The art of collecting often goes beyond the collection itself, with equal investment in maintenance, staging, and labels. For iconic furniture pieces, the display then becomes the environment surrounding those artifacts. Corinne Mathern took this… Read More »Corinne Mathern Curates a Santa Ynez Valley Home With Iconic Furniture Pieces
Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. Positioned among trees along the edge of Takaungu Creek, the… Read More »Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture
The row over air conditioning in the athletes’ village at the Paris 2024 Olympics demonstrates the scale of the challenge we face in gaining acceptance for sustainable building technologies, writes Smith Mordak as part of… Read More »“The Paris Olympic Village air-conditioning debacle is a perfect illustration of the barriers to climate action”
A London house extension designed by Office S&M features a ceramic facade with the same pink glaze used for Tube station tiles on the Hammersmith and City Line. Office S&M designed Beacon House, a single-storey… Read More »Beacon House extension by Office S&M features bubblegum pink tiles
A multipurpose space by Tuominen Patel that encourages democratic engagement has won Dezeen and Forbo Flooring‘s Marmoleum Design Challenge, as revealed in this video produced by Dezeen. Pastel-toned break space Breathe named as the winner project… Read More »Winner of Dezeen and Forbo Flooring’s Marmoleum Design Challenge revealed
Design studios Post Company and Lázaro Rosa-Violàn have combined historic features and contemporary touches for the Locke de Santa Joana hotel on the site of a convent in Lisbon, Portugal. A 17th-century convent building has been renovated… Read More »Post Company and Lázaro Rosa-Violàn turn 17th-century convent into Lisbon hotel