Feb 17, 2026named carbonado X, the vehicle has an opening on its top that guides air down into the engine, keeping the v12 engine cool.
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carbon fiber (141)
Feb 17, 2026
Dec 11, 2025assembled by hand, the string instruments adopt the lightweight material, which doesn’t react to temperature and humidity.
musical instruments (215)
Feb 03, 2026the instrument is housed in a wooden cabinet-like material with visible grain, giving it the impression of a handcrafted piece of furniture.
connections: +230
Jan 28, 2026resembling a modern kalimba, the device doubles as an interactive sound sculpture, as users may need to touch it to make music.
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3D printing (884)
Mar 02, 2026instead of using a single flat lens, the eyewear with 3D printed components uses multiple optical parts, including eight lenses in total.
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Feb 27, 2026building on an earlier two-ball model, the creator chops the rear ball to make way for a single-ball system.
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personal technology (200)
Mar 05, 2026EntoPedia reframes insect collecting as documentation and learning.
Mar 05, 2026designed to be a companion, the device is meant to live in a home the way a pet does: nearby, responsive, and emotionally present.
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.
underground architecture (103)
Dec 11, 2025ITM yooehwa slices the prayer room's rooftop with the form of a cross, visible only from the interior and from overhead.
Dec 05, 2025erdegard arkitekter's 'mountain chamber' is a metal-clad entrance and a concrete interior which preserves the surrounding rock cavern.
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concrete architecture and design (978)
Mar 06, 2026OMA’s mushroom pavilion opens at casa wabi in mexico as a concrete structure designed for community gathering and mushroom cultivation.
Mar 04, 2026two recessed ‘eyes’ introduce a subtle anthropomorphic presence.
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rooftop architecture and design (215)
Mar 02, 2026a curved roof split by a central linear skylight forms the villa’s geometry.
Feb 24, 2026kengo kuma & associates plans the timber library as a rising spiral, its entire program organized around a central, top-lit lobby.
church architecture and design (261)
Feb 24, 2026the milestone positions the cross as the highest point of the basilica and finalizes the grouping of its six central towers.
Feb 08, 2026 the church translates the vertical ambition of gothic architecture into an austere expressionist language built entirely from yellow danish brick.
federico babina (46)
Dec 10, 2025federico babina maps seventeen iconic museums using typography and geometric forms.
Nov 13, 2024federico babina blends architecture, light, color, and sound into a rhythmic 'urban mosaic.'
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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.
connections: +920
black and white (14)
Dec 10, 2025federico babina maps seventeen iconic museums using typography and geometric forms.
Oct 28, 2025steinway & sons' ultra black and white edition, limited to 52 pianos, features radical all-color keyboards, debuting alongside a bentley collaboration.
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architectural illustrations (47)
Jun 12, 2024the architectural flags wave lightly without the weight of political symbols that too often burden them with erroneous meanings.
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Apr 08, 2024the illustrator envisages buildings as vessels of storytelling, capable of whispering tales into the ears of observers as they sway in the breeze.
museums and galleries (862)
Mar 04, 2026TAO's chenhu wetland art center is designed as an array of dispersed walls for a porous connection with the landscape.
Mar 04, 2026plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
architecture in canada (285)
Feb 18, 2026the house breaks into distinct arms that follow the topography and orientation of the site.
Feb 13, 2026omar gandhi's 'east river residence' is elevated atop slender steel columns to float over the rocky terrain of nova scotia.
residential architecture and interiors (4769)
Mar 06, 2026olen is a composition of three morphological units: a point, a line, and a plane.
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Mar 03, 2026during construction, builders temporarily relocated the site’s large boulders and later returned them to their original positions.
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