JR sends giant wave across vatican apostolic library facade with 'diluvium'
JR's 70 meter-wide wave sweeps across the facade of the vatican's library, turning its deepest conservation fear into a monumental image.
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JR’s inflatable cave across the pont neuf is now open in paris
the cavernous installation 'la caverne du pont neuf' is created from printed fabric and an inflatable structure.
SO arquitetura stacks tiny azores home onto 13 square-meter footprint
built upward from a tiny footprint, the compact home orients its brightest living spaces toward the sea.
circular courtyard pool opens house by pedro henrique to sky and light in portugal
concrete, corten steel, glass, and natural wood shape the low horizontal volume that appears to hover above the ground.
greenhouse converts into inhabitable light installation for music festival in the UK
sprayed yellow aluminum, black PVC and off-the-shelf fixings transform this domestic garden structure into a glowing beacon and gathering space.
contemporary orangery reimagines ancient botanical mythology of hecate’s garden
hecate's garden reinterprets ancient plant lore into a tactile glasshouse restaurant and self-cultivated orangery.
groundbreaking smart tech winners fueling the A’ design award 2026 call for entries
discover award-winning tech products curated by designboom and enter the A' design award 2026 to showcase your design on an international stage.
uncovering furniture and interior concepts that prioritize identity over uniformity
discover the A’ design award and competition stand-out projects and learn how to submit your work for the upcoming 2027 edition.
what we learned: modes of habitation
the spaces we inhabit reveal themselves as active participants in everyday life, shaping how we move, work, rest, and meet others.
georgia o’keeffe: architecture and the artist’s homes, buildings, and landscapes
through nearly forty paintings, the detroit show goes inside the built structures the famed american painter depicted in her lifetime.
why does living underground feel so strange?
underground homes reveal a tension between the physical comfort of shelter and the psychological pull of the world above.
PAX embeds cavernous museum into norway’s fjord landscape
the danish studio proposes 'the cave' museum to appear as a narrow crevice in the sloping landscape.
dubai gallery pairs open white exhibition halls with a concealed, brick-toned museum room
walls held back from the glazed facade frame glimpses of the art while preserving a continuous interior volume.
UNS's newly completed wasl tower leans into a twisting contrapposto stance over dubai
UNS completes wasl tower in dubai with a twisting form and ceramic facade that employs sustainable strategies for high rise design.
la cabina de la curiosidad suspends timber 'nests' beneath eucalyptus roof in ecuador
an elevated eucalyptus structure brings bedrooms and daylight above the retained block walls of this perucho home.
la miradora house by taller general opens to volcano views in machachi, ecuador
taller general sensitively designs la mirador to respect the fragile landscape backdropped by ecuador's meadows and volcanoes.
minqa atelier steps charred timber refuge down a steep slope in ecuador’s chocó forest
stepped teak platforms follow a forest slope above gabions walls filled with river stones.
SANAA-led team wins ecuador national museum competition after revised selection process
designed as an extension of the landscape, 'estratos vivos' arranges galleries around planted courtyards, shaded terraces, and circular volumes.
'less materiality means more humanity': philippe starck on the designeuropa lifetime award
philippe starck discusses dematerialization and the future of design as the lucrative of the designeuropa lifetime achievement award 2026.
'first for mental workout and game': how starck's iconic lemon squeezer broke the mold
more than 35 years after its debut, the aluminum citrus squeezer continues to spark debate, proving that the most influential designs are not always the most practical.
KOSMOS transforms mallorcan townhouse by giving old materials new roles
set on the steep slopes of banyalbufar, the family home turns the practical difficulties of building in a remote village into part of its architecture.
multifunctional furniture ‘DICE’ is a wooden stool, coffee table, leg bench and lamp at once
KOSMOS architects’ multifunctional wooden piece of furniture ‘DICE’ is also portable, as the compact design object can fit in a handbag.
compact forest cabin by wiki world takes shape as a red wooden submarine
the elevated structure allows the woodland to remain continuous beneath the house.
playful crimson timber cabin floats above a stream in chinese cultural park
translucent panels define the bridge-like passage between the floating cabin and the land.
architect-designed cabins offer temporary homes for writers at jan michalski foundation
nine cabins designed by kengo kuma & associates, elemental, studio MK27 and other practices provide dedicated spaces for writers and translators to live and work.
from refuge to prototype: why cabins keep redefining how we live
our renewed obsession with cabins reveals what contemporary life may be getting wrong about comfort, connection and escape.
inside tom sachs’ handmade '31 rue cambon', plywood becomes chanel couture
thirty-one plywood suits fill tom sachs’ handmade version of chanel’s historic paris address in downtown new york.
tom sachs turns ceramic failures into a language of craft throughout salon 94
patched NASA bowls, flower-filled vessels, and wood furniture turn breakage into a visible part of the making process.
community-led cultural hub provides permanent home for black creative education in new orleans
the black school creates a permanent space for creative education, neighborhood gathering, and black self-determination shaped through 18 months of community design research.
wallmakers rethinks tropical design through reused shipping containers and poured earth
wallmakers transforms shipping containers into climate-responsive 'petti restaurant' through earth insulation and passive cooling.
artist gerhard richter designs hexagonal doha pavilion from his strip paintings
a digital experiment begun more than a decade ago expands across the walls and interior of gerhard richter’s new pavilion in doha, qatar.
selldorf architects and STUDIOS architecture win competition to transform the louvre
the project introduces new public entrances, landscaped moats, and underground galleries that reconnect the louvre’s historic eastern facade with the city of paris.
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competitions 
The Oak Moon Pavilion $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: march 1st, 2027 Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2026 $ 115,875.00 USD deadline: october 20th, 2026 Wonder Global Design Awards 2026 Season 2 deadline: january 31st, 2027 2026 Tokyo Design Awards Season #2 deadline: october 15th, 2026 Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027 Valli Wine Tasting Room $ 11,632.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 Museum of Emotions #9 $ 9,140.00 USD deadline: february 22nd, 2027 2026 London Design Awards Season 2 deadline: december 17th, 2026 TACTICAL URBANISM NOW! 2026 $ 10,000.00 USD deadline: october 30th, 2026 The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027 all competitions
The Oak Moon Pavilion $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: march 1st, 2027 
Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2026 $ 115,875.00 USD deadline: october 20th, 2026 
Wonder Global Design Awards 2026 Season 2 deadline: january 31st, 2027 
2026 Tokyo Design Awards Season #2 deadline: october 15th, 2026 
Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027 
Valli Wine Tasting Room $ 11,632.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 
Museum of Emotions #9 $ 9,140.00 USD deadline: february 22nd, 2027 
2026 London Design Awards Season 2 deadline: december 17th, 2026 
TACTICAL URBANISM NOW! 2026 $ 10,000.00 USD deadline: october 30th, 2026 
The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027 
