainy region of chile, LLU house references water's molecular structure

chelsea truck company unveils 'muscular' adaptation of land rover defender 110 edition

elton john purchases bjarke ingels' 'treehouse' penthouse at KING toronto

shigeru ban designs one of the world's largest timber structures for new swatch HQ

MoMA completes its diller scofidio + renfro-designed expansion in new york

prada debuts new luna rossa AC75 boat monohull with 2 carbon-fiber arms

inside this mercedes-benz camper van is a beach house on wheels

gramazio kohler improves a cafeteria's acoustic qualities with computationally designed walls

designboom scales the morgan library's scaffolded façade during monumental restoration

project ö is a series of self-sufficient timber cabins on a finnish archipelago

cross-stitch street art: portuguese artist combines digital and analog design

david chipperfield architects to build rolex USA headquarters in new york

MSCHF injects holy water into NIKE air max 97s to create 'jesus shoes'

reuben wu uses drone LEDs to illuminate bolivia's remote landscapes

OMA's axel springer media campus nears completion in berlin

this light-filled house in osaka is sandwiched between two apartment buildings

joão morgado captures matteo foresti's luxurious sauna in sweden

this timber structure in japan disappears against its forested backdrop

connected to the ground, the sloping roofs of these cottages in india bridge nature + architecture

NASA releases 3D map of the moon for CG artists and creators

SEEDS builds community-driven, disaster resilient bamboo housing in india

antony gibbon's 'twine' house expresses organic softness in concrete

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

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

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

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

citroën revives the iconic 2 CV as a compact electric concept with a roll-up fabric roof

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

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

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

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

citroën revives the iconic 2 CV as a compact electric concept with a roll-up fabric roof