Antoni Gaudí, the architect behind the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, has been declared “Venerable” by Pope Francis, the second step in the path to canonisation. Gaudí was recognised by the Vatican for his “heroic… Read More »Pope moves “God’s architect” Antoni Gaudí one step closer to sainthood
The Designed in CH Made in JP exhibition at Milan design week showed chairs designed by students at Swiss design school ÉCAL for the country’s national pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. Ten chairs were designed… Read More »ÉCAL students and Karimoku create HUG chair for Swiss pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed Essential, a pair of deliberately pared-back iridescent torches that will carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame at next year’s Milano Cortina Winter Games. Essential is a design collaboration between… Read More »Carlo Ratti unveils duo of torches for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games
Architecture studio DeDraft used a plinth of rough-hewn Cotswold stone to ground this home in Rural Oxfordshire within its Grade II-listed parkland site. Named AYN3, the five-bedroom home occupies the highest point on its plot… Read More »DeDraft contrasts concrete with rough Cotswold stone for parkland home
Architects Trey Trahan, Manuelle Gautrand and Anna Heringer, alongside designer Tejumola Butler Adenuga, have joined this year’s judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2025. Dezeen Awards, in partnership with Bentley, is searching for the world’s best… Read More »Trey Trahan, Manuelle Gautrand and Anna Herringer revealed as Dezeen Awards 2025 judges
Promotion: flooring brand Forbo presented its Furniture Linoleum collection in a brand new colour palette at Milan’s Rosanna Orlandi Gallery during the city’s design week. Furniture Linoleum is a surface finish that can be used… Read More »Forbo’s Furniture Linoleum collection unveiled in a new colour palette at Milan design week