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,…
London has won a bid to host the biennial Ecocity World Summit in June 2023. Set to take place at the city’s Barbican Centre, the global conference that was first held in 1990 is pioneering for necessary action, asking the…
Awarded a Best of Best distinction at the 6th annual Architecture MasterPrize, installation art space ‘Fragrance with Lotus Flowers’ by Nakamura Kazunobu Design-Works draws on Japanese cultural symbolism in a thought-provoking way. The artistic installation, designed for Japanese dance in…
Child Studio has completed the sophisticated store interior design for British spectacle makers Cubitts, drawing on the nostalgic architecture of its Victorian shopping arcade setting in Leeds. The ornate Grade II-listed Victorian arcade, originally built in 1898 by renowned theatre…
The opening of the Winter Park Library & Events Centre in Florida, completed by David Adjaye Associates, has revealed a biophilic-designed civic and cultural hub conceived as a micro-village of three pavilions. Part of the extensive revitalisation of the park,…
For this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, architecture and design studio Koto looks set to impress with a sculptural, sustainable garden cabin retreat. Koto are collaborating with award-winning garden designer Tony Woods of Garden Club London to create a show-stopping…
Scottish-Ghanian architect, academic, and novelist Lesley Lokko has been appointed as Curator of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023, becoming the first black architect to lead the biannual event. Also one of the few women to ever to be appointed…
Polish practice Wiercinski Studio has repurposed two shipping containers, connecting them together to form a portable year-round home and remote workplace that will adapt to its surroundings. Currently positioned in a community garden next to the Szelągowski National Park in Poznań,…
Completing a 110,000 square metre cultural complex in Shenzhen, the Bao’An Performing Arts Centre on Quinhai Bay houses the city’s first performance hall for international operas. Rocco Design Architects Associates realised the masterplan of buildings for the Bao’An Cultural District,…
Converted historic warehouses and red brick new-builds characterise Kampus, a recently completed large-scale development in central Manchester by Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo. The architects saw the design for the Kampus neighbourhood as an opportunity to develop the city at block…
AR Design Studio has been granted planning permission for Riverside House, a bespoke replacement dwelling that will be sensitively unstitched from its historic Victorian walled garden. The studio’s plans seek to sensitively transform an existing collection of converted potting sheds…
Hacker Architects made a discovery in the original drawings whilst making plans to uplift the interiors of a 1970s Country House Condo, inspiring a sense of nostalgia in their design. The renovation of the 1,800 square foot Bailey residence focused…
Offering a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience the wonder of Icelandic nature, Manta North has placed one of its prefabricated, glass-walled cabins in a remote oasis for a truly memorable stay. The fully pre-built dwelling is situated in the middle of…
Considering the coastal topography of Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, Omar Gandhi has created an accessible viewing deck that brings visitors closer to the sought-after views of the lighthouse and shoreline. Local developer Develop Nova Scotia commissioned Canadian studio Omar…
One of the most influential architects of our era and winner of the 2007 Pritzker Prize, Richard Rogers sadly passed away at the age of 88 on 18th December 2021. Confirming the news and paying tribute, his studio Rogers Stirk…
