Barreca & La Varra: The Design Ideas Behind the New Building B5 in Milan

The new office building B5 designed by Barreca & La Varra studio has just been completed. The building is an integral part of a master plan intended for research and intellectual work. 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

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

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

The Renzo Piano Foundation Has Selected Studio Iotti + Pavarani as Winner!

The Renzo Piano Foundation has selected the winner of the first edition prize reserved for Italian Architects under 40. The studio Iotti + Pavarani in Reggio Emilia was awarded first prize for their project Domus Technica. Continue

MET Studio Takes on the Campaign for Wool

MET Studio have created a new travelling branded exhibit for the Campaign for Wool in response to the great challenges facing the wool industry. Continue

How Blacksheep took Their Stylish Design Focus to Create the New Restaurant Galoupet’s Interior

To establish the new restaurant's gourmet design, Blacksheep studio adapted their design style into the making of Galoupet's interior. Below you can follow the design elements they used to accomplish this stylish look. Continue

3XN’s Design Interpretation of Swedbank’s Core Values: Openness, Simplicity & Care

Swedbank's new international headquarters will be designed by Danish studio 3XN, with direct reference to the organization’s core values; openness, simplicity, care and durability. Continue

New Architecture Competition: Great for Multi-skilled Creatives

Does this awake your competitive side? The Venice City Vision architecture competition has a winning price of € 2.000. Continue

Here is MET Studio’s Exciting Design Approach for a Science Exploration Centre

Award-winning master planners and exhibition designers at MET Studio have been commissioned to create three galleries for China’s new Ningbo Science Exploration Centre, due to open in Spring 2012. Their colorful concept images are here! Continue

Discover How Designer Ismini Karali Works with Projects

Ismini Karali, the founder of her own interior design studio, Ismini Karali Design, started her firm 18 years ago, after studies in business administration. Continue

How to Make Your Design into a Work of Art

When the conversation, on what the difference is between art and design, is brought up, the discussion usually tends to get quite heated and passionate, especially if the group consists of fervent designers... Continue

Discover How OFL Architects will Take on the Exciting Silk Road Project

The Silk Road Map International Competition, organizered by New Italian Blood has reached it's completion and the winners are OFL architecture who will be constructing the 2000 sqm Silk Road Line. Continue

Here are Studio GreenBlue’s Design Techniques to Manipulate Space with Visual Effects

Mitsuharu Kojima and Wataru Kobayashi from the architecture office Studio Green Blue have created a new architecture project which they've called the "Distance of Fog", situated in the suburbs of Tokyo. Continue

Mr. Cube by Héctor Serrano

Mr. Cube is Héctor Serrano's new creative design that will be presented next week at 100% London. Continue

Why the Institute Strelka has Teamed up With Design and Research Studio OMA

This August 2010, Strelka, a new postgraduate school in Moscow, Architecture and Design, teamed up with OMA at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition People meet in Architecture (directed by Kazuyo Sejima) for a discussion on architectural education. Continue

These are the Design Tactics Studio LOOP Use to Create More Space

A family in Chiba, Japan, wanted a spacious house in a narrow urban area. By studying the local zoning and planning laws of the site: Studio LOOP came up with the idea of structuring an eleven-meter high residence with an irregular pitched roof for the family. Continue

Announcing the 5th Festival of Lively Architectures in Montpellier

By allowing those who live in town to meet people who structure the town, the Festival des Architectures Vives has, since 2006, found a way to involve people into becoming more aware of architecture. Now, the 5th Festival of Lively Architectures will take place from 17th to 20th June 2010 in Montpellier. Continue