Lina Ghotmeh’s Stone Garden is a synthesis of architecture and archaeology, of rocks and flora as well as a highly emotional homage to the inhabitants’ will to survive in the architect’s catastrophe-ridden home town Beirut.

A shower tile that is flush with the bathroom floor: with "BetteAir", Dominik Tesseraux has created a shower tile for Bette that can be glued directly onto the screed.

With "Elastica", Innocenzo Rifino and Diego Rossi from Studio Habits span the light across the room and from the floor to the ceiling. The luminaire can be controlled with a simple hand movement.

The Future of Living: On the initiative of the Center za kreativnost – the Center for Creativity in Ljubljana – the exhibition on contemporary design from Slovenia is currently touring Europe’s design metropolises. On show are sustainable, innovative, functional but also socially committed creative projects.

What's new in the kitchen? Which materials, which styles are in demand? What current ideas are the creatives and manufacturers offering? We have put together a selection of the news for you as part of our Novelties Stage.

Studio Besau-Marguerre has created an interior design concept for the workrooms of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe MK&G in Hamburg that combines different trends.

On 22 and 23 June 2021, the German Institute for Urban Architecture will broadcast the 11th Conference on the Beauty and Viability of the City from Frankfurt am Main as an online live stream.

Villeroy & Boch has fitted out the bathrooms of the “Kaunas”, a historic 4-star superior hotel in Lithuania and in the process combined contemporary design with clever details that make for maximum comfort.

The Serpentine Pavilion opened in London's Kensington Gardens recently. In an interview, Sumayya Vally, founder of the Counterspace office from Johannesburg, explains how London's migrant communities inspired her design.

With his new Axel-Springer building Rem Koolhaas has created a landmark in Berlin that thanks to its radically modern architecture stands for the move towards a new way of working. The comprehensive supply and drainage system in the heart of the building is courtesy of Geberit.

Colored faucets – in the mid-1970s, they amounted to a revolution in the market. For Italian design workshop Fantini, they marked the dawn of a new age in several respects: Their “I Balocchi” mixer, which translates as “the toys”, designed in 1977 together with Davide Mercatali and Paolo Pedrizzetti, represented the company’s entry into the world of design.

For decades photographer Ursula Edelmann documented the reconstruction of Frankfurt/Main as well as its economic and cultural boom. To mark her 95th birthday KunstRaum Bernusstrasse is presenting a retrospective of her architecture, art and object photography. In this interview she gives us an insight into her work.

Werner Aisslinger has designed the robust "1140" table for Thonet that boasts a host of ingenious details. It has excellent chances of becoming something that accompanies its owner through all the various phases in life.

The focus of Sofia Souidi's work is clearly on one of the greatest challenges of our time – it is about sustainability. In 2020, she was nominated for the German Sustainability Award for Design. As artist in residence at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, the designer is currently working on her project "Superwood".

Robust and colourfast: The carpet tile "Blurred Edge 854" is one of the latest novelties from IVC Commercial.

On the death of architect Gottfried Böhm.

To make its cars with internal combustion engines carbon-neutral, Mazda is supporting research into a biofuel made from algae.

The Heimtextil 'Future Materials Library' digital material library shows trend-setting materials for interior design.

Jorge Pensi has collaborated with Italian furniture makers Pedrali for over a decade now – his classic “Ara” chair celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The architect and designer has just created flexible solutions for a new world of work in the form of the “Ypsilon Connect” room divider and the “Temps low back” task chair.

Italian manufacturer Cleaf seeks to spur the creativity of architects with its "Shaping Surfaces" competition. The prize in the first edition went to Campos Costa Arquitetos whose design for a concept store in Lisbon invites people on a journey of discovery.

The Canadian artist, designer and architect Omer Arbel moves between disciplines with his creative works, creating extraordinary objects and buildings that fascinate and offer a new experience of space. Phaidon Verlag recently published the first monograph on his work.

The fact that rehearsal rooms need not be drab boxes despite their sound insulation is demonstrated by two pavilions in Berlin. A contributory factor here is the facade made of KME’s “TECU(R) Gold” which transforms the two buildings into glowing sound bodies.

It was meant to be demolished back in 2007 but was saved by the global economic crisis. Now, though, its days are truly numbered: Anyone wanting to take a last look at architect Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo will have to hurry. The 1972 tower, one of the masterpieces of Japanese Metabolism, is just about still standing.

"Camira Knit" by Camira produces technical textiles that offer sustainable covers with a perfect fit and high-quality design thanks to advanced technology.

With the new Kunsthaus in Göttingen Atelier ST has finally helped old plans for an even older context to come to fruition.

Berlin Urban Tech Summit 2021 – that's the name of the virtual half-day conference that starts today at 2 pm under the motto "The city of the future using the Urban Tech Republic as an example".

Professor Christoph Mäckler is not just an architect and urban planner but also the founder and director of the German Institute for Urban Architecture at Dortmund Technical University. He has decisively shaped German urban planning with pioneering projects. He explains in an interview why sustainability, diversity and aesthetics are essential for the future of European cities and he rejects the idea of car-free inner cities.

Stylepark raffles off one "Miura" bar stool by Plank.

With "Pointbreak", Piero Lissoni has designed a reduced outdoor light collection for FLOS, which, following the example of the candle, offers orientation with sensual light and creates a pleasant atmosphere.

The "WaterWorks" in Hamburg is an exemplary demonstration by BiwerMau Architekten of how an old building can be put to a new use. Switches and power outlets from the Berker "1930" series also play a role in the conversion.

Together with H Architectos, Christ & Gantenbein are extending the MACBA in Barcelona and providing it with a new exhibition space. This will be accessed through a 15th-century church.

Arper has supplied the furniture for the Humanitas University campus designed by Studio FTA near Milan – thus promoting dialogue between students and teaching staff.

With the kitchen as the programmatic centrepiece of the design, architects Daniel Schütz and Georg Windeck remodelled a Manhattan penthouse. The new floor plan celebrates the architectural heritage, the view and the passion for good food.

The detail makes the difference – for the highest functionality, best material quality and excellent design. As a specialist in drainage systems, Dallmer has set itself this high standard from the very beginning.

What will the hospital of tomorrow look like? We spoke to Hans Larsson and Alex Retegan from the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) on the impact of digitization, designing for robots, and developing more flexible typologies for a new architecture of healing.