Although seawalls certainly do protect coastal communities from storm surge waves, those walls can be unsightly, plus they restrict access to the water. A proposed new system gets around those problems, by doubling as a canopy when not serving storm duty. The concept is being developed by Prof. Maria Garlock, Assoc. Prof. Branko Gliši? and PhD student Shengzhe Wang, all […]

How do you stay warm on those cold winter days? While typically the answer is to throw on another layer, technology has given us another way to keep warm without the bulk: Heated clothing. Usually powered by a rechargeable battery, a heating element is weaved into the garment itself, in locations where you lose the most heat. As a result, […]

Cobalt-blue curtains hang in place of walls in a small apartment in Kyiv renovated by Ukrainian architecture and interiors studio Ater Architects. Called EGR Apartment, the 65-square-metre space was cramped, featuring a compartmentalised layout with separate rooms connected by corridors. The owners, a  young couple, asked Ater Architects to transform it into a light and minimalist space. Ater Architects removed […]

Velvet green seating is coupled with wood latticework in this Japanese restaurantlocated inside Brooklyn creative hub A/D/O. Rule of Thirds occupies the rear of the 23,000-square-foot (915-square-metre) MINI-backed space in Greenpoint, which was designed by local studio nArchitects in 2016. Design team Studio Love is Enough developed the Japanese eatery for restaurateur Sunday Hospitality. It replaces Scandinavian restaurant Norman that […]

Stone sourced from a nearby quarry was used to build this house in Mexico, which architecture studio PPAA designed for two brothers who wanted to get away to “the middle of nowhere”. The residence is located on a site in Alculco – a  town located northwest of Mexico City – that the siblings discovered while out on  a rock climbing […]

The Black House by German architect studio Buero Wagner is a stack of differently sized rooms clad in blackened wood extending a house close to Lake Ammersee in Munich. The lake house extension comprises a bedroom, kitchen and living space that was designed as a repost to the typical architecture found in rural Germany. “Rural areas in Germany are often characterised by urban sprawl, faceless […]

Even the smallest of deformations in structures such as buildings or bridges can lead to cracks or other failures, so the sooner that they’re noticed, the better. A new laser-based system is designed to do just that, quicker and cheaper than ever before. Being developed by a team at Germany’s University of Stuttgart, the setup incorporates multiple lasers that are […]

Petal-like cladding wraps around this 80,000-seat stadium, which forms the centrepiece of NBBJ’s riverside Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China. The 400,000-square-metre stadium is designed to evoke the lotus flowers found in the West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Hangzhou that is celebrated for its gardens and temples. It is teamed with series of smaller sporting facilities in […]

Finnish design brand Made by Choice has released a series of furniture and products that typifies its playful Nordic style, including a cabinet punctured by hundreds of holes and a collection of colourful wooden boxes. Made by Choice was one of the young brands to exhibit at the recent Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, where it unveiled additions to its […]

Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta sent models down the catwalk in footwear made of sugarcane and coffee that the brand claims are fully biodegradable. The chunky boots, a hybrid of clogs and wellies, were sported by both male and female models during the brand’s Autumn Winter 2020 show at Milan Fashion Week. “The rubber is made with natural molecules including […]