selldorf architects and STUDIOS architecture win competition to transform the louvre

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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.

design

modular 'playrise' kit brings easy-build playgrounds to children in refugee sites

kat barandy

technology

audi recreates a strange and sculptural 1935-era race car

kat barandy

architecture

stefano boeri reimagines the monastery as a space for faith and science in milan

thomai tsimpou

design

sculptural birdhouses emerge from children’s intuitive drawings and imagination

Taekhan Yun readers

art

'when I go to bed, I go to work': philippe starck on how dreams shape his creative process

kat barandy

architecture

bofill taller de arquitectura drapes terraced green resort across coastal forest in albania

thomai tsimpou

design

fondazione dries van noten opens with inaugural exhibition at palazzo pisani moretta, venice

thomai tsimpou

design

ROOM FOR DREAMS opens at milan design week 2026 with full takeover of ME milan il duca

thomai tsimpou

design

explore the day-to-day program of the cinema of dreams at milan design week 2026

sofia lekka angelopoulou

design

from cloud to fried egg: jacques averna reimagines objects as functional electric guitars

matthew burgos

design

from talks to films, here is the full ROOM FOR DREAMS program at milan design week 2026

claire brodka

design

peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026

thomai tsimpou

art

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this april

kat barandy

architecture

'architecture begins from the memory of a place': tsuyoshi tane on archaeology of the future

claire brodka

design

ROOM FOR DREAMS: immersive installations, cinema and talks at milan design week 2026

claire brodka

art

abeer seikaly explores how bedouin weaving can shape shelter for displaced communities

kat barandy

architecture

'we have to respect history': freddy mamani on constructing utopia through radical repair

myrto katsikopoulou

architecture

shimmering facades wrap cavernous galleries of büro ole scheeren's róng museum of art

kat barandy

architecture

imagining life everywhere, SAGA space architects design homes across extreme environments

matthew burgos

highlights

modular 'playrise' kit brings easy-build playgrounds to children in refugee sites

audi recreates a strange and sculptural 1935-era race car

stefano boeri reimagines the monastery as a space for faith and science in milan

sculptural birdhouses emerge from children’s intuitive drawings and imagination

designboom's ultimate guide to the venice art biennale 2026

luminous robotic blooms by DRIFT breathe above venice's waterways

take a first look at 'costume art' as fashion meets art history at the MET

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this may

georg baselitz, pioneer of inverted painting and postwar german art, dies at 88

'when I go to bed, I go to work': philippe starck on how dreams shape his creative process

bofill taller de arquitectura drapes terraced green resort across coastal forest in albania

fondazione dries van noten opens with inaugural exhibition at palazzo pisani moretta, venice

ROOM FOR DREAMS opens at milan design week 2026 with full takeover of ME milan il duca

explore the day-to-day program of the cinema of dreams at milan design week 2026

from cloud to fried egg: jacques averna reimagines objects as functional electric guitars

from talks to films, here is the full ROOM FOR DREAMS program at milan design week 2026

peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026

designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this april

'architecture begins from the memory of a place': tsuyoshi tane on archaeology of the future

ROOM FOR DREAMS: immersive installations, cinema and talks at milan design week 2026

abeer seikaly explores how bedouin weaving can shape shelter for displaced communities

'we have to respect history': freddy mamani on constructing utopia through radical repair

shimmering facades wrap cavernous galleries of büro ole scheeren's róng museum of art

imagining life everywhere, SAGA space architects design homes across extreme environments

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

pedrali converts temporary wooden pavilion into permanent community hub

salagón stone and floating timber reshape historic rock-cut complex in la rioja, spain

robotically 3D printed earth bricks wrap multispecies habitat around olive tree

revisit le corbusier’s iconic ronchamp chapel through paul clemence’s lens

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

pedrali converts temporary wooden pavilion into permanent community hub

salagón stone and floating timber reshape historic rock-cut complex in la rioja, spain

robotically 3D printed earth bricks wrap multispecies habitat around olive tree

revisit le corbusier’s iconic ronchamp chapel through paul clemence’s lens