NA Design Studio uses earth-toned bricks for Brooklyn residential façade
An eight-storey housing project on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill uses varied Danish colour bricks to give its street-facing envelope a layered, earth-toned character.
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Studio Deng turns a plywood horse into a Seattle public playground
Studio Deng’s Flatland Horse installation at Seattle Design Festival recasts the familiar equestrian monument as an accessible structure — part gateway, part slide and part tactile public play space.
John McAslan + Partners converts Oxford power station for Saïd
A former Victorian power station in Oxford has been restored and extended as a new learning and accommodation venue for the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.
Former Zaha Hadid studio in Clerkenwell to become public arts venue
The Zaha Hadid Foundation plans to open a public venue for architecture and design in the London building that once housed Zaha Hadid’s studio, extending public access to a landmark creative workplace.
Ghent inflatable sculpture turns democracy into shared labour
A seven-metre inflatable work by zweintopf asks passers-by to keep pumping air into its structure, making its survival dependent on sustained collective participation.
Gibson Karlo recasts the Twill chair in metal for Design By Them
Australian studio Gibson Karlo has developed an all-metal version of its Twill chair for Design By Them, carrying the original design’s soft, plasticine-inspired visual character into a new material.
Kevin McCloud says homes are becoming more playful as Grand Designs endures
Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud says residential architecture has grown more playful during the programme’s long run, as self-builders continue to test personal ideas of what a home can be.
Pedrali turns Bergamo’s temporary timber pavilion into a permanent public venue
Pedrali has repurposed its temporary wooden pavilion in Bergamo, Italy, as a permanent setting for public events, exhibitions and outdoor design activity.
Šépka Architekti gives Prague prefab house the form of a wardrobe
A tall, narrow timber home in Prague's Ořechovka district draws its unusual silhouette from a footed wardrobe, using oversized shutters to transform its facade.
François Prost examines nightclub facades as engines of architectural desire
The French photographer traces how nightclub exteriors convert familiar imagery and mass-market fantasies into architectural promises that can outlast the venues’ spectacle.