Nov 30, 2025exterior colors echo the earthy tones of the surrounding landscape.
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architecture in the netherlands (394)
Nov 30, 2025
Nov 28, 2025each block's unique combination of fenestration and color references different landmarks across rotterdam.
renovation and restoration architecture and design (1126)
Dec 17, 2025the project restores aspects of the original structure and introduces new spaces that align the museum with current international standards.
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.
hufton + crow (52)
Aug 22, 2025new photographs of MAD’s fenix museum of migration, with its tornado staircase, capture its first summer open to the public in rotterdam.
Dec 05, 2024mareterra adds six hectares to monaco with walkable promenades, parks, and a marina.
MAD architects (176)
Nov 13, 2025the institution focuses on storytelling across classic illustration, muralism, comic art, science fiction imagery, and cinematic artifacts.
Oct 03, 2025MAD designs the cultural plaza as a cluster of monolithic buildings and rolling landscape between shenzhen and the bay.
museums and galleries (844)
Dec 17, 2025lina ghotmeh leads a phased expansion of mathaf: arab museum of modern art in doha that reshapes the campus for research and making.
Dec 17, 2025the project restores aspects of the original structure and introduces new spaces that align the museum with current international standards.
materials (177)
Dec 17, 2025the startup everbloom describes the output as softer than merino, more indulgent than cashmere, and stronger than silk.
Dec 12, 2025in the recent discovery, the researchers show that the romans used quicklime, mixed it dry with volcanic ash, and added water to make the binding material.
textile and fabric art (78)
Dec 15, 2025the temporary installation reinterprets the traditional christmas market as eighteen open-air rooms for reflection.
Nov 20, 2025the work recasts the vaulted interior as an environment where color behaves like sound, drifting, echoing, and reshaping the perception of depth.
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lighting design (549)
Dec 24, 2025la mécanique de noël installation examines festive gatherings through spatial design and mechanics.
limited to 100 units and releasing in late january 2026, the piece explores material perception, scale, and the cultural intimacy of japanese paper.
connections: +870
smart home technology (121)
Nov 20, 2025made to complete household tasks, the roving device features a round head, a head with a hat-like top piece, and a torso shaped like a cylinder.
connections: +760
Nov 18, 2025detailed in the annual report, the researchers at PIRG tested smart devices for kids to see how safe they are to use, especially when the parents are not around.
personal technology (174)
Dec 18, 2025built by content creator peter sripol, the personal air vehicle is lightweight enough to carry one person to the sky, or at least it tries to.
connections: +620
Dec 15, 2025a way to let people learn and practice electronics, the magnetic device brings prototyping, coding, and testing into a single system behind the phones.
connections: +330
wood and timber architecture and design (1353)
Dec 24, 2025wooden columns replace walls to create an open interior flow within the single-story nursery school.
Dec 22, 2025from bamboo vaults rising in flood-prone villages to inflatable dream temples, here are ten pavilions reshaping how we think about space right now.
prefabricated homes and buildings (219)
Nov 26, 2025MVRDV’s facade for 'irwell hill residences' in singapore employs modular construction to create shifting depth and pockets of greenery.
Nov 12, 2025the architectural language draws from bird nests, cocoons, and other biological structures, translating them into a modular system of fluid geometries.
residential architecture and interiors (4664)
Dec 20, 2025a roofed porch traces a perfect square, enclosing a 15 × 15 meter courtyard framed by a colonnade.
Dec 18, 2025the design is inspired by the geometry and structure of a voluminous tent.
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