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
Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year’s Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. Titled… Read More »Dubai courtyard installation examines how “architecture evolved in the region”
Ergonomic kitchens fitted with Fisher & Paykel appliances feature in this eight-apartment building in Auckland, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen for the luxury kitchen brand. Designed by local architecture studio Monk Mackenzie… Read More »Auckland apartment block by Monk Mackenzie integrates Fisher & Paykel appliances
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron showcased stools that sit at the “crossroad between analogue and digital”, as well as floor lamps and books at the SKWAT art centre for design event Capsule Plaza Tokyo.… Read More »Herzog & de Meuron creates reading spaces with own furniture at Tokyo art centre
Promotion: nearly 300 design professionals from over 30 countries attended this year’s C Next Designers convention, hosted by surface design brand Cosentino in Almeria, Spain. Taking place in Cantoria in October, it was the third… Read More »Cosentino hosts C Next Designers to explore interior design trends