Say hello to Volume 41 (our December/White Christmas 2021 edition)! Order your copy of enki magazine’s December 2021 edition here if you’re based in the UK. Based outside of the UK? No problem. Order your copy of enki magazine’s December 2021 edition here. Want to subscribe? Click on the…
A strong Japanese aesthetic has inspired the vision for Sugi House, a small-scale holiday home by Condon Scott Architects designed to maximise passive solar gain. The owners were on a Japanese ski trip, staying in cosy accommodation in the mountains,…
A shortlist of 17 sustainable projects from around the world will be exhibited in the ‘Build Better Now’ Virtual Pavilion taking place during the UN’s Climate Conference COP26 in Glasgow. Focusing on the built environment, the COP26 Virtual Pavilion hopes…
Koto has introduced Sora House in the UK, adding to its offering of sustainable modular buildings and furthering its aim to actively contribute to carbon reduction. Built off-site using locally sourced timbers, the design-led modular building comes in 2, 3,…
The sustainable Aurora installation by Arthur Mamou-Mani and Dassault Systèmes is being showcased in London’s Design Museum, coinciding with the ‘Waste Age: What Can Design Do?’ exhibition. Opening the Waste Age exhibition, the large-scale and interactive Aurora Installation is displayed…
On former Icelandic farm, Studio Bua has converted a derelict concrete barn into an artist’s studio and home-from-home for the owners. The new building features a gabled volume slotted inside the existing walls. The architects were initially asked to develop…
The flagship store for luxury lifestyle book company New Mags has opened its doors in the heart of Copenhagen, uncovering a minimalist-style emporium of beautifully curated books and magazines. To deliver a quiet and calm space that let the beauty…
The Gathering Place by artists Sans façon and architects KHBT for the City of Inverness is a new public artwork designed to reconnect the city with the river. Bringing architecture, art, and landscape design together, the collaboration was focused on…
Kingston University’s Town House by Grafton Architects has been named the winner of the 25th RIBA Stirling Prize. Town House was one of six structures on this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist, winning the highest accolade in architecture for its…
A challengingly small space has been converted into a collaborative new office space in Hobart, Tasmania, by Cumulus Studio. The new ERA Planning and Environment office project required the studio to redesign the interior and repurpose a former inner-city retail precinct…
This October, The Japan Festival at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is honouring the plants, art, and East Asian culture with colourful installations, artistic displays, and events. Kew’s majestic Temperate House is home to the central installation ‘One Thousand Springs’, by…
Ace Hotel Sydney will be the first property by the US design-led hotel group in Australia when it opens its doors in mid-2022. Atelier Ace has partnered with Flack Studio to put a signature design stamp on the hotel that…
Future City Garden, a unique-themed installation by Chetwoods Architects, welcomes delegates at the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) this October in Kumming, China. Lead architect Laurie Chetwood set out to stimulate and educate with the 3,000 metre-squared art installation which…
An Australian team has won the Installation Competition for the 2022 Tallinn Architecture Biennale in Estonia with a design made of living mushrooms. Burlasite by Simulaa with Natalie Alima comes in response to the invitation put out to architects to…
A reinvented printing house dating back to 1936 has been revealed as the new Normann Copenhagen HQ in the heart of Denmark’s capital city. Spanning seven floors, the entire renovation was undertaken by Normann Copenhagen who worked with the idea…
