Featured Tripolis Park / MVRDV
Editor's Choice Room for More: Home Extensions to Accommodate New Needs
Polene Paris Seoul Flagship Store / WGNB
Flexibility at Its Core for Display Case System on Museums
Exhibition spaces convey carefully curated content with the goal of educating, inspiring, and engaging visitors, using objects and displays to tell stories. In addition to promoting education, cultural preservation, and aesthetic appreciation, these environments encourage creativity and interaction. With immersive and interactive experiences, they allow visitors to form meaningful connections with new knowledge, different perspectives, and important cultural heritages, creating both intellectual and emotional engagement.
Whispering Curves House / Suva Architects
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Architects: Suva Architects
- Area: 5500 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: MARAZZI, Marble Italia, Sreeram Rohith
RDS House / Luiz Paulo Andrade Arquitetos
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Architects: Luiz Paulo Andrade Arquitetos
- Area: 1000 m²
- Year: 2023
Children's Hospice House for Julia / CTYRSTEN
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Architects: CTYRSTEN
- Area: 2712 m²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Sto, Wienerberger, Albo, Arcana Cerámica, Avaps, +11
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Professionals: Ateliér LIPROJEKT, Staviař, Projekt 315, TPS projekt, Sollus nábytek, +5
Hotel Rumour / Studio Modijefsky
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Architects: Studio Modijefsky
- Area: 536 m²
Separo House / HYPERTEXT ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
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Architects: HYPERTEXT ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
- Area: 250 m²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Aux Wood, Namachin Brick, Shoa
Refined Geometry, Organic Texture: Timeless Spaces with Elongated Tiles
Ceramic tiles are a decorative form almost as old as time—originating in ancient Mesopotamia, where they were first used around 4,000 years ago. Today, they serve as a global motif, both ascetic and pictorial, available in a panoply of colors and textures. Formed from the elemental process of firing clay, minerals and water at high heats, tiles become a robust, hard-wearing material with a myriad of applications.
In what is now Italy, tile use and production proliferated in the Roman era – not least in the form of intricate, technicolor mosaics – and the styles embraced in antiquity were an early precedent for those used today. The use of tiles skyrocketed further in the later Renaissance period, with Italian artisans perfecting the medium as an artistic medium, and the country remains perhaps the consummate producer of ceramic and porcelain tiling.
Toronto Appoints Field Operations and Brook McIlroy to Reimagine the Bentway Traffic Islands
New York-based office Field Operations, renowned for their work on Seattle's waterfront and New York's High Line, along with Toronto's Brook McIlroy, have been tasked with transforming underutilized lands beneath the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto. The project was launched by The Bentway Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Toronto, and represents the second phase of the development aiming to revitalize underutilized spaces along the expressway. The initiative set out to transform three large traffic islands between Dan Leckie Way and Spadina Avenue into an 11,500-square-meter public space for recreation and community activities.
The Old Wine Press / a25architetti
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Architects: a25architetti
- Area: 150 m²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Fioroni
UAE National Pavilion Appoints Azza Aboualam as Curator for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
The National Pavilion UAE has announced that Azza Aboualam, an Emirati architect and Assistant Professor at Zayed University, has been appointed as the curator for the UAE's participation in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, which will take place from May 10 to November 23, 2025. Aboualam's research, which explores the intersection of architecture and societal memory, will be featured in the pavilion's exhibition in Venice, accompanied by a publication. This appointment follows Aboualam's involvement with the UAE Pavilion, where she served as a Venice Intern during the 14th International Architecture Exhibition in 2014.
The Rise of Prosumer Coffee Experience: Designing Beyond Traditional Interiors
Coffee culture continues to thrive in the contemporary world, with a noticeable shift from the dominance of chains & franchise stores to a growing market for prosumer coffee. As more and more coffee consumers become prosumers, individuals who both produce and consume, they are turning coffee-making into a hobby, even a ritual, and are expecting coffee shops to keep up. Consumers are becoming more knowledgeable, paying close attention to the source and type of beans, brewing methods, and equipment. They also appreciate the design of coffee machinery, not just for its functionality but for its aesthetics, efficiency, and space management. This surge in interest, especially in Asia, has led to changes in coffee shops' operations. Many individual coffee shops, responding to the rise in consumer spending power and interests, are motivated to focus on creating unique, immersive experiences for an ever-growing marketable audience.