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Housed in a National Register of Historic Places-listed, red-brick mansion that dates back to 1886, the hotel is a glaring departure from the contemporary gray buildings that line Grant Street in the city's Capitol Hill district. Inside, the walls are lined with original burgundy wallpaper and ornate Bavarian woodwork. And the staircase, with its intricate carvings of flowers, gargoyles, and swans all across the balustrade, took my breath away.

In Spain, design reveals a layered character, with architecture that intertwines multiple material strategies, where identity and contemporaneity come together. In step with a changing global scenario, contemporary architecture, particularly that which embraces the future, weaves together practices such as material reuse, circular design, attention to well-being, and greater flexibility, reshaping the ways we live. These explorations are not only addressed on international stages but also take shape in projects that pursue new approaches, attentive to both design and the life unfolding in each space.

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Ceramic lighting continues to surprise us - first with tiles that double as hooks and lamps, and now with STUDIOTAMAT and Arianna De Luca's collaboration with . This time, lighting isn't simply paired with tile; it's embedded directly into ceramic compositions, turning wallcoverings into luminous and artful statements. From glaze to glow, the BALERA collection pushes ceramic conventions into bold new territory, merging artisanal craft with sculptural lighting design.

La Maison Champs-Élysées sits quietly within Paris' Golden Triangle, yet inside it unfolds as one of the city's most ambitious design statements. Fifty-seven rooms carry the hotel's identity, with seventeen "Couture Collection" suites serving as Maison Margiela 's first complete interior project. The house's codes are woven through every corridor and chamber, creating an environment where the boundaries between fashion, art, and architecture dissolve.

Thoughtful lighting design creates ambience, draws attention to details you might otherwise miss, and adds another layer of depth to your interiors. And with more of us investing in statement joinery and built-in cabinetry, shelf lighting has become a design tool that's hard to ignore. Used well, it will not only make your storage work harder but also help your home feel warmer, more inviting and infinitely more stylish.

When it comes to decluttering, there are a few steps you have to take before you can actually physically get rid of anything in your home. The first one is extremely important and requires you to set up three boxes - that's it! It sounds simple, but it'll lay the groundwork for a truly productive decluttering session. Here's why you should set up three outboxes before decluttering anything in your home.

In southern Mexico City, within a double-height house designed by OW Arquitectos, two pieces by Omar Wade, Banca Tres (Bench Three) and Silla Cuatro (Chair Four), investigate the relationship between space, materiality, and light. The , characterized by skylights and large windows, provides the setting for this dialogue, framing the interaction of furniture and architecture. Together, the two wooden pieces present an exploration of scale and construction.

The center is tucked into a hillside clearing where a stream enters from the east. Archi-Union retained the dense bamboo grove and arranged the program around a small courtyard that steps upward with the slope. Activity spaces occupy the lower two floors, and a third-floor terrace opens to mountain views. This vertical layering creates a parallel relationship with a nearby cliffside and frames distant fields through roof apertures, inspiring its name, 'Cloud Eye.'

To start, Danielle dives into some of the history of French design style. Emperor Napoleon III kicked off an initiative to transform the city, she says, resulting in the gorgeous, uniform exteriors and other charming details we've come to associate with Parisian architecture, like wrought iron balconies and high ceilings. Inside, we often see design features like ornate moldings, parquet floors, and marble fireplaces.

As part of our ongoing exploration of Almaty's identity through urban cafe interiors following our previously published project Fika (2023) this new space continues our investigation into the architecture and spirit of the city as both reference and point of departure.

A round bed in the center of this 968-square-foot Milan apartment seems to hang in the air, with only a beam of light as its base. It appears and disappears behind by a metal fabric folding door by Dooor (a company that acclaimed Italian designer Gio Ponti also worked with). Elsewhere in the room, historic design pieces and timeless antiques reflect the homeowner's passion; they run Antichità Moglia, a store specializing in antique doors.

Cottagecore bedding is all about evoking a sense of nostalgia-it's the feeling of waking up in the countryside with the windows open and the morning sun flowing in,

Between September and October, designboom is spotlighting a diverse range of international competitions that invite architects, designers, and creatives to push the boundaries of innovation before submission deadlines draw near. From the 5th edition of Tactical Urbanism NOW!, which calls for hyperlocal yet scalable public space solutions addressing environmental and social challenges, to The Architect's Chair #4, where participants distill their architectural philosophy into a single, iconic piece of furniture, the span of briefs encourages both visionary thinking and practical creativity.

We already know, either in detail or broadly, what content and architecture the app will have. At this point, we would start researching similar solutions from competitors and references to get inspired, and eventually move into design. We don't have to skip this process; however, with AI assistance, we can go from text to an initial functional design that generates hundreds of ideas and provides direction.

Let's be real-everyone's chasing that 'did they hire an interior designer?' vibe, but nobody actually wants to max out their card doing it. Enter: these criminally affordable, why-didn't-I-think-of-that home upgrades that immediately boost your space from 'it works' to straight-up aspirational. We're talking plush rugs that look boutique-y, storage hacks that conjure up closet space out of thin air, and kitchen essentials that'll have your friends convinced you've moved up a tax bracket.

At the core of the update is the Revit Wood Framing Toolbar, a free add-in currently available for beta testing. The toolbar makes it possible to optimize for offsite panelization and to explore how offsite wood shops will frame walls and openings within Revit, without the need for specialized software.

"The tragedy is these pieces lived 70 years and were ready to live another 70 years," said David Singh, who co-owns the business with his partner, Lars Balderskilde. "Some are so unique that there are maybe a handful in the world left."

The Cartier Santos watch was first created as a one-off for celebrated aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. The Brazilian bon vivant and adventurer specialized in dirigibles, and he is also acknowledged as among the very first to pilot a heavier-than-air machine. In 1901 Santos-Dumont became a household name when he flew a powered dirigible around the Eiffel Tower. Archives Cartier Paris Numa Blanc Fils Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian dandy and aviation pioneer.

Contemporary architecture often references ideals from modernism - canonical elements like clean lines, open plans, and material honesty - further tempered to suit current tastes and needs. This Highland Park residence, designed by SmithArc with interiors by Joshua Rice, belongs firmly in that lineage. While expressing its modernist DNA, the home reconsiders what it means to be a "machine for living," with an emphasis on how color, material, and built-in conveniences will impact a growing family.

Houseplant, the lifestyle brand founded by Seth Rogen, has announced a new collaboration with ripple⁺ Home, introducing an evocative incense collection that marries fragrance artistry with thoughtful design. Known for reimagining everyday smoking rituals with aesthetic sophistication, Houseplant has built a reputation for products that function seamlessly while doubling as statement pieces. The partnership with ripple⁺-a leader in innovative fragrance-represents a natural alignment between two brands that value both sensory experience and visual appeal.

Design movements are often in response to what has come before - and Craftsman interior design is one of the most clear examples of this cyclical nature at play. While the Victorian design of the late 19th century believed in more is more when it came to ornamentation and formality, Craftsman interiors focused on a return to simplicity, nature, and, well, craftsmanship.

If you've ever wanted to peek inside a celebrity-designed New York apartment, here's your chance. The eighth annual Real Simple Home has opened in Lower Manhattan and for the first time it spans not one but two units: a sprawling four-bedroom penthouse with a 1,500-square-foot terrace and a two-bedroom "DIY Annex." Together, they showcase 14 distinct spaces created by a team of top designers, influencers and-headlining this year-Drew Barrymore.

Surrounded by nature, the locality of Santa Eufemia, near the village of Espinhal, is a region known for its high cultural and historical value due to its antiquity.

"Dance, dance... otherwise we are lost." This oft-cited phrase by Pina Bausch encapsulates not only the urgency of movement, but its capacity to reveal space itself. In her choreographies, space is never a neutral backdrop, it becomes a partner, an obstacle, a memory. Floors tilt, chairs accumulate, walls oppress or liberate. These are architectural conditions, staged and contested through the body. What Bausch exposes - and what architecture often forgets - is that space is not simply built, it is performed.