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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architecture in the UK (465)
Dec 16, 2025
Nov 21, 2025altrath focuses on the constant shifts of light, weather, and movement that animate the megastructure of the brutalist icon.
private courtyards (130)
Dec 20, 2025a roofed porch traces a perfect square, enclosing a 15 × 15 meter courtyard framed by a colonnade.
Dec 13, 2025thatch-filled pillows with circular openings form a regular grid across the installation’s exterior facade.
residential architecture and interiors (4665)
Dec 25, 2025the modest structure explores how light and seasonal conditions can continually reshape interior experience.
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Dec 18, 2025the design is inspired by the geometry and structure of a voluminous tent.
architecture in china (2029)
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.
virtual and augmented reality (215)
Sep 27, 2025instead of using a handheld controller, the device relies on people’s legs and feet and translates them into movement inside the virtual world and game.
guided by a fictional museum guard on his last day of work, participants explore dreamlike spaces where paintings come alive through the power of virtual reality.
museums and galleries (844)
Dec 17, 2025lina ghotmeh leads a phased expansion of mathaf: arab museum of modern art in doha that reshapes the campus for research and making.
Dec 17, 2025the project restores aspects of the original structure and introduces new spaces that align the museum with current international standards.
digital exhibition tour (51)
guided by a fictional museum guard on his last day of work, participants explore dreamlike spaces where paintings come alive through the power of virtual reality.
Mar 24, 2022first-of-its-kind exhibition on february 15th, 2022, london retailer ‘selfridges’ posted a video and caption on instagram, an inkling of its entrance »
architecture in india (407)
Dec 17, 2025urbanscape architects design a sanctuarious home where psychological experience and light define every interconnected volume.
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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.
studio echelman (12)
Sep 26, 2025janet echelman merges climate data with structural engineering to create the suspended work 'remembering the future.'
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Jan 15, 2024suspended over wadi namar, the multicolored installation visually abstracts the data behind the 2010 earthquake and tsunami in chile.
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MIT news (83)
Dec 12, 2025in the recent discovery, the researchers show that the romans used quicklime, mixed it dry with volcanic ash, and added water to make the binding material.
Nov 19, 2025with this system developed by MIT engineers, clean water-making can take a few minutes versus the hours required by existing thermal designs.
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thread art and installations (39)
Dec 10, 2025lace figures emphasize both cultural symbolism and material construction.
on view at here east in london until november 2nd, 2025, the rope-making machine is part of the british artist’s long-running series, rope makers.
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recycling (454)
the current sample builds on the team’s previous research of the same topic, but this time, the version moves closer to manufacturing.
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Dec 17, 2025the startup everbloom describes the output as softer than merino, more indulgent than cashmere, and stronger than silk.
materials (177)
Dec 17, 2025the startup everbloom describes the output as softer than merino, more indulgent than cashmere, and stronger than silk.
Dec 12, 2025in the recent discovery, the researchers show that the romans used quicklime, mixed it dry with volcanic ash, and added water to make the binding material.
plastic art and design (111)
the current sample builds on the team’s previous research of the same topic, but this time, the version moves closer to manufacturing.
connections: +600
Dec 09, 2025speaking to designboom, mandlik positions factory 5.0 as a framework for rethinking material futures.
masterplans and urban revitalization (52)
Dec 11, 2025MVRDV’s plum village will deliver timber structures and landscapes that support retreat life through environmentally-responsive design.
Oct 25, 2025timber facades and green roofs merge NOA's 'renneria' masterplan with the mountain landscape of south tyrol, italy.
climate change (192)
Dec 17, 2025designed for research, recreation, and habitation, the system supports human-ocean coexistence.
Nov 19, 2025first presented in a simplified prototype during the venice architecture biennale 2025, aquapraça arrives in brazil in its complete form.
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