Situated on three hectares of forest, a short distance from Niseko’s ski slopes in Rankoshi, Hokkaido, Japan, Florian Busch Architects have created a family house that responds directly to its woodland setting. As a reaction to the suburbanization of the ski area’s towns, a large family sought a space where they could spend time immersed in the forest.
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3daysofdesign: KEEP IT REAL
18-20 April 2025 | Copenhagen
Copenhagen's annual design festival, 3daysofdesign, returns in 2025 with the theme KEEP IT REAL, highlighting individuality, openness, and originality. Taking place across eight design districts in venues such as showrooms, shops, galleries, and public spaces, the festival showcases iconic furniture, lighting, accessories, and innovative materials.
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Liu Jiakun named 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
Liu Jiakun, of Chengdu, China, has been named the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. "Instead of a style, he has developed a strategy that never relies on a recurring method but rather on evaluating the specific characteristics and requirements of each project differently," states the jury citation. His works, including West Village in Chengdu and the Suzhou Museum of Imperial Kiln Brick, reinterpret traditional forms while responding to contemporary social and environmental needs.
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Wästberg w241 Faro hybrid lamp by David Chipperfield
Swedish lighting brand Wästberg has released the w241 Faro, a portable and rechargeable lamp designed by architect Sir David Chipperfield. Inspired by traditional lighthouses, the lamp comes is suitable for indoor and outdoor use, featuring a 20-hour rechargable battery, seamless dimmer, and wide glare-free light dispersion.
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Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025
8-13 April 2025 | Milan
The 63rd edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan will host over 2,000 exhibitors from 37 countries, showcasing 148 first-time and returning brands across 169,000 sq m. Additionally, the Euroluce Biennial will return, featuring more than 300 brands from 25 countries, and SaloneSatellite will highlight 700 young designers under 35 along with 20 international design schools and universities.
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Frieze New York 2025
7-11 May 2025 | New York
Frieze New York returns to The Shed in New York, featuring over 65 leading galleries from 25+ countries, including Gagosian, White Cube, and David Zwirner. The fair's Focus section spotlights 12 emerging galleries, each showing solo presentations from emerging or under appreicated artists.
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RIBA exhibition, Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds
11 October 2024 - 29 March 2025 | RIBA, LONDON
RIBA’s new exhibition explores over 20 ambitious projects that overcame extreme site challenges across Britain. Featuring work by architects like Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Neave Brown, and Lord Norman Foster, alongside contemporary firms such as Caruso St John, Tonkin Liu and Carmody Groarke, it highlights innovation in design, materials, and engineering.
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Étang, a house by NEUME in Romagny-sous-Rougemont, France
NEUME, a Basel-based architecture firm, designed a vacation home in Romagny-sous-Rougemont, France, on the foundation of a former fisherman’s cottage from the 20th century. The structure includes a main house and an attached storage/utility room. Its grey, rough-textured base is visible from the village side but blends into the terrain near the pond due to elevation changes.
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German Architecture Annual 2025
The German Architecture Annual 2025, published by DOM, presents the DAM Prize winner and shortlisted projects, awarded by the German Architecture Museum (DAM). Edited by Yorck Förster, Christina Gräwe, and Peter Cachola Schmal, the book highlights 25 shortlisted projects from 100 nominations, offering insights into contemporary German architecture. It explores key trends such as circular construction, sustainable materials, and adaptive reuse, reflecting current priorities in design and urban development.
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SANAA awarded 2025 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that SANAA, the Japanese architectural practice led by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, will receive the 2025 Royal Gold Medal. RIBA states that SANAA has reshaped the global design landscape by creating spaces that prioritize simplicity, light, and elegance.
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ICFF 2025
18-25 May 2025 | Javits Center, NEW YORK
The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in 2025 celebrates global design under the theme 'Designing in Harmony', which emphasizes human-centered, sustainable, and multicultural creativity. The fair introduces a refreshed floor plan, expanded international participation, and new immersive experiences, including exhibits, talks, and networking opportunities.
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Palissade Cord by Ronan Bouroullec for HAY
Palissade Cord is a new addition to Danish brand HAY’s Palissade outdoor furniture collection, designed by French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Inspired by 1960s woven plastic chairs, it features handwoven recycled polyester cord wrapped around a galvanised steel frame, adding texture and softness while maintaining the original’s clean, graphic lines.
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Stockholm Design Week and Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025
Stockholm Design Week 3-9 February 2025 | Stockholm Furniture Fair 4-8 February 2025
Stockholm Design Week 2025, organized by Stockholm Furniture Fair, will feature events, exhibitions, and open showrooms across the city. Stockholm Furniture Fair, Scandinavia’s leading platform for furniture and lighting design, will host exhibitors, stage programs, and industry discussions.
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Louis Poulsen VL45 Radiohus Pendant in two new colours
Louis Poulsen is launching two new colour variants of Vilhelm Lauritzen’s VL 45 Radiohus Pendant, Pale Yellow and Amber, available from February 2025. Initially known as ‘The Office Lamp’, the pendant was designed in 1945 by Danish architect Vilhelm Theodor Lauritzen (1894–1984) for Radio House (Radiohuset), the headquarters of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
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Naoto Fukasawa at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
13 December 2024 - 20 April 2025 | Philadelphia Museum of Art, PHILADELPHIA
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) announces Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves, the first major US exhibition celebrating the career of renowned Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa. The exhibition will coincide with Fukasawa receiving the 2024 Collab Design Excellence Award on December 12. Things in Themselves will showcase Fukasawa’s minimalist and user-centered design philosophy, presenting production designs alongside working sketches and models.
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Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich
Park Books has published 'Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich,' based on extensive research by architect Ana Francisco Sutherland. The book documents post-WWII buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich, a Southeast London area that became a fertile ground for modern architecture during this period. It features designs by renowned architects such as Eric Lyons, Patrick Gwynne, Peter Moro, Walter Greaves, and Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, along with works by lesser-known firms.
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The Little Big House by Knox Bhavan in Hertfordshire, UK
London-based architects Knox Bhavan have designed a new house and studio in a Hertfordshire village for a client who became paralysed from the shoulders down following a life-changing accident as a teenager. The house stands on the same lane where the client grew up and replaces a poorly built 1950s chalet bungalow, maintaining a similar size. Knox Bhavan utilised a prefabricated cassette system, developed in collaboration with modular manufacturer BlokBuild and engineers Price & Myers.
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International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2024
29 June - 13 October 2024 | ROTTERDAM
The 11th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in 2024, themed 'Nature of Hope,' focuses on how architecture can restore ecological balance by prioritizing biodiversity and nature. The event will feature an exhibition at the Nieuwe Instituut, a public program, and Botanical Monuments showcasing green spaces in Rotterdam.
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WXCA modernise Pole Mokotowskie Park in Warsaw
Poland-based architects WXCA have modernized one of the largest urban parks in Warsaw, Pole Mokotowskie Park, also known as Warsaw's Central Park. Paying attention to evolved pathways and existing water systems, WXCA describes their approach as 'design acupuncture,' focusing on small, thoughtful interventions to support and safeguard the park's existing network.
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Zurich Design Weeks 2024: Good News
12 - 29 September 2024 | ZURICH
The third edition of Zurich Design Weeks is centered on the theme of 'GOOD NEWS,' aiming to highlight positive developments in design over a three-week period. The event seeks to counteract our natural tendency to focus on negative news by showcasing progress, sustainable ideas, and innovations that inspire optimism. It emphasizes design's role as a problem-solving discipline that can create solutions to pressing global issues, making the world more sustainable, beautiful, and efficient.
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Tropical Modernism exhibition at the V&A
2 March - 22 September 2024 | South Kensington, LONDON
The Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London explores the architectural styles of tropical modernism in West Africa and India. In the late 1940s, British architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry adapted a modern aesthetic valuing function over ornament and applied this to the hot, humid conditions of West Africa.
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Natural History Museum’s transformed gardens
From 18 July 2024 | South Kensington, LONDON
The five-acre green space around London's Natural History Museum has been transformed by Architects Feilden Fowles in collaboration with landscape architects J & L Gibbons, into two gardens for visitors and research: the Nature Discovery Garden and the Evolution Garden.
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HAY Shim Coffee Table designed by Jonas Trampedach
Danish designer Jonas Trampedach has created the Shim Coffee Table for HAY. This table features three metal legs with a cut and bent construction. It is available in two sizes: one with a 45cm diameter and 51cm height, and another with a 54cm diameter and 44cm height. The table is manufactured in various colours and finishes, including high gloss and natural options. HAY
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The 23rd Serpentine Pavilion by Mass Studies
7 June - 27 October 2024 | Kensington Gardens, LONDON
Archipelagic Void by Seoul-based Korean architect Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies is the 23rd Serpentine Pavillion in Kensington Gardens. The pavilion comprises a void in the centre surrounded by smaller adaptable structures, referencing the 'madang', or open courtyard found in traditional Korean houses.
Each structure is different in size, form, name, and purpose, providing a platform for various live events. The entry to the pavilion, The Gallery, hosts a sound installation; the artwork, 'Library of Unread Books' is hosted in the north of the Pavilion; the Tea House is in the east; the Auditorium in the west; along with an outdoor space, the Playtower. Five covered and five in-between spaces surround the void, integrating with the surrounding park and Pavilion activities.
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House C by celoria Architects in Medrisio, Switzerland
Swiss-based Celoria Architects have designed House C in the 'Alle Cantine' area in Mendrisio, Switzerland. It has the same volume as a previous house on the site and uses its foundations. The house stands with mountains and forest on one side and a valley leading to San Martino on the other. It is situated at the foot of a rocky wall in an area characterised by a row of houses and dominated by the Oratory of San Nicolao. The area is approached by a long, tree-lined avenue and features locally typical 'grotti' underground ventilation spaces.
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Vaarni Maasto Table and Chair in Finnish pine plywood designed by Ronan Bouroullec
Vaarni has expanded Ronan Bouroullec's Maasto range by releasing the 016 Maasto Dining Table in Finsh pine plywood during Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design 2024 festival. The 016 Maasto Dining Chair was released earlier in the year. The Maasto range is designed to be suitable for domestic and commercial settings. Vaarni manufactures its pine plywood locally, reviving Pine plywood production in Finland. Photo by Vaarni. Vaarni
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LUCCA coffee table by Broberg & Ridderstråle for Asplund
Swedish designers Mats Broberg & Johan Ridderstråle have designed the LUCCA coffee table for Asplund. This large coffee table pairs well with the Asplund LUC storage series and features a solid stained oak stand with a solid wood or stone top in Carrara Marble or Pietra Grey. Asplund
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Melbourne Design Week 2024
23 May - 2 June 2024 | Melbourne, Australia
The eighth edition of the National Gallery of Victoria's Melbourn Design Week explores the theme 'Design the world you want', focusing on energy, ethics, and ecology. The event includes over 300 exhibitions, displays, symposiums and talks throughout Melbourne and Victoria. Highlights include keynotes from Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo and design critic Alice Rawsthorn, the One-Stop Bug-Shop vending machine and the tenth Melbourne Art Book Fair.
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3daysofdesign 2024 in Copenahagen
12-14 June 2024 | Copenhagen
This year 3daysofdesign, with the theme DARE TO DREAM, will host over 350 exhibitions, in the streets, showrooms, galleries and event spaces across Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 2013 the show has been inviting architects, design enthusiasts as well as the general public to experience new concepts from a curated selection of brands from Denmark and around the world. 3daysofdesign
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Mikado chair by Barber & Osgerby for Vitra
London-based designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have designed the Mikado upholstered chair for Vitra. The chair is upholstered on all sides and conceals a mechanism in its back that allows for a slight reclining movement of the backrest. Mikado is made with a high percentage of recycled materials, and individual components, including covers, can be repaired or replaced when necessary. At the end of the chair's life, the components, including covers that are not glued or stapled, can be easily separated for recycling.
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Six Columns house in Crystal Palace by 31/44 Architects
London-based 31/44 Architects have built Six Columns, a house for its architect owner and family on a garden plot in Crystal Palace, South East London. The design responds to a trapezoidal site with a large Sycamore tree, incorporating architectural detail from the neighbouring house and also from the owner's travels. Conceived as a blend of a farmhouse and a California Case Study House, it reflects the directness of 1950s British architecture. The house is designed to evolve and prioritises shared spaces, minimising individual sleeping areas and contained rooms.
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
21-25 May 2024 | Chelsea, LONDON
The Royal Horticultural Society holds the Chelsea Flower Show annually in May on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London. The event features garden designs and planting ideas by leading horticulturalists, with trends this year including edible food forests, naturalistic planting, flood-resilient design and drought-tolerant planting schemes.
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Residential complex in Chur with a large enclosed garden by Bearth & Deplazes
Swiss architects Bearth & Deplazes have designed a 96-unit residential complex with a cloister surrounding three sides of a large garden in Austrasse, Chur, Switzerland. Named 'Vier Jahreszeiten' (Four Seasons), the development shields the courtyard garden from a nearby highway. The garden, set with marlstone, accommodates children playing, pedestrians and cyclists, while ample trees provide shade, and islands of shrubs and flowers that are inspired by Japanese gardens.
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Serpentine Gallery unveils public sculpture by Gerhard Richter
25 April - 27 October 2024 | Serpentine South, Kensington Gardens, LONDON
The Serpentine Gallery and The Royal Parks present a large-scale sculpture by the German artist Gerhart Richter. The sculpture, STRIP-TOWER, continues six decades of the artist's work.
Richter began a series of works titled Strip Painting in 2010, inspired by an earlier 'squeegee painting' titled Abstract Painting 724/4 from 1990. The paintings were photographed, scanned, and divided into two strips, then four, eight, sixteen and thirty-two. The vertical strips of the painting were stretched horizontally, laminated onto aluminium and covered with perspex.
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2024
21-23 May 2024 | Clerkenwell EC1, LONDON
Clerkenwell Design Week 2024 marks its 15th year as a global design festival and follows on from last year's record of 37,00 visitors. This year, there will be over 600 curated events throughout Clerkenwell, 160 local design showrooms, and 300 exhibitors across 12+ venues.
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Modern Brussels Map by Jacinthe Gigou for Blue Crow Media
Blue Crow Media has published the Modern Brussels Map (Carte Bruxelles Moderne) covering 56 buildings built between 1910 and 1990, with an introduction and research by Brussels-based architectural historian and guide Jacinthe Gigou. The double-sided guide is presented in English and French.
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International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and NYCxDESIGN Festival 2024
ICFF 19-21 May 2024 | NYCxDESIGN 16-23 May 2023 | New York
The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) 2024 takes place at the Javits Centre during the NYCxDESIGN citywide design festival. Aiming to connect the global design community, the 35th edition of ICFF hosts 350 exhibitors from 35 countries. Highlights include the second edition of Crossroads, the collaboration between the brand directors of ICFF, with the theme of sustainability in the context of craft traditions.
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