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The imaginary worlds created by Berlin-based designer Anna Cwik

Transporting visitors to colourful, dreamy worlds using AI technology, Berlin-based artist and interior designer Anna Cwik creates scenes of otherworldly wonder that exemplify imagination and creativity

Architecture
22.11.23

Oliver Du Puy transforms a Victorian house in Melbourne into a contemporary sanctuary

The Melbourne-based architect completes the renovation of a historic Victorian terrace house, originally from 1889, to create a modern family home

Architecture
15.11.23

Dr Sandra Piesik shows what we can learn from cultures worldwide

How can we live in a changing environment? A new book, Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Climate, by Dr Sandra Piesik shows how people and cultures worldwide are already creating buildings for a sustainable future

Architecture
14.11.23

Escape to Danish design hotel The Monica hidden away on the island of Ærø

The small boutique hotel is a “home away from home” in Ærøskøbing, providing guests with a unique and highly personal hotel experience

Architecture
03.11.23

Space to play: Innovative landscapes inspiring children’s imaginations

As we gain a greater understanding of its importance in children’s learning and development, architects and artists around the world are developing innovative and visually stimulating landscapes to support exploratory and imaginative play

Architecture
01.11.23

The new Centre de sciences Cosmocité opens in France’s Pont-de-Claix

Built on the Grands Moulins de Villancourt heritage site in France, the contemporary Centre de sciences Cosmocité aims to be the cultural cornerstone of Ville de Pont-de-Claix's urban renewal

Architecture
31.10.23

Clément Cividino’s restoration of a 1960s fibreglass pod by Nikolaos Xasteros lands in the Spanish countryside

A perfectly restored fibreglass pod represents a labour of love for dealer and curator Clément Cividino, who is bringing back to life the prefabricated architecture of the 1960s and 1970s Space Age

Architecture
25.10.23

Bonavista Biennale provides platform for Canadian artists to explore sustainable architecture and art in the most unexpected of places

A meeting point between people, perspectives and life forms, this year's Bonavista Biennale seamlessly blended contemporary art, breathtaking landscapes and captivating narratives along the dramatic coastline of Newfoundland and Labrador

Architecture
24.10.23

re:arc is the new philanthropic initiative supporting architectures of planetary wellbeing

Through its support of community-led organisations and emerging architecture practices, the new re:arc institute hopes to advance the planet's wellbeing

Architecture
19.10.23

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design

Tucked away on a quiet side street in a leafy area of Helsinki, Alvar and Aino Aalto’s discreet suburban home demonstrates a beauty and practicality familiar from their better-known designs

Architecture
10.10.23

Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects by András Szántó

New York-based cultural strategy advisor and author András Szántó takes the cultural temperature by talking to 21 architects about their museum projects

Architecture
09.10.23

Architecture Icon: Hollywood Sign turns 100

As it marks its 100th birthday, the hillside signage first erected to advertise a local housing development remains one of our most famous symbols of place

Architecture
05.10.23

This urban family home in Los Angeles blurs the boundaries between indoor and out

Built by Stockholm-raised architect Fredrik Nilsson and his wife, writer Keshni Kashyap, the pair built a small-footprint urban treehouse inspired by Scandinavian modernism 

Architecture
28.09.23

Chun-Li Reid’s YouTube series, Cooking With An Architect, links space and taste

The designer and founder of architectural platform Bold, tells us more about her Cooking With An Architect show

Architecture
25.09.23

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

Situated a two-hour drive west of Helsinki, the former tuberculosis sanatorium takes a humanistic approach to modern architecture

Architecture
21.09.23

Bunn Studio draws on the classic virtues of Danish design for new Garde Hvalsøe showroom

Danish cabinetmakers Garde Hvalsøe deliver bespoke interior solutions, characterised by clean lines, minimalist designs and classic craftsmanship

Architecture
14.09.23

What is the possible endgame for The Line, one of the most viral and controversial architectural projects?

What does the actualisation of this sci-fi city entail? The future of urban living, or something beyond?

Architecture
01.09.23

How recycled hospital equipment is transformed into a plastic pavilion designed for inhospitable climates

Hassell is working with charitable foundation To.org to create a plastic pavilion that can act as a single-room shelter in harsh environments. Yet this complex, high-tech concept has been built around discarded hospital equipment from Europe

Architecture
15.08.23

The Sustainable City looks at how truly good architecture can transform a city

A new book by journalist Harriet Thorpe and photographer Taran Wilkhu uncovers how London is responding to the urgent need to build with the environment

Architecture
10.08.23

Copenhagen-based research and design lab SPACE10 explores the building blocks of future homes that give back

Architecture will shape our future: How can we design and build homes that are better for people and the planet? Helen Job, head of research at SPACE10, shares what the regenerative home of tomorrow could look like

Architecture
08.08.23

Visual artist Michal Zahornacky’s drone photographs make reality look like fiction

For the DOTS series, Zahornacky created circular fabric objects which were positioned and photographed with a drone – creating abstract visuals out of day-to-day physicality

Architecture
04.08.23

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Can the paint industry work together to find sustainable and less harmful solutions?

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The imaginary worlds created by Berlin-based designer Anna Cwik

Oliver Du Puy transforms a Victorian house in Melbourne into a contemporary sanctuary

Dr Sandra Piesik shows what we can learn from cultures worldwide

Escape to Danish design hotel The Monica hidden away on the island of Ærø

Space to play: Innovative landscapes inspiring children’s imaginations

The new Centre de sciences Cosmocité opens in France’s Pont-de-Claix

Clément Cividino’s restoration of a 1960s fibreglass pod by Nikolaos Xasteros lands in the Spanish countryside

Bonavista Biennale provides platform for Canadian artists to explore sustainable architecture and art in the most unexpected of places

re:arc is the new philanthropic initiative supporting architectures of planetary wellbeing


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The imaginary worlds created by Berlin-based designer Anna Cwik

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Oliver Du Puy transforms a Victorian house in Melbourne into a contemporary sanctuary

Dr Sandra Piesik shows what we can learn from cultures worldwide

Two Australian brothers handcraft their own aluminium furniture style

Can the paint industry work together to find sustainable and less harmful solutions?

Hauser & Wirth’s new art exhibition in rural Somerset celebrates the gallery’s Swiss heritage

imm cologne: a source of inspiration for the world of interior design

Entries are open for the Design Guild Mark Awards 2024