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’.…
The Design Museum has named British furniture designer Mac Collins as the inaugural winner of its annual Ralph Saltzman Prize. Amongst a shortlist of four other designers, Mac Collins was invited to present his work to a selection panel of…
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…
Within its new Spring Summer 2022 collection themed around the idea of reconnection, Norwegian brand Northern has released the beautifully simple Blush rail pendant. Stylish lighting with a Scandinavian simplicity forms an integral part of the new season collection, designed…
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…
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada have created a stretchy washable battery which could change the future of wearable technology. The experimental battery, developed by Dr. Ngoc Tan Nguyen and his colleagues Bahar Iranpour, Evan Cheng,…
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,…
CF Møller Architects has built a subterranean villa on protected Norwegian countryside, adding a green roof to Villa Aa embed it into its environment. Villa Aa is the Danish studio’s response to the call from the family, who owns the…
Danish design brand Muuto has reintroduced its much-loved Fiber Chair in an innovative composite of recycled plastic and wood fibres. This eco-conscious version of the Fiber Armchair and Side Chair, which was originally launched in 2014, is a result of…
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…
