Neom
Neom
Zaha Hadid Architects designing sinuous lookout at Neom ski resort
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a mountaintop viewpoint as part of the Trojena ski resort at Neom in Saudi Arabia. More
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Design
Design
Kew Gardens exhibition showcases Queer Nature in Victorian glasshouse
The diversity of nature informed the latest exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, which features a garden designed to "break the binary" and a "deeply queer" textile pattern by designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. More
Architecture
Architecture
Productora converts Mexico City textile factory into green-trimmed artist studios
Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. More
Architecture
Architecture
Austin supertalls "not really dealing with the problems" of the city
Rapidly growing Austin is set to see its skyline transformed by the emergence of several supertall skyscrapers in the coming years, but is this a cause for celebration or concern? More
Architecture
Architecture
Brutalist Italy book showcases "sometimes surprising" concrete architecture
A Star Wars-like cemetery extension and a cheese-shaped temple feature in this roundup, where photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego spotlight the best brutalist buildings from their book Brutalist Italy. More
Architecture
Architecture
Wright and Wright completes decade-long redevelopment of University of Oxford college
London studio Wright and Wright has completed the final phase of its redevelopment of St John's College at the University of Oxford, restoring two libraries and a 17th-century courtyard. More
Design
Design
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
News
News
Construction begins on Expo 2025 Osaka masterplan by Sou Fujimoto
A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. More
News
News
MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard
The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2 featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin, artist John Gerrard and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen. More
Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week
Yoshihisa Tanaka creates reactive "membranes" from washi paper for Issey Miyake show
Artist Yoshihisa Tanaka made "hundreds of metres" of pleated and folded washi paper to create an interactive installation for Japanese brand Issey Miyake's Spring Summer 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week. More
Architecture
Architecture
PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery
Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. More
Architecture
Architecture
Stanton Williams unveils UCL East building where "structure is the architecture"
British architecture studio Stanton Williams has designed a 35,000-square-metre academic building for the University College London, located in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. More
Vienna Design Week
Vienna Design Week
Inflated 3D-printed clocks and molten-wax lamps feature in Vienna Design Week exhibition
Hidden away in the basement of this year's Vienna Design Week headquarters, The Series exhibition collated works by 22 independent designers from 14 countries to explore the idiosyncrasies of small-batch production. More
News
News
UK prime minister launches plan "to stop councils implementing" 15-minute cities
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to stop councils in the UK from creating 15-minute cities, as part of a wider scheme to "back drivers" and slam the brakes on "anti-car measures". More
Lookbooks
Lookbooks
Eight airy and pared-back loft conversions
A tactile Amsterdam apartment and a birch plywood-lined extension feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight loft conversions created for maximum space. More
Architecture
Architecture
Olgoo critiques overdevelopment in Iran with The Inside Home
Iranian architecture studio Olgoo has completed a subterranean holiday home near Tehran, topped by a green roof that merges with the surrounding landscape. More
London Design Festival
London Design Festival
MyPowerbank hacks London's Santander bikes so homeless people can charge their phones
Central Saint Martins graduate Luke Talbot has created a portable charger that can be hooked up to rental bikes to allow people experiencing homelessness to charge their phones for free. More
Architecture
Architecture
Bloom Architecture uses handmade cement blocks to decorate Cambodian houses
Handmade blocks made of grey and red cement define the facades of Small Houses, a collection of homes that Cambodian studio Bloom Architecture created as a "haven" from the bustling streets of Phnom Penh. More
Interiors
Interiors
Shrek and Donkey invite guests to stay in mud-laden Shrek's Swamp
Rental website Airbnb has designed Shrek's Swamp, a grass-and-mud-covered hut underneath a tree in the Scottish Highlands. More
London Design Festival
London Design Festival
Goldfinger launches ash furniture that lets people "own a piece of Tate Modern"
Social enterprise Goldfinger has launched its bespoke Tate Modern furniture collection made from fallen trees at London Design Festival. More