Inspired by the Pilates Ball: Bounce Chair by Pedro Gomes

The Bounce Chair by Pedro Gomes is produced with sustainable materials, and derives from a reflection about the equilibrium between product design and its responsibility to improve the human condition. Continue

BIG Contributes to the 490-Foot-Tall Vancouver Skyline

BIG was commissioned by Canada's premier real estate developer WESTBANK, to contribute to the 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe mixed-use tower. Continue

SHH’s Design for a 13,000 Square Feet Modernist House

Architects SHH has now started to design a 13,000 sq ft new-build modernist house, located within the Highgate Conservation Area. Find the concept design below. Continue

The Winning Proposal for the Kimball Art Center: BIG & Architectural Nexus

BIG and Architectural Nexus are the winners in the architectural competition for the Kimball Art Center In Utah, USA. Here you can find their concept, and why they won the competition. Continue

Here is NAP’s Winning Project for the Europan 11 Competition

NAP is the winning team for the Europan 11 competition. This is their concept. Continue

3XN’s Green Solution House: “Adapted to the Circulation of Nature”

3XN is the studio behind the experimental hotel and conference center "where everything is adapted to the circulation of nature and where guests will get an idea of how it feels to live in a world without waste." Continue

New High-Speed Rail Station in Spain: To be Designed by Foster + Partners

Architecture and design studio, Foster + Partners, has won an international competition to design Ourense AVE Station in Spain. Here's their concept. Continue

Bjarke Ingels Group and OFF will Design the Research Centre of the University of Jussieu

Bjarke Ingels Group and OFF are the winners of the competition to design the Research Centre of the University of Jussieu, in Paris. Continue

BIG Renovates Transitlager in Switzerland: Tailoring it for Creative Businesses & Workshops

The existing 18.000 m2 Transitlager built in the late 1960s is to be renovated and extended by up to 7.000 m2 for residential and arts related purposes. The architecture studio that will do the job is BIG. Continue

The Installation Concept of the Theo Jansen Exhibition

Japanese landscaper Eiki Danzuka worked alongside Dutch artist Theo Jansen to establish the arrangement of the "Theo Jansen Exhibition." The installation of Jansen's works in the space captures both the natural setting of Oita and the Dutch landscape. Continue

How MET Studio will Create the War Horse Exhibition for a Family Audience

Experiential designers MET Studio are creating the new War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition at London’s National Army Museum in Chelsea. The exhibition will tell the real-life story of the use of horses in warfare right through British military history Continue

Get Ready for This Year’s Lively Architecture Festival in Montpellier

If you live close to the city of Montpellier, you might want to visit the 6th edition of Lively Architecture, which will be held from 15th to 19th june 2011. Continue

Designated Sketcher Contest: Sketch a Work in Process

The contest requirement is that your sketch shows a process of design. The competition will convey an award to the sketch that best exemplifies work in process. Continue

Open Call for Design Ideas: Life at the Speed of Rail

Life at the Speed of Rail is an open call for design ideas that envision the cultural, environmental, and economic impact of a new rail network in the United States. Continue

Europan 11 Competition: Propose an Environmental Development Strategy

The Europan 11 competition require of entrants to propose an environmental development strategy, and projects that have the potential to evolve and take account of the specific identity of different locations. Continue

Experiencing the City: An opportunity to Think About the Present Condition of Urban Spaces

SUN.LAB 2011 will gather the production of Italian and foreign designers who are capable to create experimental scenarios, brand new concepts, and projects not yet in production. Continue

An Open Ideas Competition: How do You Define Connections Relative to the Gowanus Canal?

This competition focuses on the design of connections in and around the Gowanus canal, and the residual moments around these connections. Continue

BIG Wins the Stockholmsporten Master Plan Competition with Their Proposal: the Energy Valley

BIG, Grontmij and Spacescape are the winning team for the Stockholmsporten master plan competition to design a new entrance portal into Stockholm at the intersection of a newly planned super‐junction. Continue