Nov 24, 2025by pumping air into the light piece, users reveal the fragile tension between rigid aluminum frames and inflating membranes.
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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.
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Dec 15, 2025the temporary installation reinterprets the traditional christmas market as eighteen open-air rooms for reflection.
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Dec 13, 2025thatch-filled pillows with circular openings form a regular grid across the installation’s exterior facade.
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Dec 17, 2025the project restores aspects of the original structure and introduces new spaces that align the museum with current international standards.
Dec 16, 2025the barbican centre will be closed from june 2028 until summer 2029 for an ambitious renovation led by buro happold and asif khan.
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Dec 23, 2025titled fun palace, the installation combines five looping ball-track systems with five sculptural architectural forms.
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Dec 16, 2025courtyards of varying sizes surround the central house volume, merging living spaces with the urban realm.
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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.
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Dec 18, 2025designed by luca poian forms and frade arquitectos, 'espardenyer' proposes a climate responsive congress centre for elche, spain.
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daniel arsham (57)
Oct 10, 2025daniel arsham's first hublot wristwatch is recognized by a splash-shaped aperture on the dial and the artist's signature green accents.
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Jun 06, 2024the arsham droplet pocket watch is enclosed in a titanium case and lined with side bumpers in a custom arsham green rubber.
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timepiece design (419)
Dec 19, 2025happy time operates as a small, conceptual sculpture for the wrist, offering a slowed, ambiguous experience of duration.
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Dec 09, 2025a traveler’s watch, it was the japanese architect masayuki kurokawa that designed the accessory way back in 1999.
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Oct 10, 2025daniel arsham's first hublot wristwatch is recognized by a splash-shaped aperture on the dial and the artist's signature green accents.
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Sep 06, 2024the watch features a cone-shaped case paired with an oversized cylindrical crown, embodying the bold aesthetics of postmodern architecture.
retail interiors (804)
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Dec 18, 2025sejima frames the project as a garden-like environment that operates on its own sense of time.
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where people work (983)
Dec 18, 2025vertical metal fins establish a consistent rhythm across the office building’s facade.
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Dec 16, 2025courtyards of varying sizes surround the central house volume, merging living spaces with the urban realm.
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Oct 30, 2025the new vipp lofoten guesthouse is designed by LOGG ARKITEKTER as an elevated timber retreat in snøhetta's village on the coast of norway.
Oct 10, 2025the structure by oslotre is composed entirely of mass timber, with glulam columns and beams.
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Dec 22, 2025from bamboo vaults rising in flood-prone villages to inflatable dream temples, here are ten pavilions reshaping how we think about space right now.
by embedding a sensor‑driven mechanism, phantom chess bridges centuries of analog play with the analytical power of modern chess engines.
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