In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a wood-lined diabetes health centre in Copenhagen created by Danish studio Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. The building has a curved, gabled form, with interior walkways organised around a… Read More »“A cathedral of wood” says commenter
Design studio Uchronia has showcased works by British artists, including chairs made from extruded plastic and seafoam-green glass sculptures, in a suite unveiled at London’s Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park for Frieze Art Fair. The suite,… Read More »Uchronia designs celadon-hued suite at Mandarin Oriental hotel as “weird underwater world”
London studios AHMM and TiggColl have completed a 12-storey building near Notting Hill combining co-living and hotel stays under the same roof. Mason & Fifth Westbourne Park is located beside the Grand Union Canal, on… Read More »Mason & Fifth offers short and long stays in canal-side building by AHMM and TiggColl
As part of Designers’ Saturday festival in Oslo, curators Kirsten Visdal and Per Olav Sølvberg displayed an array of vintage and contemporary Nordic design objects in the home of artist Paul Hellsegg. Visdal and Sølvberg… Read More »Zeitgeist 2.0 exhibition transforms artist’s home into showcase for “new Norwegian design movement”
Design studio Symbolplus has renovated its office in Tokyo, using earthen plaster and delicate Japanese paper to complement the existing building. The Symbolplus office is set within a timber-framed building designed by Japanese architect Akio… Read More »Symbolplus “quietly integrates” natural materials into its own office in Tokyo
The Appleby Blue Almshouse social housing complex in London, designed by local studio Witherford Watson Mann Architects, has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Created by Witherford Watson Mann on… Read More »“Hopeful and imaginative” social housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2025