OMA has unveiled plans for its first building in Tokyo – a glass skyscraper with an elevated garden, which will form part of an emerging business district in the Japanese city. (more…)
OMA reveals design for first skyscraper in Tokyo
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Nendo presents 50 Manga Chairs in Milanese cloister courtyard
Milan 2016: Japanese studio Nendo has installed its collection of chairs influenced by comic books in the courtyard of a historic cloister in Milan (+ slideshow). (more…)
Apple files patent for customisable keyless keyboard
Lasvit restores Bohemian crystal chandeliers in Milan’s Palazzo Serbelloni
Bennetts Associates adds pre-rusted steel box to London’s Shaftesbury Theatre
Bennetts Associates has extended a historic theatre in London’s West End, adding a serrated box made from weathering steel on top of the roof (+ slideshow). (more…)
Gufram brings together old and new furniture for 50th anniversary exhibition
Milan 2016: Italian furniture brand Gufram‘s 50 Years of Design Against the Tide exhibition shows classic products alongside more recent pieces by designers including Ross Lovegrove and Alessandro Mendini (+ slideshow). (more…)
Manuelle Gautrand divides exhibition centre into 13 orange-hued blocks
Thirteen gabled blocks come together to form this orange-toned events building in Saint-Louis, a French town on the outskirts of Basel (+ slideshow). (more…)
Rafael Moneo designs luxury condo towers for the Miami waterfront
Rafael Moneo, the 1996 Pritzker Prize winner, has been tapped to design his first Miami project: a pair of upscale residential towers intended to revitalise the once-famous Jockey Club. (more…)
ÉCAL students anticipate the future of familiar objects for Milan exhibition
Milan 2016: interaction design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have used connected technologies and virtual reality to imagine possible future versions of everyday objects such as a toaster, a broom and a book (+ movie). (more…)
Kukka Studio’s Spectra collection contrasts iridescent glass with white quartz
Milan 2016: as part of the coloured glass trend in Milan this year, UK-based Kukka Studio’s collection of side tables places pastel-hued panes alongside white quartz slabs. (more…)
