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16 articles tagged with #architecture

This Beijing coffee kiosk is literally shaped like the thing that makes your coffeeCulture

This Beijing coffee kiosk is literally shaped like the thing that makes your coffee

Architecture studio Atelier L has designed a 28-square-metre coffee kiosk in Beijing shaped like two stainless-steel conical drippers - because why sell specialty coffee from a boring box when you can sell it from the thing that makes it?

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IKEA dropped a collection so good designers are having an existential crisisCulture

IKEA dropped a collection so good designers are having an existential crisis

IKEA's new PS collection is raising uncomfortable questions for the design industry, while a colossal Utah data centre and Paris's tall-building drama round out a chaotic week in design news.

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This Swedish hut is literally built around a living tree, and it's as magical as it soundsCulture

This Swedish hut is literally built around a living tree, and it's as magical as it sounds

Swedish architect Ulf Mejergren has built a forest hut wrapped around a living spruce tree, using bark salvaged from beetle-damaged trees. It's equal parts ecological statement and dream hideout.

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Architects are using AI as a 'collaborator' now, not just a fancy image generatorTech

Architects are using AI as a 'collaborator' now, not just a fancy image generator

A new survey from Chaos and Architizer finds that AI is moving well beyond image generation in architecture firms, increasingly shaping real design decisions as an 'active collaborator' in professional workflows.

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This Vietnamese house extension is only 2.5 metres wide - and somehow it slapsCulture

This Vietnamese house extension is only 2.5 metres wide - and somehow it slaps

ODDO Architects expanded Hanoi's TH House into a 2.5-metre-wide neighbouring plot, drawing on the social energy of urban alleyways to create flexible spaces around dramatic vertical voids.

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John Pawson accidentally became one of architecture's great minimalists (and he's fine with that)Culture

John Pawson accidentally became one of architecture's great minimalists (and he's fine with that)

John Pawson, the British designer synonymous with minimalism, revealed at a Gaggenau Milan Design Week talk that he never actually planned to become an architect - and his accidental path is kind of inspiring.

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Casa lomadas folds concrete into the Argentine landscape in a way you won't forgetCulture

Casa lomadas folds concrete into the Argentine landscape in a way you won't forget

Grizzo Studio's Casa Lomadas uses folded concrete volumes to mirror the natural mounds of the Argentine landscape outside Buenos Aires, creating a home that feels like it grew from the terrain itself.

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Dubai's new wasl tower twists into the skyline with a bold sculptural formCulture

Dubai's new wasl tower twists into the skyline with a bold sculptural form

UNS's newly completed wasl tower brings a twisting, sculptural silhouette to Dubai's skyline, pairing a contrapposto-inspired form with a ceramic facade and sustainable high-rise design strategies.

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Kengo Kuma's cathedral entrance divides the internet: 'a beautiful face wearing a VR headset'Culture

Kengo Kuma's cathedral entrance divides the internet: 'a beautiful face wearing a VR headset'

A concrete archway added to a medieval French cathedral by architect Kengo Kuma has sparked passionate online debate, with one commenter's 'VR headset' quip perfectly capturing the tension between old and new.

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Milan Design Week 2026: what you actually need to knowCulture

Milan Design Week 2026: what you actually need to know

Milan Design Week has grown far beyond its furniture fair roots into a city-wide collision of fashion, architecture, and design. Here's why it's worth your attention in 2026.

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Andrés jaque thinks utopia isn't a dream - it's a design systemCulture

Andrés jaque thinks utopia isn't a dream - it's a design system

Architect Andrés Jaque argues that utopia isn't a distant ideal but something already taking root in the margins - and that architecture is the system for making it real.

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This South Korean cafe was designed to look like ancient ruins - and it worksTravel

This South Korean cafe was designed to look like ancient ruins - and it works

South Korean studio Sosokki Anac has designed the Abogoga cafe in Gimpo to resemble the ruins of an ancient civilisation, using three dramatic red-brick forms alongside the Han River.

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Trump Tower Tbilisi: a 70-storey Gensler-designed skyscraper is coming to GeorgiaCulture

Trump Tower Tbilisi: a 70-storey Gensler-designed skyscraper is coming to Georgia

The Trump Organization has announced plans for a 70-storey skyscraper in Tbilisi, Georgia, designed by architecture firm Gensler, which would become the tallest building in the country.

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These rust-toned pavilions on the chinese coast are designed around the art of lookingCulture

These rust-toned pavilions on the chinese coast are designed around the art of looking

A pair of corten steel pavilions on the Chinese coast are designed as a sequence of movement and pause, framing ever-shifting views of the sea as you move through them.

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Inside the hidden jungle at the heart of London's brutalist iconCulture

Inside the hidden jungle at the heart of London's brutalist icon

Photographer David Altrath has documented the Barbican Conservatory's tropical interior, revealing how light, time, and humidity have transformed one of London's most famous brutalist structures into an unexpected urban jungle.

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This abandoned stone cabin in northern spain is now a masterclass in cozy, conscious livingCulture

This abandoned stone cabin in northern spain is now a masterclass in cozy, conscious living

A centuries-old pasiego stone cabin in Cantabria has been transformed into a contemporary home through a sensitive energy retrofit that preserves the original structure while adding a layered modern interior.

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