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Concrete, stone and wood bring rich tactility to an apartment renovation in Brazil
Brazil-based Memola Estudio and architect Vitor Penha utilise natural materials for São Paulo’s Garrido Apartment
By Hannah Silver • Last updated
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Green infrastructure gets creative: where power meets sustainability
Can a solar array look sensational or a tidal lagoon educate as well as generate green power? We explore key examples of green infrastructure across the globe
By Jonathan Lee • Last updated
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This Cretan retreat takes its cues from craft and landscape
Block722 reveals ‘O Lofos’, an idyllic retreat on the hilly, eastern side of the island of Crete in Greece
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Talent House opens in east London to nurture diverse talent in the arts
The Talent House is an enclave for London’s future arts talent
By Josh Fenton • Last updated
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San Francisco earthquake cottage transformed into 21st-century home
This residential design by architects Jones Haydu in San Francisco’s Dolores Heights reimagines one of the city’s typical earthquake cottages
By Jackson Compton • Last updated
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Feast your eyes on the 2022 RIBA House of the Year longlist
The 2022 RIBA House of the Year longlist has been released
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Ästad Vingård’s Äng restaurant is a holistic design delight in Sweden
Join us on a wine and wellness tour of the Ästad Vingård and Äng restaurant's new glasshouse in Sweden
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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House London is an insider’s guide to the city’s best architectural transformations
House London is a new book offering a peek into some of the best redesigns of the capital’s omnipresent, historical brick home typology
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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House London is an insider’s guide to the city’s best architectural transformations
House London is a new book offering a peek into some of the best redesigns of the capital’s omnipresent, historical brick home typology
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with Tatiana Bilbao
Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafé, shares coffee and creative small talk with leading figures from the worlds of art, architecture, design, and fashion. This week, it’s Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, who is currently designing a brutalist, ethical aquarium in Mazatlán and has an exhibition at Copenhagen's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art opening in October 2019
By Bodil Blain • Last updated
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Bas Smets on landscaping Notre-Dame, and ‘hacking' a city to fight climate change
Landscape architect Bas Smets talks to us about Notre-Dame, modern gardens, microclimates and more
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Views and reflections define this contemporary Athens villa
Reflection House is a new Athens home by architects Mplusm, designed around the site's expansive vistas and natural light
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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São Paulo villa by Arthur Casas is the perfect urban retreat
A contemporary house in São Paulo is a modernist retreat set in the leafy suburbs, courtesy of architect Arthur Casas
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Colourful offices to brighten up our working lives
These workspaces showcase how architects from across the globe adopt a colourful approach in their designs to striking effect
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Modernism to minimalism: sun-drenched Los Angeles houses
From modernist residences to riveting renovations and new-build contemporary homes, we tour some of the finest Los Angeles houses under the Californian sun
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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BIG’s Refugee Museum of Denmark addresses ‘one of the world’s greatest challenges’
BIG has converted and extended buildings at a Second World War Danish refugee camp to create the new Refugee Museum of Denmark
By Hannah Silver • Last updated
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Derwent Valley Villa celebrates ‘living in a garden’
Derwent Valley Villa by Blee Halligan is a project created to celebrate nature and life
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Studio Weave reimagines Devon cottage through creative addition
Studio Weave transforms cottage in Devon with Made of Sand, a textured and considered modern addition
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Three books chart the rise, impact, and scope of virtual worlds
Love them or hate them, virtual worlds are here to stay; and three new books explore their charms and challenges
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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McLaren Excell transforms Victorian house into refined modern living space
Petersfield House by architects McLaren Excell reimagines a Victorian home in Cambridge into a contemporary, minimalist haven
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Art Pavilion M is Studio Ossidiana’s floating circular museum in Almere
Studio Ossidiana launches Art Pavilion M in Almere, the Netherlands, a composition of three perfect rings and home to a museum of land art and multimedia
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Domus Peepem offers sustainable, minimalist Mexican housing in Cancún
Kiltro Polaris, Wewi Studio and JC Arquitectura collaborate on a new minimalist housing project in Cancún, Mexico
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Adam Nathaniel Furman on how queer spaces have shaken up the architectural canon
The architect, designer and artist offers a first look at their new London studio, and discusses their recent book, Queer Spaces, an accessible compendium of meaningful environments for the LGBTQ community. This article will feature in the August 2022, Design for a Better World issue of Wallpaper*
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Strang Design draws on Brazil for ‘environmental modernism’ house in Miami
Strang Design creates Brazil-inspired Miami house engulfed in greenery
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Mona Vale’s Surf Life Saving Club brings nature and community together
Mona Vale’s new Surf Life Saving Club celebrates nature, community and life on the beach
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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RSHP: a new name for a new era of collaborative design
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners rebrands as RSHP, heralding a new era of collaborative design for the architecture practice, following Richard Roger's passing in 2021
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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This historical Florentine villa is given a contemporary rethink
Danish design brand Frama and filmmaker Albert Moya have worked together to update the Villa Medicea di Marignolle in Italy
By Hannah Silver • Last updated