Mar 19, 2026the new museum in NYC doubles its gallery space with OMA’s expansion, debuting 'new humans', curated by massimiliano gioni.
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architecture in the US (1659)
Mar 19, 2026
Mar 16, 2026wrapped in a semi-transparent scrim, the facade produces a shifting effect that changes with weather and the movement of pedestrians.
herzog and de meuron (190)
Feb 11, 2026herzog & de meuron's residential and hotel tower 'janu dubai' will bring lush, tactile architecture to contrast dubai's glassy skyline.
Jan 22, 2026the memphis art museum shares updated renderings and construction images for its new downtown cultural campus, scheduled to open in december 2026.
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architectural icons (16)
Mar 04, 2026plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
Feb 17, 2026this apartment inside le corbusier’s cité radieuse in marseille reveals the spatial ambition of the iconic unité d’habitation.
marcel breuer (12)
Nov 07, 2025designboom attended a preview of the renovated breuer building, a much-loved landmark in new york now home to sotheby's global HQ.
Aug 12, 2025marcel breuer's modernist masterpiece will open with unprecedented public access to spaces that have housed new york's most significant art collections for decades.
concrete architecture and design (983)
Mar 18, 2026linear geometry defines the primary volume, while curved elements guide circulation within the house.
Mar 17, 2026the volumes maintain a direct relationship with the ground.
renovation and restoration architecture and design (1169)
Mar 20, 2026the intervention reorganizes the building into a flexible exhibition space where restored elements by carlo scarpa meet new spatial strategies.
Mar 18, 2026the artist's rebuild foundation advances a vision of urban utopia by reworking disused buildings into artistic community spaces.
architecture in new york (664)
Mar 20, 2026activist jane jacobs rejected the masterplanned 'ideal city', framing utopia instead as an ever-evolving place shaped by its sidewalk life.
connections: +680
Mar 19, 2026the new museum in NYC doubles its gallery space with OMA’s expansion, debuting 'new humans', curated by massimiliano gioni.
brutalist architecture (64)
Mar 06, 2026the transparent housing highlights the speaker’s internal structure.
Mar 04, 2026plans have been approved for the £231 million renewal of london’s barbican centre by allies and morrison and asif khan studio.
oppenheim architecture (28)
designboom discusses this creative boom with stefano boeri, MVRDV's winy maas, christian kerez, beat huesler of oppenheim architecture, and the team at bofill taller de arquitectura.
Aug 12, 2025oppenheim architecture designs the villa to carve into the slope as an extension of the cliffs over jalë bay, albania.
architecture in albania (50)
Jan 23, 2026designed by NOA, berdenesh hills is a terraced residential project that draws from historic mediterranean citadels of albania.
Jan 15, 2026red iron oxide is added directly into the plaster, giving the building its distinctive tone.
residential architecture and interiors (4781)
Mar 18, 2026conceived as a cave dwelling, the building is divided into three subterranean units.
connections: +5120
Mar 18, 2026linear geometry defines the primary volume, while curved elements guide circulation within the house.
inflatable structures (164)
Feb 25, 2026a set full of installation built from the brand’s memories since 1978, the space works like a scene after a party, with items place across the floor.
Feb 13, 2026'the rhinoceros in the room,' an inflatable installation by itamar gov, fills the nave of kunstmuseum magdeburg in germany.
connections: +580
light installation art (205)
Mar 17, 2026the installation positions media as a permanent architectural layer within the arena.
Mar 03, 2026ripple-like distortions prevent stable reflections within the enclosure.
interactive installation (549)
Mar 19, 2026at thaddaeus ropac paris marais, ariana papademetropoulos presents glass slipper, her first solo exhibition in france.
connections: +750
Mar 19, 2026the London-based artist's work reimagines how communities can form in the present, not as fixed ideals but as lived, audible encounters.
public art (749)
at OCT-LOFT’s 2026 ‘super new year’, a kinetic installation turns public space into a shared game of motion.
Mar 16, 2026'I believe in fantasy and fun and imagination': the artist on activating public spaces, participation and gathering as an act of optimism.
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