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To celebrate the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has reimagined curling stones as a playful, dual-function snack bowl. Read more

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have made recycled plastic into floor trusses for housing, arguing the waste stream could provide an abundant and sustainable structural building material. Read more

Architecture studio BekArch has converted an old bakery building into an apartment in Prague, Czech Republic. Read more

Ola Jachymiak Studio has unveiled the Nora restaurant in the heart of London’s Canary Wharf financial district. Read more

Promotion: under the theme Becoming.Architectures for a planet in transition, an extensive programme has been revealed for the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona, which includes over 200 speakers. Read more

Your creative output is not just a product of your mind and software. It is profoundly shaped by your physical environment, the light that illuminates your work, the soundscape that fills your headspace, and the atmospheric cues that guide your energy. The right ambient tools don’t just facilitate work; they architect the conditions for deep …

Local studio Rude Haus has renovated a home in New Hope, Pennsylvania with an assortment of hand-crafted elements, such as a dining room mural and curtains made with upcycled silk fabric. Read more

Sand-coloured walls, hieroglyph motifs and a trapezoidal rooftop extension celebrate the Egyptian revival style of this Grade II-listed boiler house in Kent, transformed into an office by local studio Felix Lewis Architects. Read more

This week Sou Fujimoto’s design for a residential project was revealed as the latest development on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. Here we take a look at the museums anchoring the cultural district. Read more

Kyiv-based architecture and design studio YOD Group looked to Ukrainian vernacular architecture when creating this cluster of guesthouses, characterised by glass walls and thatched roofs. Read more