‘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.
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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.
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.
Monumental Joyful Murals by Ella & Pitr Fill Urban Rooftops and Fields
Known for their monumental murals, which span entire public squares, rooftops, playing fields, and more, Ella & Pitr bring eccentric joy to urban spaces.
The Top Photos in the CWAS David Malin Awards Highlight Astronomical Wonders
The Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) of New South Wales marks its annual AstroFest with an amateur photography competition.
What If the Bathroom Was the Center of the Home?
SIGLA Studio organizes a Barcelona apartment around an open bathroom.
The Art of Layered Lighting: How Gemma Goldsmith Shapes a Home With Light
The designer layers warm, adaptable light into a home with Scandinavian restraint.
A Cobbled-Together 1940s Cottage Inspired This Breezy Coastal Home in the U.K.
Holloway studio translated the piecemeal feel of the original plan into a cluster of spaces that better connect with the setting.
This Los Angeles Home Lets Nature Become the Architecture
In Studio City, a Los Angeles neighborhood known for its blend of privacy and lush greenery, sits a modern sanctuary.
This Eye-Popping Madrid Apartment Overachieves on Its Only Goal
Architecture studio Bardo’s renovation surprises at every turn with cloistered, colorful spaces.
Gillian Gillies Reimagines Sustainable Design as a Warm Embrace
This Toronto home pairs passive house principles with layered interiors.
Hotel Hubertus Completes Its Architectural Vision With a Spa Expansion
For the past decade, Hotel Hubertus has made headlines for its bold, architecturally adventurous amenities.
Sculptural exhibition design traces a glowing path through antiquity in poland
NArchitekTURA organizes the Lanckoroński Collection across five interconnected rooms at Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow.
Pat Austin’s Portland Studio Was Designed to Evolve
Interior designers often use their studios as opportunities to express their fully formed aesthetic.
Alessandro Isola Studio creates a unique space for a client with a passion for Porsches
Alessandro Isola Studio creates a full-scale vitrine for automotive display
A Wellesley Home Where Quiet Luxury Meets Everyday Life
Tharon Anderson Design proves warm minimalism can be beautiful and livable
This Lisbon townhouse is a dream home for wellness fanatics
Soft tones and natural textures turn this expansive Portuguese home into a cocoon from city life
A Rooftop Glass Box Is the Crown Jewel of This Office Turned Home in Buenos Aires
The transparent addition serves as a workspace and brings light deep into the unit’s lower levels.
Studio Papaya Makes a Small Apartment Feel Surprisingly Spacious
Layered storage and thoughtful zoning transform this compact São Paulo space
Colorful furnishings and raw textures animate an open-plan flower shop
The flower shop combines preserved textures with bold new forms and colorful furnishings.
Disappearing rooms and clever storage transform a 1970s apartment in Athens
Clever joinery, hidden storage and sliding walls transform this compact 1970s home into a fluid, light-filled living space
A Spa-Like Bathroom Is the Central Feature of This Renovated Barcelona Flat
The tile-finished space has an alcove tub with a motorized panel that opens it to the living area.
Studio Coco Greenblum Brings Warmth to Bumble’s Aspen Chalet
The Love Chalet activation used architectural color and subtle branding
Ana Elisa Egreja Takes a Magical Realist Approach to Migration in Her Rich Still Lifes
"Improbable but not impossible" is how Brazilian artist Ana Elisa Egreja describes the unexpected companions in her vibrant still lifes.
House of Rolison Carries a Japanese-Inspired Home Into Its Next Chapter
House of Rolison focused on connecting the home to the land
IBM Research extends the scope of its home, an Eero Saarinen-designed modernist campus
The new space – by IBM Research, Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office – lies within IBM’s Eero Saarinen-designed campus
The Architecture Edit: 10 amazing houses that made an impression in June
Favourite homes of the month, from a subterranean space in south London to a reimagined 16th-century watchtower in Tuscany
CR Land: Wuxi MixC Mall / Ippolito Fleitz Group
Completed in 2024 in Wu Xi Shi, China.
Scan More than 60 Million Stars in the Most Detailed Photo of the Milky Way Ever Taken
Scientists can pinpoint exoplanets and measure their mass by monitoring tiny changes in starlight over time in a process called microlensing.
Colorful printed textile installation reimagines historic laundry building facade in switzerland
the temporary intervention establishes a new relationship between architecture, landscape and public space
Pedagogy in Space: Architecture Schools' Hidden Curriculum
Discover the impact of architectural education on students and the role of school buildings as pedagogical tools in shaping future architects.
Representation as Argument: Lyndon Neri on What Juries Look for in Architecture Competitions
Discover the 2025 Buildner Unbuilt Award, celebrating unbuilt projects that push architectural boundaries and address real-world challenges.
Exotic and painterly vistas unfold across inkiostro bianco’s fine art wallpapers
embodying artistic visual narratives, inkiostro bianco expands its decorative language through wallcoverings by gio bressana and karen knorr.
James Turrell's Skyspace and the Opening of the Obama Presidential Center: This Week’s Review
This week's developments reflect a broader effort to reconsider established frameworks and expand the role of design in contemporary society.
Elliot McGucken Suspends Einstein’s ‘Light Cones’ Over Desert Expanses
The sublime enigmas of nature form the basis of the physicist-photographer's explorations of landscape and light.
A Flexible, Light-Filled Extension Opens Up a Family’s Victorian Cottage in Melbourne
A glass-brick wall sets the tone for an open-plan living space that’s used for everything from homework to meal prep.
Flat for One / Metrics Architecture Studio
Completed in 2021 in Taiwan, China.
Surreal Figures Step from Leonora Carrington’s Paintings into ‘Shape of Dreams’
'Shape of Dreams' at L'SPACE Gallery highlights Carrington's imaginative approach to sculpture and wearable art.
A waterfront house in Miami is arranged as a sequence of densely planted courtyards
This Miami beach home is arranged as a sequence of densely planted courtyards
The Titular Green Box at the Heart of This Greek Home
Archiwave Architects center their transformation of an office space into a home around a sculptural, space-delineating bookcase.
