helen & hard revives viking boatbuilding with whole-tree cabin on norway’s atlantic coast
helen & hard pairs viking-era boatbuilding logic with robotic milling to shape cabin sande’s expressive timber frame.
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new woodnest treehouses are suspended among pine forests of odda, norway
'woodnest' continues to grow among the forests overlooking norway's fjords, with each treehouse fastened to a single pine tree.
mamuli translates georgian culture and traditions into layered restaurant interior
the interior features intricate crafted elements like peppercorn balusters, beehive chandeliers, tree-trunk tables, and gold plaster.
lens installation uses rhythmic timber slats to frame island’s historic churches
the modular timber installation combines a spatial portal with an integrated wooden bench.
tato architects suspends arc tent somewhere between a hammock and a campsite
tato architects’ arc tent combines a suspended triangular structure with lightweight weather-resistant fabrics.
willem de haan stacks 12 tents vertically to question density and the way we occupy space
willem de haan’s eleven-metre structure turns a peaceful riverside campsite into a quiet reflection on the competition for space.
lassie robot dog pairs quadrupedal mobility with a soft removable knitted suit
lassie is designed to accompany walking, running, travel, and everyday routines.
this fold-out silicone bowl snaps onto reusable water bottles for dogs on the go
designed to slip around the base of a reusable bottle, the flexible sleeve unfolds into a drinking bowl whenever needed.
joshua vides’ mercedes SL500 looks like a drawing, and now it’s up for auction
joshua vides’ hand-painted mercedes SL500 -- now on auction -- turns a ’90s roadster into a full-scale automotive sketch.
five hand-painted cars fill joshua vides' monochromatic garage at the petersen
'flat out' turns car culture into a graphic space, with every seam, shadow and tire tread pulled into the artist's black-and-white linework.
bugatti hand-paints digital linework across W16 mistral 'blanc éternel'
a one-off commission turns the roadster’s hidden 3D modeling geometry into black-on-white bodywork with KPM porcelain details.
five hand-painted cars fill joshua vides' monochromatic garage at the petersen
'flat out' turns car culture into a graphic space, with every seam, shadow and tire tread pulled into the artist's black-and-white linework.
joshua vides’ mercedes SL500 looks like a drawing, and now it’s up for auction
joshua vides’ hand-painted mercedes SL500 -- now on auction -- turns a ’90s roadster into a full-scale automotive sketch.
first vegan electric car by mercedes-benz uses leather replica without animal fibers
brought to CES 2026 in las vegas, the car manufacturer’s GLC model is dubbed the first vehicle with vegan fittings in the cabin.
quail green and rose gold frame the obsessive details of spyker’s C8 preliator XXV
aircraft-inspired aluminum wraps the analog supercar built by spyker around an 800-hp V8 and a six-speed manual.
405 days from sketch to supercar, audi nuvolari arrives in monterey
at the quail during monterey car week, designboom was there as audi unveiled to the crowd the nuvolari, its new hybrid supercar.
twelve tanks and dripping aqueduct trace water loss at mies van der rohe barcelona pavilion
elevated tanks and a temporary aqueduct visualize the 12,000 liters of water estimated to evaporate from the mies van der rohe pavilion’s pool over 14 days.
concrete sculptures surface from the pond of mies van der rohe's barcelona pavilion
sculptures are cast using water drawn from the pavilion’s pond and they mirror the surrounding travertine surfaces.
triangulated steel lattice redefines new gateway to barcelona's logistics park
mias architects reinterprets the entrance as an architectural threshold, framing the everyday choreography of movement.
open patios and white geometric terraces extend casa blajot along catalan coast
exitprojectes rehabilitates casa blajot, a late work by josep lluís sert on the catalan coast, extending the house without disturbing the architectural intelligence that defines it.
twelve tanks and dripping aqueduct trace water loss at mies van der rohe barcelona pavilion
elevated tanks and a temporary aqueduct visualize the 12,000 liters of water estimated to evaporate from the mies van der rohe pavilion’s pool over 14 days.
fujiko nakaya turns mies van der rohe's berlin sculpture garden into a landscape of fog
the site-specific installation transforms the museum’s sculpture garden into an ever-changing landscape shaped by wind, humidity, and the movement of visitors.
1968 seoul residence is reshaped with courtyard, annex and timber frame
Isak Chung and Jinpyo Hong renovate a 1968 residence in Seoul with a courtyard, annex and reused air-raid shelter.
material, structure, and scent converge in so koizumi’s south korean solo exhibition
the exhibition combines koizumi’s work with pointtwofive·second’s scent-based environment.
yayoi kusama leaves behind a world of dots, mirrors and infinity
the artist leaves behind a seven-decade career spanning painting, sculpture, installation, performance, fiction, and poetry.
yayoi kusama unveils new infinity mirror room alongside 200 more works at NGV melbourne
transforming a gallery at NGV, 'my heart is filled to the brim with sparkling light' is the artist’s latest exploration of boundless visual realms.
david hockney, british painter who filled the world with color, dies aged 88
the artist spent more than six decades expanding the possibilities of painting, reshaping how contemporary art represents color, light, and everyday life.
georg baselitz, pioneer of inverted painting and postwar german art, dies at 88
the art world mourns the passing of georg baselitz, a force in postwar painting whose work reshaped the trajectory of contemporary art.
takaaki fuji + yuko fuji builds japanese home to be dismantled and moved with its residents
designed around a future road expansion, the timber house can be dismantled and assembled again on another site.
konstantinos gournas turns reclaimed marble sink into a mobile wash station
reclaimed marble and stainless steel turn a fixed domestic sink into a mobile wash station.
luca fontana turns a timber factory into a walkable roofscape in vancouver
the plank factory reimagines mass timber manufacturing as public architecture in stanley park.
deliberately uncomfortable stainless steel chair turns sitting into social commentary
polished, reflective and resolutely unsympathetic to lounging, the chair turns the simple act of sitting into something rather more loaded.
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L A M P International Lighting Design Competition deadline: october 31st, 2026 WDC 2028 Busan Pavilion International Design Competition $ 46,666.00 USD deadline: october 26th, 2026 New York High Falls Riverfront Market $ 10,000.00 USD deadline: january 18th, 2027 Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #4 $ 11,773.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 Underbridge #2 $ 9,290.00 USD deadline: october 19th, 2026 2026 Rome Design Awards Season 2 deadline: december 10th, 2026 Museum of Emotions #9 $ 9,140.00 USD deadline: february 22nd, 2027 Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces Edition #3 $ 11,618.00 USD deadline: october 12th, 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
L A M P International Lighting Design Competition deadline: october 31st, 2026 
WDC 2028 Busan Pavilion International Design Competition $ 46,666.00 USD deadline: october 26th, 2026 
New York High Falls Riverfront Market $ 10,000.00 USD deadline: january 18th, 2027 
Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #4 $ 11,773.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 
Underbridge #2 $ 9,290.00 USD deadline: october 19th, 2026 
2026 Rome Design Awards Season 2 deadline: december 10th, 2026 
Museum of Emotions #9 $ 9,140.00 USD deadline: february 22nd, 2027 
Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces Edition #3 $ 11,618.00 USD deadline: october 12th, 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 
