Dec 10, 2025designed by rafael viñoly, the 50-story-high tower next to manhattan's flower district introduces a fresh approach to luxury hospitality.
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architecture in new york (650)
Dec 10, 2025
Nov 21, 2025a new vision for new york city's scaffolding is unveiled by arup and PAU, with a fresh, pedestrian-centric approach.
architecture in the US (1638)
Dec 14, 2025wittman estes' 'french creek workshop house' in washington merges spaces for living, woodworking, metalworking, and glass art.
connections: +6300
Dec 04, 2025the spiritual spa retreat’s design weaves sustainability, emotion, and equity.
architecture in korea (475)
Dec 22, 2025the concept by BIG is defined by two sweeping ribbons that extend from opposite directions: one reaching into the urban fabric, the other stretching toward the river.
connections: +840
Dec 19, 2025the architects allow the perimeter of the site to define the volume, resulting in an architecture that bends, adjusts, and aligns itself with the movement of the street.
connections: +1720
landscape architecture and design (110)
Nov 19, 2025at the center of SoBA’s sports park is an interpretation of 'water sleeves,' the flowing garments worn as part of kunqu opera.
Oct 22, 2025MVRDV's circular innovation park will be a human-centric space for 'responsible AI' research in germany.
thomas heatherwick (113)
Nov 20, 2025heatherwick studio's stadium draws from birmingham’s history of brickmaking, using reclaimed bricks where possible.
Oct 21, 2025a 1.25 kilometer elevated trail will loop in a figure-of-eight, offering floating rest points and panoramic views of the han river.
the metropolitan museum of art (32)
Oct 21, 2025the project marks the artist’s first major US presentation and the seventh edition of the met’s annual public facade commission.
Jun 19, 2025the 9-minute film and scale model of the galleries reimagine how the met could welcome, orient, and engage visitors in the 21st century.
connections: 58
liu wei (8)
Jun 25, 2022unlimited featured 70 large-scale installations that ranged from monumental sculptures and vast wall paintings to video projections.
Aug 18, 2021a hybrid visual and cognitive language suggest at once a remote antiquity and a pre-existent future.
connections: +820
public art (730)
Dec 23, 2025titled fun palace, the installation combines five looping ball-track systems with five sculptural architectural forms.
connections: +2760
Dec 18, 2025calibrated to complete a full rotation every two minutes, the work takes a familiar fairground structure and transforms it into a sculptural environment.
connections: +1310
frida escobedo (16)
Dec 04, 2025frida escobedo designs the new complex around a sequence of terraced volumes and courtyards that temper qatar's coastal climate.
connections: +1060
Oct 21, 2025the project marks the artist’s first major US presentation and the seventh edition of the met’s annual public facade commission.
concrete architecture and design (947)
Dec 15, 2025the plan follows a hyperbolic geometry guiding movement toward the interior prayer space.
Dec 12, 2025discover the nadhyavart residence, a spa-like sanctuary where curved forms and tactile luxury offer a serene escape from the bustle of delhi.
seoul design award (12)
Oct 21, 2025nine modular units form a self-contained, 150-sqm complex on the edge of the tengger desert.
Sep 25, 2025the platform opens global early voting until october 2 with the winners being announced on october 24 at dongdaemun design plaza.
connections: 12
architecture in mongolia (9)
Feb 06, 2025the installation's flowing structural lines reference movement and adaptability, key principles of nomadic life.
connections: +1250
Jan 16, 2025the watch list is a biennial, nomination-based advocacy program that features 25 historic places facing major challenges such as climate change, tourism, conflict, and natural disaster.
connections: +8000
- architecture in albania (47)
- architecture in china (2029)
- architecture in france (717)
- architecture in india (407)
- architecture in japan (1689)
- architecture in mongolia (9)
- architecture in morocco (28)
- architecture in nigeria (12)
- architecture in palestine (7)
- architecture in peru (20)
- architecture in portugal (418)
- architecture in spain (750)
- architecture in tanzania (19)
- architecture in the US (1638)
- architecture in turkey (88)
- architecture in ukraine (51)
- human fascination with the moon (71)
3D printing (872)
Dec 11, 2025assembled by hand, the string instruments adopt the lightweight material, which doesn’t react to temperature and humidity.
built with a 3D printed case, the miniature device runs on rechargeable battery and has only one control button.
connections: +1140
architecture in china (2029)
Dec 23, 2025titled fun palace, the installation combines five looping ball-track systems with five sculptural architectural forms.
connections: +2760
Dec 16, 2025courtyards of varying sizes surround the central house volume, merging living spaces with the urban realm.
assistive devices (49)
Nov 29, 2025a project by students, the autonomous device follows a smart pattern that allows it to plant different local species in a randomized sequence.
connections: +640
Nov 28, 2025the ramp encourages shared gestures and barrier-free interaction.
connections: +920
personal technology (174)
Dec 18, 2025built by content creator peter sripol, the personal air vehicle is lightweight enough to carry one person to the sky, or at least it tries to.
connections: +620
Dec 15, 2025a way to let people learn and practice electronics, the magnetic device brings prototyping, coding, and testing into a single system behind the phones.
connections: +330
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