bright-red outdoor theater restores community use to cairo park amid loss of green spaces
built from recycled materials, 'pergola' becomes a signal for public attention in an increasingly privatized landscape.
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gazing toward the pyramids of giza, the grand egyptian museum opens to visitors
designed by heneghan peng architects, the grand egyptian museum is the largest in the world dedicated to a single civilization.
café's curved interiors by zooco estudio reflect art deco siboney building in spain
cylindrical forms and horizontal bands inform the interior geometry by zooco estudio.
gridded ceiling tops zooco estudio's oak and travertine regma ice cream parlor
zooco estudio designs an ice cream parlor for spanish brand 'regma' with a gridded ceiling and palette of oak and travertine.
SyncOne pleasure device redefines tactile interaction through intelligent AI-driven design
AI-driven motion capture powers SyncOne’s real-time mechanical control.
circular shelving units outline njoy sex shop's minimal interior in kyiv
playful tones and soft geometry define the overall atmosphere within njoy.
sabine marcelis collaborates with the lake como EDITION for playful jelly floats installation
shown during the lake como design festival, the installation is set to remain in place for the hotel guests through the end of the summer season.
EDITION hotels' second location in tokyo opens in ginza with interiors by kengo kuma
the opening in ginza follows three years after the brand’s first foray into japan with the tokyo EDITION, toranomon.
hexagonal wooden canopy crowns villa within moss garden in japan
inside kokeniwa house, the gently curved ceiling creates a sense of organic openness and spatial continuity.
cell space architects: house in hill
working with the contour lines of the site, the hillside villa continues the form of the land into the interior with curved stages and seating arrangements.
take a new look behind the expressive facade of the 2000s-era 'blue house' in london
london's 'blue house' exemplifies adaptable domestic architecture, pairing FAT architecture’s graphic facade with a flexible interior.
FAT + grayson perry conceive residential folly for living architecture
hand-made tiles relate tonally to the landscape, while the structure's simple pitched roof echos vernacular agricultural buildings and farmhouses.
old rope has no use, yet it will cost you £1m to buy at david shrigley's latest london exhibition
the british artist questions the worth of discarded materials and the value systems of the art world itself.
david shrigley’s colossal praying mantis sculpture lands in UK college classroom
titled mantis muse, the three-meter-tall installation was created to emphasize the importance of art in education.
compact polygon-shaped car lights up with animated micro LED screens at front and back
sized under four meters long, the four-wheeler’s mini displays project moving patterns and colors when the vehicle is not driving.
peugeot design lab turns the 1960s 504 coupe into a bubblegum pink racer for hill climbing
a refreshed model of an iconic vehicle, the concept car pays homage to the french hip-hop group 113 during their victory at les victoires de la musique.
xencelabs redefines precision and color fidelity in digital creation with pen display 24 series
xencelabs pen display 24+ is an artist-driven 4K drawing display that guarantees unmatched color accuracy with industry-first built-in calman ready calibration.
single-line moving animation series by loooop studio pays tribute to wildlife
looped black and white animations highlight the rhythm and structure of natural motion.
erykah badu performs exclusive sound meditation inside berlin's thatched reethaus temple
we go inside the berlin reethaus, designed by monika gogl, to see how its wabi-sabi interior created a unique sanctuary for erykah badu's sound meditation.
meng architects carves buddhist temple out of stone, set on chinese mountains
the temple's core structure features a cylindrical volume housing sacred functions.
marc thorpe builds wooden residence powered entirely by the sun in new york forest
the house is defined by its rectangular form, clad in FSC-certified natural pine, and its 7.6-meter cantilevered steel deck.
marc thorpe's livingston manor demonstrates passive architecture in upstate new york
hidden in the west catskills just two hours out of NYC, livingston manor takes shape with architecture by marc thorpe design.
farshid moussavi shapes houston's luminous ismaili centre with perforated screens
designed by farshid moussavi, the ismaili centre in houston, texas reinterprets islamic geometries with luminous screens.
norman foster, sou fujimoto, lina ghotmeh and more design birdhouses at christie's in london
the project led by norman foster brings together ten renowned architects to design birdhouses for a charity auction supporting brain cancer research.
sandal-shaped biodegradable billboard is designed to disappear and dissolve in the rain
made from mud, cow dung, and clay, the project was installed at bandra bandstand in mumbai, india, and disintegrated when it rained.
olafur eliasson’s lifeworld displays blurry cities on digital billboards in new york, seoul & more
between october 1st and december 31st, 2024, these animated artworks are simultaneously projected onto numerous billboards in new york, london, seoul, and berlin every evening at 20:24.
herzog & de meuron-restored breuer building opens as sotheby's HQ in new york
designboom attended a preview of the renovated breuer building, a much-loved landmark in new york now home to sotheby's global HQ.
sotheby's HQ to open november 2025 in NYC herzog & de meuron-restored breuer building
marcel breuer's modernist masterpiece will open with unprecedented public access to spaces that have housed new york's most significant art collections for decades.
grid of operable windows fronts slender residence by okuwada architects in osaka
a facade composed of stacked aluminum-framed openings captures fragments of the surrounding neighborhood.
okuwada architects office fronts house in japan with angular shard-like façade
thanks to a carefully positioned opening in the roof, natural light and ventilation is able to permeate behind the exterior elevation.
wearable mouse ring lets users control computers, smartphones and TVs using their finger
a smart device, it gives users full cursor control, so they can point, click, scroll, take selfies, and play and pause music on gadgets.
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2026 NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 Underbridge #2 $ 9,290.00 USD deadline: october 19th, 2026 Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027 2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 Valli Wine Tasting Room $ 11,632.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 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 The Quiet Tower $ 11,535.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 2027 French Design Awards deadline: april 6th, 2027 Vancouver Tall Challenge $ 15,000.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 all competitions
2026 NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 
Underbridge #2 $ 9,290.00 USD deadline: october 19th, 2026 
Portugal Long Table Restaurant $ 11,635.00 USD deadline: january 11th, 2027 
2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026 
Valli Wine Tasting Room $ 11,632.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 
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 
The Quiet Tower $ 11,535.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027 
2027 French Design Awards deadline: april 6th, 2027 
Vancouver Tall Challenge $ 15,000.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 
