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What can you expect from an all-women-designed building? Architecture that prioritises community
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (234+ words) Conversations with the community led to the creation of Toronto’s Reina condominium complex, complete with multi-generational units, ample stroller parking and child play areas visible from the communal gym. What would happen if the developers, architects, engineers and electricians building…...
Ten life lessons from finding the fun in fashion to footing a clean bill of health
1+ week, 1+ day ago (228+ words) Monocle Ah, Saturday morning. Looks like we made it – and in some style. As you read this, the 2026 edition of the Monocle Quality of Life Conference is in its final stages, wrapping up with a host of special-access city tours…...
Can good design support learning? A Catalonian kindergarten is trying to find out
3+ week, 1+ day ago (281+ words) Architecture firm Sarquella + Torres led the redesign of the school complete with extra-wide hallways that pull double duty and a dragon head-shaped waterspout hanging from the eaves. Escola Casa Nostra sits near the shores of Catalonia’s Lake Banyoles, a 25-minute…...
How the art world repackaged ‘cross-category collecting’ as a clever new trend
3+ week, 3+ day ago (128+ words) The art world is abuzz with stories of cross-category collecting. Buyers are bidding on old masters as well as postmodern pieces – sometimes at the same auction. But hasn’t it always been this way? The more persuasive a narrative, the greater…...
Can neuroscience help architects design buildings that make us feel better?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (476+ words) Buildings do more than just shelter us: they inform how we feel on a psychological and physical level. Researchers in the field of neuro-architecture are developing new ways of creating stress-free urban environments. Andres Janser, then curator at the Museum…...
Good impressions: Lisbon’s O Momento combines print and craft in its stationery design space
3+ week, 3+ day ago (279+ words) Part shop, part shared working space, O Momento is a testament to the ageless power of print. “The idea was born from the shared pleasure and joy of working with print, design and paper,” says O Momento’s co-founder João Costa....