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Neue Nationalgalerie reopens after ‘surgical’ restoration by David Chipperfield

The iconic Berlin gallery designed by Mies van der Rohe underwent an extensive refurbishment which balanced conservation with future needs The Neue Nationalgalerie, the modernist

Architecture

Switzerland’s largest housing complex retrofitted

The listed modernist estate in Geneva underwent an 11-year ‘high-tech’ renovation that prioritises longevity and thermal performance Geneva-based Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés has completed the

Architecture

The high-tech, inside-out design of Richard Rogers

Three World Trade Center by Richard Rogers. Photo by JJBers Richard Rogers is one of the best known architects of the later 20th century, known

Architecture
Alvar Aalto: Finland’s most famous designer

Alvar Aalto: Finland’s most famous designer

Vyborg Library with furniture all designed by Alvar Aalto. Photo by Ninara via Flickr Finnish architect Alvar  Aalto was a well-known modernist whose style was

Architecture
Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

  Vorticism was a short-lived radical art movement in Britain that celebrated urbanity and the age of the machine. Vorticism was a British avant-garde group

Design
More than 60 years on the Eames Chair is still a classic

More than 60 years on the Eames Chair is still a classic

A modern take on the nineteenth-century club chair, the Eames Lounge Chair has become a classic. The Eames lounge chair and its matching ottoman were

Design
The Barcelona Chair: A modernist classic

The Barcelona Chair: A modernist classic

The Barcelona Chair is one of the most recognisable and iconic designs of the last century. Still frequently used in interiors, the chair epitomises elegance

Design

The Louvre and its great glass pyramid

  Once a royal residence, the Louvre Museum’s palatial courtyard now centres around a crystalline glass pyramid The Louvre sits on the right bank of

Architecture

Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe

Why Mies van der Rohe’s final building is perhaps his most iconic. By Beatrice Galilee It was in Berlin that Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began

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New Eileen Gray retrospective to open in New York next week

 Eileen Gray’s design for Boudoir de Monte Carlo 1923. Courtesy of Archives Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris Curator Cloé Pitiot speaks about the upcoming Eileen Gray

Design

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Moleskine CEO Christophe Archaimbault on writing as a creative detox

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LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

Inside the Malmö studio of Swedish designer Jenny Nordberg

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO

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How architecture studio DEDRAFT revamped a mid-1960s modernist house

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LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO

How architecture studio DEDRAFT revamped a mid-1960s modernist house

MoDusArchitects completes contemporary Alpine home in Val di Non

Fondazione MAST kicks off 7th edition of Foto/Industria with a citywide exploration into the meaning of home

Triennale Milano transforms a historic Milan venue into a design-driven stage where music and collaboration lead the way

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet

The newly opened Darsena Listening Suite at Il Sereno in Lake Como is a playground for audiophiles

How Lake Como Design Festival became the quiet leader of a slow, local design revolution


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PINCH reaffirms the beauty of natural materials with its latest collection

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Moleskine CEO Christophe Archaimbault on writing as a creative detox

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LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

Inside the Malmö studio of Swedish designer Jenny Nordberg

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO

10 must-see design exhibitions not to miss in 2026

How architecture studio DEDRAFT revamped a mid-1960s modernist house

5 Highlights from Design Miami 2025

Inside a fully furnished Artemest London penthouse designed by Róisín Lafferty