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.

design

foster + partners reveals winning proposal for king salman international airport in riyadh

lea zeitoun

architecture

AI-generated brick structures explore sacredness through light and tensile geometry

Q. Iqbal readers

design

kaveh najafian's midjourney explorations envision surreal, 'impossible' lounge chairs

K. Najafian readers

art

AI-generated paintings imagine how famous historic artists would illustrate the climate crisis

Gareth Evans readers

architecture

using only natural materials, this traditional brick house is given new life in normandy

lea zeitoun

art

miami art week 2022: your definitive guide

kat barandy

architecture

shigeru ban kicks off works on BAN, belgium's first wooden residential tower

kat barandy

architecture

hardanger skyspace by james turrell and a-works exposes endless lightscapes in norway

a-works readers

architecture

a sombre skyscraper memorializes deceased laborers who built qatar's world cup stadiums

WeekArchi readers

architecture

designboom world online movie premiere: bêka & lemoine and boonserm premthada's bangkok journey

sofia lekka angelopoulou

technology

triton WEC is a floating electric generator that extracts energy from ocean waves

christina petridou

architecture

crowned with diamond spires, the world’s tallest residential tower is underway in dubai

ravail khan

architecture

wooden boat sauna by sandellsandberg sails on stockholm archipelago

christina petridou

architecture

'sumu yakushima' stands in the wilderness of japan through regenerative architecture

Tsukasa Ono readers

technology

double the size of the colosseum, pierpaolo lazzarini’s pangeos terayacht is a floating city

Lazzarini Design readers

art

leaves scatter around island tree nest for third season of art series by UMA + antti laitinen

UMA readers

art

ujoo+limheeyoung's mechanical phonograph generates music from plastic waste

ujoo readers

technology

mcintosh & sonus faber surround six senses ibiza with HIFI soundscapes

matthew burgos

architecture

héctor coss arquitectos conceals ribbed concrete villa cubes among mexican desert creektop

ACOLECTIVA readers

art

AI artist vibes with NIKE streetwear in the renaissance era

matthew burgos

technology

unéole combines solar and wind power to devise an ideal renewable energy system

lea zeitoun

architecture

undulating solar pavilion shelters visitors and harvests sunlight at dutch design week

V8 Architects readers

architecture

DRIFT employs luminous drones to visualize speculative architecture

kat barandy

highlights

TOP 10 readers submissions of 2022 — a new wave of AI-generated design

foster + partners reveals winning proposal for king salman international airport in riyadh

AI-generated brick structures explore sacredness through light and tensile geometry

kaveh najafian's midjourney explorations envision surreal, 'impossible' lounge chairs

AI-generated paintings imagine how famous historic artists would illustrate the climate crisis

using only natural materials, this traditional brick house is given new life in normandy

miami art week 2022: your definitive guide

shigeru ban kicks off works on BAN, belgium's first wooden residential tower

hardanger skyspace by james turrell and a-works exposes endless lightscapes in norway

a sombre skyscraper memorializes deceased laborers who built qatar's world cup stadiums

designboom world online movie premiere: bêka & lemoine and boonserm premthada's bangkok journey

triton WEC is a floating electric generator that extracts energy from ocean waves

crowned with diamond spires, the world’s tallest residential tower is underway in dubai

wooden boat sauna by sandellsandberg sails on stockholm archipelago

'sumu yakushima' stands in the wilderness of japan through regenerative architecture

double the size of the colosseum, pierpaolo lazzarini’s pangeos terayacht is a floating city

leaves scatter around island tree nest for third season of art series by UMA + antti laitinen

ujoo+limheeyoung's mechanical phonograph generates music from plastic waste

mcintosh & sonus faber surround six senses ibiza with HIFI soundscapes

héctor coss arquitectos conceals ribbed concrete villa cubes among mexican desert creektop

AI artist vibes with NIKE streetwear in the renaissance era

unéole combines solar and wind power to devise an ideal renewable energy system

undulating solar pavilion shelters visitors and harvests sunlight at dutch design week

DRIFT employs luminous drones to visualize speculative architecture

what you'll see (in 3D) in the peter zumthor documentary by wim wenders

zaha hadid's former london headquarters reopens as a public hub for architecture and art

three ceramic sculptures diffuse distinct fragrances evoking puglia’s landscapes

google japan puts gboard on conveyor belts so the keys come to you

stefan sagmeister and ekn transform global data into colorful sneakers and boots

what you'll see (in 3D) in the peter zumthor documentary by wim wenders

zaha hadid's former london headquarters reopens as a public hub for architecture and art

three ceramic sculptures diffuse distinct fragrances evoking puglia’s landscapes

google japan puts gboard on conveyor belts so the keys come to you

stefan sagmeister and ekn transform global data into colorful sneakers and boots