Jan 08, 2026brought to CES 2026 in las vegas, the car manufacturer’s GLC model is dubbed the first vehicle with vegan fittings in the cabin.
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biomaterials (37)
Jan 08, 2026
Jan 07, 2026in normal conditions, it can break down in soil in around four to six weeks, since it is made from bagasse, the fibrous by-product of sugar production.
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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.
residential architecture and interiors (4686)
Jan 09, 2026local stone anchors the structure to the terrain, while concrete and timber define a calm, durable architectural language.
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Jan 09, 2026original architectural features, including the brick facade and rounded corners, are retained.
architecture in france (720)
Jan 10, 2026kengo kuma will sensitively renovate the historic l'aventure michelin museum with its industrial heritage and rhythmic sawtooth roof.
Dec 30, 2025paf atelier and BB architectes design the orange steel structure to reorganize living spaces without partitions.
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.
sabine marcelis (25)
Sep 16, 2025shown during the lake como design festival, the installation is set to remain in place for the hotel guests through the end of the summer season.
Sep 06, 2024water flows from multiple points within the installation, cascading with mesmerizing movement and sound.
EDITION Hotels (7)
Nov 10, 2024the opening in ginza follows three years after the brand’s first foray into japan with the tokyo EDITION, toranomon.
Jul 08, 2024from gold to real leaf, the singapore EDITION hotel infuses nature to create a luxury and lifestyle retreat in the bustling southeast asian country.
pink (42)
Dec 18, 2025calibrated to complete a full rotation every two minutes, the work takes a familiar fairground structure and transforms it into a sculptural environment.
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Dec 12, 2025the design takes the familiar elements of frosting, piped borders, and sugar decorations and reworks them into architectural motifs.
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: +610
Dec 09, 2025speaking to designboom, mandlik positions factory 5.0 as a framework for rethinking material futures.
grimshaw architects (52)
Sep 15, 2025nicholas grimshaw, the architect known for works like the eden project in cornwall and new york's fulton center, has died at the age of 85.
connections: +160
Mar 28, 2025k-studio has joined forces with with grimshaw, haptic, arup, leslie jones, triagonal and plan A to design the expansion of the athens international airport (AIA).
obituaries (109)
martin parr, one of the most influential photographers of his generation, passed away on december 6th, 2025, in bristol at the age of 73.
connections: +550
with the legendary architect's passing, we are revisiting the buildings that redefined what architecture could look and feel like.
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museums and galleries (846)
Jan 11, 2026conceived as an experiential landscape, the museum guides visitors through a spatial narrative of occupation, destruction, liberation, and rebuilding.
Jan 06, 2026mathematical geometry informs the building’s formal transformations.
connections: +940
landscape architecture and design (111)
Jan 08, 2026for the seating elements, hsc designs incorporates repurposed tires and timber.
Nov 19, 2025at the center of SoBA’s sports park is an interpretation of 'water sleeves,' the flowing garments worn as part of kunqu opera.
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.
herzog and de meuron (188)
Nov 07, 2025designboom attended a preview of the renovated breuer building, a much-loved landmark in new york now home to sotheby's global HQ.
Oct 13, 2025the team proposes an inventive reuse strategy that retains half of scandinavium arena's original structure.
alexander calder (6)
Sep 15, 2025designboom visited calder gardens ahead of its opening in philadelphia to explore piet oudolf's meadows and herzog & de meuron's galleries.
Jul 02, 2025the aurora scandinavian concours transforms båstad, sweden into a midsummer showcase of rare classics, restomods, and supercars.
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