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
Design studio Uchronia has overhauled womenswear boutique Koibird in London‘s Marylebone, introducing a gradient colour scheme and details including a giant planet sculpture and a floor made from painted lava stone. Uchronia designed the store,… Read More »Uchronia gives London’s Koibird store a colourful psychedelic revamp
From tiny cats that cool down tea to a blinking AI companion intended to integrate with your family, here are seven cute robots that have dominated news feeds since last week’s Consumer Electronics Show –… Read More »All the cute robots that took over CES 2025
London practice Stolon Studio has completed The Parks, a housing complex that has been transformed from a group of neglected farm buildings in Herefordshire. Originally forming part of a dairy farm, the group of existing… Read More »Stolon Studio converts 15th-century farm building into brick and timber housing complex
Sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey influenced the design of this coffee shop in Miami Design District, created by NBA star Jimmy Butler and design agency DE-YAN. The first physical Bigface store opened in December… Read More »DE-YAN designs Jimmy Butler’s Bigface coffee shop in Miami