ARCHITECTURE Brick shrine for a fashion god10/29/2017The new Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakesh is the expression of the designer’s life-long love of North Africa.
ARCHITECTURE Elevated 10/26/2017Architecture studio Delordinaire has built a slender, modern chalet in a Canadian skiing area.
FEATURED A concrete treasure chest10/23/2017South Tyrol’s greatest treasures are hidden behind the dark-gray façade made from “Fibre C” glass-fiber-reinforced concrete elements by Rieder.
ARCHITECTURE Memories of tropical Modernism10/22/2017Architecture offices Bernardi Peschard and Blancas Moran have designed a villa in Mexico City that is firmly in the tradition of Latin American mid-century architecture.
ARCHITECTURE Gonzalez Haase to live in 10/18/2017Architects Judith Haase and Pierre Jorge Gonzalez made a name for themselves with their spectacular shops for Balenciaga, Murkudis and the KaDeWe Group. They have now just completed their first residential home.
FEATURED A house inside a house10/17/2017In Berlin’s Hotel Michelberger architect Sigurd Larsen used Simonswerk hinging technology to create a living cube in two of the rooms.
FEATURED The right place for everyone10/16/2017Steelcase and Microsoft have developed five “Creative Spaces” that combine space and technology to enable the users to work more creatively.
ARCHITECTURE The end of the school corridor10/14/2017NL Architects have designed a kindergarten and primary school complex in Knokke in Belgium that certainly stands the usual school hierarchy on its head.
ARCHITECTURE Embrace it!10/13/2017Architect Bruno Dias has created a remarkable courtyard in the small Portuguese town of Ansião, effortlessly combining intimacy and stringency.
FEATURED Gems beneath your feet10/10/2017For the creative design of the underground railway stations along the new “Wehrhahn” line, architecture firm Netzwerkarchitekten are making use of individually manufactured ceiling systems from Lindner.
ARCHITECTURE The jewel in the crown of Lego City10/7/2017I was made for buildin’ you baby... The architects at BIG have found their ideal construction task: a giant Lego house.
FEATURED Get to the top sparingly10/2/2017The heights of the “AquaTurm” design hotel in Radolfzell can be effortlessly scaled by Schindler elevator.
ARCHITECTURE An office for now and then9/26/2017The architecture studio “Von M” has transformed a spacious apartment in Munich’s Glockenbach district into an open-plan studio.
FEATURED Enjoying the inclement English weather – behind glass9/25/2017Thanks to the Solarlux balcony glazing the “Prom Apartments New Brighton” can withstand the stormy weather on Great Britain’s coast.
ARCHITECTURE When the coworking space grows up9/20/2017With their “New Work Project,” the interior design studio The New Design Object has created an elegant co-working space in New York City.
FEATURED Back to the future9/18/2017The historic building of the “West-Brabants Archief” in the Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom has been brought up to the latest standard with Gira.
ARCHITECTURE Hyperspace9/15/2017The Heatherwick Studio has carved out the inside of an old grain silo to create an Expressionist sculpture that doubles up as the new “Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa” in Cape Town.
FEATURED Barefoot on oak9/12/2017Dinesen HeartOak floor planks create a cozy atmosphere in a holiday home on the island of Funen.
STYLEPARK BETTE Customized showers9/9/2017The premium owner-occupied apartments of Friends Tower in Munich are fitted with showers by Bette.
FEATURED Let it flow9/4/2017The desks in the Heike Falkenberg’s "M-Line" series also set the tone in her own home.
ARCHITECTURE Fulfilling emptiness9/3/2017When in 1986 the two art collectors were looking for an architect to build them a holiday home on Mallorca, they happened to meet a young unknown architect from England: John Pawson. He did not design a house for their plot but a large castle – that can be rented today.
ARCHITECTURE OMA, strictly scientific9/2/2017The architects at OMA have for the first time designed a university building: "Lab City" for the elite Parisian college CentraleSupélec.
ARCHITECTURE The best from the North8/31/2017In Copenhagen’s North Harbor a new lease of life has been found for a former coal crane – in the form of a hideaway that doubles up as a show of Danish design prowess.
ARCHITECTURE Get on your UFO!8/29/2017The built future optimism of the 1970s can currently be viewed at the “Utopie Plastic” exhibition in Friche de l’Escalette near Marseille.
FEATURED Protection for children’s fingers8/28/2017Simonswerk has created a finger-trap protection set for retrofitting doors.
ARCHITECTURE Stepping into history8/25/2017On Römerberg, in the middle of Frankfurt’s Old City, Meixner Schlüter Wendt have created an archetypical building of glass that appears to be suspended in space.
MAGAZINE Goodbye, Streets in the Sky!8/25/2017The bulldozer has rolled in. The demolition of Robin Hood Gardens has started. An obit. In praise of the best concrete in East London.
ARCHITECTURE The city gains big-time with this building8/24/2017The new Historisches Museum Frankfurt building designed by Lederer Ragnarsdottir Oei has divided the architectural community. Peter Cachola Schmal, Director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt explains why it is successful.
ARCHITECTURE Classical Japan in Baden-Württemberg8/23/2017For the Stuttgart Restaurant “Enso Sushi und Grill” DIA – Dittel Architekten serve up Japanese restraint coupled with European seating.
ARCHITECTURE Minimal intervention8/21/2017North Italian architects Bergmeister Wolf have extended a house on Lake Garda with a simple and yet spectacular annex.
ARCHITECTURE For the young generation8/19/2017Matter Design and FR|SCH have designed a sophisticated architectural play structure for a place with special architectural significance.
ARCHITECTURE Appropriating space8/18/2017For their cultural project "Allmeinde Commengrounds" Katia und Gerold Schneider rebuild an old stable building. There they show currently the subtle photographs taken by Walter Niedermayr.
ARCHITECTURE German contribution to the 16th International Architecture Exhibition announced 8/16/2017The curators for the German contribution of "Unbuilding Walls" at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice have been announced: Graft Architects and Marianne Birthler.
ARCHITECTURE The first time8/15/2017Note Design Studio presents its first Building: the “Villa Esker”.
ARCHITECTURE Wine step by step 8/14/2017At Enoteca Dai Tosi Belgian architects De Vylder Vinck Taillieu have assembled everything that makes the city of Matera what it is – cavernous rooms, tuff and masses of steps.