Residential
Residential
Box House in Kuwait contains a trio of apartments with private courtyards
The homes of three families are contained behind the smooth stone facade of this building in Kuwait by local architecture studio Massive Order. More
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Furniture
Furniture
Torafu Architects hides dolls' house within a wooden chair
Koichi Suzuno and Alicja Strzyzynska of Torafu Architects have designed a children's seat that splits in half to reveal a dolls' house inside (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Cerise walls frame rooftop garden of housing block by Pietri Architectes
Pietri Architects has driven a deep pink ravine through the heart of this apartment complex in southern France, creating a protected rooftop garden for residents (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Gogoro launches electric smartscooter to combat pollution in megacities
CES 2015: Taiwanese company Gogoro has revealed what it describes as the "world's first Smartscooter", with a network of battery-swapping stations that could allow its power cells to be changed in just six seconds (+ movie). More
Comments
Comments
"If you need to live in a nuclear shelter this is it"
Comments update: a top heavy concrete house beside a Chilean lagoon proved unexpectedly divisive this week, with readers describing it as both "beautiful" and a "brick sh*thouse". More
Architecture
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron face loss of multibillion-dollar Flinders Street Station project
News: the competition-winning design by Herzog & de Meuron and Hassell to revamp Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street Station is unlikely to go ahead, according to the state government. More
Design
Design
Mercedes-Benz's latest concept car is a driverless "living space"
CES 2015: German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its vision for the future of motoring with an autonomous pod-like vehicle designed to function as a communal living room on wheels (+ slideshow). More
Technology
Technology
WobbleWorks unveils new pen for drawing 3D objects in the air
CES 2015: the makers of the first popular 3D-printing pen 3Doodler have unveiled a smaller device, which weighs just 50 grams. More
Architecture
Architecture
Toigetation by H&P Architects is a bamboo toilet block covered in plants
A bamboo framework filled with plants surrounds the brick core of this sanitation facility designed by H&P Architects for a school in rural Vietnam (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Yves Behar mounts Samsung's curved TV on a pedestal
CES 2015: San Francisco designer Yves Behar has unveiled a "sculptural" television with a curved screen for Samsung at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Architects arrange French skatepark around an irregular maroon bowl
An irregular quatrefoil-shaped bowl made of maroon concrete is submerged into one side of this skatepark in northern France designed by architecture studios Planda and Constructo (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Bertrand Lavier's "unruly mass" of hoses creates a fountain outside the Serpentine Sackler Gallery
Lengths of brightly coloured garden hose are arranged to resemble a classical fountain in a work by artist Bertrand Lavier currently installed in the grounds of London's Serpentine Sackler Gallery (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
A staircase lands on a desk inside House in Hikone by Tato Architects
Forty-two identical windows puncture the exterior of this house in Japan by Tato Architects, which also features a staircase that leads onto a piece of furniture (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Tim van de Weerd's Monstera plant pots balance on spindly legs
Dutch designer Tim van de Weerd has created two steel plant pots resembling "creatures" with root-like legs. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Archea Associati creates fruit-inspired buildings for Yanqing Grape Expo
Round pavilions dotted across the landscaped grounds of this expo centre for a grapevine breeding convention in China were designed to resemble giant grapes, with relief patterns in their concrete facades (+ slideshow). More
Interiors
Interiors
TallerDE2 Architects uses engineered wood to create adaptable Madrid apartment
Oriented strand board panels can slide back and forth to create a flexible floor plan whilst concealing utilities in this family apartment remodelled for a single inhabitant in Madrid by TallerDE2 Architects (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Elizabeth Chu Richter takes over as AIA president
News: Elizabeth Chu Richter has become the 2015 president of the American Institute of Architects following a ceremony in Washington DC. More
Design
Design
Cocoon-like suit helps protect against Ebola by peeling away to minimise contact
A prototype protective suit for healthcare workers treating Ebola patients could lower the risk of transmission by peeling off without the wearer having to touch the outside (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Cladding panel falls off Zaha Hadid's Vienna library
News: parts of Zaha Hadid Architects' Library and Learning Centre in Vienna have been cordoned off after a piece of concrete cladding fell off. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Sergei Tchoban designs 30-metre-long cantilever for Russia's Milan Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: the entrance to the Russian national pavilion at this year's World Expo will be sheltered beneath a 30-metre-long cantilevered canopy that visitors can walk on (+ slideshow). More