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Where to Buy Affordable Art Online: 34 Stores for Sophisticated Artwork, Prints, and More (2026)
Museum-worthy works within budget
7 Best Linen Curtains for Effortless Elegance (2026)
These natural textiles are quick ways to give your windows a glow-up
Shadows House / Seiro Arquitectos
"Inspiration comes from the sky, dwells and descends into the studio, where it takes shape," explains one of the owners of Casa Sombras. This poetic image synthesizes the organization of a home that converts a slope of m…
12 Best Accent Chairs That Are Packed with Personality (2026)
Iconic shapes and sculptural statements galore
The Most Charming Nurseries Start Secondhand
Can we interest you in an antique dresser from 1880?
Livraria da Vila Artes / ARCHITECTS OFFICE
Livraria da Vila Artes is born from a precise gesture within a space that, at first glance, condenses. In just 40 square meters, the project emerges from an investigation into how architecture can intensify the presence …
Dorm Room Ideas 101: 16 Stylish, Space-Saving Solutions
How do you give your small, temporary space some serious personality? Design pros schooled us on the coolest ways to decorate for dorm life
Elizabeth Taylor’s Bel Air Estate to be Preserved in $47 Million Makeover
In an apparent about-face, the developer who purchased the star’s home has decided against demolition in favor of a 12,000-square-foot addition
Populous completes Buffalo Bills stadium in New York
Architecture studio Populous has completed the steep, metal-clad Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, New York for NFL team the Buffalo Bills, with a canopy and advanced snow-melt system. The new Highmark Stadium replaces a stru…
Linea House / Instinto Estudio
In the heart of the Guiones jungle in Nosara, Instinto Estudio designed two tropical houses that use architecture as a series of lines to frame the landscape, encourage natural ventilation, and create spaces to gather in…
In Campo, Solo Exhibition by Hick Duarte / Clube
The exhibition design for "Em Campo" is structured around five main elements: the floor, the wall, the pillars, the grid, and the audiovisual equipment integrated with the furniture.
Locust Grove Pavilion / de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
The Locust Grove Pavilion expands the experience of one of Kentucky's most significant historic landscapes, transforming a contemporary community gathering space into an instrument for historical interpretation. Located …
Mosley Thorold mixes salvaged and natural materials in De Beauvoir home renovation
Local architecture studio Mosley Thorold has updated and extended a Victorian home in east London, using a textured palette of concrete, brick, tiles and metal intended to patina over time. Named De Beauvoir Townhouse af…
from casa malaparte to the sheats-goldstein residence, these homes became movie stars
these architect-designed homes have taken on lives of their own in films, shaping characters, moods, and the way we remember the buildings themselves. The post from casa malaparte to the sheats-goldstein residence, these…
Typsa Arquitectura weaves library in Luanda around existing trees
Spanish studio Typsa Arquitectura has completed a library in Luanda, Angola, with a curving concrete roof punctured by openings that encircle existing trees on the site. Located at the centre of Luanda's technology park,…
Research finds Star Homes housing reduces malaria in children by 44 per cent
A study has found that children living in Star Homes, a housing initiative in Tanzania, have lower rates of malaria, diarrhoea and respiratory infections compared to those living in mud-and-thatch houses. The study, whic…
zayed national museum’s interiors weave emirati craft, material, and cycles of time
wool, rope, ceramics, camel leather, and local stone appear across the museum interiors. The post zayed national museum’s interiors weave emirati craft, material, and cycles of time appeared first on designboom | archite…
former textile warehouse transforms into fractal-inspired jaipur rugs showroom in mumbai
fractal geometry translates the repetitive rhythm of hand-knotting into architecture. The post former textile warehouse transforms into fractal-inspired jaipur rugs showroom in mumbai appeared first on designboom | archi…
Sauerbruch Hutton and Studio Gang to revamp German House skyscraper in New York
German studio Sauerbruch Hutton and US practice Studio Gang have been selected to redesign German House to reflect the nation's values and create a "civic landmark" just north of the United Nations complex in Manhattan. …
falwa restaurant transforms arabian equestrian heritage into fluid architectural interior
rejecting literal motifs, the restaurant opts for boundary-dissolving forms, custom mineral plaster, and refined leatherwork that mirror the essence of equestrian tack and desert heritage. The post falwa restaurant trans…
Diller Scofidio + Renfro renovates Boston storage warehouse for MIT architecture school
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has spliced an 1894 brick warehouse building with several glazed volumes to create a home for MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. The Metropolitan Storage Ware…
A Layered Wood Landscape Shapes SKIN1004’s SoHo Flagship
LMTLS Architecture layers wood, mirrors, and warm light into a continuous interior inspired by eroded terrain
studio ellsinger shapes a compact coastal home on sweden’s west coast
studio ellsinger’s hee house combines a compact footprint with strategic detailing for a spacious retreat on sweden’s west coast. The post studio ellsinger shapes a compact coastal home on sweden’s west coast appeared f…
OFFICEUNTITLED turns vacant santa monica office floor into school after the palisades fire
classrooms, colorful graphics and playful ‘imaginariums’ give an unlikely second life to a floor built for desks and meeting. The post OFFICEUNTITLED turns vacant santa monica office floor into school after the palisades…
Little Giant Designs Its Own Forest Studio Around Light, Quiet, and Exploration
Set among cedar and Douglas fir trees on Vancouver Island, the two-level retreat explores how architecture can deepen our connection to nature
A Toronto Penthouse Finds New Life by Celebrating Its 1980s Roots
Dvira Interiors leaned into the penthouse’s late-’80s character by pairing its curved architecture with global influences, tactile materials, and immersive interiors
Lauren Rottet Shares the Places, Projects, and Inspirations That Shape Her Design
From a George Nelson home in Montauk to the beaches that fuel her creativity, the architect and designer shares 5 personal inspirations—and 5 projects that define her work.
What If the Bathroom Became the Center of the Home?
SIGLA Studio places the bathroom at the center of a compact Barcelona apartment, challenging long-held assumptions about privacy and the way we live at home
This Los Angeles Home Lets Nature Become the Architecture
Obsidian House integrates greenery directly into its architecture, from a dramatic 24-foot indoor planter to lush outdoor spaces that blur the line between inside and out
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is on Substack
I'm breaking my blogging silence to do two things: Alert readers to the fact I am still writing reviews of architecture books under the title A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books, but over at Substack, not Blogger. Put …
Archidose, 1999–2024
After 25 years of running this blog under various names — all of which can be lumped under the "Archidose" monicker — I've decided to shut it down, moving this hobby, this labor of love, to Substack, which I have used si…
Reading About Drawings
Instead of digesting a new book or diving into a novel, something others do often but I do rarely, I spent my holiday break reading a five-year-old book about a trio of intertwined topics I'm particularly fond of: drawin…
Favorite Books of 2023
For the fifteenth and last time on this blog, I'm highlighting my favorite books of the year, selected from the many books I reviewed or featured as "Book Briefs" on this blog, and the few titles that I reviewed at World…
Three Monographs
Just as last week's Places in Time III post featured a trio of books that were initially listed in my earlier holiday gift books post, two of the three monographs featured here were also on that list. As happened when I …
Places in Time III
This third and most likely last installment in the inadvertent "Places in Time" series looks closely at three books: the first about Chicago from the Great Depression to the mid-1980s; the second one about the broader Am…