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Officina 82's Tana delle Marmotte Embeds a Corten-and-Spruce Learning Burrow in the Mont Blanc Massif architecture-design
Officina 82 has unveiled Tana delle Marmotte, an innovative subterranean educational facility aimed at youth, located at the Pavillon station of the Skyway Monte Bianco in Italy’s…
Danny Kaplan, Gubi, Beni Rugs, and Kohler Debut New Design Collections architecture-design
Vince Patti, a woodworker from Brooklyn associated with Lesser Miracle, and ceramic artist Danny Kaplan have broadened their collaboration for 2024, named Delf, which now includes…
Kurppa Hosk Builds Alleima's Industrial Identity From Molten Orange and Steel Blue architecture-design
After three years of work, the Stockholm-based studio Kurppa Hosk has developed a new visual identity for Alleima, a metallurgy firm that emerged from Sandvik Materials Technology…
Tablets on the Building Site: Can Digital Tools Replace the Architect's Sketchbook? architecture-design
The work of architects, quantity surveyors, engineers, and site managers is being revolutionized by digitalisation, as tablets lessen the dependence on paper. Although sketchbooks…
Village School Rebuilds After Palisades Fire with OFFICEUNTITLED Interim Campus and Gensler Building architecture-design
In January 2025, the Palisades Fire ravaged the Village School's Palisades campus, leading to its displacement after more than three decades. Currently, students and staff are…
Humbleteam Builds Podium Brand Around Pantone 185 Red Spotlight architecture-design
Humbleteam, a design studio located in Dubai, has developed the branding and user interface for Podium, a performance marketing agency, centered around a spotlight theme. The…
FAMM Arquitectura Completes 998 m² Plaza Pochote Commercial Center in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica architecture-design
FAMM Arquitectura designed Plaza Pochote, a 998 m² commercial development completed in 2024 along the main road of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. Rather than consolidating the program…
Barbara Corcoran's Fifth Avenue Penthouse Blends Antiques, Pattern, and a Custom Scrabble Table architecture-design
Barbara Corcoran's new penthouse on Fifth Avenue in New York was designed by Allegra Eifler, who filled the Uptown residence with antiques, layered pattern, and personal…
Leonardo Garza's Matter / Memory Brings BYREDO Scents to Mexico City Through Steel and Glass architecture-design
Matter / Memory, an interactive spatial installation by Mexican designer Leonardo Garza, was commissioned by BYREDO for its official launch in Mexico. This installation transforms…
Monocle Design Directory's Second Edition Looks Beyond Aesthetics to Design's Social Impact architecture-design
The second edition of the Monocle Design Directory shifts focus from handsome products to design's broader social and economic effects. Its reporting traces Le Corbusier and…
Monocle Surveys Six Global Spaces Where Design Goes Beyond Aesthetics architecture-design
A Monocle round-up highlights six international projects where design serves craft, landscape and function. In Marrakech, Morocco, guesthouse Villa El Fida sits against the Atlas…
Alessi, Kodak, Fiio and Hay Lead Monocle's 2026 Design Picks, With Five New Architecture Books architecture-design
Philippe Malouin, a designer from London, teamed up with Alessi to create the Vite Espresso Coffee Maker. This moka pot showcases spiral ridges, a die-cast aluminium lower…
Monocle Surveys Nine New Public Buildings, from Brisbane's Glasshouse Theatre to a Jihlava Arena architecture-design
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane has been expanded to include the Glasshouse Theatre, which accommodates 1,500 seats and was crafted by Blight Rayner Architecture…
Red Hook's Design Scene: Piscina Studio, Entrance Gallery and a Waterfront Creative District architecture-design
Red Hook, a quaint neighborhood in western Brooklyn, has recently attracted a vibrant design community in addition to its established art scene. Natalie Shook, a painter and…
Monocle Selects Natural-Material Furniture, From USM Storage to a 1973 Scarpa Armchair architecture-design
Monocle's design selection emphasizes the aesthetic appeal and stress-relieving properties of untreated wood, stone, vegetable-tanned leather, and raw metal. Among the highlighted…
Patricia Martinez Arquitetura Designs Casa Bahia as a 263 m² Summer House in Bahia architecture-design
Patricia Martinez, leading the studio Patricia Martinez Arquitetura, designed Casa Bahia as a summer house for herself, with Ana Marujo credited as lead architect alongside…
Native Union's Pop Phone Brings the Retro Handset Back for USB-C Devices architecture-design
Native Union, the tech accessories brand founded in 2009 by Igor Duc and John Brunner with design based in Paris, has reissued its Pop Phone — a retro handset that plugs into the…
Hanamurasaki Ryokan in Yamanaka Onsen Unveils Contemporary Art and Design Overhaul architecture-design
Kohei Yamada, a sixth-generation owner, along with his wife Manami, has transformed Hanamurasaki, a historic ryokan in Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, which has been…
Nelson Byrd Woltz Breaks Ground on Restorative Eagle Courtyard at Walter Reed Medical Center architecture-design
A new Eagle Courtyard is underway at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Spearheaded by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, the project…
Jimena Hogrebe Rodríguez's Embroidered Sections Pay Tribute to the Architectural Cut architecture-design
Jimena Hogrebe Rodríguez has crafted four textile works at Universidad Anáhuac México and UNAM, celebrating architecture. Accompanied by photographs from Pablo Astorga and an…
UNFORMED DESIGN Wins Burgas Park Zone 3 Competition With Sunken Art Center architecture-design
UNFORMED DESIGN has won first place in the Park Zone 3 competition with their innovative project named 'Ground of Descent.' This endeavor is set to revitalize a derelict…
Apple Music Unveils Sound-Driven Visual Identity Created with Fred Again.. architecture-design
Apple Music has launched a new look, inspired by the vibrations of music played in a shallow pool of mineral oil. British producer Fred Again.. teamed up on this innovative…
UNO MÁS UNO Arquitectos Designs 120 m² T-237 House Around a Northern Courtyard architecture-design
UNO MÁS UNO Arquitectos has completed Casa T-237, a single-storey dwelling of 1,290 sq ft (120 m²) whose rectangular volume sits on the southern edge of its plot and faces a…
Casa T-237: UNO MÁS UNO Arquitectos Designs 120 m² Home in General Alvear architecture-design
Casa T-237, a 120 m² residence in General Alvear, was designed by UNO MÁS UNO Arquitectos, with Celeste Gomez Lahoz and Nahuel Salcedo as lead architects. The project, slated for…
5468796 Architecture's Railside Development Anchors Winnipeg's Forks architecture-design
Construction is underway on Railside, a pedestrian-oriented community on the final four-and-a-half undeveloped hectares of Winnipeg's Forks, designed by local firm 5468796…
Kawneer's IR 521/521T Becomes First Storefront System Certified to AAMA 501.8 Human Impact Standard architecture-design
Kawneer has successfully met the AAMA 501.8 Human Impact Standard with its IR 521/521T Storefront Framing System and the 1600UT System™1 Curtain Wall. This achievement provides…
Foreign Policy Design Wraps SIPF Identity Around a Shutter-Split Grid architecture-design
In its 7th iteration, the Singapore International Photography Festival has adopted a unique identity designed by Foreign Policy Design, where the festival's logotype encircles…
Volume Architecture Lisbon Studio Designs Casa Poliedro I on a Narrow Urban Plot architecture-design
Volume Architecture Lisbon Studio has completed Casa Poliedro I, a 125 m² house built on a narrow, small-scale plot within a dense urban fabric. João Caria Lopes and Rodolfo Reis…
Jennifer Bonner Transforms Atlanta Warehouse into Loop Art Centre for Goat Farm and Georgia Tech architecture-design
Loop, an innovative art center situated in a refurbished warehouse from the early 1900s in Atlanta, has officially opened its doors, showcasing the design of architect Jennifer…
Frankfurt Kitchen, the 1926 Prototype of Modern Cooking, Targeted by New Preservation Program architecture-design
A new program aims to keep surviving examples of the Frankfurt Kitchen, designed in 1926, in their original homes, according to Architectural Digest. For years, devotees have…
Linework Architecture Renovates 1940s Seattle Ranch House as Casa Mr. Belvedere architecture-design
Linework Architecture has completed a substantial remodel and expansion of a modest 1940s single-family ranch house in northeast Seattle, a 2,250-square-foot project dated 2025.…
Carl Maston's 1984 Susman House Above Ventura Beach Lists at $5.1 Million architecture-design
On the market for $5,100,000 is the Susman House, a 2,640 sq ft home located in Ventura Beach, California. Designed by Carl Maston and finished in 1984, this residence was…
Dosorozco's Casa Sima Clads a Jalisco Forest Home in Blackened Timber and Stone architecture-design
Casa Sima, a 150-square-metre residence by the architecture studio Dosorozco, occupies a sloping forest plot in Sierra de Tapalpa in Jalisco, Mexico, with panoramic views toward…
Boss Design Launches The Loop to Repair, Reuse and Recycle Furniture architecture-design
Boss Design has unveiled The Loop, a service initiative focused on prolonging the lifespan of furniture rather than disposing of it in landfills. This framework comprises four key…
IT'S Studio Transforms Abandoned Nanterre Architecture School into Campus du Parc for 4,500 Students architecture-design
Originally established in 1971 by Jacques Kalisz and Roger Salem, the former Nanterre School of Architecture has transformed into Campus du Parc, an 18,000 m² university facility…
Rafael Viñoly Architects to Convert Detroit's Vacant Barbour School into Campus architecture-design
The adaptive reuse of Detroit's Levi Barbour Intermediate School, which has been unoccupied since 2009, will be spearheaded by Rafael Viñoly Architects. Entrepreneur Kyle Smitley…
Finca Roja at 90: Inside Valencia's Red-Brick Housing Block and Its Creative Community architecture-design
Valencia's Finca Roja, completed in 1934 and designed by architect Enrique Viedma Vidal, spans over 15,000 square meters and accommodates 2,000 residents within 378 apartments…
Escribano Arrieta Studio Launches in Burgos as Family Architecture and Art Practice architecture-design
Founded in 2025, Escribano Arrieta Studio is a family-run architecture and art practice based in Burgos, Spain, established by Félix Escribano, Arantza Arrieta and Guillermo…
MF+Arquitetos' Casa Celeiro Rises Above a Minas Gerais Reservoir architecture-design
Filipi and Mariana Oliveira of MF+Arquitetos designed Casa Celeiro, a 1,108 m² waterfront residence in Delfinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on the shore of a large reservoir. Two…
Takero Shimazaki Architects Turns Hackney Wick's Yard Theatre Into Permanent Venue architecture-design
A crane tower now rises above The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick, London, as a beacon-like element of a revamp and extension by Takero Shimazaki Architects. The studio worked with…

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