locally sourced limestone, wood, lime plaster, and hemp define the material palette.
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wood and timber architecture and design (1369)
players construct speculative houses using wooden components, acrylic figures representing characters, and action cards derived from scenes of domestic life.
residential architecture and interiors (4689)
edmonds + lee architects and garde hvalsøe design the residence as a pair of gabled volumes wrapped in fire-resistant steel cladding.
locally sourced limestone, wood, lime plaster, and hemp define the material palette.
TETRO Arquitetura (7)
zenithal openings slice through the timber geometry, introducing controlled daylight into living spaces.
the suspended block is enveloped by a metallic brise-soleil that reads as a monolithic mass from the outside.
architecture in brazil (407)
the plan follows a hyperbolic geometry guiding movement toward the interior prayer space.
the project will be the first built work of the studio in south america and its second library after the gando primary school library.
rooftop architecture and design (201)
the brise-vent havre harbor museum is proposed by LYT-X as an adaptive reuse of an industrial port building in france.
the 3XN-designed sydney fish market brings a breezy market hall and waterfront promenade to sydney harbour.
architecture in italy (647)
caffè nazionale is a restoration project by AMAA set beneath a nineteenth-century city hall colonnade in arzignano, italy.
the compact structure offers a brief pause along the path, oscillating between the typologies of chapel, shelter, and shipwreck.
renovation and restoration architecture and design (1136)
the material palette is intentionally restrained and minimal, preserving the character of the former cold-storage facility.
kengo kuma will sensitively renovate the historic l'aventure michelin museum with its industrial heritage and rhythmic sawtooth roof.
marble and stone design (365)
locally sourced limestone, wood, lime plaster, and hemp define the material palette.
vertical cuts slice through the ring to create oval openings oriented toward key views.
Tanween (7)
dubai design week and isola design directors discuss their partnership with tanween, signaling a maturing gulf ecosystem.
connections: +120
tanween lead shahad alwazani reveals how the design festival builds regional dialogue and sets the stage for ithra design week 2026.
connections: +120
art and architecture in saudi arabia (121)
mist and mirrored surfaces frame an infinite column of illumination.
beginning in 2026, tanween will expand into ithra design week, integrating design across and beyond ithra’s walls.
connections: +130
apps (149)
once the text is ready, there’s an accompanying compact printer that produces the labels with braille using a proprietary pressing mechanism.
OPERATOR turns the act of music production into a visual, spatial, and inherently playful building exercise.
connections: +150
timepiece design (423)
one reason is because the system can’t yet understand the movement of the hands or the idea of time in a physical sense.
connections: +920
this hybrid object combines robotic precision with tactile materials and slow, repetitive motion.
ressence watches (7)
the oil removes the usual bending of light in watches, and because of that, the time on the discs looks close to the glass and clear from all angles.
connections: +480
discover the magic behind ressence’s TYPE 3 BB2 watch - a mechanical marvel that looks like it is powered by LEDs but is purely crafted with hundreds of intricate pieces.
connections: +430
marc newson (51)
on october 6th, 2025, the brand is set to release the wearable and functional objects, from bags, lamps, and glasses to surfboards, ceramic plates, and pieces of luggage.
inside palazzo fendi in milan, these boxes are stacked up in different sizes and heights, arranged in shifting hues but in no order.
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