KKAA YTAA splits Japanese house in two with central courtyard
Architecture studio KKAA YTAA has completed a home with a central courtyard named House in Front of a School in Nara, Japan. More
Ten calm green bedrooms that showcase the power of natural colours
A fire-damaged apartment enlivened with green paint and a nature-informed mural with dripping gold accents feature in our latest lookbook, which contains 10 green bedrooms. More
Architects and designers reimagine Louis Vuitton's iconic luggage for 200 Trunks 200 Visionaries exhibition
Architects Frank Gehry and Sou Fujimoto are among the designers who have reimagined the iconic Louis Vuitton trunk to celebrate the fashion house founder's 200th birthday. More
Ice-cube necklace aims to demonstrate that water is "one of the most sought-after luxury goods"
Paris-based design studio Golem has created the OoOoooOoooOh la l'ice necklace that is made from ice cubes and melts within 30 minutes. More
Groupwork emulates lost 18th-century buildings with Bristol apartment block
Architecture studio Groupwork has designed a bronze mesh-covered block of apartments informed by buildings lost in world war two bombings for a site opposite St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol, UK. More
Home offices
Home offices
Clancy Moore Architects adds angular writer's hut to Dublin home
Irish studio Clancy Moore Architects has created The Writing Room in the garden of a Dublin home from recycled aluminium and red-stained beech. More
GOA tops Metasequoia Grove Restaurant with cluster of tree-informed pyramids
Chinese studio Group of Architects has created a restaurant topped with a canopy made from a series of aluminium pyramidal forms in the village of Suzhou, China. More
Home offices
Home offices
Studio McW transforms London warehouse into live-work space for Earthrise Studio
London-based architecture practice Studio McW has converted an east London warehouse into an office and living space for climate activists and filmmakers Jack Harries and Alice Aedy. More
Snøhetta unveils 36-storey "urban retreat" in Tokyo
Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed the design for a skyscraper in Tokyo, named Shibuya Upper West Project, which is intended to be "a sanctuary of peace and relaxation in the bustle of the city". More
Cocktail bar "suspended between sea and sky" draws upon nearby Mediterranean
Architect Gae Avitabile has designed the interior of Civico 29, a sea-informed cocktail bar in the coastal town of Sperlonga, Italy. More
Palefire Studio creates modular lamps from recycled paper pulp
London-based Palefire Studio has launched the U/V Collection, a group of sculptural lamps made from modular paper-pulp pieces and informed by historical art and design movements. More
Office architecture
Office architecture
SOM unveils "cloud-like" headquarters for Alibaba in Shanghai
Architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed its design for a headquarters for global technology company Alibaba in Shanghai's Xuhui District. More
Scottish designers create benches informed by Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute
A bench made from reclaimed sandstone and a series of marble-patterned chairs are among the seats created for Mount Stuart House's Sitting Pretty installation. More
Blee Halligan draws on Derbyshire landscape for Derwent Valley Villa
London-based architecture firm Blee Halligan has created Derwent Valley Villa, a family home in Derbyshire, UK, that was informed by the surrounding landscape. More
3XN and Itten+Brechbühl design mass-timber campus for Swiss university
Danish architecture studio 3XN and Swiss studio Itten+Brechbühl have unveiled the design for Ecotope, an expansion to the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. More
Frederick Tang Architecture turns Brooklyn building into restaurant celebrating owners’ Lebanese roots
Architecture and interior design studio Frederick Tang Architecture has transformed a 19th-century building into a Lebanese restaurant in Brooklyn with "an abundance of textures". More
Studio Lionne van Deursen exhibits material created by microorganisms at Milan Design Week
Material research firm Studio Lionne van Deursen has showcased its Unfold designs, made from a material created by bacteria, as part of the Isola Design District exhibition at Milan Design Week. More
Yuko Nagayama & Associates creates trapezoidal glasses shop and community hub
Tokyo studio Yuko Nagayama & Associates has completed a copper-clad eyewear store for brand JINS in Maebashi, Japan, which contains a cafe and rooftop terrace. More
BIG and HOK to add timber terminal and control tower to Zurich Airport
Danish architecture studio BIG and US firm HOK have revealed the design for a mass-timber terminal and control tower named Dock A at Zurich's airport. More
Yinka Ilori tops Berlin pavilion with colourful disc canopy
London designer Yinka Ilori has created a colourful pavilion named Filtered Rays as an events space for the Estrel Berlin hotel in Germany. More