1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (389+ words) For more than a century, architecture and design have excelled at telling us how to behave. Benches are for sitting. Squares are for crossing. Museums are for observing. Homes are for efficiency. Public space is governed by an unwritten choreography…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago  (182+ words) all images by Arkadi Raskin Material weight is a defining aspect of the series. In contrast to contemporary objects designed for lightness or temporary use, the marble forms emphasize physical presence through their density and mass. Their architectural character is…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (175+ words) In conversation with designboom, members of the Future Materials programme – Lab coordinator Dorieke Schreurs, Future Materials Fellow Sophie Boylan, and Head of Communications and Strategy at Jan van Eyck Academie, Solange Roosen – gathered around a computer in the Maastricht-based lab…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (100+ words) all images by Pauline Scotto Di Cesare | creative and executive production by Bureau Future. © Adagp Paris, 2026 Gerard & Kelly intentionally remove many of the existing objects from the interior, allowing the villa’s architecture to stand out. The spaces come alive by…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (430+ words) Light glows through sheets of glass, casting saturated reds, blues and amber tones across the medieval stone walls inside the Cloître Saint-Trophime, housing the latest works by Lebanese artist and medical biologist Lara Tabet, created with curator Yasmine Chemali for…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (265+ words) Designboom keep up with our daily & weekly stories Uau Studio Designs a Bio-Facade Inspired by Tree Canopies The project addresses the increasing impact of prolonged and more frequent heat waves on the built environment. As large glazed facades often contribute…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (122+ words) Aerial view of the Veil Tower in the grove ©gèngjin Architecture Office Sky and bamboo canopy framed by the structure ©Da chen The Ritual of Looking Up from Within the Tower ©Da Chen The Veil Tower emerging through dense bamboo…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (246+ words) ROOMING INN promotes art in public space through temporary interventions that explore new ways of activating the public realm. Operating under the motto ‘the city begins at your front door,’ the initiative develops projects that encourage inclusive, shared, and accessible…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (384+ words) Mud Well – Art Installation for Oerol Festival, Terschelling | image © Alex Hamstra Teresa van Dongen plugged her Microbial Fuel Cell system directly into the anaerobic soil of a forest well | image © Nichon Glerum electro active organisms continuously produce electrons that are…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (149+ words) all images by Marco Verri Together, Mouvement.006 and.008, developed by ED Berrios Objet & Mobilier design practice, establish a consistent design language centered on mass, proportion, and material clarity. Ornament is reduced in favor of sculptural volume and carefully considered construction,…...