Dec 28, 2025the photographer captures the concrete extension as a study in balance, showing how the architecture highlights history without overshadowing it.
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Dec 17, 2024‘context, form, and light’ examines the fundamental principles that shape architecture, spotlighting modernist monuments and contemporary pavilions.
photography (442)
through dazzling, faceless constructions, he turns the photographic portrait into a site of playful disappearance and self-invented identity.
connections: +440
Dec 25, 2025after revisiting the striking photography projects we covered over the past 12 months, we've curated a selection of the top 10.
david altrath (21)
Dec 28, 2025the photographer captures the concrete extension as a study in balance, showing how the architecture highlights history without overshadowing it.
Nov 21, 2025altrath focuses on the constant shifts of light, weather, and movement that animate the megastructure of the brutalist icon.
architecture in portugal (421)
Dec 28, 2025local stone and concrete form the core material palette, while warm wood elements soften the building by shovk.
Dec 25, 2025HPA arquitetura's casa corten reinterprets an industrial site in portugal through corten steel volumes shaped the slope.
assistive devices (50)
Dec 28, 2025the device activates automatically when picked up, turns off when placed down, and functions on its own without a power button.
Nov 29, 2025a project by students, the autonomous device follows a smart pattern that allows it to plant different local species in a randomized sequence.
connections: +640
timepiece design (420)
Dec 19, 2025happy time operates as a small, conceptual sculpture for the wrist, offering a slowed, ambiguous experience of duration.
connections: +440
Dec 09, 2025a traveler’s watch, it was the japanese architect masayuki kurokawa that designed the accessory way back in 1999.
connections: +420
social impact (10)
Dec 28, 2025the device activates automatically when picked up, turns off when placed down, and functions on its own without a power button.
Dec 17, 2025from 3D printed coral reefs to eggshell composite butterfly nests, designboom looks back at the top 10 social impact stories that defined 2025.
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wood and timber architecture and design (1358)
Dec 28, 2025local stone and concrete form the core material palette, while warm wood elements soften the building by shovk.
Dec 28, 2025the device activates automatically when picked up, turns off when placed down, and functions on its own without a power button.
architecture in china (2031)
Dec 29, 2025its floor of ultra-clear laminated glass offers uninterrupted views into the abyss, while the red weathering steel cladding references tibetan cultural colors.
Dec 28, 2025the project explores architecture as a lightweight and reversible intervention in nature.
connections: +9210
- architecture in china (2031)
- architecture on stilts (101)
- cabin architecture and design (383)
- prefabricated homes and buildings (220)
- residential architecture and interiors (4670)
- spaces under 50 sqm (310)
- treehouse architecture and design (124)
- wiki world (13)
- wood and timber architecture and design (1358)
treehouse architecture and design (124)
Dec 28, 2025the project explores architecture as a lightweight and reversible intervention in nature.
connections: +9210
- architecture in china (2031)
- architecture on stilts (101)
- cabin architecture and design (383)
- prefabricated homes and buildings (220)
- residential architecture and interiors (4670)
- spaces under 50 sqm (310)
- treehouse architecture and design (124)
- wiki world (13)
- wood and timber architecture and design (1358)
Nov 12, 2025the architectural language draws from bird nests, cocoons, and other biological structures, translating them into a modular system of fluid geometries.
wiki world (13)
Nov 08, 2025elevated timber construction preserves the forest floor and supports low-impact living.
connections: +8940
May 15, 2025the cabins rest above a raised terrace, creating a sheltered outdoor space beneath the structures.
residential architecture and interiors (4670)
Dec 28, 2025local stone and concrete form the core material palette, while warm wood elements soften the building by shovk.
Dec 28, 2025the project explores architecture as a lightweight and reversible intervention in nature.
connections: +9210
- architecture in china (2031)
- architecture on stilts (101)
- cabin architecture and design (383)
- prefabricated homes and buildings (220)
- residential architecture and interiors (4670)
- spaces under 50 sqm (310)
- treehouse architecture and design (124)
- wiki world (13)
- wood and timber architecture and design (1358)
prefabricated homes and buildings (220)
Dec 28, 2025the project explores architecture as a lightweight and reversible intervention in nature.
connections: +9210
- architecture in china (2031)
- architecture on stilts (101)
- cabin architecture and design (383)
- prefabricated homes and buildings (220)
- residential architecture and interiors (4670)
- spaces under 50 sqm (310)
- treehouse architecture and design (124)
- wiki world (13)
- wood and timber architecture and design (1358)
Nov 26, 2025MVRDV’s facade for 'irwell hill residences' in singapore employs modular construction to create shifting depth and pockets of greenery.
cabin architecture and design (383)
Dec 28, 2025the project explores architecture as a lightweight and reversible intervention in nature.
connections: +9210
- architecture in china (2031)
- architecture on stilts (101)
- cabin architecture and design (383)
- prefabricated homes and buildings (220)
- residential architecture and interiors (4670)
- spaces under 50 sqm (310)
- treehouse architecture and design (124)
- wiki world (13)
- wood and timber architecture and design (1358)
Dec 27, 2025designed to respond to the long arctic sunlight, pirinen & salo's 'home on a hill' rises above lake inari in northern finland.
spaces under 50 sqm (310)
Dec 12, 2025the design takes the familiar elements of frosting, piped borders, and sugar decorations and reworks them into architectural motifs.
Dec 11, 2025the structure channels the visual DNA of buenos aires’ iconic buses through its softly curved roof, which directs rainwater away.
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