British practice Studio Weave has converted a barn on the Isle of Wight, creating a home with countryside views and a spacious living area for hosting large gatherings. Named South Barn, the home was designed… Read More »Studio Weave designs kitchen as “piece of public realm” at South Barn in England
Costume designer Kate Forbes has recreated the grey sweater worn by Adrien Brody in The Brutalist film for fans to buy. Forbes, who was the costumer designer for the Oscar-winning film, worked with British knitwear… Read More »The Brutalist costume designer reproduces Adrian Brody’s Brutalist Sweater
Stone makes up the facade, frame, foundations and floor slabs in the Stone Demonstrator, a project by London’s Design Museum aimed at getting the British construction industry to embrace the “ultra-low-carbon” material. A traditional but… Read More »Design Museum pushes for stone construction in the UK with Stone Demonstrator
A video of London’s Olympic velodrome, designed by local studio Hopkins Architects, has gone viral on social media for echoing fart-like sounds while fireworks exploded nearby. Passerby Matt McClafferty captured the footage of the unusual sounds… Read More »Viral video captures London’s Olympic velodrome “reflecting fireworks as farts”
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. Replacing the existing Asllan Rusi Sports Palace currently on… Read More »MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana
Former Chicago Architecture Biennial artistic director Yesomi Umolu has been named general and artistic director of Rotterdam’s Nieuwe Instituut museum starting next year. British curator Umolu was previously the director of curatorial affairs and public… Read More »Nieuwe Instituut appoints Yesomi Umolu as general and artistic director