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Located in the Houston neighborhood of the same name, The River Oaks offers spacious apartments with views of the city. A particular highlight is the extensive outdoor space, which features furniture from Gloster.

The architects and designers Pio and Tito Toso have created the "Anemos" table for Pedrali, which expresses the material of concrete in a new way: The brothers have formed two shells from it, which are slightly rotated to provide the base for the rounded tabletop. Tito Toso explains the idea to us in an interview.

In its current exhibition "Repair Revolution!", which runs until 15 October 2023, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich shows how repairs can avoid waste and even create something new.

"pixel" is the name of the small concrete shingle that is the result of a smart development by Rieder: it can be used to realise individual building skins that protect the environment at the same time.

The architecture firm Snøhetta impresses with fine lighting in its powerful yet discreet projects around the world. In our interview, interior architect Peter Girgis from the Oslo headquarters talks about the influence of Nordic light, the design of luminaires and the challenges of illuminating a restaurant at the bottom of the sea.

The first question before the actual interview begins: How should we refer to Bernhard Prinz? As a photo artist, photographer, sculptor, or visual artist? The question hardly comes as a surprise to Prinz: He is accustomed to being pigeonholed to a category or medium on the basis of the particular work series at hand.

Xaveer de Geyter Architects and Topotek 1 Architektur are the winners of the architectural competition for the entire new building of HfG, the Offenbach University of Art and Design. In the following interview Xaveer De Geyter explains their idea of a "small town around a green campus".

At Milan Design Week Brunner presented the first prototypes of “foild” – a light, adjustable room divider, the brainchild of architecture and design studio atelier oï. In this interview, designer Aurel Aebi (one of the three founders of atelier oï) and CEO Dr. Marc Brunner explain the concept.

Soft shapes and comfort for outdoor spaces: Commissioned by S-CAB, Alessandro Stabile has designed the “Brezza” upholstered armchair – a sustainably conceived hybrid that is equally pleasing indoors, too.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as the brilliantly quiet work of the Belgian architect Marie-José Van Hee, to whom the Flanders Architecture Institute in Antwerp is currently dedicating an exhibition.

"Kiori" is the name of Francesco Rota's new series for Paola Lenti, whose structure is made of light-coloured sassafras heartwood - a robust type of wood from North America that has been covered with a hand-woven Conwood weave.

Architecture collective AKT is collaborating with Viennese architect Hermann Czech to design the Austrian pavilion for this year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice. We talked to AKT about the project and the participative approach they take in their work.

Stylepark is raffling of the limited "Togo" edition by Pierre Frey for Ligne Roset.

Since its foundation by Marva Griffin, SaloneSatellite has given maximum visibility to the work of young designers, many of whom are now internationally renowned. Stylepark had the great honour of being part of the jury for the SaloneSatellite Award 2023. These are the winners.

Ulrich Blum is an architect for workplace design at Zaha Hadid Architects and holds a professorship for digital design at Münster School of Architecture. In the following interview he talks about future design scenarios and their influence on networked working environments.

A former slaughterhouse at Porta Vittoria was transformed into a veritable design treasure chest during Fuorisalone. We present five projects that particularly caught our eye against the exciting architectural backdrop.

As part of Milan Design Week 2023, also questions were asked about our future life and living – like on the part of the new centre for architecture and design Dropcity and the Swiss university ÉCAL. We present the pioneering projects to you.

"Revolution" is a textile made from recycled wool and is the first fabric created using Camira's state-of-the-art textile reprocessing capability, iinouiio.

The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein is presenting, for the first time, a major exhibition on the history and future of the modern garden. The show is scheduled to run until October 3, 2023.

Parallel to this year's Salone del Mobile.Milano, the 5VIE Design Week took place in the historic centre of Milan. The focus of the tenth edition of the event: art and collector design, craftsmanship as well as the connection of design with the fields of art and creativity in the broadest sense.