Feb 10, 2026the 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)
Feb 10, 2026
Jan 14, 2026a central spine organizes the terminal and its piers, reducing transfer times while acting as a spatial anchor.
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illustration (134)
final call! enter the A’ design award and competition 2026 across all categories, from furniture to architecture, before the february 28 deadline.
Jan 02, 2026each chair reflects an individual child’s input and imagination.
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video (10)
the animated film and album track explore themes of reflection and inner experience.
connections: +140
Sep 19, 2025video devices project live and recorded images from the paired site.
private courtyards (134)
Feb 26, 2026colored patterned modules accommodate stages, tribunes, bleachers, and kiosks.
Feb 06, 2026stones from the rock excavation are reused within the interior of peacock ha’il café.
residential architecture and interiors (4768)
Mar 03, 2026during construction, builders temporarily relocated the site’s large boulders and later returned them to their original positions.
Mar 02, 2026the design incorporates elements that regulate exposure and enclosure.
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arquitectura-G (17)
Dec 20, 2025a roofed porch traces a perfect square, enclosing a 15 × 15 meter courtyard framed by a colonnade.
Dec 12, 2025designboom'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)
Feb 27, 2026these impepinable studio-designed offices for agrosemillas reinterpret industrial construction with reused shipping containers.
Feb 24, 2026the milestone positions the cross as the highest point of the basilica and finalizes the grouping of its six central towers.
sculpture (518)
Mar 04, 2026two recessed ‘eyes’ introduce a subtle anthropomorphic presence.
connections: +2060
Feb 27, 2026fiberglass is retained as primary material expression rather than decorative effect.
ceramic art and design (246)
Mar 03, 2026a series of ceramic bathtubs by studio LOHO and sharon van overmeiren shows carved motifs that suggest historical references.
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Feb 14, 2026ancient animal-figured vessels are translated into transparent forms defined by symmetry and abstraction.
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design interviews (118)
Dec 19, 2025designboom discusses with the designer his early years on construction sites and his recent immersion in clay.
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Dec 19, 2025dubai 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
May 10, 2024'kindachess' is 3D printed with naturally degradable bioplastics, and when stacked, forms the lines of the ukraine flag.
connections: +1010
robots (599)
Feb 27, 2026the project critiques the idea of fixed historical truth, positioning history as perpetually in flux.
Feb 25, 2026the 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)
Mar 03, 2026during construction, builders temporarily relocated the site’s large boulders and later returned them to their original positions.
Mar 01, 2026the design follows proportional rules derived from the golden section and the logarithmic spiral associated with the nautilus fossil.
architecture in korea (479)
Feb 20, 2026varying pipe diameters generate a layered and inhabitable spatial composition.
Feb 14, 2026the aged condition of the house is treated as a material archive.
retail interiors (826)
Mar 04, 2026the 180-square-meter space combines record retail, vinyl listening zones, a photo studio and community infrastructure.
Mar 02, 2026gradient pink mirrors line the preserved brick perimeter.
facades (464)
Mar 02, 2026exposed reinforced concrete defines the material expression.
Feb 28, 2026terraced courtyards extend the interplay between solid and void.
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