Barcelona-based studio Peris+Toral Arquitectes has completed the largest timber-framed residential building in Spain. Built from 8,300 cubic metres of timber harvested from the forests of the Basque Country, the freestanding building comprises five wood-framed floors supported by a reinforced concrete…
Acclaimed British-Ghanian architect David Adjaye has been named as the first recipient of the Charlotte Perriand Award at the Créateurs Design Awards 2022. The Award is the first of its kind, in memory of the iconic French architect and designer…
Sustainable design event Planted announces Stourhead as the desirable destination for its next exhibition, Planted Country. Following on from the success of last September’s launch event, Planted Cities in London’s King Cross, Planted Country is set to bring together the…
Drawing on industrial forms and atmospheres, interior architects Holloway Li have created an experience-led showroom and co-working space for bathroom brand Coalbrook. Set within a former early 20th century-built pipe factory, now known as the Market Building, the showroom’s design embraces…
Snøhetta has revealed designs for a 16-metre-tall glass-enclosed sub-centre library in Beijing, setting a new benchmark in sustainability and future library design. Set in the Chinese capital, the enterprising Beijing library was chosen as the winning entry in an international competition…
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed the mesmerising House of Music museum in Budapest, topping it with an undulating canopy roof punctuated by trees. Built as part of the Liget Budapest Project, the largest and most ambitious urban cultural development…
American artist and urban planner Theaster Gates has revealed his vision for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, a circular, timber-built structure with community at its heart. Named Black Chapel, the 10.7 metre-tall wooden pavilion with an open oculus in its roof…
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Say hello to Recork, a new sustainable brand that is tackling climate change by taking raw cork from Portuguese cork oak forests and turning production waste into flooring planks. Recork announces its launch with Una, its first collection made simply…
Michelin-starred chef Dani García marks his return to New York with Casa Dani, a decadently designed Spanish-Mediterranean restaurant in Citizens at Manhattan West. The fine-dining restaurant, designed by architect and interior designer David Rockwell and his team, complements Garcia’s homestyle…
Cowper Griffith Architects has completed the timber-structured Carlton Marshes Visitor Centre on the Suffolk Broads, inspiring education on local wildlife and nature. Designed as the flagship building for The Suffolk Wildlife Trust, the centre is nestled in the Waveney Valley…
The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh, designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA, has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2021. Prestige surrounds this biennial award which celebrates outstanding, international projects, with the jury looking for works that ‘demonstrate design excellence and social impact’.…
Trace Architecture Office has completed the Aranya Theatre, a complex on an irregular-shaped coastal resort in China with a monumental coral stone amphitheatre. To manage the relationship between the theatre and the surrounding seaside, residential streets, and urban context, the…
Due to be constructed in Uganda this spring, the Kampala House project by Marc Thorpe Design will involve sustainable dwellings built from compressed earth. For this ecologically responsible housing development, Marc Thorpe Design partners with Stage Six and Échale International…
Ahead of Surface Design Show 2022 (8th-10th February), trend forecaster and curator of the show’s Surface Spotlight Live feature Sally Angharad reveals the design directions that the latest innovative materials are following. She highlights trends from Soft Lines, Pattern Inlays,…
