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$82 million museum expansion held together with packing tape (allegedly)Culture

$82 million museum expansion held together with packing tape (allegedly)

The New Museum's OMA-designed expansion took a decade and $82 million to complete. Curbed reports the finished product came with some deeply unglamorous finishing touches.

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Copenhagen's coolest design fair just proved that AI and Norwegian furniture nerds can coexistCulture

Copenhagen's coolest design fair just proved that AI and Norwegian furniture nerds can coexist

Other Circle's second Copenhagen edition mixed Claude AI with emerging Nordic studios in a venue so large it practically needs its own postcode - and it worked.

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Es Devlin just put a spinning, glowing bookshelf inside an 18th-century temple and honestly sameCulture

Es Devlin just put a spinning, glowing bookshelf inside an 18th-century temple and honestly same

Es Devlin has installed a glowing, revolving bookshelf inside an 18th-century garden temple at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, and it's exactly as dramatic as it sounds.

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USC architecture students said 'what if we just... designed around the wildfires?' and honestly, sameCulture

USC architecture students said 'what if we just... designed around the wildfires?' and honestly, same

USC architecture students tackled Pacific Palisades wildfire risk, freeway-adjacent artist housing, and campus accessibility in a standout set of student proposals featured on Dezeen.

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This New Delhi home was built to look like nothing anyone has ever seen, and honestly? Mission accomplishedCulture

This New Delhi home was built to look like nothing anyone has ever seen, and honestly? Mission accomplished

Spaces Architects Ka designed The Art House in New Delhi, a 9,000-square-foot home defined by curved geometries and an intense level of customisation - because the client literally asked for something no one has ever seen.

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13 Copenhagen design exhibitions you absolutely cannot skip this JuneCulture

13 Copenhagen design exhibitions you absolutely cannot skip this June

Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design festival is almost here, spanning eight districts and packed with must-see exhibitions. Here's why you should be paying attention.

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Google made 69 World Cup doodles and yes, they did their homeworkCulture

Google made 69 World Cup doodles and yes, they did their homework

Google is debuting 69 unique doodles across 180+ markets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with designers diving deep into football history to create location-specific art, in-game easter eggs, and collaborations with national teams.

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250 years of trying to figure out what 'American architecture' actually meansCulture

250 years of trying to figure out what 'American architecture' actually means

America has spent 250 years trying to invent a distinctly national architecture style, and the answer turns out to be complicated, gorgeous, and very loud.

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This haunted abbey doesn't need ghosts - it built its own out of steelCulture

This haunted abbey doesn't need ghosts - it built its own out of steel

Belgian design duo gijs van vaerenbergh rebuilt the lost cloisters of Herkenrode Abbey at full scale using translucent steel frames, turning architectural absence into one of the most hauntingly beautiful heritage projects in recent memory.

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The internet has found a mint green building it actually likes, and we're all a little shockedCulture

The internet has found a mint green building it actually likes, and we're all a little shocked

Johnston Marklee's mint green residential building Ray Phoenix has done the impossible - united the architecture comment section in genuine, unironic approval.

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Fish skin lamps and houses wrapped in road barriers: Iceland's design scene is doing what it wantsCulture

Fish skin lamps and houses wrapped in road barriers: Iceland's design scene is doing what it wants

DesignMarch 2026 in Reykjavik featured over 100 exhibitions including a fish-skin lamp and a home wrapped in road barriers, proving Iceland's design scene is operating on its own gloriously eccentric frequency.

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Forget a real pet - these plushie creatures want to be your new emotional support animal (legally, ethically, and without the vet bills)Culture

Forget a real pet - these plushie creatures want to be your new emotional support animal (legally, ethically, and without the vet bills)

Designers Jaemo Lee and Lisa Schober have created soft inanimate creature objects that propose an alternative form of animal companionship - no care, no habitat, no guilt. It's weirder and more thoughtful than it sounds.

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We went chair-spotting in Copenhagen and now we can't sit down (emotionally)Culture

We went chair-spotting in Copenhagen and now we can't sit down (emotionally)

Copenhagen's 3daysofdesign just delivered a masterclass in chair design, and designboom's chair-spotting roundup is making us question every seat we've ever owned.

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Vancouver built a giant wooden beehive that survives earthquakes by doing the wormCulture

Vancouver built a giant wooden beehive that survives earthquakes by doing the worm

Vancouver's new Hive building is a 10-story mass timber office shaped like a honeycomb that survives earthquakes by wiggling - and it's the tallest of its kind in the world.

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Your grandma's weird fancy dishes are back, and they're cooler than everCulture

Your grandma's weird fancy dishes are back, and they're cooler than ever

Royal Copenhagen has revived Arje Griegst's wild 1970s Triton dinnerware collection - conch-shell handles and all - and honestly it's exactly the chaotic tableware energy we need right now.

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The Sagrada Familia just got its tower of Jesus Christ - and it's still not doneCulture

The Sagrada Familia just got its tower of Jesus Christ - and it's still not done

The Tower of Jesus Christ has been inaugurated at the Sagrada Familia, but lead architect Maurici Cortés wants to set the record straight - Gaudí's legendary basilica is far from finished, despite what those headlines say.

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Milan Design Week 2026 actually had soul this year - here's what made it specialCulture

Milan Design Week 2026 actually had soul this year - here's what made it special

Milan Design Week 2026 delivered some genuinely memorable moments, from Miu Miu's book club energy to a surprise C.P. Company collaboration that nobody saw coming but everyone apparently needed.

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From reprobates to retrospective: Barber and Osgerby just made British design history in MilanCulture

From reprobates to retrospective: Barber and Osgerby just made British design history in Milan

Barber and Osgerby have become the first British designers to headline a retrospective at the Triennale Milano, with their Alphabet exhibition showcasing over 230 objects from 30 years of career-defining work.

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Tencent's new headquarters looks like someone asked an AI to design clouds and it actually workedCulture

Tencent's new headquarters looks like someone asked an AI to design clouds and it actually worked

MAD architects has completed the Tengyun Center for Tencent in Shenzhen - a trio of curved, glazed 'cloud buildings' that float between two office towers across a 72,000-square-metre campus. It's a lot, and we love it.

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This London townhouse got a weathered steel ribbon and now the whole street is jealousCulture

This London townhouse got a weathered steel ribbon and now the whole street is jealous

Will Gamble Architects wrapped a London Victorian townhouse extension in weathered Corten steel shaped like a pressed ribbon, and it's easily the most interesting thing happening on its street.

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