Studio Joseph highlights construction's climate impacts at DC exhibition
New York-based architecture practice Studio Joseph has created a series of galleries for the National Building Museum in Washington, DC that aim to explain the building industry to the public. More
Dana Arbib shows colourful glassware informed by root vegetables for New York exhibition
New York-based glass artist Dana Arbib has exhibited a series of hand-blown vessels and wall sconces from Murano glass that were informed by gourds, brassicas and root vegetables. More
Snøhetta includes wooden oculus for Norwegian-American museum extension in Iowa
Snøhetta has completed an addition to a Norwegian-American museum and folk art school in Iowa, which includes a large wooden oculus and a mass-timber frame. More
Schiller Projects turns former carriage house into mass-timber residence
New York-based studio Schiller Projects has converted a former Brooklyn carriage house into a single-family residence using mass-timber construction and re-purposed materials. More
Jay Sae Jung Oh creates chair with discarded instruments wrapped in leather
Seattle-based designer Jay Sae Jung Oh has created a chair made of discarded instruments hand-wrapped in cords of cowhide leather. More
"We need to distribute electricity" to combat climate change says Bill Nye
Booths demonstrating a hybrid-electric aircraft and other innovative projects as well as talks by scientists such as Bill Nye were among the climate-focused presentations at the Climate Science Fair held on New York's High Line. More
Productora and Esrawe Studio outfit Mexico hotel with planes of green tile
Local architecture studios Productora and Esrawe Studio have outfitted a Mexico hotel with planes of green tile suspended from the lobby ceiling. More
KOKO Architecture + Design creates interactive children's space for the Met
Local studio KOKO Architecture + Design has created a permanent interactive children's play space at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. More
SOM creates spiral of algae bricks for Chicago Architecture Biennial installation
In collaboration with Colorado-based Prometheus Materials, architecture studio SOM has created a spiral installation made of bio-bricks for the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
New York City incentivises mass-timber construction with assistance program
Nonprofit New York City Economic Development Corporation has launched New York City Mass Timber Studio, an assistance program for the development of mass-timber construction within New York City. More
"Solarpunk" installations feature at Earth Edition festival in California
Geodesic domes containing projections of AI-rendered images depicting "ideal eco futures" feature at the Earth Edition exhibition held in California. More
Kengo Kuma and Earthscape create "wooden mountain" playground structure
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has teamed up with Canadian playground design company Earthscape to create a playground structure made of interconnected logs. More
KPMB tops horticultural centre with roof informed by Fibonacci spirals
A spiralling cable-net roof modelled in the image of a Fibonacci sequence tops a new public greenhouse designed by Canadian studio KPMB Architects in Winnipeg. More
Animatronic beaver among New York installations focused on decolonization
New Red Order has opened an exhibition in an empty lot in Queens that invites visitors to become "accomplices" in decolonization through a series of installations. More
Thom Fougere creates collection of ring-shaped benches for forest floor
Montreal-based designer Thom Fougere has created a small collection of ring-shaped benches cut from a single plate of steel and installed in the woods outside of Winnipeg. More
Eight interiors that use a monochrome palette to make a statement
From a mint-green eyewear store to an icy grey skincare clinic, the interiors in this lookbook feature monochromatic palettes. More
Eleven installations from this year's "Animalia" Burning Man festival
An oversized chalice and a light show constructed from water containers were among more than 400 art installations at this year's Burning Man festival. Here are 11 of the most interesting. More
PAU to expand IM Pei's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with monumental wedge
New York-based studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has released designs for a wedge-shaped expansion of IM Pei's Rock and Rock Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland. More
Nelson Byrd Woltz covers six-lane highway with land bridge in Houston
US studio Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects has covered a six-lane highway with a sprawling land bridge and park in Houston that symbolises "the triumph of green over grey". More
Ludwig Godefroy prioritises garden for "timeless" family home in Mexico
Mexico-based architect Ludwig Godefroy has completed the renovation of a"simple" house and studio in Mexico for himself and his family that is integrated with an adjacent garden. More