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May 20, 2026architect’26 challenges circular construction, material experimentation, and more
Mar 26, 2026proposal for net-zero landmark office in warsaw highlights adaptive use and ecological design
Aug 19, 2014IAAC students create responsive architectural material system
Aug 05, 2014designers turn shipping container into a human-scale kaleidoscope
Jul 29, 2014truck-a-tecture presents transformable structures for nomadic living
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Jul 21, 2026when care learns to play: how design is reshaping pediatric healthcare
Jun 19, 20262050+ uses movable frontones to reclaim a parking lot for play in logroño, spain
Jun 05, 2026‘the community is the client’: how fernando laposse turns craft toward rural regeneration
May 25, 2026from rainfall to textile, frances van hasselt shapes a slow, women-led practice in south africa
Aug 10, 2026pleasure, curiosity and uncertainty reveal how design can create space for freedom, participation and unexpected ways of experiencing the world.
Aug 10, 2026paola pivi on why we can no longer play
the artist considers play as a form of freedom, and asks what we lose when we can no longer experiment without being watched.
Aug 09, 2026frank kunert’s miniature worlds bend the logic of familiar architecture
using scale to loosen the rules of the built world, hand-built miniature sets turn familiar architecture slightly absurd.
Aug 08, 2026before calder’s mobiles, this mini circus brought his wire figures to life in paris
lions, tigers, acrobats and balloons, costumed and created to fit in a suitcase, make up one of alexander calder’s foundational works in play and wire.
