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Concrete Towers, Water Gardens, and Elevated Paths: The Barbican Through David Altrath’s Lens Photographer David Altrath  moves through the Barbican Centre much like a filmmaker—studying how light grazes concrete, how pathways direct the body, and how water softens an otherwise monumental scale. Shot on Kodak Vision3 film, his series reveals the Barbican not as a fixed architectural object, but as a living system of atmospheres, rhythms, and human traces. Completed in 1982 by

A New Düsseldorf Opera House Shaped by the River Snøhetta’s competition-winning proposal for the Düsseldorf opera house  envisions a cultural landmark shaped by the long geological history of the Rhine. Designed as the future home of the Oper am Rhein, the building occupies a compact triangular plot and is organized into three trapezium-shaped volumes that open at ground level to the city around them. Each sloping roof tilts and lifts in response to neighboring structures, fr

Organic Stone Forms Rise Beside the Pyramids for Art D’Égypte For Art D’Égypte’s   Forever Is Now 05 , StudioPROBA reveals Echoes of the Infinite  — a monumental installation where organic stone forms stand in quiet dialogue with the Giza pyramids. Widely known for her joyful murals and color-driven sculptural work, designer Alex Proba  expands her vocabulary into ancient matter, translating her signature biomorphic forms into geological mass . Inspiration comes from Egyptian

Doarchiwow Redefines Prefabricated Architecture with the Forest Nests Treepod Project in China Doarchiwow’s Forest Nests Treepod Project introduces a new vision for modular ecological living — a design concept that functions simultaneously as a boutique resort prototype and a model for low-impact, near-zero-carbon construction. Developed for diverse sites across China, including Rizhao and Wuhan, the series transforms the idea of a treehouse into a vertical, nature-embedded m

A Sacred Space Reimagined Through Color and Suspension Artist Tomislav Topić brings a mesmerizing transformation to a historic French chapel by installing a floating chromatic field  composed of 451 translucent mesh sheets . Each sheet hangs delicately in space, forming a weightless, layered volume that shifts constantly as light filters through the chapel’s interior. The result is a suspended color field that hovers like a soft cloud — part sculpture, part atmosphere, part o

KAWS Lights Up Abu Dhabi with a Monumental Moonlit Companion A new chapter in the global KAWS:HOLIDAY series has arrived, and this time the artist’s iconic Companion stretches 32 meters across the waterfront of Mina Zayed. Instead of floating or standing, the figure reclines gently at the edge of the promenade, holding a glowing moon to its chest. The installation, created with long-time collaborator. All Rights Reserved, forms the centerpiece of Manar Abu Dhabi 2025 , a city

From Forts to Furniture, Gioco modular furniture system Anyone who has ever built a blanket fort knows the magic of creating a world from almost nothing — a place shaped by pure imagination. Gioco , designed by French studio smarin  for Triennale Milano , captures that same feeling and elevates it into a fully modular system for all ages. Built from cork and spruce, the components can become a desk, a stage, a reading corner, or a playful landscape that constantly evolves. Th

In the Archaeological Park of Herakleia, along the quiet landscape of Italy’s Ionian plain, Gijs Van Vaerenbergh  introduces Inverse Ruin  — a temporary installation that reimagines the footprint of an ancient temple through a contemporary architectural gesture. Created as part of Siris , a larger interpretive program curated by STUDIO STUDIO STUDIO  with artistic direction by Antonio Oriente , the project offers a new way to see, understand, and inhabit the remnants of the A

A Legacy That Reshaped Architecture Frank Gehry’s passing at 96 marks the end of one of the most transformative careers in contemporary architecture. Few figures have shifted the global imagination as profoundly as he did. With a sculptural vocabulary that pushed beyond conventional geometry, and a fearless embrace of materials like titanium, stainless steel, plywood, and glass, Gehry revolutionized not only how buildings look, but how they behave—how they interact with light

Alwah House , a 900-square-meter residence designed by RCR Arquitectes, rises from the Dubai desert like a blooming family of ribbed petals. Partially embedded in the sand, the home draws inspiration from the natural logic of flowers and oases. Its curved, shaded volumes create a microclimate where light, wind, and shadow choreograph the spatial experience, forming a topographic network shaped by the desert itself. Architecture of Alwah House At the heart of Alwah House  is t

A Bar That Appears… by Almost Disappearing - Invisible AWT Bar During Art Week Tokyo 2025, Ichio Matsuzawa Office introduced the invisible AWT bar , an experimental social space formed not through walls or solid partitions, but through light, transparency, and distortion. Instead of architecture shaping the room, the installation explores how material behavior — reflections, angles, and bending light — can become the true generator of form. At the center of this exploration a

A New Architectural Era for Birmingham City Football Club Heatherwick Studio and MANICA Architecture have revealed the design for a new Birmingham stadium  that will serve as the future home of Birmingham City Football Club. The proposal arrives in time for the club’s 150th anniversary and forms the core of the broader Birmingham Sports Quarter — an ambitious redevelopment planned for Bordesley Green in East Birmingham. Early visualizations highlight a structure defined not b

Denim Becomes Architecture in Sutura’s Sculptural Gym In Mexico City, Sutura — a collaboration between studios Sulkin Askenazi  and Alterego  — reimagines what a gym can be. Instead of approaching workout equipment as isolated objects, the team applies a single-material strategy  that transforms the entire space into a cohesive sculptural installation - an denim sculptural gym. Their chosen medium? Denim , stretched and applied across machines, pads, columns, and architectura

National Black Theatre Shapes Its New Harlem Home in a Frida Escobedo–Designed Cultural Complex The National Black Theatre (NBT) in Harlem is entering an ambitious new phase with a major redevelopment of its historic site at 2031 National Black Theatre Way. Scheduled for completion in 2027, the project transforms NBT into a state-of-the-art performing arts hub and economic catalyst for East Harlem — expanding its mission of cultural leadership that began in 1968 under founder

Mert Ege Köse The Shen sculpture Debuts  at Art D’Égypte 2025 Against the immense horizon of the Giza Plateau, Art D’Égypte’s 2025 edition unveils The Shen  — a monumental, site-specific installation by Turkish artist Mert Ege Köse , curated by Ayça Okay  and produced in collaboration with AWC Contemporary . This marks Köse’s first presentation in Egypt and the first participation of a Turkish artist in the internationally recognized sculptural program Forever Is Now . Posi

The Grand Egyptian Museum , designed by heneghan peng architects, is now open to the public just a mile from the Pyramids of Giza. Standing on the edge of Cairo’s desert plateau, the vast complex serves as a bridge between ancient history and contemporary architecture. Housing over 100,000 artifacts , the museum is the largest ever dedicated to a single culture. From its entrance forecourt, the structure unfolds along a precise axis toward the pyramids, its roofline mirroring

Ghana precast rammed earth project - DeRoche Projects has completed the Backyard Community Club in Accra, introducing a new model for sustainable urban space in a city where green and recreational areas are scarce. At its center lies a clay tennis court , surrounded by facilities for sport, learning, and ecological cultivation. The project marks Ghana’s first use of a precast rammed earth system , a breakthrough that reinterprets traditional building materials for scalable,

Neon Signs & Retro Rooms: Vintage Motels by Ellie Seymour A new title from Luster Publishing, Vintage Motels: America’s Most Iconic Motels, Beautifully Restored , sends readers on a nostalgic drive through the history and rebirth of America’s roadside architecture. Written by travel journalist Ellie Seymour , the book traces 40 mid-century motels that once defined the freedom and optimism of postwar car culture — now reborn as contemporary boutique stays that preserve the cha

Michael Jantzen’s Interactive Segmented House of the Future  reimagines domestic space as a living system—one that shifts, rotates, and adapts in real time. The concept revolves around a central core wrapped by five independent movable segments , each designed to respond to environmental conditions and user preferences. These segments can rotate manually or automatically, allowing the house to orient itself toward or away from sunlight, wind, or rainfall. Through these moveme

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Swiss Alps, the White Tower  stands as a breathtaking example of how 3D-printed architecture  is redefining what’s possible in modern design. Created by Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger, this ethereal structure was printed layer by layer from fine white concrete, forming intricate organic patterns that seem grown rather than built — significantly lowering carbon emissions. More than a technical feat, the tower represents a p