the artist's rebuild foundation advances a vision of urban utopia by reworking disused buildings into artistic community spaces.
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renovation and restoration architecture and design (1168)
the renovation unfolds as a linear sequence of mosaic surfaces, azure cabinetry, and tiled patterns that recall the marked lanes of a pool.
residential architecture and interiors (4781)
conceived as a cave dwelling, the building is divided into three subterranean units.
connections: +5120
linear geometry defines the primary volume, while curved elements guide circulation within the house.
architecture in thailand (369)
BodinChapa reinterprets Lanna typologies through ‘twin-house’ Located in Chiang Saen along the Mekong River, Thailand, Baan SudSaenSuk is a private »
community observations are translated into prompts for design generation.
connections: +880
greenhouses in architecture (48)
the structure consists of eight modular units that vary in height and can be assembled in different configurations.
veillon’s images reveal glasshouses overtaken by the very vegetation they were built to contain, their iron frameworks wrapped in vines.
architecture in new york (663)
the new museum in NYC doubles its gallery space with OMA’s expansion, debuting 'new humans', curated by massimiliano gioni.
wrapped in a semi-transparent scrim, the facade produces a shifting effect that changes with weather and the movement of pedestrians.
wood and timber architecture and design (1403)
a six-by-two-meter steel track sets wooden balls in motion across rotating segments, each marking a moment in the movement of water on earth.
the device triggers sounds using small magnetic pieces called beats that users place physically onto a wooden grid.
elmgreen & dragset (27)
from bamboo vaults rising in flood-prone villages to inflatable dream temples, here are ten pavilions reshaping how we think about space right now.
titled the audience, the project is at town hall in king’s cross, london, from october 17th to 19th, 2025, coinciding with frieze london.
designboom radar: september 2025 (7)
cj hendry brings her flower market 2.0 to rockefeller center, transforming the plaza into a vivid landscape of hand-crafted flowers.
designboom rounds up a list of must-see exhibitions around the world to check out during the month of september 2025.
sculpture (525)
the London-based artist's work reimagines how communities can form in the present, not as fixed ideals but as lived, audible encounters.
approaching ceramics as a theoretical tool, the artist uses clay, color and pattern to model alternative ways of imagining growth and change.
pace gallery (16)
elmgreen & dragset’s 'alice in wonderland syndrome' at pace gallery LA explores scale and perception with mirrored skies and marble figures.
the minimalist gallery space gently curves at all corners and expands over three floors.
exhibitions (197)
the new museum in NYC doubles its gallery space with OMA’s expansion, debuting 'new humans', curated by massimiliano gioni.
on view until april 18th, 2026, the exhibition presents 'new life', a series of star-like sculptures made from lemon trees cut to regrow.
connections: +240
architecture in germany (338)
the 180-square-meter space combines record retail, vinyl listening zones, a photo studio and community infrastructure.
along a medieval streetscape, museum oberamteistrasse pairs translucent glass shingles with a complex timber structure.
facades (467)
wallmakers transforms shipping containers into climate-responsive 'petti restaurant' through earth insulation and passive cooling.
wrapped in a semi-transparent scrim, the facade produces a shifting effect that changes with weather and the movement of pedestrians.
HENN (11)
HENN restores the historic structure while introducing two new buildings.
HENN's hybrid-timber structure employs a low-tech approach to minimize resource consumption.
theaters (141)
plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
snøhetta references the image of a traditional folding fan, a motif repeated across the project’s interiors and circulation spaces.
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