Architecture

Thomas Spranger of Max Dudler discusses how a project’s architectural language is inspired by its environment: ‘From the very start, we think in terms of materials.’

Seven different ways architects, designers and specifiers can utilise glass to create light, modern spaces, as well as magical and mysterious environments.

Fermín Vázquez of b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos discusses how the availability of many new materials can cause great failure, ‘We haven't learned quick enough.’ Watch the video to hear more…

Reinventing the shower floor, BetteAir starts again with a clean slate. The innovative tray uses a flush-mounted drain and minimal rim to create a sanitary landscape of purity. Watch the video to learn more…

For almost 50 years, Christine Kröncke Interior Design has been a byword for good taste and style in interior design – something more important than ever in these turbulent times.

Antoine Chaaya of Renzo Piano Building Workshop discusses how a site’s soul can inspire its materials and the poetic voices in certain buildings, ‘when buildings start to sing, we are in architecture.’ Watch the video to hear more…

Celebrating its 10th edition in 2022, the International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture challenges students to explore the role of natural light in architecture. Find out more in the video…

After the temporary nature of the past year, 2022 will see long-term change take centre stage. From bold palettes and organic materials to functional environments, here’s what’s in store for the year ahead.

Mark Fenwick of Fenwick Iribarren discusses the legacy of the firm’s moveable Stadium 974 in Doha for the World Cup 2022, ‘It’s this idea to basically get rid of white elephants.’ Watch the video to learn more…

With a mix of functionality and originality, Softicated represents its passionate, self-taught founder and designer Cyril Rumpler's dedication to starting again and following his dream to create joyful furniture.

The ICONIC AWARDS 2022: Innovative Interior present the latest trends in the interior design industry.

The five most-visited new architectural housing project pages of 2021 tell stories of sustainability and luxury, with stunning locations and photography.

The great departed and the arrival of new voices. Welcome to 2022.

When you think about renovating, it’s easy to think of stressful situations. Clicwall, the modular wall-cladding system with a smart click profile by Unilin Panels, makes your renovation a dream come true.

The Capital showroom reminds of hospitality and elegance with its contemporary design collection.

Design disciples and interiors enthusiasts rejoice! A full-fat, in-person Maison&Objet returns proper from 20-24 January 2022 to celebrate everything design, decor, and craft.

Coming soon: Master Oak, the latest generation of melamine and HPL panelling from Unilin Panels with lifelike natural oak design. Unilin Panels is setting a new standard for the world of interior design.

The world of staircase design is filled with twists and turns. But before you fall down the rabbit hole, here are ten different staircase types to choose from, and a few other options too.

The 2022 edition of the AZ Awards kicks off on Tuesday, January 4! Register now to receive our Call for Submissions.

Leading audio brands are looking forward to participating in ISE’s groundbreaking new immersive audio showcase, ISE Sound Xperience, which will make its debut in Barcelona in February.

With the tRACK shelving system, architects and planners can use spaces and complete concepts without compromising on design.

Larger spaces can pose a specific set of challenges to the architects tasked with designing for them, but equally, they of course open up rich scope for creativity, too.

With a reputation for both quality and speed, Italian brand Pedrali is bringing its custom-manufactured European designs to Chicago. Company CEO, Monica Pedrali, discusses the ethos of the new store.

The pared-down Brulla by Miniforms reflects today’s craving for playful curves. It marries individuality and neutrality, rendering it suitable for all styles of interior.

The majestic Alpine landscapes of Switzerland combine the traditional with the contemporary in these seven tourist-enticing interiors that focus on their exteriors.

In the space of just ten years, Freifrau has become a brand of influence and stature within the design community, handcrafting signature pieces with a light and elegant feminine style.

The simplicity of Hanne Willmann's Nana chair for Freifrau is its biggest strength. With cloud-like upholstery, the perfectly balanced chair looks as light as it feels.

Christian Trzaska's new opulent Garden Eden fabric for Freifrau is poetry in emotion. A floral design that shrouds the German brand's comfortable seating in elegance.

By uniting their product ranges under the LAUFEN brand, Keramik Laufen and Similor underline their alliance and expertise as a comprehensive bathroom supplier.

International acoustic solutions provider Autex Acoustics’ latest net-zero policy gives the green light to mega-construction projects, without giving up on sustainability.

Villeroy & Boch’s latest technological design and surface material innovations mean sanitaryware can become both hygienic and sustainable, eliminating bacteria while saving time and water.

Adaptive reuse is the sustainable face of architecture. This visionary process of architectural alchemy allows cities to thrive and remain relevant, without forgetting their past.

The PALMBERG Workplace Intelligence Series explores the rapidly evolving landscape of work in terms of both user behaviour and office design. Sponsored by leading German office-furniture manufacturer PALMBERG, which has for decades developed products

From 11–12 December, the Architect Show 3 at Metropolitan EXPO in Athens, Greece will be the place to be as architects, engineers, designers and planners come together for two days of learning, networking and inspiration.

Win Your Design is the contest that invites you to interpret the iconic pieces of Horm's collections, by creating an interior design project, real or conceptual.

We may have moved on from a structural reliance on brick to keep our buildings up, but the traditional material’s natural aesthetic and texture is still standing strong in modern architecture.

ISE 2022 returns 1- 4 February with a vibrant and inspiring edition, a redesigned show floor and new demonstration areas guaranteeing visitors to ‘Rise Up. Reimagine. Ignite the Future.’

As part of Sky-Frame’s ‘My Point of View’ video series, architect and DH Liberty founder Dara Huang describes how her 2019 project, Villa Mosca Bianca, was inspired by and complemented its local habitat.

Glass specialists Sovet’s furniture pieces blend together an expansive palette of colours, materials and textures, combining ceramics, woods and metals with a trademark smooth glass finish.

Whether for reading in an armchair, working at the kitchen table or to set specific light points – with LUCTRA FLEX, you simply take your feel-good light with you.

The Trolley, from wallcoverings brand Tecnografica and high-end luggage specialist Piquadro, is a physical showroom packed into a suitcase, giving clients the chance to see and feel the products again.

Through research and development, long-time manufacturer of decorative vegan leather coverings, Morbern, is bringing highly relevant fabrics to the contract market, in a range of glowing colours.

Get some bonus construction insights and tips from our design week experts – Stefan Behnisch from Behnisch Architekten, Jürgen Mayer H from J. Mayer H. and Nuno Fontarra from Mecanoo!

From 9-12 December, Design Shenzhen’s forums, installations and showcases will bring together 150 international and domestic design brands in one of Asia’s fastest-growing creative hubs.

Family-run furniture brand Verzelloni digitally adapted to the pandemic with new design solutions and communications practices that highlight the importance of keeping creativity close to home.

Nuno Fontarra from Mecanoo highlights that for some projects, the main focus is not the material, but the idea. Watch him explore this topic in the video below...

The latest retail projects reveal how the textures and materials of industry have been elevated and combined to create an otherworldly, often hard-edged, yet alluring aesthetic.

Jürgen Mayer H reflects on our emotional connectivity to buildings and spaces. Watch him address this concept and more in the video...

Ettlin makes textiles of very different textures and colours glow in combination with LED technology – and immerses restaurants, offices, shops and hotels as well as living areas in extraordinary atmospheres and lighting moods. Find out more...

Stefan Behnisch from Behnisch Architekten talks construction, specification and how less really is more.

The virtual Build for Life Conference 2021, from 15-17 November, will bring together global opinion leaders from construction industries for an exchange of ideas. Watch the video to learn more...

Patricia Viel’s architectural vision for the Bulgari Hotel held the same values of refinement, lightness and attention to detail as B&B Italia group’s Maxalto collection. Read more here...

From energy distribution and efficiency planning to smart building control, German electrical installation specialist Hager supports the realisation of architectural ideas.

Berker, a member of the Hager Group, offers a diversity of sockets and switches which merge harmoniously with a broad variety of interior design concepts.

Hager's smart and discreet ranges of cable and routing systems allow room plans to shine while providing personal consultation to clients at each step of the way, from planning to installation.

For your next residential building project, here are a few tips that will help you find the right faucet for your needs.

A new, highly versatile seating system that reflects today’s increasingly fluid lifestyles, Roger by Minotti accommodates a multitude of activities, rendering it suitable for residential and hospitality contexts.

The VELUX Daylight Symposium is back, this time as part of an ambitious Build for Life Conference 2021. Sign up now...

With winter drawing in across the northern hemisphere, Hudson Valley Lighting Group share tips on how to warm up homes with layered lighting and worn-in finishes.

The threshold-free shower tile BetteAir offers planning security for creative free thinkers - seamless, floor-level and almost invisible.

As the lines between home, work and leisure blur, Verzelloni’s Davos sofa combines the comfort and warmth of home with the privacy and protection required in shared spaces. Watch the video to learn more.

Marca Corona draws on two centuries of expertise and cutting-edge technology to produce decorative ceramic tiles, covering walls and floors to truly immersive effect.

After "Oasis", Freifrau has once again teamed up with tattoo artist Christian Trzaska to create the new tapestry fabric "Garden Eden", which takes on baroque floral imagery and pretty much lives up to its name...

‘We really like to learn from designers and innovate accordingly to satisfy their needs. This collaborative process is what creates the result of great lighting in space,’ says Joana Bover.

The architectural and decorative Skybell system, Bover's most versatile luminaire, is suitable for the residential, commercial and hospitality sectors.

Since 1996, Spanish lighting brand Bover has been blending handcrafted production methods with advanced technology to create modern and modular lighting solutions.

Originally designed in 1951 and first realised by Arper in 2012, Lina Bo Bardi's Bowl Chair is back – in striking new colours and patterns that honour the designer's dual heritage...

In the absence of the usual furniture fair this year, designers turned instead to virtual and in-person spaces – a playground for new ideas and concepts that extend beyond art, architecture and design to include sustainability and circular

Silent.office.wall from Recytex offers highly effective acoustic solutions in a wide variety of forms for the workplace, which can be easily assembled, dismantled and extended at any time. Find out more here...

The PALMBERG Workplace Intelligence Series explores the rapidly evolving landscape of work in terms of both user behaviour and office design. Sponsored by leading German office-furniture manufacturer PALMBERG, which has for decades developed products

‘How can we create spaces according to elementary human needs?’ asks Martin Lesjak of Innocad. Watch him address this question and more in the video.

The Creo shelving system from Bremen-based cabinet system experts raumplus combines functionality with a feeling of lightness and efficient storage space – as well as presentation areas for the things that need to be showcased. A multi-talent in

For CF Møller's Julian Weyer, 'the real point of an office these days is as a place of engagement'. Find out what else he has to say about the modern workspace in the video...

The Corian® Design business is launching in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) a set of bold, new aesthetics, for a total of eight new colours for its Corian® Solid Surface range of products for interior spaces and architecture.

Dauphin's new workspace chair Indeed by Rüdiger Schaack embodies contemporary demands for furniture that is not only flexible and functional, but sustainable and aesthetic, too.

With SHUFFLE from Interstuhl, the name says it all. While the universal chair system offers individualised solutions, all combinations are united by comfortable, ergonomic design.

SPLACES brings together Interstuhl's products and services to create aesthetic, functional and flexible working environments.

Home workspaces must combine all the tools of the shared office with the user's personality for an inspirational and creative solitary environment. Here are ten desk solutions that are up to the job.

‘A contemporary workspace is not about designing a place. It's about translating the culture, the identity of a company,’ says Peter Ippolito of Ippolito Fleitz Group. Find out more in the video...

Despite new and ever-evolving working habits and rhythms, for Lauren Touhey-Otto of Berlin-based architecture office Kinzo, the office still has a central role to play in how we work...

With its new office furniture collection Meet Up, Fantoni is responding to the increasing need for flexibility and agility at work, as well as disappearing management hierarchies.

An honourable mention for OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Centre celebrates the textural power of subtly shaded glass.

The 3D Wall Carve ceramic tile collection from Atlas Concorde adds texture to walls, with two of its five patterns created in collaboration with Italian design legend Piero Lissoni.

VELUX Group's Director of Sustainable Buildings Lone Feifer talks about the Build for Life Conference and the company's vision for a more sustainable future for the built environment.

With Covid encouraging many people to rethink how living spaces can best be used, open-plan kitchens offer us multiple options for using a single area of the home for different purposes.

Axor demonstrates the meaning of the word 'icon' with its Axor Icons series – iconic designs designed by icons, Antonio Citterio, Jean-Marie Massaud and Philippe Starck.

The Lufthansa Lounge at Malpensa Airport in Milan shines thanks to luminaires and lighting systems from Artemide – literally brightening up passengers' time before or after a flight.

Whether bold colours or interesting textures, these stylish fixtures and finishes offer the latest in luxury wellness for the home.

Cologne-based FLAT'N specialises in creating bespoke carpet designs, using innovative digital printing techniques to realise individual patterns, colour combinations and shapes.

Minotti's new 2021 collection is a tribute to mid-century style that includes versatile, modular pieces designed in collaboration with design greats such as Rodolfo Dordoni, Marcio Kogan, GamFratesi and Nendo.

Corresponding to the latest developments in home and work culture, Minotti's multifunctional and elegant 2021 collection adapts flexibly to different requirements.

With 13 new textiles, Minotti's has expanded its range of upholstery fabrics for both its indoor and outdoor furniture, all of which merge technological innovation with striking environmental credentials.

With contemporary lifestyles meaning more entertaining from home, forward-facing kitchen islands with integrated seating make staying in the new going out. But what makes the perfect kitchen island?

Dutch brand Jess's furniture is minimalist, experimental and incorporates ‘a sort of futuristic design that puts functionality in a different light.’

Axel Schmid of Ingo Maurer discusses how new lighting technology is not only a benefit in itself, but also the source of new ideas, tools and possibilities. Watch to learn more...

With its two new colours, turquoise and orange, the Parentesi 50 lamp by Flos pays homage to its designers Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù – the latter of whom is known as the designer of the iconic Fiat 127...

The rooms and suites, the gym, the bar and the club lounge have a total floor area of 6,150 m², covered with oak parquet from Bauwerk.

It’s easy for enthusiasts and even professional designers to be dazzled by the blinding array of lights in various styles. Here are the main types of pendant light, and what they’re used for.

Pierre Jorge Gonzalez of Gonzalez Haase AAS talks about the role of light in the office of the future. Find out more in the video.

The award honours the best architecture, interior architecture, product design and brand communication. For 2021, it has set two trends: wooden architecture and redevelopment.

The poetry and pragmatism of light with Guillermo López of New York-based architecture office MAIO.

The profound energy of Pierre Bleue stone creates luxurious contemporary interiors

From 15-17 November, leading roof window manufacturer VELUX will host its Build for Life Conference 2021, with the goal of developing more sustainable strategies for the building industry.

VELUX's Daylight Symposium is a three-day, digital event for researchers, architects and building professionals which highlights the benefits of the use of natural light on building projects.

In 2020, VELUX Group launched a comprehensive sustainability strategy called 'It's our Nature', which aims to pioneer on climate issues, innovate in relation to sustainability and promote responsible business practices.

‘Light is the essence of architecture,’ say Oliver and Tobias Link of Tobias Link Lighting Design. Watch the video for more insights...

With its Busch-Welcome® range, electrical-installations specialist Busch-Jaeger offers a variety of indoor and outdoor solutions for increased security and comfort around the front door.

If you’ve got it, flaunt it. Large, expansive sliding windows allow our interiors to connect with the local environment, while flooding them with regenerative natural light.

A unique opportunity to get inside the mind of Bernhard Aebi from Aebi & Vincent Architects via their striking youth hostel project in Bern – supported by Swiss furniture manufacturer Horgenglarus.

Wingburg allows door and wall to become one, so that rooms are not simply subdivided, but can be perceived as a flowing sequence of spaces – illustrated here by three interior projects...

Tecnografica's new Minerals collection was recently presented at Cersaie 2021 in Bologna and immerses interiors in stories of ancient natural stones and fossils.

When it comes to the renovation of existing spaces, architects can find the optimal flooring solutions by merging existing features with contemporary new elements.

Restrooms that bring unique character to interior projects are a great way to add individual style to the user experience. Here are eight of the best.

Cassina has reworked and reissued a number of iconic, mid-century designs and is moving them into public spaces with the new Cassina PRO collection.

Italian furniture expert Cassina has developed Cassina PRO – a collection of classic products adapted especially for contract spaces and high traffic areas.

The eclectic, new Cassina PRO collection offers ‘a wide choice of styles that can be adopted in different types of projects, making each one unique, but always with the same Cassina DNA.’

With every household need catered for automatically, the Internet of Things promised us the easy life. Now smart home living can automate our daily lives, but what’s it really like?

Both at the new Red Bull site in Amsterdam and the Limburgs Museum in Venlo, Leolux LX upholstered furniture enhances the ambience of each of these contract settings.

Leolux LX's upholstered furniture lines can be customised and made to order so that interior designers' visions can be realised, whether for the home or the contract sector.

Designed by Martin Ballendat for Dutch brand Leolux LX, the LXR18 armchair speaks the design language of the club chair, but is more modern, compact – and friendly.