Public Art Stands Still, This Steel House Lets You Slide It Apart
Public art installations in parks have a familiar relationship with the people passing through them. They hold a fixed position, a fixed meaning, and a…
Architecture
Snøhetta’s Shanghai Grand Opera House Is the Most Dramatic Building of 2026
Some buildings house culture, and there are buildings that ‘become’ it. The Shanghai Grand Opera House, designed by Snøhetta in collaboration with East China Architectural…
This Skyscraper-Style Tiny Home Packs Two Floors Into Just 107 Square Feet
Most tiny homes go wide. La Ruche goes up. Designed by Quadrapol, the French company behind some of Europe’s most refined compact living solutions, La…
Escape’s Shoreline Is a Tiny Home That Doesn’t Ask You to Compromise
Most tiny homes make you work for it. The Shoreline doesn’t. Escape’s Shoreline sits firmly on that side of the line. Permanently installed at the…
This Tiny Home Has No Loft, No Ladder, and No Compromises
Most tiny homes solve the space problem by going vertical. Justine disagrees. Stack a loft above the kitchen, add a ladder, and call it a…
The 24-Year-Old Who Built a Life-Size Spaceship He Couldn’t Visualize
Abel van Oirschot has aphantasia, which means his mind’s eye is permanently dark. No mental images, no visual memory, no ability to picture a face…
This 368 Sq Ft Tiny Home Has a Murphy Bed, Incinerating Toilet, and More Clever Storage Than Most Apartments
Most 30-foot tiny homes feel like they’re apologizing for their size. The Smidge, a new build from Alberta-based Teacup Tiny Homes, doesn’t bother — every…
Herzog & de Meuron Just Made a 1980s Antenna Tower the Most Exciting Building in the Alps
The Titlis Tower was never meant to be beautiful. That’s what makes what Herzog & de Meuron have done with it so compelling — a…
This Hidden London Home Lives Behind a Garden Wall – And It’s Pure Genius
Just past the southeast corner of Cleaver Square in Kennington, south London, sits a weathered brick wall with a painted timber gate. From the street,…
The Burleigh 9.6 Is the Tiny Home That Proves You Don’t Have to Give Anything Up
Tiny home living has a reputation it hasn’t quite shaken — that at some point, you’re trading a real life for a smaller one. The…
A Spiderweb-Shaped Home in Japan Has No Fixed Rooms and Adapts as the Family Grows
Spiders have been building radial webs for about 100 million years, spinning silk into a geometry that spreads weight around with an efficiency engineers spent…
This Japanese-Style Pancake Shop Turns Melted Butter Into an Entire Design Language
Walk into Fuwa Fuwa Golden Square and your stomach reacts before your brain does. The ceiling curves overhead in a deep, glossy yellow that fades…