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terracotta textures and burgundy accents revive narrow valencia home by piano piano
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (281+ words) El desfile de la Puri is a residential renovation by Piano Piano Studio that reconfigures a narrow, elongated dwelling in Valencia, Spain. The spatial strategy is based on geometry, circulation, and continuity between interior and exterior environments. Located in a…...
ricardo bofill drapes terraced green resort across coastal forest in albania
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (162+ words) all images courtesy of Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura At the heart of the development, currently under construction, a principal communal building hosts a social club, restaurant, gym, and a series of pools. Its central courtyard diverges from the otherwise…...
a cluster of circular green roofs top this lotus clubhouse over a vietnam lake
20+ hour, 46+ min ago (506+ words) Lotus Clubhouse by MIA Design Studio sits within Eco Retreat Long An in Vietnam, arranged as a low, dispersed structure that follows the contours of a lakeside landscape. From above, its plan reads as a cluster of circular forms with…...
hundreds of suspended mirrors turn iranian pavilion into a shifting light machine
23+ hour, 11+ min ago (78+ words) all images courtesy of Ehsani Sharafeh Associates a cubic pavilion inserted within a former industrial hall colored light projections activate the floor surface ceiling geometry formed by the merging of four pyramids stained glass grid filters daylight into the interior…...
ROOM FOR DREAMS: a week of installations, cinema, and encounters at ME milan il duca
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (315+ words) Milan Design Week 2026, designboom's ROOM FOR DREAMS took over ME Milan Il Duca to construct a temporary yet fully immersive environment where installations, talks, rituals, and moving images converged. Conceived as a spatial and cultural ecosystem, the project staged a…...
curved shell-like facades enfold montpellier residential units by vincent callebaut
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (17+ words) situated in montpellier's cit" cr"ative, france, jardins secrets is a residential development designed by vincent callebaut....
'utopia is growing within the cracks': andr's jaque on possibility as architectural system
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1420+ words) This position runs through many of his works, especially the Reggio School, whose cork facade supports microbial life, or ongoing investigations into mining industries as he and his team trace the harmful environmental and social impacts of the construction process....
this tiny community library in beijing can open and shut like a clamshell
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (481+ words) LUO Studio's Shell Book Pavilion occupies a public plaza of Xiangyun Town, a commercial district of Beijing. Taking the form of a clamshell which opens and closes, the tiny library shapes a small but active space for reading, gathering, and…...
silent embrace: a film exploration of body movement against hostile urban design
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (220+ words) Silent Embrace is a short film by Luuk Walschot that examines the relationship between the human body and the built environment, focusing on how urban design shapes movement, behavior, and presence in the city. The film is set in Amsterdam,…...
bentu design turns fly ash from power plant into concrete street furniture
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (219+ words) Designboom keep up with our daily & weekly stories fly ash becomes material in bentu design's second mine project Rather than treating waste as a residual category, The Second Mine frames it as a form of "urban mining', where existing industrial…...