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From programmed wood via blossoming surfaces to self-assembling furniture: 4D printing promises magic potential.

Gira’s HomeServer lets you control the facility technology centrally.

What do your children play with? Do you buy them Lego Ninjago or wooden toy building blocks? And will that influence their future?

No Black Forest cottages here, only washed concrete: How Frankfurt artist Guido Zimmermann came upon “the thing with the cuckoo clocks.”

He came to fame with his photos of the construction of the new capital city of Brasília. A new monograph shows that photographer and architect Marcel Gautherot not only captured the modern architecture.

Composite materials are making strong inroads into the world of design and architecture. We have compiled a selection of the most exciting developments.

Sopoteka: a library where every visitor can find a spot to disconnect or socialize with "BuzziHub" and "BuzziBooth".

The Swissôtel Amsterdam has moved in a building of HP Berlage and offers its guests elegant rooms with premium bathroom facilities from Villeroy & Boch.

Colt International has created a customized façade louver system for the Fanuc Academy in Neuhausen in South Germany.

Musings on the olfactory system. A column by Michael Erlhoff.

What is currently being developed for outer space and will soon also be used on Earth – is something that is right up the alley of Arnaud Runge, who researches high-tech textiles for medical applications for the European Space Agency. In our interview he gives us an idea of his work.

Whether beachtime at Dedon, composed at Kartell or always modern with Knoll: We show the most attractive booths of the Salone 2017.

We will once again take a walk through the most beautiful shows of the Fuorisalone.

Stylepark and Architect@Work are hosting the "A@W Lectures" in Zurich. The focus this time: Textile architecture.

Nemo was founded together with Cassina. In two steps the luminaire brand was then acquired by entrepreneur Federico Palazzari. In conversation with Thomas Edelmann he talks about the proven approaches and pragmatic experiments.

Ernst&Young has outfitted its Milan branch with office furniture by Arper.

There’s no longer any talk of a change in technology – it’s long since here to stay. A propensity for large decorative shapes is in evidence at the Euroluce in Milan and the various events around town.

The office furniture manufacturer Koleksiyon is opening a spacious showroom in Dusseldorf.

The Millennium Dome in London is one of the largest domes made from textile in the world. Now a spectacular roofwalk leads over the dome.

Travel with UN Studio to Mars to discover new products and new applications for lightweight architecture: We present the highlights of this year’s Techtextil in Frankfurt.