This spring, Noma chef and owner René Redzepi has opened Noma Kyoto, a pop-up version of his Michellin-starred Copenhagen restaurant, in Japan for a 10-week residency. Open until 20th May 2023, the Noma Kyoto dining experience coincides with Japan’s much-loved…
ADP Architecture and O’Donnell + Tuomey have submitted a planning application for their proposed £35-million, multi-use building which will form the University of York Student Centre. The six-storey, inverted trapezoidal-shaped building is intended to be a new iconic point of…
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled its winning rammed earth design for the expansion of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Recently selected as the overall winner of an international competition, the plans envision a museum upgrade, a subterranean extension toward…
Emerging practice O’DonnellBrown Architects with White Arkitekter and Ekkist has won the Crichton Project competition, an ambitious £15 million Scottish cultural project which will be built of the earth from which it rises. The winning conceptual design has been unveiled…
Haptic Architects and Oslo-based PIR2 have won a competition to design Tårnkvartalet, a new school and cultural centre on the site of Norway’s first airport. With plans still to be finalised, the Tårnkvartalet proposal involves a new 16,000m² civic landmark…
With a fluid architectural expression, the tranquil Spring Feast restaurant translates its encompassing natural waterscape into a dynamic spacial experience. The zen-like interiors, by the German-based multidisciplinary firm Ippolito Fleitz Group (IFG), are designed to feel gently embedded into the…
Workplace industry pioneer Framery has partnered with innovative digital tech company Logitech to bring the latest connected video call technology into its soundproof office pods. Keeping up with the ever-evolving hybrid working world and combining their expertise, Framery and Logitech…
Norwegian architects Snøhetta have teamed up with local entrepreneur Tom Bjarte Norland to design the Bolder Star Lodges, four off-grid cabins that give guests a front row view of Norway’s spectacular Lysefjorden. Built to blend into the landscape, the four…
A sensitive retrofit of a Grade II listed Georgian manor house by emerging practice Delve Architects has transformed a former commercial property into a light-filled nursery. The design for the new nursery in Banbury, Oxfordshire is led by natural light…
Architecture and design studio Red Deer has used ochre, a natural pigment found within rocks and soil, to inspire the design concept behind the National Gallery’s new restaurant. Earthy shades of burnt orange, mustard yellow, and rich brown, comprise the…
With the opening of its first store with a plastic-free ethos, Somerset-based natural fragrance brand Ffern reveals a multi-sensory and sustainable space that celebrates the brand’s artisan roots. The doors to the aroma-filled retail space are welcoming visitors in, allowing…
With the design of new restaurant and night-time hotspot Milk Beach Soho, A-nrd studio has combined a pinch of Australian laid-back living with a dash of Art Deco style. Continuing the vibe of the original Milk Beach eatery in Sydney,…
Around Finland’s largest lake, Studio Puisto has designed two black-painted timber buildings to form a new sauna-restaurant at the Pistohiekka Resort. Enshrouded by trees in a rocky cove, the resort comprises two square structures which have been punctuated with circular-shaped…
Kerstin Thompson Architects has scooped the prestigious Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture for its Bundanon Art Museum in New South Wales, Australia. A world-class centre for creative arts and education, Bundanon was recognised amongst this year’s most eminent…
Shanghai Library East, a new civic landmark and one of the largest new libraries to exist globally, has opened to the public in China. The building’s monolithic form and monumental shape covers an area of 115,000 square metres, and is…
