Jan 16, 2026the designer imagines a world in which crystal no longer exists, forcing future owners to substitute missing elements with whatever they can find.
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crosby studios / harry nuriev (19)
Jan 16, 2026
Nov 21, 2025crosby studios approaches the renovation by preserving traces of long-paused agricultural life while inserting elements drawn from its own material vocabulary.
renovation and restoration architecture and design (1162)
Mar 04, 2026plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
Mar 04, 2026new images unveil the final vision for manresa wilds, as BIG and SCAPE reimagine a 1960s power plant as a civic hub within a 125-acre waterfront park.
architecture in the UK (467)
Feb 26, 2026studio bark's minimalist house in england combines low carbon construction, orchard restoration, and an inverted layout.
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Jan 20, 2026the proposal draws from a historic english architectural feature composed of alternating curves.
architecture in london (275)
Mar 06, 2026the transparent housing highlights the speaker’s internal structure.
Mar 04, 2026plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
architectural photography (396)
Feb 16, 2026new photographs reveal the midcentury modern kappe house in california with its redwood structure of complex, interlocking platforms.
Feb 10, 2026the images dwell on the tension between weight and lightness, capturing thick masonry walls and ornamental facades counterbalanced by exhibition spaces.
architectural icons (16)
Mar 04, 2026plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
Feb 17, 2026this apartment inside le corbusier’s cité radieuse in marseille reveals the spatial ambition of the iconic unité d’habitation.
david altrath (22)
Feb 08, 2026 the church translates the vertical ambition of gothic architecture into an austere expressionist language built entirely from yellow danish brick.
Dec 28, 2025the photographer captures the concrete extension as a study in balance, showing how the architecture highlights history without overshadowing it.
interactive installation (542)
a cubic image body is constructed from 144 vertical glass strips.
Mar 04, 2026the project transforms sand into an interactive medium that invites play, reflection, and collective gathering.
connections: +570
morag myerscough (19)
Nov 21, 2025graphic patterns and bold colors define the composition’s visual identity by morag myerscough.
Apr 15, 2024the kinetic forms of 'dancing in the sky' hover in the sky, seemingly harmonized with the energy of the activity on the ground and the sun above.
architecture in australia (512)
Jan 09, 2026the 3XN-designed sydney fish market brings a breezy market hall and waterfront promenade to sydney harbour.
Dec 10, 2025melanie cobham explores feelings of displacement and belonging through documentary and street photography.
connections: +960
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.
connections: +830
Feb 26, 2026rootstudio’s interventions in oaxaca integrate perforated metal structures to bring public art to public transport.
architecture in new york (661)
Mar 03, 2026the polished stainless steel fence developed into a recognizable marker within immigrant neighborhoods, carrying layered cultural and socioeconomic connotations.
Feb 10, 2026the civic project establishes a multi-level public hub for fitness, recreation, and learning.
connections: +730
practice for architecture and urbanism (PAU) / vishaan chakrabarti (5)
Nov 21, 2025a new vision for new york city's scaffolding is unveiled by arup and PAU, with a fresh, pedestrian-centric approach.
Oct 11, 2023set in cleveland, the expansion reinterprets pei's organization of solid shapes 'dancing' around a central transparent pyramid.
arup (39)
Jan 28, 2026the arena translates the elliptical geometry of milan’s ancient roman amphitheater into a contemporary civic building.
Aug 16, 2025timber forms the beams, columns, and floors of the building.
smart home technology (126)
Mar 07, 2026the three modules collect the electromagnetic fields from around the house and store them into the devices so owners can reuse them.
connections: +340
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.
robots (601)
Mar 09, 2026moved one by one by a robotic arm every single minute, the automated device is roughly the size of a chopping board, so it can fit on the user’s desk.
connections: +2120
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.
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