London-based designer Tatjana von Stein often draws on art deco in her work. For our Art Deco Centenary series, she talks about why the early 20th-century style is still so influential and how she uses… Read More »Art deco “has a sense of drama and glamour, exuberance and decadence” says Tatjana von Stein
Chinese smartphone company Infinix has unveiled a concept for a tri-fold phone that packs down to the size of a credit card and can be used as a clip-on camera. Displayed as a prototype at… Read More »Infinix’s mini triple-folding phone compacts to size of a credit card
Patterned modules of glued laminated timber will make up the diagrid structure of Gelephu International Airport, which architecture studio BIG is designing in southern Bhutan. Set to open in 2029, the 68,000-square-metre terminal in the… Read More »Decorative carvings to embellish glulam structure of BIG’s Bhutan airport
A playful chicken coop cloaked with timber shingles is set to be built at the Grizedale Arts centre in the Lake District, UK. Named Heir and a Spare, the hen-shaped structure by writer Phineas Harper, cabinet… Read More »Giant hen-shaped chicken coop set to be built at Lake District arts centre
French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture has dug a deep cylindrical shaft to house Paris‘ Villejuif-Gustave Roussy metro station, which is topped with a transparent roof to allow light to enter from above. Dominique Perrault Architecture… Read More »Dominique Perrault designs Paris metro station as “inverted skyscraper”
Local studio A-nrd has transformed a former London bank into the latest outpost of Italian restaurant chain Lina Stores, contrasting its historic architecture with contemporary elements. Located in Shoreditch, London, the two-storey space is divided… Read More »A-nrd converts former bank into Lina Stores Shoreditch and Bar Lina