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BAAO Studio's Breezy Point House in Queens Features a "House Within a House" architecture-design
BAAO Studio, established by Alexandra Barker in 2006, has finalized a 2,655-square-foot beach house located in Breezy Point, Queens, New York. Initially intended as a vacation…
Fred Hollingsworth's Mahogany House Unveiled for First Time Since 1952 architecture-design
The Mahogany House, a mid-century residential design by British-Canadian architect Fred Thornton Hollingsworth, has been revealed to the public for the first time since its…
Compartment S4's Enso Redefines Industrial Architecture with Growth as a Design Premise architecture-design
The Enso project, developed by the Indian architectural firm Compartment S4, aims to reshape industrial architecture with a focus on adaptability and growth. Covering an area of…
Compartment S4 diseña Enso en Ahmedabad: crecimiento como premisa arquitectónica architecture-design
Compartment S4 ha concluido el proyecto Enso, que abarca 1500 m² de arquitectura industrial en Ahmedabad, India, y se espera que esté terminado para 2026. Bajo la dirección de…
Casa Paroissien by Veronica Gilotaux: Sustainable House Reuses 1940s Railway Structure in Buenos Aires architecture-design
Veronica Gilotaux designed Casa Paroissien, a single-family residence in Buenos Aires completed in 2019. The house sits opposite a park that serves as a green lung for the…
Youssef Abdelhamid Creates Tactile Brand Identity for Cairo Coffee Roaster Chaos architecture-design
Youssef Abdelhamid, a graphic designer based in Cairo, developed a visual identity for Chaos, a specialty coffee roaster aimed at young consumers. This project, showcased on…
b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos Completes 37-Unit Build-to-Rent Coliving Block in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat architecture-design
A recently completed coliving project in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, offers 37 rental units within a space of 4,509 square meters. Conceived by b720 Fermín Vázquez…
Wrong Door Studio Unveils Mellow Cafe, a 31-Sqm Takeaway Coffee Concept for Mulhouse, France architecture-design
Mellow Cafe, a concept for a 31-sqm takeaway coffee shop in Mulhouse, France, has been created by Wrong Door Studio. The design cleverly incorporates functional areas into the…
Silo Designs Wayfinding and Spatial System for Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam architecture-design
Silo designed the spatial layout and signage for Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, envisioning the Rotterdam art storage facility as an engaging public vault instead of a traditional…
Casa Sassi by Galeria 733: 720 m² Residence Set in Native Forest of Caxias do Sul architecture-design
Casa Sassi, a residential project spanning 720 m², has been finalized by Galeria 733 in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, with an expected completion date of 2026. Nestled on a double lot…
Tractebel and atelier adr: Engineering and Design Collaboration architecture-design
Tractebel, an international engineering and consulting company based in Brussels, Belgium, traces its origins to 1862. Currently led by Anne Harvengt, its present configuration…
Franch Batllori: Landscape Architect and Founder of EMF Studio in Girona architecture-design
Martí Franch Batllori, born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1971, is a landscape architect and agricultural technical engineer. He earned a diploma in Agricultural Technical Engineering,…
Built Works Unveils Bather's Cabin with Mossy Rooftop Retreat in East Sussex architecture-design
British architecture studio Built Works has completed Bather's Cabin, a woodland retreat in East Sussex topped by a moss-covered roof terrace dedicated to bathing rituals. The…
Atelier Zafari Completes Mixed-Use Casa Z on Schadowstraße in Berlin-Mitte architecture-design
Casa Z, a mixed-use residential and commercial building by Atelier Zafari, was completed in March 2026 on Schadowstraße in Berlin-Mitte. The project, spanning 360 m², originated…
Dyson's CameraJet Toothbrush Debuts as Dezeen Reviews Four Product Triumphs and Four Failures architecture-design
Dezeen has evaluated Dyson's influence on various product categories with the introduction of the CameraJet toothbrush, which utilizes mouthwash for flossing and faces doubts…
Underground Architecture Explored: Dikengyuan, Organic House, and nCAVED architecture-design
The dikengyuan, found on China's Loess Plateau, is a traditional subterranean dwelling characterized by an earth-excavated courtyard and vaulted rooms formed from the surrounding…
Circadian Tea Atelier Opens Inside Berlin's Brutalist Funkhaus with Gyokuro Ceremony architecture-design
Circadian, a tea atelier based in Berlin, has launched its new headquarters, spanning 230 sq m, within Funkhaus, a former GDR radio broadcasting facility designed by Franz…
Renovación de la Residencia Bramberg por Gut Deubelbeiss Nill Architekten architecture-design
La vivienda unifamiliar ubicada en Brambergstrasse, construida entre 1920 y 1921, mantenía gran parte de su estado original al comenzar el proyecto. La renovación, dirigida por…
Petra Heights Stone Exoskeleton High-Rise Revealed in London architecture-design
A groundbreaking 10-storey structure named Petra Heights, located on Finchley Road in London, features a unique stone exoskeleton, hailed by its design team as a world first.…
Jalan Besar Emerges as Singapore's Unplanned Design Hub architecture-design
Singapore's Jalan Besar neighbourhood, located in the north-east of the city, has developed into a vibrant design hub. Its rise is attributed to an exuberant lack of planning,…
m²ft architects Unveils HUT-SPOT Biodiversity Pavilion on Abandoned Tennis Court in Italy's Romagna Hills architecture-design
HUT-SPOT, a modular pavilion by m²ft architects, occupies a disused tennis court on the edge of woodland in the Romagna hills, Italy. The structure stacks prunings and dry…
Wiki World's Red Submarine Cabin: Modular Digital Wood Dwelling for Remote Landscapes architecture-design
Wiki World has unveiled the Red Submarine Cabin, an inventive living solution described as "Plug-in for nature." This 20-square-meter structure, created by designer HAN Shuang, is…
Silo Designs Wayfinding for Province of Antwerp Headquarters in XDGA's Brutalist Tower architecture-design
Studio Silo has developed a wayfinding and spatial design system for the Province of Antwerp headquarters, featuring a twisting tower by XDGA atop a glass low-rise base. The…
Musée National Picasso-Paris Shortlists Five Teams for €55m Sculpture Garden architecture-design
A competition has been launched for five architecture and landscape teams to create a public garden at the Musée National Picasso-Paris, with the goal of establishing the "world's…
Moncler Opens Largest Global Flagship on Fifth Avenue, Designed by Gilles & Boissier architecture-design
Moncler has launched its largest flagship store worldwide on Fifth Avenue in New York, occupying almost 24,000 square feet across two levels within the General Motors building.…
Gary Tatintsian Gallery in Dubai Design District Opens with MAST Studio Interior architecture-design
Vladislav Gaiduk's MAST Studio has finalized the 338-sqm interior design for the Gary Tatintsian Gallery located in Dubai Design District, UAE. The layout comprises bright, open…
Rokeya Akter Designs ZEKOSHIP Brand Identity with Geometric Monogram and High-Contrast Palette architecture-design
Rokeya Akter has created a distinctive brand identity for ZEKOSHIP, a provider specializing in freight forwarding and transportation management. The initiative reflects the…
PC Inhouse: Arcieri Arquitectura Completes Dual-Residence Project in Punta Colorada, Uruguay architecture-design
Arcieri Arquitectura, led by German Arcieri, has finalized PC Inhouse, a 260 m² residential development located in Punta Colorada's Tamba neighborhood, with a projected completion…
RAMSA's Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Renovation Approved by Landmark Commission architecture-design
The Chicago Landmark Commission greenlit renovation plans on September 10, proposed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects for the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, which was…
MTA Unveils Renderings for $5.5 Billion Interborough Express Light Rail by Jacobs and HDR architecture-design
Governor Kathy Hochul, alongside MTA CEO Janno Leiber, presented new designs for the Interborough Express (IBX), a $5.5 billion light rail project spanning 14 miles from the…
Trinchera Reserve & Lodge Opens in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains with Interiors by Los Griegos Studio architecture-design
Trinchera Reserve & Lodge has debuted on 170,000 acres of safeguarded land adjacent to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Colorado, featuring 16 suites and two exclusive villas.…
Yoto Launches Fourth-Generation Audio Players Designed by Heirloom to Curb Childhood Screen Time architecture-design
Heirloom, a design agency based in London, has introduced the fourth-generation Yoto Player and Yoto Mini, audio devices aimed at minimizing screen time for children. Initially…
Plareng and Consoante Arquitetura e Integração Design 813 m² Ceramics School Workshop in São Paulo architecture-design
In 2025, an impressive ceramics workshop covering 813 m² was completed on a 10 x 50 meter plot in São Paulo. The design came from Plareng and Consoante Arquitetura e Integração,…
Ross Stevens' Sustainable Decadence v2.0 Uses 3D Printing and AI to Reimagine Bathing for 2050 architecture-design
Ross Stevens, an industrial designer, has developed Sustainable Decadence v2.0, a bathing prototype that combines 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and repurposed industrial…
Veermakers Opens First Paris Showroom in the Marais architecture-design
Veermakers has launched its inaugural permanent showroom outside of Sweden, located in Paris's Marais district, where it presents its collection for the first time. The showroom,…
Arkina's Casa Rosabaya: Twelve Ocean-View Bedrooms on a 37-Meter Dominican Coastline architecture-design
Completed in 2021 on a seafront plot in the Dominican Republic, Casa Rosabaya was designed by the architecture studio Arkina, whose principal architects Monica Desangles and Joey…
Jarno Zaffelli Details All 22 Turns of Madrid's New F1 Street Circuit, the Madring architecture-design
Racetrack designer Jarno Zaffelli has explained how he created the Madring, a brand-new Formula 1 street circuit in Madrid that makes its debut this weekend. Zaffelli walked…
World Trade Center Site 25 Years After 9/11: The Buildings Reshaping Lower Manhattan architecture-design
A quarter-century has passed since the September 11, 2001 attacks, and most of the new constructions at the World Trade Center have been finalized, with the exception of 5 WTC,…
Dacia Launches Bigster SUV, Expanding Into Mid-Size Market architecture-design
Dacia has introduced the Bigster, its first entry into the mid-size SUV segment. The vehicle measures 4.57m long, 1.81m wide, and 1.71m high, and is a five-seater. It is available…
Brand Brothers Unveils Modular Visual Identity for Toulouse Music Venue Le Metronum architecture-design
In 2022, Brand Brothers undertook a rebranding project for Le Metronum, a music venue located in Toulouse. This venue boasts a concert hall with a capacity of 600, along with…

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