Snarkitecture collaborates with COS on a huge marble run for Seoul gallery
This captioned movie follows the snaking marble run that fashion brand COS and New York studio Snarkitecture installed in the Gana Art Gallery in Seoul. More
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Remai Modern art museum is a stack of metal and glass blocks in the Canadian Prairies
Toronto-based KPMB Architects has built a riverside art museum in Saskatoon, which is designed in response to the flat plains that surround the Canadian city. More
Hanging staircase divides spacious New York loft design by DJDS
Brooklyn studio DJDS has redesigned the interior of a loft apartment in Lower Manhattan, using white, black, brass and wood surfaces throughout. More
"Don't let architectural ego detract from a building's evolution"
This week's comments update is led by the debate surrounding Snøhetta's plan to overhaul Philip Johnson's postmodern AT&T Building, and the backlash that ensued as a result. More
Jean Nouvel's completed Louvre Abu Dhabi is spanned by a huge geometric-patterned dome
The first official photographs of the Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre Abu Dhabi have been released, ahead of the museum's public opening this weekend. More
COS and Snarkitecture reveal snaking marble run for Seoul gallery
The latest collaboration between fashion brand COS and New York studio Snarkitecture sees a lilac-hued marble run suspended from the ceiling of the Gana Art Gallery in Seoul, South Korea. More
El Dorado and Modus Studio repurpose old warehouse for Arkansas art school
A steel-framed building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been transformed into an educational facility with the addition of white cladding, tall linear windows and a second floor. More
"London streets don't need to look like a 1940s that never happened"
The sanitisation of shop signs in Walthamstow, northeast London, is a mistake that mustn't be repeated anywhere else in the capital, argues Owen Hatherley. More
SOM designs tapering skyscraper that would dwarf neighbouring Cheesegrater
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City of London, featuring a slanting glass facade that resembles the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Cheesegrater next door. More
House with "margin space" helps relocating city-dwellers adjust to life in rural Japan
To encourage the occupants of this house to socialise with their neighbours, Japanese architect Takanori Ineyama added a patio deck, a first-floor balcony and a large bay window to the building's facade. More
Milou Bergs' bicycle rack disappears into the pavement when not in use
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Milou Bergs has designed a bicycle rack that only pops-up when needed, as an alternative to the "eyesore" storage systems populating towns and cities. More
Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms and polka-dot installations come to New York City
David Zwirner Gallery is showing concurrent exhibitions of work by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, including her iconic fully-mirrored rooms and spotty spaces, in New York's Chelsea. More