Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and US firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture have debuted a floating plaza with sloping floors at the Venice Architecture Biennale before it journeys to Brazil for COP30. Named AquaPraça, the 400-square-metre plaza is… Read More »Carlo Ratti and Höweler + Yoon’s floating AquaPraça plaza anchors in Venice
A design by Finnish studio JKMM Architects with sloped facades made from recycled brick has been announced as the winner of a contest for a design museum in Helsinki, which is set to be built… Read More »JKMM Architects wins competition to design Museum of Architecture and Design Helsinki
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a Notting Hill home renovation by Knox Bhaven featuring oak joinery and white surfaces. After years of neglect, the four-storey house in London was overhauled, with the… Read More »“The simple materiality works a charm” says commenter
Designer Paul Cocksedge has created a weathered steel sculpture in Trafalgar Square for London Design Festival that incorporates AI-generated films showing how the city has evolved over the centuries. What Nelson Sees is one of the… Read More »What Nelson Sees shares Admiral Nelson’s view of the city with Londoners
Non-profit collective Design Everything is touring the A Seat at the Table exhibition across London in the back of a van to tackle the rising costs and red tape that it says come with showing… Read More »London Design Festival should organise annual exhibition “that’s free to participate in” say emerging designers
Fisher & Paykel appliances add steel accents to this brick-and-timber house in Melbourne, Australia, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen for the luxury kitchen brand. Designed by local architecture studio Edition Office, Naples… Read More »Brick-clad Melbourne home features custom kitchen by Fisher & Paykel