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stars return to frank lloyd wright’s only built planetarium after twenty years
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/frank-lloyd-wright-miller-planetarium-florida-southern-college-restoration/
Published: October 23, 2026 20:55
at florida southern college, the restored 1950s-era building reopens with its original circular seating and new digital projection system.
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bacchus floor mosaic inspires yellow terrazzo and marble apartment renovation in athens
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/bacchus-floor-mosaic-yellow-terrazzo-marble-apartment-renovation-athens-space-is-around-us/
Published: October 23, 2026 15:45
space is around us redesigns a 100-sqm apartment in kypseli, using an existing bacchus entryway mosaic to guide the reintroduction of dionysus marble, yellow terrazzo, and curved geometry.
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jean prouvé’s 1944 demountable house becomes japanese tea pavilion in paris
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/jean-prouve-1944-demountable-house-japanese-tea-pavilion-design-miami-paris-2026-galerie-patrick-seguin/
Published: October 23, 2026 14:42
presented in the garden of the hĂ´tel de maisons, the 1944 prefabricated structure brings together postwar architectural experimentation and a new interpretation of japanese tea culture.
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OMA turns potato head’s bali store into creative workshop for recycled materials and traditional craft
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/oma-potato-head-good-times-general-store-bali-indonesia/
Published: October 23, 2026 11:56
OMA and potato head open the good times general store in bali, combining rammed earth architecture, recycled materials, indonesian craftsmanship, circular design, and hands-on workshops.
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snøhetta and barth create six spaces for exploration at le rosey boarding school
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/snohetta-barth-spaces-le-rosey-boarding-school/
Published: October 23, 2026 10:00
the renowned swiss boarding school works with barth to create learning spaces that depart from the conventional classroom.
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repurposed shipping container becomes 24-sqm birch plywood micro-cabin
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/repurposed-shipping-container-24-sqm-birch-plywood-micro-cabin-evgeny-makarenko-andris-shneps-shneppe/
Published: October 23, 2026 09:25
custom BB-grade birch panels with flush joints form an unbroken interior shell, embedding furniture, a fireplace, and concealed storage along a glazed axis that opens directly onto the terrace.
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le poisson volant: a red-lit restaurant in paris transforms into a nightclub after dark
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/le-poisson-volant-red-restaurant-paris-nightclub-claves-france/
Published: October 23, 2026 06:15
a former paris music venue becomes a moody, mirrored interior where dinner gradually gives way to late-night dancing.
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architecture for extinction: where does nature go when its habitat disappears?
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/architecture-extinction-where-nature-habitat-disappears/
Published: October 22, 2026 08:45
as habitats disappear, buildings are being designed to shelter parts of the natural world from environmental changes taking place outside.
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corten steel tubes lined with spruce plywood ribs form alpine learning burrow by officina 82
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/corten-steel-tubes-spruce-plywood-ribs-alpine-learning-burrow-officina-82-tana-delle-marmotte/
Published: October 21, 2026 22:35
tana delle marmotte inserts three prefabricated corten steel tubes lined with contoured spruce plywood ribs into the alpine terrain at monte bianco to create a reversible subterranean learning space.
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garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in málaga
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/garnet-red-accents-high-clerestories-aa-apartments-malaga-crearctive/
Published: October 21, 2026 21:25
crearctive transforms a former commercial space into four residential units using a central service spine, high-level facade glazing, and elevated mezzanines.
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rammed concrete cube and terraced gardens define sunken art center proposal in bulgaria
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/rammed-concrete-cube-terraced-gardens-sunken-art-center-proposal-bulgaria-unformed-design-ground-of-descent/
Published: October 21, 2026 15:15
unformed design’s competition-winning ground of descent transforms a long-vacant excavation site in burgas, bulgaria, into a subterranean contemporary art complex enclosed by terraced public gardens.
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vincent darré brings new life to historic paris theater with le magnifique hotel
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/vincent-darre-le-magnifique-hotel-paris-theatrical-interiors/
Published: October 20, 2026 10:56
the french designer brings his eccentric imagination to a historic building in montparnasse, filling its interiors with hand-painted frescoes, mythological references, bespoke furniture, and a swimming pool.
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designboom listens: what does space sound like to kengo kuma?
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/designboom-listens-kengo-kuma-interview/
Published: October 20, 2026 07:45
the music of ryuichi sakamoto, brian eno, and mulatu astatke offers a glimpse into the memories, rhythms, and ideas that accompany the architect’s creative practice.
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continuous vertical gardens and layered planters wrap 111 house in sĂŁo paulo
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/continuous-vertical-gardens-layered-planters-111-house-sao-paulo-isay-weinfeld-rodrigo-oliveira/
Published: October 19, 2026 18:10
designed by isay weinfeld with landscape design by rodrigo oliveira, 111 house features a continuous ring of perimeter planters that filter light and preserve privacy across a four-level sĂŁo paulo residence.
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too large to exhibit, anselm kiefer’s monumental painting gets its own pavilion by david chipperfield
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/anselm-kiefer-monumental-painting-pavilion-david-chipperfield-schwarze-flocken/
Published: October 19, 2026 16:35
designed with the artist, the textured concrete pavilion uses timber beams and natural light to frame one monumental painting.
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boonserm premthada builds coastal office in thailand with reclaimed timber
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/boonserm-premthada-bangkok-project-studio-coastal-office-thailand-reclaimed-timber/
Published: October 19, 2026 07:45
the project combines traditional thai building principles, woven bamboo screens, and a design that allows the structures to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere.
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mirrored acrylic skin dissolves cube pavilion into its surroundings in mexico
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mirrored-acrylic-skin-cube-pavilion-surroundings-mexico-errre-taller/
Published: October 18, 2026 20:35
by blurring the boundaries between object and surroundings, the reflective pavilion shifts attention away from its own form and toward the landscape and the people that inhabit it.
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sardinian school wraps in perforated aluminum facade to enclose flexible agorĂ
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/sardinian-school-perforated-aluminum-facade-flexible-agora-leicho-architettura/
Published: October 18, 2026 07:45
wrapped in a textured skin of micro-perforated corrugated panels, the building presents a light-reactive metallic shell that softens along curved edges, concealing a permeable two-story layout.
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tob.studio’s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/tob-studio-timber-bike-station-germany-stacked-log-pile/
Published: October 17, 2026 20:35
the bike station integrates e-bike charging stations, repair facilities, and digital information, as well as public amenities including an accessible toilet and shower.
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snøhetta unveils completed shanghai grand opera house with spiraling public rooftop
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/snohetta-shanghai-grand-opera-house-spiraling-staircase-public-rooftop/
Published: October 17, 2026 12:00
the norwegian architecture studio completes the 146,786-square-meter shanghai grand opera house with three auditoriums and a rooftop open to the public.
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saint of athens shapes peace + chaos boutique around monochromatic and high-contrast zones
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/saint-of-athens-peace-chaos-boutique-monochromatic-high-contrast-zones-thessaloniki/
Published: October 16, 2026 15:45
peace + chaos flagship boutique in thessaloniki translates the brand's creative duality into a physical space, contrasting monochromatic minimalism with vibrant patterns and high-energy materials to mirror fashion’s inner balance between stillness and…
nightswimming: giovanna silva on discotheques, light, and nightlife
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/nightswimming-giovanna-silva-discotheques-light-nightlife-guest-essay/
Published: October 16, 2026 10:50
the italian photographer reflects on the changing spaces of club culture, from italian discotheques to the improvised dance floors of contemporary nightlife.
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thessaloniki’s layered historic center weaves into expandable pedestrian network
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/thessaloniki-greece-layered-historic-center-expandable-pedestrian-network-armosi-masterplan-apostolopoulos-tasoulis/
Published: October 16, 2026 02:10
linked by a neutral urban skin, apostolopoulos tasoulis’ masterplan establishes an expandable urban network designed to unify over seventy monuments and archaeological sites across thessaloniki, greece.
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crafted from mycelium, hypha-lume pavilion maps human movement through light
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mycelium-hypha-lume-pavilion-human-movement-light/
Published: October 15, 2026 15:45
what if a pavilion could remember every movement within it? hypha-lume combines reconfigurable mycelium modules with sensors, light, projection, and sound to transform human presence into an evolving spatial memory.
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ufo-shaped futuro house brings radical 1960s vision of prefab living to the market
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ufo-shaped-futuro-house-radical-1960s-vision-prefab-living-market-matti-suuronen-sothebys-donaldson/
Published: October 15, 2026 07:45
listed for sale in idyllwild, california, the rare dwelling designed by matti suuronen reflects a 1960s vision of portable living, when prefabrication and lightweight materials promised new ways to inhabit remote landscapes.
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