Join RAK Ceramics at Clerkenwell Design Week
RAK Ceramics will host a captivating interview with ICON at Clerkenwell Design Week RAK Ceramics is...
Industrial aesthetics inform this quirky Madrid home designed by Burr Studio
The Madrid-based architecture studio utilised raw and industrial materials to create an eclectic interior that blends...
Artist Caroline Monnet highlights the urgent need to improve housing for Canada’s Indigenous population
First Nations people in Canada have long suffered from unacceptable housing conditions – and that needs...
A new building for Axel Springer has been designed by OMA architects
When Axel Springer, the global media and technology company decided to move from print to digital...
ICON meets the industrial designer interrogating the notion of ‘Swedishness’
Stockholm’s rising designer, Simon Skinner, builds on his Afro-Caribbean heritage to tell a broader story of...
Atelier Rampazzi completes five-storey apartment block in Switzerland
The modern residential building by Atelier Rampazzi brings together old and new architecture in the Swiss...
Superflex’s co-designed play sculptures in Billund
Most public art is made by adults, without taking children’s perspectives into account. Play Contract turns...
Design studio Flétta takes discarded materials and turns them into desirable new objects
A decision to explore local waste material streams led an Icelandic studio to some new design...
Frida Escobedo leads new project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
The Met has chosen Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to design the new Oscar L Tang and...
Architensions creates phantasmagorical installation in California
The Playground, an installation by Architensions, is unveiled at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Photography by...
Norman Foster curates new automobile exhibition at Guggenheim Bilbao
A new exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Motion: Autos, Art, Architecture, celebrates the artistic dimension...
New platform Trampolín launches to nurture aspiring creatives
Trampolín aims to democratise the creative industries by giving all people equal opportunity to realise their...
Plastic: Remaking Our World examines the history and future of a controversial material
The exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum brings together objects of the pop era as well...
David Chipperfield Architects Milan unveils restoration of Procuratie Vecchie in Venice
The five-year project, led by David Chipperfield Architects Milan and commissioned by Generali, reunifies the sixteenth-century...
Spanish photographer Andrés Gallardo captures La Muralla Roja in new photo series
The postmodern apartment complex in Spain’s Manzanera, Calpe, has now been shot from an entirely new...
Atelier Data designs minimalist house in rural Portugal
Portuguese studio Atelier Data has created a contemporary house, Casa Mãe, in Alcácer do Sal using...
Emma Scully Gallery celebrates 30th Anniversary of Jane Atfield’s RCP2 Chair
The British designer’s striking piece of furniture is made exclusively from consumer waste recycled plastics Words...
SBFI Group – Designing the future workspace
SBFI Group creates superior work environments by combining progressive design, quality, and environmental awareness in everything...
Glasgow’s Burrell Collection reopens after £68m revamp
Following a five-year renovation, Glasgow’s noted Burrell Collection has reopened to the public Photography by Dylan...
Poltrona Frau celebrates 110th Anniversary with mark-making artist Felipe Pantone
Argentine-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone has reinvented the brand’s iconic Archibald armchair in the style of boundary-pushing...
North London house becomes the UK’s first net zero carbon home
A private house located in North London has become the first residential building in the UK...
The Eames Institute brings Ray and Charles Eameses’ legacy of creative problem-solving to future generations
The formation of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, a new nonprofit organisation, aims to bring...
Adam Nathaniel Furman designs hand-blown glass collection for BEIT Collective
The two new collections, Chess and Phoenician, are brought to life by skilled artisans, in homage...
JKMM Architects complete Dance House Helsinki
The Finnish capital’s new industrial-scale venue – Dance House Helsinki – has its own architectural rhythms...
Digital gallery Adorno teams up with Southern Sweden Design Days to unveil new collection Proximity
Organised by Form/Design Center, Southern Sweden Design Days will showcase a selection of new work from...
Design Icon: The Fiat Nuova Cinquecento brought driving to the Italian masses
It was the car that drove Italy’s economic miracle – but it never escaped the sense that...
The designers using food waste to create furniture pieces
From oyster shells to orange peel, food waste could be the design material of the future...
Desert X AlUla places contemporary artworks amidst desert landscape
The second edition of the international art exhibition features 15 artists exploring ideas of mirage and...
KACH wraps Yanakacho family home in translucent polycarbonate sleeve
The polycarbonate panels create a translucent façade and transform this family home into a glowing beacon...
Air and Architecture
Architect@Work returns to the Truman Brewery for 2022 edition on April 13 & 14 Je Ahn...
Sanjay Puri Architects complete multi-faceted residential building in India
The façade of this housing block in Kodla, Karnataka, features a play of geometric shapes, cubic...
Diébédo Francis Kéré receives the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Architect, educator and social activist, Kéré has been selected as the 2022 laureate of the Pritzker...
Monotype Studio releases 2022 Type Trends report
The report uncovers how design reflects society, key trends in typography and branding, and how the...
This solar greenhouse puts forward a space for self-sufficient cultivation
Students at IAAC propose a solution to food and energy production in cities with this prototype...
ICON 207 : Spring 2022
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Ian Strange and Trevor Powers collaborate on new film work and photographic series Dalison
Australian contemporary artist Ian Strange and acclaimed American musician and producer Trevor Powers come together for...
Curatorial team unveiled for British Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale
The British Council has announced the curatorial team that will represent Great Britain at the 18th International Architecture...
Why coastal cities should adapt their industrial harbours to contemporary public needs
Adapting and opening up urban harbours to contemporary needs is vital to improving resilience and wellbeing,...
Tosin Oshinowo appointed as curator of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
The Lagos-based Nigerian architect has been announced as the curator of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial’s second...
Have A Butchers and Hempstead May & May Print launch charity sale to raise funds for Ukraine
Set up by two East London studios and featuring 55 photographic prints, proceeds will be donated...
NGV and Melbourne Art Foundation announce the launch of Melbourne Design Fair
March sees the inauguration of Melbourne’s collectible design fair, the first of its kind in Australia...
Somewhere Good creates more nurturing digital spaces
How can we rethink digital spaces – and design a better kind of social media? Somewhere...
Retrofit gives historic Brixton community arts organisation new space to thrive
CarverHaggard has expanded and improved the 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning hub in south London, steeped...
How did transport shape the American landscape?
Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape documents the extensive impact of transport-driven development Outlets, 2017. Photo by Daniel...
Patricia Urquiola designs Haworth Hotel in Michigan
The Milan-based architect and designer has applied her love of colour and comfort to the project...
The Danish architects designing a lunar habitat
A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center explores the work of SAGA Space Architects and...
Inside Outside retrospective opens at MAXXI with giant curtain installation
Landscape designer Petra Blaisse has spent over three decades shaping spaces. Now 70 of her practice’s...
London gains a new theatre and cultural hub in Brixton
Foster Wilson Size has delivered a home for the Brixton House theatre which invites the community...
V&A launches 10-year project exploring sustainable materials
Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures includes annual displays – with its first featuring work by Mac...
Hawkins\Brown designs new student centre and public space in Preston
Delivered for the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), the new project includes solar panels, a roof...