Architecture
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Minimalist architecture: homes that inspire calm
These examples of minimalist architecture place life in the foreground – clutter is demoted; joy promoted. Elevating interiors to places of peace, these buildings created by design pioneers help us to trace a recent history of minimalism in home design.
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Big Branzino sauna floats in the Stockholm archipelago
The Big Branzino floating sauna by Sandellsandberg opens to guests in the Stockholm archipelago
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Best Private House, the shortlist: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2023
We reveal the five shortlisted homes competing for Best Private House: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2023
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Architecture books to inspire shelf love
Here at Wallpaper*, we’ve got architecture books piling up; among them, these are the photographic tomes, architects’ monographs and limited editions that we couldn’t resist
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Twin 6a architects buildings arrive at London Design District
Two 6a architects-designed buildings, A2 and B2, launch at the Design District in London
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Best Public Building, the shortlist: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2023
We reveal the shortlist for Best Public Building: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2023
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Apartment interior design: outstanding spaces around the globe
Apartment interiors can be tricky to balance. Create a sense of space and get inspired by our global edit of architect-designed ideas. From minimalist mezzanines and lofts that bridge old and new, to sleek urban penthouses and dramatic transformations
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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This snowy Rockies retreat is the perfect Colorado family stay
DNA Alpine by CCY Architects is a family Colorado Rockies retreat, designed to provide the perfect mountain sports and snowy getaway experience
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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At London’s Outernet, the party is starting
The Outernet, with interiors by Archer Humphryes, offers a new, state-of-the-art entertainment venue for London
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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The Broadway transforms west London site of Metropolitan Police Headquarters
The Broadway by Squire & Partners creates a new mixed-use urban scheme in west London, while transforming the site formerly housing the 1960s Metropolitan Police Headquarters
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Tree-lined tower Qorner adds to Quito’s international allure
Qorner sees Moshie Safdie join a stable of global architects redrawing Quito’s skyline
By Rainbow Nelson • Published
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Wood Art Pavilion keeps its contents hidden from the world
Labscape’s Wood Art Pavilion is a secluded artist’s retreat in the leafy suburbs of Brussels, blending abstract shapes with natural light
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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The Hat House is a retreat straight out of a Swedish fairy tale
The Hat House by Tina Bergman Architects takes its cues from Swedish fairy tales and the woods around it
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Step inside the dramatic Cava Arcari by David Chipperfield
Cava Arcari by David Chipperfield reimagines a series of caves outside Vicenza as a multifunctional event space
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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‘Ole Scheeren: Spaces of Life’ celebrates ‘form follows fiction’ in architecture
‘Ole Scheeren: Spaces of Life’, a comprehensive look into the work of the German architect, opens at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Lose yourself in 550 Madison and Snøhetta’s public garden
Snøhetta designs a new public garden for 550 Madison in New York
By Pei-Ru Keh • Published
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Rinascente is reborn in Rome’s Piazza Fiume courtesy of design studio 2050+
Rinascente in Piazza Fiume, Rome gets a makeover by Milan-based interdisciplinary design agency 2050+
By David Plaisant • Published
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UK House lobby architecture elevated by Christ & Gantenbein
UK House's new lobby architecture transforms the London mixed use scheme, courtesy of Swiss architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Red House: the extraordinary Dorset home crowned RIBA House of the Year 2022
Red House by David Kohn Architects scoops the coveted RIBA House of the Year 2022 title
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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IQON is BIG’s South American debut in Quito
Quito gets a brutalist urban addition – IQON – courtesy of Bjarke Ingels and Ecuadorian developer Uribe Schwarzkopf
By Rainbow Nelson • Published
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Industrialised building system prototype proposes solution for urgent housing needs
We examine an industrialized building system prototype proposal by Chilean architecture practices Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen Architects and Cristian Dominguez Fernandez
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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‘A House’ is a minimalist Nordic cabin by emerging studio nāv
‘A House’ by studio nāv is an idyllic Nordic minimalist cabin
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Architectural pavilions: architects packing a big punch with small structures
Pavilions – whether permanent or transient – allow architects to experiment with materials, passions and concepts - here’s our ongoing pick of the best of the finest architectural pavilions across the globe...
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Dandi Wembley is a celebration of co-living in London
The Dandi Wembley, an innovative and well-considered, new co-living rental proposition, launches in north London
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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Fisherman’s House blends old, new and that view
Fisherman’s House by Studio Prineas balances a 19th-century cottage and contemporary concrete in a modern Sydney home
By Ellie Stathaki • Published
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British Columbia house immerses its occupants in the region’s evergreen forests
Openspace Architecture has designed this grand modernist retreat in the heart of Whistler, making the most of the spectacular natural landscape
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Shiguchi is a Japanese cultural retreat that bridges tradition and the 21st century
Shiguchi is a new Japanese cultural hub set amid nature, by artist and collector Shouya Grigg
By Catherine Shaw • Last updated