£32 Gets You Aboard This Floating Wood-Fired Sauna in London
Soak bills itself as an off-grid wellness space with a steam room, cold plunges, showers, and a café and bar area.
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Friday Five with Veronica Mishaan: Inside the Making of a Bogotá Penthouse
Veronica Mishaan balances family history with art, rich materials, and tthe Andes.
Jonathan Knight’s Meditative Series ‘Exhale’ Invites Us to Slow Down and Practice Noticing
Knight conceived of 'Exhale' as a way to explore the nuances of color and "the emotional experience of looking."
The Reason This Spanish Architect Got into Prefab Has Nothing to Do with Speed or Budget
The first factory-built home by Eduardo Mediero of Madrid firm Hanghar is an experiment in something he feels is much more valuable to a client.
Tim Walker Traces Five Decades of Queer Activism Through Portraiture in ‘Fairyland’
From pioneering activists and healthcare workers to drag performers and musicians, 250 portraits trace how queer communities have shaped british cultural life through resistance.
A 5-Year-Old Kitchen Finds a New Home on Copenhagen’s Paper Island
The kitchen in Josephine Yaa Akuamoa’s new home on Copenhagen’s Paper Island spent its first five years in a workspace.
A Luxurious Spa by Liaigre Completes Hôtel Costes in Paris
Rich materials, immersive lighting, and a 65-foot pool unfold below the Paris hotel.
This Country Home in Australia Almost Burned Down Before It Was Even Completed
A team stepped in to save the residence from a wildfire, which was designed with concrete and a corrugated-metal roof to ward of flames.
Spacon Fills Edition Denmark in Seoul with Vintage Danish Furniture and Found Objects
Copenhagen studio Spacon brought touches of its home country to Seoul with a showroom and cafe for the Edition Denmark brand that evokes the "layered feeling of a home".
Wild Hijinx and Hilarious Happenstance Reign in the 2026 Comedy Wildlife Awards
The competition welcomed its largest ever number of entries—more than 10,000—from photographers in 112 countries.
Two Straight-Forward Changes Make This Family Home in Brazil Exceptionally Airy
The architects exposed its roof structure for more height throughout and dug out the street-facing end of the plan to layer private areas.
A Bahrain Bay Apartment Finds Its Rhythm in Art and Curves
Curves, saturated color, and collectible design shape this Bahrain Bay retreat.
Offcuts from the Renovation of This ’70s Socal Home Were Repurposed into Furnishings
Design platform Unfold Projects had artists rework salvaged materials of architect Shanna Kellogg’s ’70s experiment in organic modernism, including turning redwood into a guitar.
The Dexter Hotel Makes a Case for Made-In-Michigan Design
As the former creative director of Detroit-based watch and lifestyle brand Shinola, Daniel Caudill has long championed made-in-Michigan production.
Church Edit’s LA Headquarters Rethinks the Editing Studio
Church Edit‘s new headquarters sits directly on the Los Angeles River in Frogtown, with access to the river bike path from the property.
Grid Patterns—and Punchy Colors—Reorganize This 1930s Rome Flat
It was out with partitions and in with straight lines: for the pink kitchen, bathroom tile with yellow grout, terrazzo flooring, and bedroom furniture with seafoam-green trim.
The Dining Room Is Also a Bedroom—and an Office—at This Renovated Athens Flat
A pocket door, fold-down bed, and pop-out desk built into one wall make it the most versatile space in the apartment.
This Stealthy Black "Ninja House" Is Perched on One of L.A.’S Steepest Streets
EYRC Architects combine yakisugi siding and concrete blocks to create a dramatic residence on a hillside overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir.
Elizabeth Herrmann Clads a Cornwall Home in Gendai Yakisugi
Charred cedar gives Milo House its bark-like exterior.
Hayhurst and Co Carves Triple-Height Void Through 1970s Hampstead Townhouse
London studio Hayhurst and Co has reorganised Hampstead Town House around a triple-height void, transforming the interior of the 30-square-metre home while retaining its distinctive 1970s.
Discarded Road Signs Transform into Monumental Land Art Installation on Sardinian Shore
Inspired by hokusai's great wave, the work turns objects once designed to regulate movement into physical pixels, creating an ephemeral image.
In Slovenia, Two 1950s Terrace Homes Trade Tiny Rooms for Light-Filled Vertical Layouts
Small, stacked spaces are now more open to one another with a reworked central staircase and a series of skylights.
The Double-Height Atrium Is Still the Best Part of This Revived ’70s Australian Home
WOWOWA Architecture turned an upstairs storage area into a study with a view of the signature feature.
Multi-Generational House in Bengaluru Designed to Be "Conducive to Reading"
Cosy nooks and a study are among the spaces designed for reading at House of Shadows, an Indian home by Cadence Architects.
Corbusier and Thoreau Inspired This 400-Square-Foot Washington Retreat
Architecture firm Wittman Estes channeled Walden Pond’s sense of remove and the scrappy spirit of Le Cabanon.
Sabrina Albanese Reimagines a Toronto Home for Its Next Chapter
For years, this classic stone home in Toronto’s historic Lawrence Park neighborhood revolved around the rhythms of family life.
The Cladding, Insulation, and Flooring of This London Loft Extension Are All Made of Cork
Office S&M went all in on the lightweight material for its sustainable—and quirky—qualities.
Technically, This Cluster of Cabins Is a Single Home
The prefab structure in Paredes, Portugal, is stitched together at the edges to form a long, offset plan.
Clap Studio Turns an Iconic Spanish Nightclub into a Study in Pure Sound
For club owners—or anyone with unusually loud neighbors—keeping sound contained can be a necessity.
Floor-To-Ceiling Glass Sliders Peel Back Entire Walls at This Rammed Earth Home in New Zealand
An interior courtyard makes the residence feel exceptionally airy.
Lang Architecture Reimagines Art Deco in an East Village Apartment
Lang Architecture’s latest project, an apartment in New York City’s East Village, began as two separate units inside a 1930s Art Deco building.
A Floating Stair "Sawtooths" Through the Heart of This Toronto Townhome
It sits within a light well and contours a built-in on the ground floor.
This Monolithic Home in Los Angeles References the City’s First Museum
Architect David Gonzalez Rojas designed it after the nearby Southwest Museum’s signature tower, which he visited as a kid.
Sana Skin Studio Finds Calm in the Heart of Wynwood
Sculptural forms and warm neutrals stand out in Miami’s colorful arts district.
Diminutive Seahorses Top the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest
Ocean Photographer of the Year highlights some of the most beloved, impressive, and little-seen aspects of our planet's most expansive waters.
Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi
Following surveys of butterflies, birds, oceans, and trees, the editors at Phaidon have settled on their next topic of inquiry: fungi.
A Martha’s Vineyard Home Designed for Views and the Ocean Breeze
Turkel Design’s Veil House pairs a sliding wood facade, expansive glazing, and precision prefabrication to create a serene retreat shaped by its coastal surroundings.
Joe Flacco’s Family Home Puts Function Before Flash
Some NFL quarterbacks choose to spend their fortune in a wildly ostentatious fashion, buying private jets, yachts, $300,000 watches, or flashy supercars.
Studio Rosenthal Opens Up a Gramercy Park Apartment to the Light
New York’s historic Gramercy Park neighborhood may be known for its private park, but inside one nearby apartment, openness and sunlight were in short supply.
Rick Tegelaar’s Designs Begin with Making, Not Sketching
The Dutch designer shares how hands-on experiments turn into unexpected forms.
