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Construction began in 1720 under Prince-Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn

The splendor of Bruchsal Palace

A Neo-Baroque masterpiece in Southwest Germany

View of Santorini, Greece, with iconic white houses and blue-domed churches

How travel shapes empathy and innovation in design

Global encounters inspire designers to move beyond visuals and create work rooted in culture, connection, and respect

Life in the Jōmon period as recreated at the Municipal Museum of Archaeology in Ichikawa: a prehistoric woman sits before a fire where fish are being grilled on skewers, and, behind her, a heap of discarded clamshells (shell midden) and a wooden rack on which whole squids are being dried

How pottery shaped the human mind

Early ceramics and the rise of symbolic thought

Exterior view, Fukui Prefectural Library and Archives © Alma Reyes

A garden library in the open fields

The spectacular modern architecture of Fumihiko Maki

Wastewater treatment plant

The architecture of water conservation

Innovative harvesting systems in modern design

Meland Club in China

A fantastical garden where childhood dreams take shape

A woman observing artefacts in a museum

The changing role of the museum

Experience, technology, and relevance in today’s cultural spaces

The lush interior of Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, blending nature with modern architecture

The true value of sustainability

Its role in architecture, environmental policy, and the global challenges that threaten timely progress

A sculptor works in his art studio, surrounded by tools and unfinished pieces

Crafting: where pleasure meets purpose

The quiet transformation of craft into business, and how creativity finds balance between pleasure and profit

Crowd at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site canopy, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

The dawn of monumental art

Göbekli Tepe and the birth of sacred spaces

A bamboo structure with layered arches and joints, showing the fusion of traditional knowledge and modern engineering

The sustainability journey of bamboo construction

Tracing bamboo’s life cycle from growth to structure and its role in cutting emissions and material waste

The Bolwoningen project in ’s-Hertogenbosch comprises 50 ball-shaped houses, grouped together near a canal in the residential area of Maaspoort

Bolwoningen: the futuristic spheres of Dutch suburbia

A 1980s Dutch housing experiment where design, ecology, and imagination meet

A male architecture student sitting at a table in the library, focused on his studies

Pheno-pragmatic learning in architecture

A flexible framework for bridging experiential learning and cognitive understanding

The Port of Antwerp is the port of the city of Antwerp, Belgium

The art and impact of architectural photography

Capturing space, light, and story

Garden oasis overlooking the main building, Itchiku Kubota Art Museum ©Alma Reyes

Living paradise in Lake Kawaguchi

The exotic Itchiku Kubota Art Museum and garden

Andrea Pozzo, cathedral of Ljubeljana, interior, Slovenia

Sabine Frommel and the journeys of Renaissance artists

Migration, architecture, and the cross-cultural creativity that defined an era

A woman in a round hall, reminding how acoustics and design work in harmony

Exploration of acoustic design in architecture

Archaeoacoustics: the quiet force driving comfort, clarity, and well-being indoors

Veduta esterna delle tre Sale sepolcrali, credute della Famiglia d'Augusto, 370 x 500 mm. Retrieved from Ficacci, L. (2022). The Antiquities of Rome. In Piranesi: The Complete Etchings (p. 230)

Piranesi: architect of memory and imagination

Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s spaces where history, imagination, and consciousness intersect

Colorful traditional mosaic plates crafted by local artisans in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Art along the silk road

Uzbekistan’s enduring craft traditions

Didden Village in Rotterdam, Netherlands, uses vivid blue forms to create a symbolic rooftop landscape that blends architecture with imagination

Didden Village: a “Rooftop Village” experience

How MVRDV transformed an ordinary apartment building into a surreal micro-neighborhood above the city

Geneva hotel Beau-Rivage, Genève, Switzerland

Romain Saada: the quiet craft of hospitality

On curiosity, humanity, and the art of making people feel at home

A pixel art video game featuring a medieval castle

The architectural aesthetic of retro gaming design

The relationship between pixel art and architecture

St. Catherine's Church (Polish: Kościół św. Katarzyny, German: Katharinenkirche) is Gdańsk’s oldest church, begun in the 1220s and later expanded with Gothic chapels, a gabled roof, and vaulted ceilings, Poland

A Renaissance masterpiece in Gdańsk

The Baptistery of Mateusz Gletger

An architect engineer analyzing a construction model on a computer, pointing at an architectural building prototype

The digital revolution in architecture

How BIM, parametric design, and digital fabrication are transforming the architectural landscape

Behind every architectural landmark is a complex process of collaboration, innovation, and construction

Beyond the obvious: hidden elements of architectural success

Prioritizing social values, technological integration, and adaptive reuse for lasting impact

The Panoramapunkt observation deck in Berlin offers stunning panoramic views of the city's skyline, Germany

Tension of formality and informality in Berlin's allotments

The history and challenges of Berlin's allotment gardens amidst urban change

Clos Lucé (restored), the manor house where lived Leonardo at Amboise, France

Sabine Frommel on the Renaissance across borders

How the migration of artists shaped culture, patronage, and power in Europe

A futuristic building that seamlessly blends into a desert terrain, symbolizing a vision of coexistence between design and the environment

Liminal landscapes: blending architecture and terrain

Discover why architects make eye-catching and purposeful projects that blend into the surroundings

Wall House II in Groningen, Netherlands, stands as a powerful example of postmodern architecture blending art and habitation

John Hejduk’s Wall House 2

A spatial narrative between past, present, and future

Loewe’s New Sydney Flagship Store, Australia — a retail environment that whispers luxury through space, tactility, and calm ©thecommercialproject

Sculpting luxury in steel and ceramics

Reading Loewe’s retail minimalism through architectural modernism

Nordhavn, Denmark, is a prime example of urban transformation in Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen’s waterfront: a model for urban renewal

Sustainability and innovation transform an industrial harbour into a vibrant space

Modern office lobby with floor-to-ceiling windows, green chairs around round tables, and ribbed planters holding lush indoor plants. Bright and airy with a contemporary feel

The rise of brain-responsive architecture

A speculative but grounded vision of an architectural future where buildings don’t just shelter us

Rosso Fiorentino, Leda and the Swan, copied from Michelangelo, 1532-1540 (London, The National Gallery)

Sabine Frommel on artistic migrations in Europe

How travel, patrons, and politics shaped Renaissance creativity

Events in Architecture & Design

Claudia Alarcón & Silät, Oyhil ta iwo lhipa — Nuestros tejidos unidos [Nossos tecidos unidos] [Our united fabrics] (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MASP

Claudia Alarcón & Silät: living, weaving

6 Mar — 2 Aug 2026 at the MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Video craft. Courtesy of Museum of Craft and Design

28 Feb — 16 Aug 2026 at the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco, United States

North facade of the Cedar building © Archives of Vaudoise Assurances, Lausanne / Photo: Agence de Jongh

Jean Tschumi designer

27 Feb — 26 Apr 2026 at the Mudac in Lausanne, Switzerland

Ingrid Donat, Tatoo, exhibition view. Courtesy of Carpenters Workshop Gallery

25 Feb — 29 May 2026 at the Carpenters Workshop in Los Angeles, United States

Yixing ceramics in the collections of St Petersburg and Moscow. Courtesy of the State Hermitage Museum

Yixing ceramics in the collections of St Petersburg (...)

15 Feb — 31 May 2026 at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

Shary Boyle, The silences. Courtesy of AGH

Shary Boyle: how we are

14 Feb — 10 May 2026 at the AGH in Hamilton, Canada

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Bil-Bol (detail), 1907. Courtesy of Gallen-Kallela Museum

14 Feb — 31 May 2026 at the Gallen-Kallela Museum in Espoo, Finland

Marianne Nicolson, Ƨ∩ƎЯCꟼ, 2023. Courtesy of National Gallery of Canada

Women carvers on the northwest coast

13 Feb — 26 Jul 2026 at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Canada

Meg Beaudoin, exhibition view. Courtesy of Cavin Morris Gallery

Spotlight: Meg Beaudoin

12 Feb — 28 Mar 2026 at the Cavin Morris Gallery in New York, United States

Sam Herman, Untitled (114), 1971. Courtesy of Frestonian Gallery

Crossings (...)

11 Feb — 21 Mar 2026 at the Frestonian Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Li Hanwei, We define nutrition, 2018. Courtesy of Power Station of Art

PSA emerging curators project 2025

7 Feb — 5 May 2026 at the Power Station of Art in Shanghai, China

We will survive: the prepper movement and design, exhibition view. Courtesy of Röhsska Museum

We will survive: the prepper movement and design

7 Feb — 4 Oct 2026 at the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden

Various artists, Regenerative design, exhibition view. Courtesy of Weltmuseum Wien

Regenerative design

6 Feb — 31 May 2026 at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, Austria

Japan modern poster, exhibition view. Courtesy of Designmuseum Danmark

Japan modern poster

6 Feb — 9 Aug 2026 at the Design Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark

Katsushika Hokusai, Nakahara in Sagami Province (Sōshu Nakahara). Part of the series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (detail), 1830-1831. Courtesy of Designmuseum Danmark

Japanese woodblock prints: hokusai

6 Feb — 9 Aug 2026 at the Design Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark

Qubus: appendix. Courtesy of the Museum of Decorative Arts

Qubus: appendix

5 Feb — 12 Apr 2026 at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Josefov, Czech Republic

Eamon O'Kane, Eileen Gray's dream house (E-1027) (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Hillsboro Fine Art

Studio house museum

5 Feb — 7 Mar 2026 at the Hillsboro Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland

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