the airport by MAD spans 2,267 hectares and features a 12,000-square-meter terminal under its feather-like roof.
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airport architecture and design (141)
a central spine organizes the terminal and its piers, reducing transfer times while acting as a spatial anchor.
connections: +550
illustration (134)
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each chair reflects an individual child’s input and imagination.
connections: +920
video (10)
the animated film and album track explore themes of reflection and inner experience.
connections: +140
video devices project live and recorded images from the paired site.
private courtyards (134)
colored patterned modules accommodate stages, tribunes, bleachers, and kiosks.
stones from the rock excavation are reused within the interior of peacock ha’il café.
residential architecture and interiors (4768)
during construction, builders temporarily relocated the site’s large boulders and later returned them to their original positions.
the design incorporates elements that regulate exposure and enclosure.
connections: +6470
arquitectura-G (17)
a roofed porch traces a perfect square, enclosing a 15 × 15 meter courtyard framed by a colonnade.
designboom's top 10 houses range from net-positive experimentation in rural japan to rammed-earth dwellings carved into the terrain of crete.
architecture in spain (767)
these impepinable studio-designed offices for agrosemillas reinterpret industrial construction with reused shipping containers.
the milestone positions the cross as the highest point of the basilica and finalizes the grouping of its six central towers.
sculpture (518)
two recessed ‘eyes’ introduce a subtle anthropomorphic presence.
connections: +2060
fiberglass is retained as primary material expression rather than decorative effect.
ceramic art and design (246)
a series of ceramic bathtubs by studio LOHO and sharon van overmeiren shows carved motifs that suggest historical references.
connections: +390
ancient animal-figured vessels are translated into transparent forms defined by symmetry and abstraction.
connections: +460
design interviews (118)
designboom discusses with the designer his early years on construction sites and his recent immersion in clay.
connections: +880
dubai design week and isola design directors discuss their partnership with tanween, signaling a maturing gulf ecosystem.
connections: +120
chess (11)
by embedding a sensor‑driven mechanism, phantom chess bridges centuries of analog play with the analytical power of modern chess engines.
connections: +2010
'kindachess' is 3D printed with naturally degradable bioplastics, and when stacked, forms the lines of the ukraine flag.
connections: +1010
robots (599)
the project critiques the idea of fixed historical truth, positioning history as perpetually in flux.
the kinetic work is situated within a diorama-concept installation depicting sand terrain and consists of two mechanical devices that act in a cyclical structure.
connections: +670
wood and timber architecture and design (1398)
during construction, builders temporarily relocated the site’s large boulders and later returned them to their original positions.
the design follows proportional rules derived from the golden section and the logarithmic spiral associated with the nautilus fossil.
architecture in korea (479)
varying pipe diameters generate a layered and inhabitable spatial composition.
the aged condition of the house is treated as a material archive.
retail interiors (826)
the 180-square-meter space combines record retail, vinyl listening zones, a photo studio and community infrastructure.
gradient pink mirrors line the preserved brick perimeter.
facades (464)
exposed reinforced concrete defines the material expression.
terraced courtyards extend the interplay between solid and void.
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