Deep in the untouched, mossy forests and ancient swamps of Polesia, a mystical spirit named Grun’ comes alive – not through folklore, but through the imaginative designs of Victoria Yakusha. As the founder of Faina… Read More »Faina Design Reimagines a Mythical Forest Dweller Into Furniture
Leica, renowned for its high-end cameras, also excels in optical technology, including home cinema systems. The latest addition to its lineup, the Leica Cine Play 1, is a testament to the brand’s commitment to blending… Read More »The Leica Cine Play 1 Blends Modern Materials With Bauhaus-Inspired Design
Leather is inextricable from the human experience, early manipulations dating back 400,000 years. Full grain leather is prized throughout the world as the premium surface in any hide, revered for its strength, durability, and beauty.… Read More »Studio Luddite Stacks Leather Discs to Form the Pell Chandelier
Chunky columns wrap the exterior of Wood Up, an apartment block in Paris by French studio Local Architecture Network with a glued-laminated and cross-laminated timber structure. Created for developers Semapa and REI Habitat, the 14-storey… Read More »LAN “deliberately exposes” mass-timber structure of Paris apartment block
The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Oslo Opera House, a Snøhetta-designed project that pioneered the concept of architecture as landscape. The home of the Norwegian National Opera and… Read More »Snøhetta’s Oslo Opera House was the most significant building of 2007
Salford City Council has approved the demolition of the University of Salford’s Centenary Building, which won the inaugural RIBA Stirling Prize in 1996, despite Twentieth Century Society objection. Completed by British studio Hodder+Partners in 1995,… Read More »Winner of first-ever Stirling Prize to be demolished