
An aluminum café table that lifts away from the wall redefines flexible hospitality furniture
flexible furniture responds to compact commercial environments.

flexible furniture responds to compact commercial environments.

Completed in 2025 in Huzhou, China.

Nick Maltese Studio transforms a Brutalist Milan home with concrete interiors, stainless steel, and contemporary art.

Completed in 2024 in Wu Xi Shi, China.

Jenny Bukovec Studio reimagines a longtime waterfront property with layered interiors rooted in Sag Harbor’s maritime history.

Mexico City is a sprawling metropolis of layered temporalities, where architecture operates as a continuous negotiation between deep-seated history

Rare archives reveal how Charles and Ray Eames reimagined modern living

Check out a bathhouse where ancient ritual meets modern recovery

The 377-square-foot addition to a Cor-Ten–clad home has a black stair with a shower inside and head-to-toe plywood interiors.

Uncover how botanical gardens serve as living archives of architectural and ecological knowledge, merging nature and design.

A stair, an awning, and more metal elements reference the cottage’s industrial neighborhood.

the temporary intervention establishes a new relationship between architecture, landscape and public space

Discover the impact of architectural education on students and the role of school buildings as pedagogical tools in shaping future architects.

Human Layers (fabrication process), Oberdoerfer & Krebs | image courtesy the artists Bend Chair (detail), Oberdoerfer & Krebs, Ukurant | image © designboom

Completed in 2023 in Ezhou, China.

Explore the newest residential development by design-led firm Vabel, which launches its Queensway offering with five styled apartments

With The Cord Collection for LAYERED, Swedish design studio Massproductions extolls the fundamentals of textile construction

Activate Building in City Corner

Discover the 2025 Buildner Unbuilt Award, celebrating unbuilt projects that push architectural boundaries and address real-world challenges.

Karijini House, designed by Gritt Studio, blends drama and tranquillity in a Perth suburb

The Japanese director’s beautifully preserved residence has opened as a guesthouse, complete with original details and mountain views

This week's developments reflect a broader effort to reconsider established frameworks and expand the role of design in contemporary society.

Completed in 2025 in Ahmedabad, India.

A glass-brick wall sets the tone for an open-plan living space that’s used for everything from homework to meal prep.

A conversation pit, a wading pool, several rooftops, and standalone bedrooms with a view: this Todos Santos retreat is built for relaxmaxxing by the Pacific.

Debuted at 3daysofdesign, Emisferi is a ceramic block suitable for any number of furniture configurations and architectural applications.

Teocali, a new Costa Rican home by Mexican architect Manuel Cervantes, explores the patio house typology, effortlessly blending inside and out

the museum expands on opal lee’s decades-long campaign by combining exhibitions with community-focused programs in fort worth’s historic southside.

Designed by Raw07, Solmé boutique serves as an understated backdrop for clothing brands, with an interplay of alluring materials.

Discover Poliform

Completed in 2021 in Taiwan, China.

This Miami beach home is arranged as a sequence of densely planted courtyards

Completed in 2026 in Porto, Portugal.

A structure resembling the client’s childhood home holds a living area and bedroom, recreating the idea of an engawa around it.

No screws, no hardware – no problem.

Archiwave Architects center their transformation of an office space into a home around a sculptural, space-delineating bookcase.

The great-great-grandson of Antoni Cuyàs modified the living area with a stainless-steel built-in that wraps the perimeter, forming a sofa, desk, cabinets, and shelving.

Completed in 2025 in Chennai, India.

A carefully placed band of windows on the second floor maintains privacy and brings in light, which filters downstairs through gapped two-by-four flooring.

There’s no Wi-Fi at this 215-square-foot getaway in Ireland, but it does come with a cassette player, camera, and paper map.