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Ferruccio Laviani Designs a Greek Theatre-Inspired Stage for MARA at Salone del Mobile 2026

Eduardo Souza — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:30:00 +0000

At Salone del Mobile 2026, MARA presented its latest collection within a fair-stand concept designed by Italian architect and designer Ferruccio Laviani. Conceived as a micro-abstraction of an arena, the installation placed visitors at the center of an ascending spatial composition, where the brand's newest products were displayed across stepped tiers.

Designing Comfort Through Texture, Warmth, and Ceiling Systems

Eduardo Souza — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Before we rationally understand a space, we perceive it sensorially. Light, proportion, texture, color, and materiality all influence how the body interprets an environment, shaping whether it feels welcoming, cold, intimate, or impersonal. Visual and chromatic elements can directly affect the perception of depth, atmosphere, and scale within interiors, particularly in contemporary buildings characterized by large spans and continuous surfaces. Among the architectural elements that shape this experience, the ceiling may be one of the most underestimated, despite its profound influence on how space is perceived and inhabited.

Is the "Correct" Way to Sit All Wrong? Why Movement is the New Flow State

Eduardo Souza — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Workplace ergonomics have long been defined by stability: fixed postures, lumbar support, carefully calculated angles, and the relentless pursuit of the "correct" way to sit. Comfort was largely associated with maintaining a supported posture in chairs designed to reduce movement, align the spine, and sustain the body during long periods of sitting. Today, as contemporary workspaces become increasingly flexible and hybrid, questions are emerging around whether comfort is truly linked to static permanence, or rather to the possibility of movement itself.

Appartamento Spagnolo Opens a Window to Spanish Interior Design at Milan Design Week 2026

Agustina Iñiguez — Thu, 14 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Interpreting the contemporary habitat is a priority for architects and designers worldwide. Amid shifting trends, stylistic blends, and the revival of different techniques, contemporary interior design brings together materials, textures, and colors to transform the user experience. Within the domestic realm, a series of realities, tensions, and activities unfold, with design serving as a strong foundation and support system to meet the needs of its inhabitants. During Milan Design Week 2026, ICEX and Elle Decor Italia presented the fourth edition of Appartamento Spagnolo—a spatial framework created to showcase contemporary Spanish interior design within a historic context.

Understanding Light Sources: Types, Metrics, and Their Role in Architectural Design

Eduardo Souza — Mon, 11 May 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Walking into an electrical store can be intimidating. At first glance, all the lights are on, and the thousands of chandeliers and lamps are blinding. When you walk toward the shelves, you see dozens of options, shapes, colors, prices, and uses. On each package, informational tables display numbers that can seem confusing at first. Lumens, color temperature, wattage—there are many unfamiliar terms. Before defaulting to the cheapest option, only to find that it creates an uncomfortable or poorly balanced atmosphere, understanding a few key concepts can make a significant difference.

Lighting design plays a fundamental role in shaping how spaces are perceived and used, influencing comfort, atmosphere, and even productivity. Poorly designed lighting, on the other hand, can compromise these qualities. Rather than approaching lighting as a purely technical decision, it can be understood as an integral part of architectural design. To help clarify these choices, the following overview introduces the most common types of light sources and key concepts associated with them.

200 Years of Innovation in Architectural Glass

Eduardo Souza — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Scientifically, glass is defined as an amorphous solid, meaning its atoms are not arranged in a regular crystalline structure. This is why the material is often described as a "liquid frozen in time." This structural configuration explains one of its most distinctive qualities: transparency. Without a crystalline lattice capable of scattering light, radiation passes through the material with relatively little interference. Although it often appears delicate, this same structure also allows glass to achieve significant mechanical performance. With industrial processes such as tempering, lamination, and specialized coatings, the material can reach high levels of strength, safety, and environmental performance.

Evenly Lit, Not Overlit: Rethinking Brightness in Subtropical Cities

Jonathan Yeung — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

In South China, there is occasionally an urban myth—especially across Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou—about choosing a home that avoids western light. Over decades, the west-facing sun has proven to be a particularly difficult condition to live with: its low angle in the afternoon, its aggressive heat gain (especially in summer), and the way it penetrates deep into interiors. With global warming and longer, hotter seasons, that much-romanticized "afternoon glow" is increasingly experienced less as romance and more as glare, heat, and fatigue. Although this wisdom circulates as a community-driven rule of thumb, it carries an undeniable architectural clarity about building orientations: avoiding western light is not only about thermal comfort, but also about avoiding the sharpest, most intrusive form of direct illumination—light that strikes at the most unforgiving angle, washing surfaces, flattening depth, and turning rooms into high-contrast fields of discomfort.

Rooms as Heritage: How Interior Typologies Carry Cultural Memory

Ananya Nayak — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

For decades, heritage has been easiest to recognize from the street. We protect facades, skylines, and monuments because they are visible, stable, and legible as cultural assets. Yet most of what we remember about living is how we eat together, withdraw, argue, care, and rest, which happen far from view. It happens inside rooms. As open plans quietly give way to thresholds, corridors, and enclosures, a deeper question emerges: what if cultural memory survives not in what architecture shows, but in how it is lived?

Urban Sanctuaries: Creating Peaceful Homes Amidst City Chaos

Camilla Ghisleni — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:30:00 +0000

"Feeling at home" is more than just an expression—it is the sense of warmth and comfort that transforms a space into a true refuge. To achieve this, elements like color, texture, lighting, and materials play a crucial role in shaping an environment that fosters relaxation and well-being. Backed by research in environmental psychology and neuroscience, the connection between physical spaces and human behavior highlights how architecture can directly influence the atmosphere, turning chaos into tranquility.

Doors at Scale: Highlights from the Best Pivot Door Contest 2026

Eduardo Souza — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:30:00 +0000

By shifting rotation away from traditional hinges and distributing weight vertically, pivot doors were developed to address a specific architectural challenge: how to move large, heavy door panels with precision, durability, and minimal visual interference. These systems allow doors to grow significantly in scale, weight, and material ambition, often blurring the line between door, wall, and architectural surface. Over time, this technical innovation has expanded the role of doors in architecture, allowing them to operate not only as points of access, but also as spatial thresholds, compositional devices, and expressive elements within the building envelope.

2026 Color of the Year Selections Highlight Tonal Depth and Spatial Calm

Reyyan Dogan — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:30:00 +0000

The 2026 Color of the Year selections show a shift toward nuanced, layered palettes and understated spatial calm, moving beyond the saturated earth tones of previous forecasts. Pantone's Cloud Dancer, a soft white, sets a foundation of clarity and simplicity, while Sherwin-Williams and C2 Paint highlight the versatility of mid-tone neutrals and soft ochres, emphasizing material authenticity and adaptability across different interior surfaces and lighting conditions. Benjamin Moore and Graham & Brown explore deeper, atmospheric hues that balance warm and cool undertones, and Behr, Valspar, and AkzoNobel introduce muted greens and blue-based tones aimed at creating restorative, composed, and visually engaging interiors.

Nine Stunning Renovated Apartments in Oscar Niemeyer-Designed Buildings

Matheus Pereira — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Living in residences designed by renowned modern architects is a dream sought after by many. Projects that have become iconic are major attractions for new residents who value both the authorial signature and history of the building, as well as the innovative architectural solutions that have contributed to the prominence of such projects.

Design Ethos of Subtraction and Addition: 10 Adaptive Reuse Projects for Commercial and Social Spaces in Asia

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:30:00 +0000

While adaptive reuse has been increasingly acknowledged as a vital architectural strategy worldwide, its discourse and implementation in Asia are still expanding—driven by growing ecological awareness and a shifting understanding of architectural knowledge. Rather than accelerating a developmentalist model centered on demolition and new construction, architects today are confronted with a different approach to the built environment: treating the existing structure as a resource—an archive of materials, spatial organizations, and informal histories.

Elemental Shores in the Asia-Pacific: Concrete Recasts the Beach House

Jonathan Yeung — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Living by the beach has long been a defining aspiration—drawn by the promise of tempered nature, privacy, and immediate access to the water. Historically, beach houses tended to be rustic and pared back: partly because servicing remote sites and delivering materials was difficult, and partly because their charm lay in being closer to the elements—simpler, rougher, more direct.

World Building of The Year and Interior of The Year revealed at World Architecture Festival 2025

Enrique Tovar — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000

The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas by Fernando Menis in La Laguna, Spain has been declared the World Building of the Year at the 2025 World Architecture Festival (WAF).

Immersive Spaces: When Architecture Turns Into Experience

Eduardo Souza — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:45:00 +0000

In the Water Lilies rooms at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, Claude Monet conceived a 360-degree gallery where visitors are enveloped by continuous landscapes, dissolving the boundaries between painting and environment. There, he sought not merely to represent nature through his distinctive style, but to construct an atmosphere, a perceptual state that the visitor literally inhabits. Architecture, traditionally associated with materiality and permanence, thus gains a new dimension of time, movement, and sensory experience.

Raw Interiors: 35 Projects that Use Exposed Wood and Concrete

Paula Pintos — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Interior design has been characterized by infinite alternatives in coatings, finishes, and furniture to achieve unique and unrepeatable spaces. Designers are constantly coming up with innovative solutions and materials specifically created for a distinctive spatial perception. However, there is also a trend that seeks the warmth of the interior spaces by exposing the raw building materials as they are. The richness of materials such as wood and concrete gives that feeling of durability and low maintenance that, combined with an attention-to-detail design, makes spaces look warm yet stay true in essence. See below for 35 examples of interior spaces where concrete and wood appear in their almost purest state.

Interiors of Pastry Shops and Bakeries: Design Strategies that Integrate Functions, Users, and Materials

Agustina Iñiguez — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

What is the link between architecture and pastry? What design strategies are applied in the contemporary interiors of bakeries and pastry shops? While architecture can serve as inspiration for the design of forms and configurations of edible elements, it also contributes the techniques of descriptive drawing, architectural composition, and staged planning to the culinary language. Focusing their thinking on people and their needs, both disciplines strive for precision, with interior design being a broad field where the use of figures, colors, materials, and various equipment can be explored to enhance user experiences.