Results: 16

Mixed-used developments where residents can work, rest and ...

James Wormald

03.06.2024

These four multi-purpose buildings and urban developments form relaxed yet lively communities by blending office, retail, hospitality and outdoor spaces with residential.

What’s new in design? ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan 2023 ...

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Emma Moore

05.05.2023

Returning to New York with a refreshed approach, ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan 2023 bring a cohesive and interactive event, cutting-edge design and new spaces to meet.

Time to reconnect at Design Shenzhen

Brand story

Design Shenzhen

17.03.2023

The inaugural edition of Design Shenzhen wrapped up a couple of weeks ago, having happily hosted 40,000 visitors and over 250 brands in China's first city of design. Here we share a few of the highlights of the event…

A sustainable future for hospitality design: the Bette ...

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Tansy Kaschak

19.09.2022

In the first installment of the Bette Intelligence Series – three consecutive features sponsored by the German bathroom specialist –, multidisciplinary journalist and sustainability expert Tansy Kaschak takes a look at the contemporary hotel

LAUFEN: ways of seeing

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Simon Keane-Cowell

10.06.2022

LAUFEN x Alessi x Snøhetta. Three design heavyweights provide new perspectives in Milan.

Going underground: ten subterranean building projects

James Wormald

31.03.2022

As space becomes more precious above land, it's a natural response to retreat below. Underground construction opens up new worlds, whether to protect us from the elements or to protect the elements from us.

'Developing long-lasting projects – this is truly ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

10.02.2022

Patrick Lüth of Snøhetta discusses creating sustainable and site-specific hospitality: 'We want to create a unique, specific atmosphere derived from the physical location.' Watch the video to learn more…

The winners of the Design Educates Awards will be honoured ...

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Mareile Morawietz

22.09.2021

The Design Educates Awards attract high-calibre international entries and honours projects that benefit society in ecological, sustainable and social terms.

The best medicine: new healthcare architecture

Peter Smisek

19.02.2020

The capacity of architecture to influence wellbeing finds perhaps its greatest utility in the area of healthcare, where thoughtful, empathetic design choices can have a profoundly positive effect on patients – and health professionals, too.

Know this: new university design

Peter Smisek

22.01.2020

The landscape of third-level education is changing and, with it, its literal architectural landscape. Flexible learning requires flexible spatial solutions.

Pure fabrication: textiles in architecture

Peter Smisek

29.11.2019

Textiles and fabrics represent one of the earliest forms of human technology, as well as an effective, and not to mention sustainable, architectural element. And we’re not talking curtains.

New chapters: 6 libraries offering a fresh start

Jaime Heather Schwartz

05.12.2018

Libraries are turning the page and entering the post-digital age with help from architect-led designs that revitalise and reactive their civic value.

Connected by the floors we walk on at DOMOTEX 2019

Domotex

18.10.2018

Floors form the basis of the rooms in which we live and work - they connect people by the very ground beneath their feet and at DOMOTEX 2019 connectivity is not to be missed.

Superfoods: Restaurants serving up a side of nature

Dominic Lutyens

03.09.2018

A raft of recently completed restaurants give new meaning to being on a plant-based diet, with designs that incorporate organic elements or literally merge with nature. So now there's no excuse not to eat (with) your greens.

Picture This: new cinema architecture

Dominic Lutyens

22.04.2017

In the age of the ubiquitous multiplex, a raft of recent cinema projects have chosen to write their own architectural script, eschewing the mainstream in favour of indie creativity.

The Very Fabric of Architecture: textile use in construction

Susanne Fritz

20.08.2011

Most people have at one time or another spent the night in a tent and have benefited from the protection provided by its fabric, while at the same time enjoying the sensation of being separated from nature by nothing more than a thin shell. Textile