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Germane Barnes redesigns classical columns around African diasporic themes
American architect Germane Barnes aims to illustrate aspects of the African Diaspora by reimagining the three classical columnar orders at the Columnar Disorder exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with "super lobby" in New Mexico
A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More
"Mid-century modern is classic, it's never going away" says Cara Greenberg
Mid-century modern furniture design endures because it is the "peak" of American furniture design says author Cara Greenberg, whose book popularised the term, in this interview for our mid-century modern series. More
Fuseproject proposes "friendly" design for AI-enabled robot
American design studio Fuseproject has designed a body for a robotic system by tech studio Kind Humanoid intended for various domestic and commercial environments. More
Metabolic Studio diverts LA River water to "facilitate natural systems that want to repair themselves"
Art and research organisation Metabolic Studio has showcased aspects of its Bending the River project, an infrastructure and art project designed to remediate water and land around the Los Angeles River. More
BIG set to "reanimate" 1950s power plant on Scape-designed park
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled plans to adapt a decommissioned power plant in Connecticut, USA, into a community centre on a site to be reimagined by landscape studio Scape. More
Neri Oxman unveils conceptual skyscraper AI-optimised for planting
Design studio Oxman has devised a system called "ecological programming" to optimise green architecture, which it has demonstrated through a conceptual skyscraper with multiple planted platforms. More
Neri Oxman launches New York practice in Foster + Partners-designed studio
Designer Neri Oxman has unveiled a studio in Midtown Manhattan designed with architecture studio Foster + Partners that houses a production workshop and wet lab. More
Shelburne Museum unveils replacement for dropped Adjaye Associates scheme
Shelburne Museum in Vermont, USA, has unveiled a design by architecture studios Annum Architects, Reed Hilderbrand and Two Row Architect for its Native American Art Center after cancelling a scheme by Adjaye Associates last year. More
Morphosis raises concrete galleries around Dallas art museum
Architecture studio Morphosis has balanced long galleries on massive beams and clad in patterned, precast concrete at the Crow Museum of Asian Art museum in Dallas, Texas. More
Eight buildings "unlike anything seen before" from the American School
We've selected eight buildings in the western United States by architects in the American School that are featured in the Outré West exhibition in Oklahoma. More
Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilion
Local design studio Heleo and Tijuana artist Daniel Ruanova have created a pavilion in San Diego meant to symbolise a twisting together of the walls on the US-Mexico border to form a space for gathering. More
Foster + Partners showcases models of 14 skyscrapers that "challenge convention"
British studio Foster + Partners has showcased large-scale models of 14 built, or in-progress, skyscrapers at an exhibition in the lobby of the recently renovated Transamerica Pyramid. More
Max Núñez Arquitectos creates concrete care home in Chile
Local studio Max Núñez Arquitectos designed this concrete care home in Chile with open interiors to reduce maintenance, create a dialogue with a park and build a sense of community for the elderly inhabitants. More
Seven conversation pits that bring people and rooms together
For our latest lookbook, we've put together a roundup of contemporary takes on the classic conversation pit, installed into projects ranging from houses to retail spaces to create places for gathering. More
Trahan Architects restores Superdome to be "microcosm" of New Orleans
Local studio Trahan Architects has finished an interior renovation of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, completing a series of renovations launched after Hurricane Katrina that it claims will extend the stadium's life by 25 years. More
Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco
UK studio Foster + Partners has renovated the modernist Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco, USA, restoring elements from the original design and linking it to a redesigned adjacent park. More
Fefostudio and Kamilla Csegzi create mycelium-based Ephemeral Table
Local design firm Fefostudio and architect Kamilla Csegzi have created a large table made from mycelium inset with openings for custom glassware for the Collectible design fair in New York. More
Ten architectural installations from Burning Man 2024
From a canyon-like podium for the man effigy to a solar-powered battery library for artists, here are 10 large-scale installations from this year's Burning Man event in Nevada captured by photographer Gurpreet Chawla. More
Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls
Mexico-based Garza Studio has created a solid aluminium bench topped with two seating plates that move on top of a plane of steel bearing balls for the Collectible design fair in New York City. More