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Nómada Estudio Urbano transforms kindergartens in Mexicali and Tijuana with recycled materials and local references architecture-design
Nómada Estudio Urbano, in collaboration with Fundación FEMSA and Fundación Placemaking, has transformed kindergarten environments in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico, as part of the…
Emirates A380 Retrofit Adds Premium Economy Cabin architecture-design
Emirates has successfully completed its inaugural refurbishment of an Airbus A380, introducing a Premium Economy section on the upper deck. The aircraft, identified by…
BOND designs private sauna suites for SAINT in Chelsea architecture-design
SAINT, a new private sauna experience in Chelsea, New York, opened this spring with interiors by BOND, an architecture and design firm recognized in AN Interior's Top 50…
Montague House: Toronto Home of Collector Kenneth Montague by SOCA architecture-design
Montague House, a 5,000-square-foot residence in Toronto, was completed in 2023 by Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA), led by Tura Cousins Wilson. The home belongs to…
Greg Keffer Launches Independent Architecture and Design Studio architecture-design
Architect and designer Greg Keffer has launched Keffer Studio, an independent architecture and interior design practice specializing in luxury hospitality. Announced in mid-May,…
Keiji Takeuchi designs repairable Lotti cafe chair for NaughtOne architecture-design
Japanese designer Keiji Takeuchi has introduced the Lotti cafe chair for the brand NaughtOne, which specializes in contract furniture. This innovative chair is designed for…
T.ark Architects completes Laugarás Lagoon geothermal spa in Iceland architecture-design
T.ark Architects, an Icelandic firm, has finalized the Laugarás Lagoon, a geothermal spa spanning 3,000 square meters located in Laugarás, approximately 90 minutes east of…
STUDIO BLUR Completes Art Building at Cardenal Spellman School in Quito architecture-design
STUDIO BLUR has completed the Edificio de Arte at the Unidad Educativa Cardenal Spellman in Quito, Ecuador. The 519 m² project, finished in 2024, serves as an educational art…
SHOLOMITSKA Ceramics Store Interior Designed by Dmitriy Sivak in Kyiv architecture-design
Dmitriy Sivak, founder of Sivak Partners, designed the SHOLOMITSKA ceramics shop in Kyiv where the interior surfaces are made from the same custom ceramic tiles produced by the…
Koto revives 80-year-old wordmark for Norton Museum of Art rebrand architecture-design
Design studio Koto has rebranded the Norton Museum of Art in Florida, reviving an 80-year-old wordmark and seal from the institution's archives. The new identity, built around the…
Modern Housing Meets Local Resistance in Latin America architecture-design
An article on ArchDaily examines how modernist housing projects in Latin America encountered friction with local urban realities. Architectural historian Ramón Gutiérrez calls…
Architecture as Repair: Advancing Environmental Justice architecture-design
Environmental justice focuses on the imbalanced allocation of environmental advantages and disadvantages, where marginalized groups endure greater exposure to pollution, severe…
Red Valley Dwellings: Artist Residency in Yunnan by line+ studio architecture-design
The Red Valley Dwellings project, designed by line+ studio under the direction of lead architect Fanhao Meng, spans 940 m² in the valley west of Dongfengyun Art Town in Mile,…
Sendero Villas by LOOP Design Studio Opens in Costa Rica architecture-design
LOOP Design Studio has completed Sendero Villas, a hotel project in Playa Guiones, Costa Rica, in 2024. The 1,314 m² development is led by architects Mario Zamora and Chelsea…
Real-Time Visualization Reshapes Architectural Workflows architecture-design
The design process has been significantly transformed by architectural visualization, particularly through the influence of real-time tools such as Lumion Pro and Lumion Cloud.…
Over 50 Australian designers commissioned for Powerhouse Parramatta interiors architecture-design
Over 50 Australian designers have been commissioned to shape the interiors and visitor experience of the new Powerhouse Parramatta museum, set to open later this year. The…
Ishøj Theater Opens in Tranegilde by Svendborg Architects and Wohlert Arkitekter architecture-design
Ishøj Theater, a 1,300 m² cultural venue designed by Svendborg Architects and Wohlert Arkitekter, has opened in Tranegilde, Denmark. Completed in 2025, the project was funded by…
7 proyectos de arquitectura bioclimática en España architecture-design
Diariodesign presenta siete ejemplos de arquitectura bioclimática en España que integran estrategias pasivas como orientación solar, ventilación cruzada y materiales locales. Los…
Yarlington Lodge: The Newt in Somerset unveils Regency rectory restoration architecture-design
The Newt in Somerset, owned by South African businessman Koos Bekker and Karen Roos, has opened Yarlington Lodge, a restored Regency rectory within the 18th-century Hadspen House…
Reviving Passive Cooling: Ancient Techniques for Modern Architecture architecture-design
Traditional building solutions, refined over centuries using local materials and techniques, are being revisited as a response to the homogenization of construction and dependence…
Amaltash House: A 12,000 sq ft Family Residence in Navsari by Design Ni Dukaan architecture-design
Amaltash House, a 12,000 square foot family home situated in Navsari, near Surat, India, has been finalized by Design Ni Dukaan, under the direction of principal architect Veeram…
MA+Co and Neometro Complete Mixed-Use Building in Brunswick, Melbourne architecture-design
MA+Co and Neometro have completed 9 Wilson Ave, a mixed-use residential building in Brunswick, Melbourne, transforming a former industrial street into a pedestrian-friendly…
Muto Yumi's 'Pattern as Structure' Turns Paper Sheets into Modular Furniture architecture-design
Designer Muto Yumi has created 'Pattern as Structure', a furniture series made entirely from paper rods. The rods are formed by rolling flat paper sheets with pre-cut holes; after…
Billard Leece Partnership Designs Children's Hospital Westmead architecture-design
So, there’s this new Children’s Hospital being built at Westmead, and it’s designed by Billard Leece Partnership for Health Infrastructure and the Sydney Children's Hospitals…
Dornbracht's Coya Series Blends Circular and Rectilinear Geometries architecture-design
In partnership with Sieger Design, Dornbracht has launched the Coya series of bathroom fixtures, characterized by a unique hybrid shape that transitions between circular and…
kooo architects completes Luzhai Cottage in Shaanxi architecture-design
kooo architects, led by Kojima Shinya and Kojima Ayaka, has completed Luzhai Cottage, a hotel in Yuwan Village, Ningshan County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, China. Completed in…
Twobo's Casa Sota la Mola blends into the red landscape of Matadepera architecture-design
Twobo Arquitectura has completed Casa Sota la Mola, a single-family home in Matadepera, Barcelona, at the foot of the Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac natural park. The project…
Fawn Galli Transforms Historic SoHo Loft with Feather Ceiling Sculpture architecture-design
Designer Fawn Galli has renovated a historic SoHo loft in New York City, incorporating a feather ceiling sculpture as a centerpiece. The project, featured in Architectural Digest,…
30,000-Square-Foot Backrooms Set Built for Kane Parsons Horror Film architecture-design
Production designer Danny Vermette constructed a 30,000-square-foot set for Kane Parsons's internet-inspired horror film 'The Backrooms,' based on the creepypasta and 2019 4chan…
Obama Presidential Center Unveils Custom Desk by Demarest & Carroll architecture-design
Architectural Digest exclusively revealed President Barack Obama's new desk for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, designed by New York–based firm Demarest & Carroll. The…
Last Surviving Wallace Neff Airform House Lists for $2M in Pasadena architecture-design
Now available for just under $2 million in Pasadena is the final remaining Airform house designed by Wallace Neff, an innovative dome home constructed in 1946 for his brother…
NEOM pauses The Line construction until 2030, shifts focus to Oxagon architecture-design
Work on The Line and Trojena in Saudi Arabia's NEOM has been halted until at least 2030, as resources are being shifted to Oxagon, a port city located south of The Line along the…
Un Bosque en la Casa: Architecture as Jazz Improvisation architecture-design
Equipo de Arquitectura has designed a house in an undisclosed location that treats existing trees as fundamental guides for spatial organization, rather than obstacles. The…
Color Pit: Playground Intervention in Post-Explosion Beirut architecture-design
In 2021, Studio Etienne Bastormagi executed Color Pit, a site-specific ground intervention at the Armenian Evangelical Central High School's playground in Beirut. Collaborating…
IM Pei's Westover House in Fort Worth Listed for $22 Million architecture-design
The Westover House in Fort Worth, Texas, has hit the market for the first time, asking $22 million. Built in 1969 by renowned architect IM Pei for oil heir Anne Burnett Tandy and…
Studio Weave's reclaimed stone toilet block in London praised by Dezeen readers architecture-design
In Maida Hill, London, Studio Weave has finished constructing a public restroom facility utilizing stone reclaimed from a demolished office building. This initiative was…
Colorful Dog-Centric House by one desk in Hornówek, Poland architecture-design
A single-story timber-frame residence has been crafted by one desk in Hornówek, located near Warsaw, with a focus on the wellbeing of the owners' two rescue dogs, Feluś, a…
RAY Phoenix: Upscale Art-Focused Development Opens in Downtown Phoenix architecture-design
RAY, a New York City-based real estate company founded by Dasha Zhukova, has opened its third and largest development in Downtown Phoenix, a 26-story tower with 401 apartment…
Out of Line's 'absent gable' ADU breaks New Jersey suburbia's monotony architecture-design
Out of Line, a Brooklyn-based studio, has finalized the Swoop ADU, a 750-square-foot accessory dwelling unit linked to a split-level residence from 1988 in South Orange, New…
Cabaña del Lago: A Modern Retreat in Brazil by Matéria Base architecture-design
Matéria Base has completed Cabaña del Lago, a 120-square-meter temporary cabin in Brazil, designed for agricultural work and inspired by Henry David Thoreau's Walden. The project,…

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