Jan 10, 2026kengo kuma will sensitively renovate the historic l'aventure michelin museum with its industrial heritage and rhythmic sawtooth roof.
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renovation and restoration architecture and design (1135)
Jan 10, 2026
Jan 09, 2026original architectural features, including the brick facade and rounded corners, are retained.
architecture in the US (1643)
Jan 08, 2026wittman estes hides the compact, one-bedroom cabin among the forests of plain, washington.
Jan 04, 2026new photographs offer a detailed view of the osofsky house, norman jaffe’s 1971 modernist beach home, as it returns to the market.
theaters (139)
Dec 17, 2025at hong kong's central yards, UNS designs a landmark theater with sculptural interiors united by an intricate lattice shell.
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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.
snohetta (197)
Nov 24, 2025the event features hands-on workshops, design challenges, expert-led mentorships, exhibitions, and panels that examine how creativity shapes communities.
Nov 18, 2025snøhetta draws inspiration from the rhine, as the opera house's interiors read as an eroded cavern in central düsseldorf.
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restaurant and café design (928)
Jan 07, 2026various associates forms scattered, stone-like structures emerging from the terrain, blending architecture with the valley landscape.
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Jan 06, 2026caffè nazionale is a restoration project by AMAA set beneath a nineteenth-century city hall colonnade in arzignano, italy.
architecture in poland (169)
Dec 12, 2025the design takes the familiar elements of frosting, piped borders, and sugar decorations and reworks them into architectural motifs.
Oct 05, 2025movement across the piece continuously reshapes its form.
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children's spaces (142)
Jan 08, 2026for the seating elements, hsc designs incorporates repurposed tires and timber.
Jan 05, 2026designed by XISUI, the 'old beijing bus' reinterprets a BK640 to create a durable steel and timber playscape.
cork (58)
Nov 25, 2025undoing the idea of penafiel as a city split down the middle, the project establishes a new southern entrance and redefines the relationship with the historic center.
connections: +480
Sep 20, 2025luca cipelletti's 'gioco' at the triennale milano is a flexible installation with modular cork and pine furnishings for children's play.
luca cipelletti / AR.CH.IT (6)
Sep 20, 2025luca cipelletti's 'gioco' at the triennale milano is a flexible installation with modular cork and pine furnishings for children's play.
Apr 25, 2025philippe malouin’s green modular furniture brings flexibility to the forefront, making the space adaptable for a range of sound-centered events.
smarin (9)
Jan 12, 2024the reception area presents a modular construction, screwless system of furnishing and structuring with an ecological material palette.
connections: +790
Oct 12, 2023the cushions play with vast scales and biophilic forms, their shapes and densities allowing for limitless installation possibilities.
connections: +760
architecture in italy (647)
Jan 06, 2026caffè nazionale is a restoration project by AMAA set beneath a nineteenth-century city hall colonnade in arzignano, italy.
Jan 01, 2026the compact structure offers a brief pause along the path, oscillating between the typologies of chapel, shelter, and shipwreck.
modular design (164)
Jan 09, 2026the design is a response to automated driving, where the vehicle can manage all driving tasks within certain conditions without human input.
Jan 09, 2026vertical farming modules are embedded within the architectural structure.
connections: +250
milan triennale (52)
Sep 20, 2025luca cipelletti's 'gioco' at the triennale milano is a flexible installation with modular cork and pine furnishings for children's play.
Jun 21, 2025the research has already been applied to the 3D printed biostructures inside the canada pavilion at the venice architecture biennale 2025 as well as in dafne's skin at triennale milano.
town and concrete (15)
Oct 11, 2025interlocking tubular stars in mirroring silver skin shift with the movement of clouds and sunlight.
Sep 20, 2025cyril lancelin's pyramid curbs inflatable installation transforms the city into a geometric playground.
interactive installation (515)
Jan 08, 2026carbon rods, 3D printed joints, and kite-canvas discs form its lightweight structure.
Jan 07, 2026oas/s-ely installation operates as both an architectural object and an interactive platform.
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inflatable structures (159)
Nov 24, 2025by pumping air into the light piece, users reveal the fragile tension between rigid aluminum frames and inflating membranes.
Nov 13, 2025polymeter by plastique fantastique explores the intersection between material permanence and natural decay.
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