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Villa Normanni by Urban Interior: A Holiday Home in Puglia architecture-design
Villa Normanni, designed by architecture firm Urban Interior, is a 206 m² holiday villa completed in 2025 in San Vito dei Normanni, Puglia, Italy. The project was a private…
Montréal modernist home renovation by Vives St-Laurent architecture-design
Vives St-Laurent renovated a 1929 modernist residence on Montréal's South Shore, preserving its early-20th-century character while introducing contemporary touches. The…
Mary Wallis Debuts Springtide and Snow Mobile Lighting Collections architecture-design
Award-winning contemporary lighting designer Mary Wallis debuted the Springtide and Snow Mobile collections during NYCxDesign. The collections feature geometric, sculptural…
Oscar Magnuson on Building a Brand DNA That Resists Fleeting Trends architecture-design
Oscar Magnuson, founder of Stockholm-based eyewear brand Oscar Magnuson Spectacles, advocates for a long-term design vision over trend-chasing in the first feature of designboom…
Spomeniks: Brutalist War Memorials of Former Yugoslavia architecture-design
Spomeniks are abstract, modernist war memorials built across former Yugoslavia after WWII to commemorate antifascist partisans and civilian casualties. Designed by architects like…
Residencia LR: Contemporary Tropical Colonial Architecture in Tamarindo architecture-design
K10 Studio, led by Andrés Kaune, has designed Residencia LR in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, a 900 m² project set for completion in 2026. The residence reinterprets colonial tropical…
Warrior 1927 Flagship Store by STILL YOUNG: Dragon Installations Across Three Floors architecture-design
STILL YOUNG has designed the Warrior 1927 concept flagship store in Shanghai's Shangxianfang neighborhood, occupying a three-story Shikumen building of 690 square meters. The…
CIAO wraps 25sqm London micro flat around multifunctional plywood wall architecture-design
Local architecture studio CIAO has completed a 25-square-metre micro flat in Islington, London, organized around a multifunctional birch plywood dividing wall that incorporates a…
Villa Butterfly Blends Moroccan Tradition with Contemporary Design in Marrakech architecture-design
Villa Butterfly, a 750-square-meter home located near the Amelkis golf course in Marrakech, Morocco, has been finalized by Mohamed Amine Siana. Finished in 2023, the residence…
ARCS Ampliación Núñez: Izar estudio expands Buenos Aires home with pool and gallery architecture-design
Izar estudio has completed ARCS Ampliación Núñez, a 55 m² residential extension in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The project reconfigures the rear area of a typical single-family home…
Smart Lockers as Architecture's New Micro-Infrastructure architecture-design
An article on ArchDaily explores how smart locker systems function as architectural micro-infrastructures that generate spontaneous social behaviors. Drawing on the concept of…
Rethinking Workplace Ergonomics: Movement Over Static Posture architecture-design
Workplace ergonomics has traditionally emphasized stability, fixed postures, and lumbar support to reduce movement and align the spine. However, recent research on sedentary…
Perkins&Will's Maya Tower in Brazil Blends Concrete, Vegetation, and Climate Strategies architecture-design
Perkins&Will has completed Maya, a residential tower in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, that integrates architecture with the Pantanal region's climate and landscape.…
UNStudio Unveils RIVUS: River-Oriented Master Plan for Cluj-Napoca Industrial Site architecture-design
Construction is now underway for RIVUS, a 14-hectare mixed-use area in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This project is a collaboration between UNStudio and Felixx Landscape Architects,…
Serifos: Cycladic Island Embraces Architecture and Craft Revival architecture-design
Serifos, a rugged Cycladic island once known for iron mining, is experiencing a cultural and architectural revival. Ceramicist Natasa Kalogeropoulou established her studio…
Katia and Maurice Krafft Sports Complex Opens in Eckbolsheim architecture-design
The Katia and Maurice Krafft Sports Complex, designed by rhb architectes, has opened in Eckbolsheim, France. Completed in 2025, the 2,986 m² project includes a gymnastics hall,…
Classic cinema inspires interior design of Canada's Barcelona office architecture-design
In Poblenou, Barcelona, mcd/studio has designed new offices for audiovisual production company Canada inside a 1970s industrial building. The project preserves the original…
Oetker Hotels Opens First US Property, The Vineta in Palm Beach architecture-design
Oetker Hotels has opened The Vineta Hotel in Palm Beach, its first property in the United States. The 41-room hotel is set within a restored 1926 landmark, formerly the…
Axel Vervoordt Redesigns Bayerischer Hof Lobby in Munich architecture-design
Belgian designer Axel Vervoordt, over 17 years, has been renovating Munich's Bayerischer Hof hotel, established in 1841. His latest lobby redesign, in collaboration with Japanese…
Espacio Nagoya Castle Hotel Opens with 400-Piece Art Collection architecture-design
Espacio Nagoya Castle, a 100-room hotel across the moat from Nagoya Castle, features a 62-foot Nishijin-textile mural by kimono designer Jotaro Saito depicting the four sacred…
The Cooper Hotel Debuts in Charleston with Nautical Design architecture-design
The Cooper, a recently inaugurated six-story hotel situated by the waterfront in Charleston, showcases interiors crafted by Champalimaud Design. Elements of the design include…
Palacio de Godoy: A 16th-Century Palace Hotel in Cáceres architecture-design
In Cáceres, Spain, the 16th-century Renaissance Palacio de Godoy has been converted into a boutique hotel as part of the Curio Collection by Hilton. Originally constructed in 1563…
Muuto and Spacon unveil 'Close to Heart' chair for 20th anniversary architecture-design
Muuto, a Danish furniture label established in 2006 by Kristian Byrge and Peter Bonnén, has teamed up with the Copenhagen design studio Spacon to create a limited-edition chair…
Palmas 555: Sordo Madaleno's 1975 Corporate Landmark in Mexico City architecture-design
Palmas 555, a corporate office building designed by Juan Sordo Madaleno with associate architects José Adolfo Wiechers and José Ignacio de Abiega, was completed in 1975. The 5,000…
THEVERYMANY's Moonrise Pavilion Opens at Chattanooga Trailhead architecture-design
Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY has completed Moonrise, a permanent aluminum dome pavilion at the Wheland Foundry Trailhead in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The structure is a double-layer…
INI Design Studio Transforms Rajkot Lake into Multifunctional Urban Waterbody architecture-design
The Atal Sarovar, a newly revitalized urban lake named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is now complete as a part of Rajkot's Smart City initiative. INI Design…
Shenzhen Homeowners Gain Control Over Urban Redevelopment architecture-design
Shenzhen is pioneering a new approach to urban redevelopment by allowing homeowners to take the lead in redesigning aging structures. Faced with the challenge of raising…
Futurewave's Furny robot communicates through movement at Milan Design Week 2026 architecture-design
During Milan Design Week 2026, a Brussels-based studio called Futurewave introduced Furny, a robot that looks like furniture. Instead of using screens or voice prompts, this robot…
Getty Center reveals $600M–$800M campus renovation with new tram and green space architecture-design
Last month, the Getty Center in Los Angeles announced plans for a significant campus renovation, with costs projected between $600 million and $800 million. The project aims to…
Second Chance Library by ODDs&ENDs architects in Pocheon-si architecture-design
Designed by ODDs&ENDs architects and led by Haejin Choi, the Second Chance Library in Pocheon-si, South Korea, is a 372 m² project completed in 2023. Curated by Miwa Negoro and…
Designers at Milan Design Week 2026 explore subconscious creativity architecture-design
At Milan Design Week 2026, designboom hosted a panel titled 'Design Intuition: When Creativity Emerges from the Subconscious' within the ROOM FOR DREAMS activation on 21 April…
Ratchu Vaan Surajaras Proposes Climate Adaptation for Bangkok architecture-design
Ratchu Vaan Surajaras, a Thai landscape architect and urban designer, showcased his award-winning climate adaptation design for Bangkok, a megacity highly susceptible to flooding,…
Mayor Mamdani's Block by Block Plan Targets NYC Housing Crisis architecture-design
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City unveiled "Block by Block: The Housing Plan for a New Era," marking the city's most extensive housing initiative to date. This strategy…
Glocal Design Magazine convenes architects to debate sustainability, ethics, and urbanism in Mexico City architecture-design
The 88th issue of Glocal Design Magazine, under the leadership of CEO Greta Arcila, organized a symposium at Museo Franz Mayer in Mexico City, concentrating on themes of…
Lucifer Lighting mass-produces downlights from recycled ocean plastic architecture-design
Texas-based Lucifer Lighting has launched Atomos Renew, a version of its Atomos downlighting series made entirely from salvaged ocean plastic. The family-run company melts down…
FUSP Headquarters Renovation by MMBB Arquitetos, Hugo Mesquita, and Carolina Bueno architecture-design
The FUSP (Fundação da Universidade de São Paulo) has completed a renovation of its headquarters in São Paulo, integrating existing buildings with a new structure. The project,…
Casa Castela by BIRI Navigates 13-Meter Slope with Red Metal Walkway architecture-design
In Nova Lima, Brazil, BIRI has finalized the construction of Casa Castela, which takes advantage of a 13-meter elevation change as a key design element. An elevator and a raised…
MasterFormat licensing fee hike sparks outrage among architects architecture-design
The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) has revised its licensing fees for the MasterFormat system, transitioning from a semi-annual purchase model to an annual…
Mancandy Fall 2026 Bladed Heart Collection architecture-design
Andrés Jiménez presented Mancandy's Fall 2026 collection, titled Bladed Heart, during Mexico Fashion Week. The collection explores a Y2K aesthetic with provocative, seductive…
Foresti Design Creates Bora Brasil Brand Identity for Skala and Lola From Rio Merger architecture-design
Foresti Design recently unveiled the branding for Bora Brasil, a newly formed parent company from the merger of Skala and Lola From Rio, two established haircare brands in Brazil.…

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