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highlights

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

'reusing posidonia' upcycles marine plant life on spanish island as building material

kat barandy

architecture

andreas schüring creates timber interior for contemporary art space in münster

A. Schüring MA readers

architecture

this five-star hotel by JADE+QA is built into a disused quarry in china

philip stevens

architecture

the afife house in rural portugal emanates the modernist style of adolf loos

kat barandy

architecture

MAT office creates a canopy of roofs for the 2018 suzhou design week pavilion

matoffice readers

architecture

13th century church in ireland is renovated as a museum of medieval artifacts

kat barandy

art

michael eastman documents the crumbling architecture of cities around the world

sofia lekka angelopoulou

architecture

all(zone) wraps bangkok home in concrete blocks that provide varying scales of privacy

philip stevens

architecture

muzeum susch: contemporary art museum opens in switzerland's engadin valley

philip stevens

technology

is yves béhar's robotic snoo the best way to calm a crying baby?

kieron marchese

design

volvo develops 3D-printed 'living seawall' to save the world's oceans from plastic pollution

sofia lekka angelopoulou

architecture

MVRDV's koolkiel redevelops a city block in germany tailored to its creative community

juliana neira

design

smartuk - a modular, all electric tuk tuk for the streets of cambodia

juliana neira

art

sneakerheads tip their beanies to this entirely paperized NIKE x sean wotherspoon air max

zach andrews

design

studio frank havermans' homage latches onto namesake viaduct of george stephenson

zach andrews

architecture

vancouver art gallery unveils herzog & de meuron's final design for new building

philip stevens

architecture

bernard tschumi articulates tianjin exploratorium around a series of immense cones

philip stevens

architecture

an inside look at santiago calatrava's holistic vision for chicago o'hare airport

nina azzarello

design

cloisonné and craft: interview with marc newson at his solo gagosian show in new york

philip stevens

design

iris van herpen uses laser cutting techniques to create 3D anamorphic couture

kieron marchese

architecture

explore the local architecture of ecuador through designboom readers radar

kat barandy readers

art

crochet artist creates life-sized, anatomically correct skeleton

kieron marchese

architecture

EFFEKT transforms vacant windmill factory into indoor streetscape and skatepark

kat barandy

architecture

palassis architects expresses cathedral vaulting and pointed arches with the song school

kat barandy

highlights

'reusing posidonia' upcycles marine plant life on spanish island as building material

andreas schüring creates timber interior for contemporary art space in münster

this five-star hotel by JADE+QA is built into a disused quarry in china

the afife house in rural portugal emanates the modernist style of adolf loos

MAT office creates a canopy of roofs for the 2018 suzhou design week pavilion

13th century church in ireland is renovated as a museum of medieval artifacts

michael eastman documents the crumbling architecture of cities around the world

all(zone) wraps bangkok home in concrete blocks that provide varying scales of privacy

muzeum susch: contemporary art museum opens in switzerland's engadin valley

is yves béhar's robotic snoo the best way to calm a crying baby?

volvo develops 3D-printed 'living seawall' to save the world's oceans from plastic pollution

MVRDV's koolkiel redevelops a city block in germany tailored to its creative community

smartuk - a modular, all electric tuk tuk for the streets of cambodia

sneakerheads tip their beanies to this entirely paperized NIKE x sean wotherspoon air max

studio frank havermans' homage latches onto namesake viaduct of george stephenson

vancouver art gallery unveils herzog & de meuron's final design for new building

bernard tschumi articulates tianjin exploratorium around a series of immense cones

an inside look at santiago calatrava's holistic vision for chicago o'hare airport

cloisonné and craft: interview with marc newson at his solo gagosian show in new york

iris van herpen uses laser cutting techniques to create 3D anamorphic couture

explore the local architecture of ecuador through designboom readers radar

crochet artist creates life-sized, anatomically correct skeleton

EFFEKT transforms vacant windmill factory into indoor streetscape and skatepark

palassis architects expresses cathedral vaulting and pointed arches with the song school

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

inside 'la voile', norman foster’s former waterfront home on the french riviera

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

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

inside 'la voile', norman foster’s former waterfront home on the french riviera

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