BMW’s design team seems a little restless. In just the past few years, they have unveiled (and started to roll back) massive changes to its classic and beloved kidney grille, launched concept designs for future… Read More »The BMW i5’s Design Ties Together the New and the Old – For Better or Worse
When David Oldroyd was a pre-med student, he envisioned the dream house he would own someday. Ever curious, he enrolled in an introductory design class and soon ended up on a path that transformed his… Read More »F5: David Oldroyd Talks his Piano, a Utah Desert Resort + More
Warm tones feature across the facade and interior of The Lookout, a stilted house that local studio Parsonson Architects has added to a hillside site in New Zealand. Located on Ruby Bay in the Tasman… Read More »Parsonson Architects perches stilted red home on coast of New Zealand
London studio Lynch Architects has completed the extension of Westminster Coroner’s Court, creating a barrel-vaulted courtroom illuminated by stained glass windows by artist Brian Clarke. The project involved updating the interiors of the Grade II-listed… Read More »Lynch Architects creates “sympathetic architectural atmosphere” for Westminster Coroner’s Court extension
Construction is underway on ten underground schools in the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine, designed to protect thousands of children against Russian air raids. Local authorities in Zaporizhzhia are creating bunkers to provide safe in-person… Read More »Underground schools “to create safe conditions” for children in Ukraine
The inevitable transition from a take-make-waste society to a circular economy presents exciting and rewarding challenges for designers, writes Sarah Housley. It’s getting harder for designers to sleep at night. As global warming starts to… Read More »“Design as we know it is doomed, but that’s a good thing for designers”