Mar 06, 2026at london’s hayward gallery, chiharu shiota fills galleries with intricate webs of thread while yin xiuzhen constructs environments from worn garments.
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exhibitions (188)
social impact (14)
Feb 23, 2026comprising two parts that snap together, the accessory brings colors to the clinical-looking canister, made from aluminum and polymer.
final call! enter the A’ design award and competition 2026 across all categories, from furniture to architecture, before the february 28 deadline.
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.
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library architecture and design (285)
Feb 24, 2026kengo kuma & associates plans the timber library as a rising spiral, its entire program organized around a central, top-lit lobby.
Feb 19, 2026vertical symmetry reinforces the room’s formal composition.
chanel (5)
Jan 28, 2026scattered across the pale pink floor, monumental mushroom structures rise at varying heights and diameters.
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Nov 27, 2025the 1,700-square-meter space comprises more than 10,000 publicly accessible books and media drawn from a wider 50,000-item collection.
architecture in shanghai (258)
Mar 05, 2026the folded steel plate surface forms a gently sloped topography across the stage.
Feb 23, 2026snøhetta references the image of a traditional folding fan, a motif repeated across the project’s interiors and circulation spaces.
eVTOL (84)
described as a one-person electric aircraft, it operates at low altitude and uses electric propulsion instead of propellers.
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Oct 16, 2025designed to be small enough to fold and fit in the trunk of a car, the portable vehicle is easy to deploy and unfold.
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personal technology (201)
Mar 07, 2026the three modules collect the electromagnetic fields from around the house and store them into the devices so owners can reuse them.
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Mar 05, 2026EntoPedia reframes insect collecting as documentation and learning.
Energy (8)
Dec 27, 2025a DIY kit that users need to assemble themselves, the device comes with a USB port and power cable that supply energy to the box.
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described as a one-person electric aircraft, it operates at low altitude and uses electric propulsion instead of propellers.
connections: +290
art and architecture in abu dhabi (25)
Dec 21, 2025the abstracted landscape is formed through organic structures, referencing the mythical garden of eden.
Dec 03, 2025working like a wind tower in reverse, five lightweight steel wings draw cool air up from ducts buried deep underground and exhale hot air through the towers.
studio drift (33)
Nov 27, 2025the works are staged within mangroves, tidal waterways, and open sky, allowing technology and environment to operate as a single system.
Sep 01, 2025the project transforms five monumental 19th-century factory halls into a dynamic destination where art, architecture, and sustainability converge.
light installation art (204)
Mar 03, 2026ripple-like distortions prevent stable reflections within the enclosure.
Feb 27, 2026fiberglass is retained as primary material expression rather than decorative effect.
public art (746)
Mar 03, 2026emily quandahl and madeline cochran's 'quilt shanty' transforms a hoop house into a patchwork artwork on lake harriet outside minneapolis.
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Feb 26, 2026rootstudio’s interventions in oaxaca integrate perforated metal structures to bring public art to public transport.
architecture in georgia (35)
Feb 23, 2026the project is the first international kindergarten in the country, housed in a building specifically developed around child-centered principles.
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Feb 12, 2026by intersecting industrial coldness with the organic vitality of a flower shop and café, the project creates a spatial portal defined by futuristic precision.
architects of invention (7)
Nov 27, 2025alternating oval and rectangular plans by architects of invention create a rhythmic vertical facade.
Nov 08, 2016the competition entry sees the renovation of sydhavnen church where its angular verticality will be taken advantage of for the internal programs.
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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