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Eight bold bathrooms that make use of more than just white tiles

January 18, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Bold bathrooms: The Siren Hotel by ASH NYC

Bathrooms can easily be dismissed as the dullest room of the house, but there’s plenty of opportunity to play around with material and colour. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy has selected eight striking bathing spaces to learn from. Unit 662 by Rainville Sangaré A statement shower screen adds interest to the otherwise greyscale interior of this

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Eight architect-designed holiday homes available to rent in Europe

January 5, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Urlaub Architektur's Holiday Architecture book roundup: Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær by TYIN Tegnestue Architects and Rental Eggertsson Architects
Urlaub Architektur's Holiday Architecture book roundup: Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær by TYIN Tegnestue Architects and Rental Eggertsson Architects

A timber cabin in arctic Norway and an off-grid dwelling in rural Greece are among some of the architect-designed vacation homes listed in new book Holiday Architecture, and all available to rent this year. Released by Urlaubs Architektur, a website that lists holiday homes and hotels across Europe, Holiday Architecture explores more than 30 vacation properties.

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Karakusevic Carson and David Chipperfield unveil sister towers in London’s Hackney

January 4, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Hoxton Press by David Chipperfield Architects and Karakusevic Carson Architects

David Chipperfield Architects has teamed up with Karakusevic Carson Architects to create a pair of matching, hexagonal housing towers on an estate in east London. Hoxton Press is a pair of two residential towers on the Colville Estate in Hackney. One is 16 storeys high and built using red brick, while the other is 20 storeys

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KPF unveils scrolling supertall Tel Aviv skyscraper that will be Israel’s tallest building

January 4, 2019 India Block 0
Azieli Tower by KPF

Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed the Azrieli Tower, a 340-metre-high supertall skyscraper for Tel Aviv that will be the tallest building in Israel. Shaped like an unfurling scroll, the tower will have a spiralling glass facade that narrows in stages towards the pinnacle. At the top of the supertall skyscraper a viewing area will be

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Pablo Pita’s geometric Forja House nestles amongst trees in Portuguese valley

December 31, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0
Forja House by Pablo Pita Architects

This compact holiday home in Portugal’s Alto Douro region is partially embedded in its sloping site and features large openings that frame views of the surrounding nature. Porto-based architecture office Pablo Pita designed the Forja House for a secluded site in the village of Vila de Muros. The village is located in an area of rich

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OMA unveils plans for largest football stadium in the Netherlands

December 28, 2018 Amy Frearson 0
Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam by OMA

OMA is planning to build a 63,000-seat stadium in its home city for football club Feyenoord Rotterdam. OMA’s managing partner David Gianotten has designed the new Feyenoord Stadium, which is set to become the largest football stadium in the Netherlands. Proposed for a site on the Maas river, the building will replace Feyenoord’s existing stadium De Kuip, which is

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Trump’s “beautiful” Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers

December 24, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0
Visualisation of Donald Trump's proposed Steel Slat Barrier for the US-Mexico border

US president Donald Trump has tweeted details of the design for the proposed $5 billion wall along the Mexican border, prompting ridicule from designers. Trump posted a graphic of the barrier on 21 December 2018, along with the words: “A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time

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