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Posts tagged 'Urbanism'

The Acoustic City

Sukhdev Sandhu welcomes an exploration of how sound shapes – and is shaped by – the urban landscape, from the Heathrow flightpath to Eddie Van

Opinion

Uneven Growth

An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York presents a whimsical view of the forces driving change in a diverse range of

Opinion

Keiichi Matsuda: Total digital overload

The London-based designer’s films offer a glimpse into a nightmarish sci-fi future in which every surface, appliance and inch of peripheral vision fizzes with data

Design

Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space

Keller Easterling’s provocative study of infrastructure, the operating system governing everyday life, impresses Jay Owens Infrastructure has been lurking under the surface of urban thinking for

Opinion

Can we outsmart the smart city?

Masdar, a $20 billion smart city being built in the Abu Dhabi desert  A new generation of cities are being wired up to control themselves

Architecture

Seroxat, Smirnoff, THC: Laura Oldfield Ford

For an exhibition at the Stanley Picker Gallery, the artist turns her attention to the “self-medicating” suburbs, which decay as the inner city is fortified

Opinion

The Promise

Born2007 by Jeremiah Day – former checkpoint and used-car lot in Bornholmer Strasse, Berlin An exhibition on the role of art in reimagining the city is

Opinion

São Paulo: Edge city

This drive-by portrait of Brazil’s largest city takes us on an anti-clockwise tour around the sprawling metropolis, exploring the ring of social housing and favelas

Architecture

Theatrum Mundi, Copenhagen

Buckminster Fuller saw his geodesic domes as a solution to the post-war housing crisis, but they have usually been put to more whimsical uses. On

Opinion

Collectors: Richard Rogers

Richard Rogers has always urged people to consider the dialogue between structures in a cityscape, rather than just individual buildings – an interest that can

Architecture

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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

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch

The women bringing contemporary design to Lake Como Design Festival

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




Architects

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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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

‘My approach is intimate’: Stefania Zanetti on photography, food and the body

‘Good curation is not about filling a space with statement objects’: Pavel Klimczak on Monologue’s new showroom



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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

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch

The women bringing contemporary design to Lake Como Design Festival

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