Introducing a world-first new concept, Hotel Hyundai is a unique off-grid cabin retreat in Essex, fully powered by a fleet of Hyundai’s all-electric Ioniq 5 vehicles. The luxury pop-up hotel, curated by broadcaster and critic Grace Dent, launches as research…
Danish maritime architecture studio MAST has developed Land on Water, an adaptable and climate-resilient system for constructing floating buildings. Land on Water poses a more flexible and sustainable solution to traditional methods of floating architecture. It acknowledges the increasing risk…
An upcoming exhibition at V&A Dundee titled ‘Plastic: Remaking our World’, will put the spotlight on one of the most contested materials in our now more sustainable-focused world. Plastic has shaped our daily lives like no other material and has…
The New Library at Magdalene College by Níall McLaughlin Architects has been awarded this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize 2022. One of architecture’s highest accolades, this prestigious prize honours the UK’s best new building and the new library building, part of…
Planning permission has been granted for Mecanoo’s Brink Tower which is set to become an energy positive residential building in Amsterdam. Construction is set to start promptly, in mid-October, on the 90-metre-high, carbon negative building, which will be fitted with…
For autumn 2022, craftsman Tom Raffield has introduced three new multifunctional storage solutions made from self-seeding ash wood. From shelving to spanning hooks and a peg rail, each handcrafted design is made to be wall-mounted and ideal for compact or…
“We find it tremendously difficult to justify the act of making something in an era of climate emergency because, ultimately, we have to take something that is directly or indirectly derived from nature and yet the process and the result…
Global nonprofit platform The World Around has launched the Young Climate Prize, an initiative that connects under 25-year-old designers with experienced mentors including architects Elizabeth Diller, Frida Escobedo, and Tatiana Bilbao. This open call is encouraging young, up-and-coming designers from…
Following eight years of transformational restoration, Battersea Power Station is set to open its doors to visitors for the first time in almost 40 years. Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre is behind the industrial landmark’s reimagining, with the aim of keeping the…
Japanese rituals and craftsmanship have inspired Zencha, the debut bathroom collection designed by Sebastian Herkner for Duravit. With this striking and delicate series, Sebastian Herkner has drawn on the balanced shapes and colours found in the handmade ceramic teacups that…
Henning Larsen has completed a modern-day redevelopment of Uppsala Town Hall in Sweden, restoring it to its original purpose some 57 years after it first opened. The original post-modernist design of the town hall, proposed by Swedish architects Erik and…
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Showcasing an array of vibrant and playful designs alongside community focused commissions, ‘Yinka Ilori: Parables of Happiness’ embodies the creativity and inspiration behind the British-Nigerian designer’s work. Parables for Happiness is the first time Ilori’s creative practice has been examined…
Treehotel has revealed its eighth experimental retreat called Biosphere, which is suspended between two trees and wrapped in a façade of 350 birdhouses. Designed by BIG in collaboration with Swedish ornithologist Ulf Öhman, the boutique hotel room is designed to…
Indian architecture studio Wallmakers and its founder, Vinu Daniel, are announced as the winners of the esteemed Royal Academy Dorfman Award 2022. The practice has been awarded the prestigious accolade in recognition of its innovative use of materials and sensitivity…
