Nicemakers channels « spirit and energy » of Walthamstow for The Eades apartments
Amsterdam-based Nicemakers has designed the resident facilities of a housing development in Walthamstow, using the east London neighbourhood as the starting point for its design scheme. Read more
Gensler and Acme Brick create mixed-use development informed by warehouses
Architecture firm Gensler has partnered with manufacturer Acme Brick to complete a mixed-use development in Austin that draws on the city’s historic warehouse district. Read more
Turbo Moka claims to brew coffee twice as fast as traditional espresso makers
Designer Matteo Frontini has updated the classic Moka coffee pot, adding a helical spiral base informed by jet engines that he says cuts the time needed to brew coffee in half. Read more
Creative agency Seventeen rebrands to « subvert industry expectations »
Promotion: London creative agency Seventeen has unveiled a new brand identity characterised by playful graphic icons designed to celebrate « being odd ». Read more
How Modern Teams Are Managing Their Growing Information Footprint
Most teams don’t notice their information footprint growing at first. It happens quietly. A few more channels. More shared files. Longer threads. Screenshots instead of summaries. Conversations that would once have happened in a meeting now live forever in chat. At some point, the volume tips. People start asking where something lives. Who said what. …
Assemble Sound unveils HQ inside OMA’s Lantern arts hub in Detroit
Music company Assemble Sound has opened offices and recording studios inside the OMA-designed Lantern arts hub in Detroit, which features a focal aqua-hued staircase. Read more
MVRDV crafts hill-shaped viewpoint in Chengdu from timber
Grass covers the domed roof of Pujiang Platform, a timber pavilion that Dutch studio MVRDV has added to an existing viewpoint in the hills of Chengdu, China. Read more
The top 10 restaurants of 2025
Next in our 2025 review, we look back at the best restaurants of the year, from an « urban greenhouse » in Mexico City to a colour-saturated eatery in Shanghai designed by film director Wong Kar Wai. Read more
House of Dré creates « playful and familiar » interior for Tom’s Pasta restaurant
Formica, leatherette and dark-wood furniture lend a retro feel to the interior of this east London eatery, which local studio House of Dré designed to evoke classic Italian trattorias. Read more
Kwong Von Gilnow rich history Rice University architecture school « rich history » in renovation
American architecture studio Kwong Von Glinow has renovated parts of the architecture school at Rice University, adding three new spaces through a « programmatic re-invention » of the 1947 building in Houston, Texas, USA. Read more
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