How a Fashion-Trained Eye Shapes April Graves’ Approach to Stone
A background in fashion led April Graves to an unlikely material: natural stone.
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The Sunken Living Room in This Concrete Buenos Aires Home Looks Surprisingly Cozy
Deep cushions, a massive tapestry, and floor-to-ceiling windows soften its otherwise hard edges.
A New Book Celebrates More Than 250 Trailblazing Women Photographers Across 200 Years
Phaidon's "Great Women Photographers" spans a multitude of photographic works from 68 countries and covers nearly 200 years of history.
This milan apartment is bursting with thousands of twentieth-century masterpieces
Casa museo boschi di stefano opened it doors in 2003, transforming a former residence into a treasure trove of twentieth-century art.
Nick Sheridan Talks Surfboards, His VW Beetle, Morocco + More
When Nick Sheridan was young, he explored everything from sketching to sewing to channel his creativity—but it was craftsmanship at home that set him on his future path.
Fancy a turnkey home created by a legendary Italian design house? Pininfarina can help
A new villa collection by Pininfarina and MV Group USA delivers bespoke Italian architectural design to an American audience.
The Ocean Photographer of the Year Finalists Highlight the Sorrowful and Sublime
"These photographs don’t just capture what’s beneath the surface; they surface the stories our planet most needs us to hear," says Will Harrison.
From casa malaparte to the sheats-goldstein residence, these homes became movie stars
These architect-designed homes have taken on lives of their own in films, shaping characters, moods, and the way we remember the buildings themselves.
Paul Nicklen frames a planet worth protecting
Reverence gathers three decades of close encounters with wildlife, turning wonder into an argument for conservation.
Jennifer Latour Preserves Ephemeral Beauty in Her Otherworldly Botanical Assemblages
In Jennifer Latour's sculptural assemblages, single flowers sprout from tree branches, appearing like otherworldly forms in the landscape.
A midcentury house and a 1990s apartment building unite to create this Australian home
In Australia, Davidov Architects seamlessly unites two buildings from distinctly different periods to create a soothing residence for a family of six.
OFFICEUNTITLED turns vacant santa monica office floor into school after the palisades fire
OFFICEUNTITLED adaptively reuses a vacant Santa Monica office floor as Village School’s interim campus after the Palisades Fire.
Artwork Has Long Had a Home at This Former Farmhouse In Ireland. Now It Has Its Own Wing
A lofty, light-filled extension creates a dedicated studio and gallery space on the country property.
They Turned a 1930s Cinque Terre Villa Into a Sunny, Streamlined Surf Shack
Carpentry experts and architecture firm Llab wrapped every room of the beachfront property with built-ins to create storage, seating, and sleeping arrangements.
Stuffed Animals and Found Objects Reconfigure in Sungho Bae’s Uncanny Sculptures
Sungho Bae's uncanny sculptures aremade of a vibrant, fleshy patchwork that resembles organs, tissue, muscle, and more.
A Hawaiian house nestled on a lava field is at once minimalist and cocooning
Architects Olson Kundig and interior studio Leverone Design create a home made for downtime.
Mexican craftsmanship finds contemporary language in everyday ceramics
Mexican studio SAUDARA, founded by Ivana Sánchez and María Padilla, creates contemporary tableware and vessels through expressive glazes.
Deroche projects turns accra community garden into a productive public landscape
DeRoche Projects breaks ground on Accra’s Backyard Community Garden, combining rammed earth, edible landscapes and palm kernel shells.
A tiny house in Ecuador exemplifies Diana Salvador's eco-sensitive architecture
The Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2026 includes Diana Salvador, an emerging practice from Ecuador.
Former McLaren Designers Bring Supercar Thinking to Furniture
Before João Dias and Patrick Carton designed furniture, they were designing machines built to exceed 200 mph.
What we learned: PLAY
Play looks back at how pleasure, permission, uncertainty and participation can turn play into a serious tool for rethinking design.
The Winners of the 2026 Pure Street Photography Awards Invoke Happenstance and Commotion
Eight winners were selected in this year's contest from nearly 1,600 entries submitted by photographers in 50 countries.
In Chile, Dharq Arquitecto’s pavilion-style home comprises twenty-two sliding doors
Patricio Huidobro founded Dharq Arquitectos in 2019.
Frank kunert’s miniature worlds bend the logic of familiar architecture
Using scale to loosen the rules of the built world, hand-built miniature sets turn familiar architecture slightly absurd.
A Menagerie of Animal Sculptures by 50+ Artists Populate ‘The Ark’
Powerhouse Arts asks, will we care for the future of our planet the way we care for the animals we love?
This Paros house is a Greek summer daydream
Welcome to Villa Sol Mare by Isola Studio, a restored Cycladic-style home.
Ken Kelleher’s Colorful Characters Take Over a Botanical Garden
Ken Kelleher’s first Canadian exhibition blooms at the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Under Glass Cloches, Amber Cowan Nests Enchanting Flameworked Scenes
Known for her lush assemblages of flameworked glass, Amber Cowan reimagines a ubiquitous yet fragile medium.
‘play is itself a function’: Luca Boscardin on designing toys, cities, and spaces
The designer reflects on playful design, open-ended objects, and why curiosity should shape cities, schools, and everyday life.
Urn Studios reimagines memorial objects into expressive celebrations of life
UK-based Urn Studios releases its first US collection, which saw seven artists reinterpret the urn as an object of identity, intimacy and enduring design ‘For decades, the funeral.
That’s One Way to Use Pandemic Office Pods
Portable glass enclosures built by an auto shop during Covid are the newest accommodations at one of America’s oddest camps.
Pac-man ghosts meet otamatone for pocket-sized musical crossover
Pac-man becomes a miniature otamatone melody instrument, bringing arcade nostalgia and squeezable sound into a pocket-sized musical crossover.
Tan France Brings His Eye for Layering to a Furniture Collection With Castlery
The collection for Castlery draws from his lifelong appreciation for layering.
A palm tree-engulfed home by Marilia Pellegrini is a sanctuary in the heart of São Paulo
Pellegrini is just one of the inductees into the Wallpaper* Architects.
New York City’s Last Standing Wood Column Company Closes After 110 Years
110 years later, Brooklyn's American Wood Column Corporation is closing.
Monumental Painted Wood Carvings by Jiang Miao Center Mindfulness
Whitestone Gallery in Seoul presents artist Jiang Miao's solo exhibition of recent acrylic-painted wood carvings, 'Spiral of Energy.'
Studio KRAFT reclaims limited schoolyard space with vertical play garden in budapest
The elevated outdoor classroom extends learning beyond the school building the outdoor classroom is enclosed with timber framing and mesh panels.
The intriguing Staempfli House on Costa Brava was once home to a Surrealist art dealer
Once host to Dalí, Bertoia, Noguchi and more, this elegant Spanish seaside villa was a meeting point for post-war artistic movements.
Jen Lewin’s Monumental ‘Ursas’ Find a Permanent Home Along the Gowanus Canal
For many public artworks, permanence is the exception rather than the rule.
Tiny Faces Surface Amid Sweeping Lines in En Iwamura’s Expressive Sculptures
Japan-based artist En Iwamura is interested in the ways we measure and understand the spaces between ourselves and others.
