Bouroullec Brothers Design Elegant New Showroom for Kvadrat in Copenhagen
The French designers used the Danish company's signature textiles as artwork throughout the new light-filled office and showroom.
Author: Clare Dowdy
Rediscovering "Bau"and Architecture's Countercultural Moment
The radical architectural magazine is given its due at a small, but sprawling exhibition at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Al Jazeera’s European HQ Adapts to Life in the Shard
The designers behind the media network's new London newsroom studio had to work around a major design obstacle—Renzo Piano's architecture.
Q&A: Curator Manuel Herz on Africa's "Grandiose" Modern Architecture
The organizer of "Architecture of Independence–African Modernism" discusses how the continent's bracingly modern buildings reflected notions of liberation and autonomy.
At UN Geneva Campus, Behnisch Architekten Breaks New Ground for Modern Timber Construction
Behnisch Architekten inserts a sustainable wooden conference hall into Geneva’s maze of glass buildings, and breaks new ground for modern timber construction.
Photographs Reveal Squalid Living Conditions of Britain's Postwar Cities
An ongoing exhibition at the Science Museum in London highlights the squalor of the UK's midcentury public housing.
Julia King Tackles Sanitation and Low-Income Housing in New Delhi
Working out of New Delhi and London, the architect and urban researcher tackles sanitation and housing in low-income neighborhoods.
Czech Design’s Changing Fortunes
The Czech Republic’s recent past is littered with political extremes, a relationship evidenced in the country’s relationship with design. In the first part of the twentieth century, for example, the region was buzzing with cultural activity, but the World Wars…
