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2014 Icon Awards shortlist: Architecture Practice of the Year

Robbrecht and Daem scooped last year’s title. Here are the nominees for the year’s best architecture firm. The category is sponsored by Scandinavian Business Seating

Architecture

Icon Awards 2014: shortlist revealed

The judges have announced the nominees for this year’s awards Icon is pleased to reveal the nominees for the 2014 Icon Awards. During a session

Design

Make it Right Foundation: Rebuilding New Orleans

(image: Virginia Miller, Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald) New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward is being rebuilt by an army of famous architects recruited by Brad Pitt. While some

Architecture

David Adjaye Libraries

For David Adjaye, libraries come in pairs. A decade ago, his two “Idea Stores” for the inner-city London borough of Tower Hamlets were intended to

Architecture
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Profile: Iwan Baan

Iwan Baan is a global nomad, restlessly travelling the world documenting new projects by the world’s most distinguished architects. Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas

Design

Adjaye Africa Architecture

Adjaye. Africa. Architecture. The three As: an architect, a continent and a discipline – together at last. Adjaye comes first. He’s not just the author,

Opinion

Conversation: Dixon, Adjaye & Smith

Conversation between designer Tom Dixon, architect David Adjaye and fashion designer Paul Smith, at Paul Smith’s office, London, 15 June 2009. Paul Smith The first

Design

Sclera

words Diego Garcia Scaro Timber slats hang like stalactites from the roof of a temporary pavilion on the South Bank, London. Designed by British architect

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Collecting architecture

words The icon Team There is a new breed of client who collects architecture like stamps. In Mongolia, Taiwan, South Africa and Brazil, private developers

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Exhibit eh? | icon 001 | April 2003

words Gayle Markovitz Architectural exhibitions have become hollow, detached and lacking in curatorial drive. My first trip to Venice was a four-day trawl around the

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ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design

The Galerie Nationale du Design: a new landmark institution

Inside Finarte’s joyful world of handwoven rugs and textiles

KitchenAid introduces Luminaire, the latest expression of its Design Series, where an enduring kitchen icon becomes a study in light, material and texture

Editor’s Picks: Our highlights from Lake Como Design Festival 2026

Antao Earth from Villeroy & Boch: Where material and finish become the key design principles

Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès




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Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

‘We have a moral obligation to experiment’: Bas Smets unveils Vitra’s new Water Garden

Open House Festival opens hundreds of London buildings this September

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion


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ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design

Inside Finarte’s joyful world of handwoven rugs and textiles

KitchenAid introduces Luminaire, the latest expression of its Design Series, where an enduring kitchen icon becomes a study in light, material and texture

Editor’s Picks: Our highlights from Lake Como Design Festival 2026

Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch

The women bringing contemporary design to Lake Como Design Festival

Wood for the Trees: AHEC brings an exploration of forests to Shoreditch Design Week



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ICON Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design

The Galerie Nationale du Design: a new landmark institution

Inside Finarte’s joyful world of handwoven rugs and textiles

KitchenAid introduces Luminaire, the latest expression of its Design Series, where an enduring kitchen icon becomes a study in light, material and texture

Editor’s Picks: Our highlights from Lake Como Design Festival 2026

Antao Earth from Villeroy & Boch: Where material and finish become the key design principles

Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès