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motorcycle and scooter design (479)
an upgraded and smaller version of the 2024 model, the brand revives the retro styling for the recent motorbike with its pixelated decals.
connections: +480
electric motorcycle and scooter design (361)
SOLARIS features retractable photovoltaic wings that form the core of the motorcycle's solar-harvesting system.
presented at EICMA 2025 in milan, the vehicle follows the brand’s goal to build lightweight electric vehicles for city use and off-road conditions.
architectural icons (14)
the barbican centre will be closed from june 2028 until summer 2029 for an ambitious renovation led by buro happold and asif khan.
altrath focuses on the constant shifts of light, weather, and movement that animate the megastructure of the brutalist icon.
facades (437)
the architects allow the perimeter of the site to define the volume, resulting in an architecture that bends, adjusts, and aligns itself with the movement of the street.
connections: +1720
designed by luca poian forms and frade arquitectos, 'espardenyer' proposes a climate responsive congress centre for elche, spain.
connections: +1200
renovation and restoration architecture and design (1126)
the project restores aspects of the original structure and introduces new spaces that align the museum with current international standards.
the barbican centre will be closed from june 2028 until summer 2029 for an ambitious renovation led by buro happold and asif khan.
architecture in barcelona (106)
altherr désile park details their sensitive, human-centered update of roca's meridian collection, bringing architectonic design to the bathroom.
isern serra's latest project looks like a concept design store, but it's the barcelona flagship of relleno pasta.
casa batlló (10)
restored by the barcelona-based studio, the gallery occupies a 230-square-meter second-floor apartment that has remained closed to the public for decades.
as casa batlló marks 20 years as a UNESCO world heritage site, the domestic spaces at the heart of gaudí’s design are set to reemerge with renewed clarity and vibrancy.
charles and ray eames (26)
the eames institute will convert a modernist warehouse in northern california into a museum designed by herzog & de meuron.
the foundation aims to preserve and extend the eames legacy through exhibitions, education, global partnerships, and long-term conservation.
the metropolitan museum of art (32)
the project marks the artist’s first major US presentation and the seventh edition of the met’s annual public facade commission.
the 9-minute film and scale model of the galleries reimagine how the met could welcome, orient, and engage visitors in the 21st century.
connections: 58
architecture in china (2029)
titled fun palace, the installation combines five looping ball-track systems with five sculptural architectural forms.
connections: +2760
courtyards of varying sizes surround the central house volume, merging living spaces with the urban realm.
rooftop architecture and design (198)
wooden columns replace walls to create an open interior flow within the single-story nursery school.
ITM yooehwa slices the prayer room's rooftop with the form of a cross, visible only from the interior and from overhead.
wood and timber architecture and design (1353)
wooden columns replace walls to create an open interior flow within the single-story nursery school.
by embedding a sensor‑driven mechanism, phantom chess bridges centuries of analog play with the analytical power of modern chess engines.
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residential architecture and interiors (4664)
a roofed porch traces a perfect square, enclosing a 15 × 15 meter courtyard framed by a colonnade.
the design is inspired by the geometry and structure of a voluminous tent.
architecture in norway (190)
the new vipp lofoten guesthouse is designed by LOGG ARKITEKTER as an elevated timber retreat in snøhetta's village on the coast of norway.
the structure by oslotre is composed entirely of mass timber, with glulam columns and beams.
exhibition design (757)
the exhibition, which runs until march 14th, 2026, marks cornell’s first solo presentation in paris in more than forty years.
the exhibition brings together digital media, architecture, data science, and music.
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