BIG tackles San Francisco floods | Russia tourism identity | Chile beach house

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Pine-wrapped beach house on Chile's coast has panoramic ocean views

Almost Cube House by Land Arquitectos

A beach house wrapped in a pavilion of slatted pine wood on the coast of Chile by LAND Arquitectos has uninterrupted views of the South Pacific.  More ›

 
 

Front designs modular rugs that can be folded up into furniture

Swedish design studio Front has created a collection of colourful rugs, then transformed the design to produce matching poufs. More ›

 
 

Italian architects convert Ettore Sottsass sketch into pavilion for French architecture festival

Cabinet of Curiosities by 2A+P/A

Italian architecture office 2A+P/A has bought an Ettore Sottsass painting to life to create a black barrel-roofed pavilion for an architecture festival in Orléans, France. More ›

 
 

Paul Raphaelson photographs Williamsburg's derelict Domino Sugar Factory ahead of redevelopment

Domino Sugar Factory by Paul Raphaelson

American artist Paul Raphaelson has published photographs of Brooklyn's dilapidated Domino Sugar Factory, revealing the eerie rust-covered spaces along the East River that were abandoned in 2004 and demolished a decade later. More ›

 
 

BIG unveils scheme to protect San Francisco creek from flooding

Islais Creek proposal for Resilient by Design's Bay Area Challenge

Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect a creek in San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. More ›

 
 

Russian tourist board unveils new visual identity inspired by suprematist art

A team of five designers has created a new brand identity for Russia's tourist board, which references the graphic style of suprematist artworks. More ›

 
 

Apio Arquitectos creates gabled holiday house overlooking Chilean lake

Chilean studio Apio Arquitectos has used wooden barns as a reference for this nature retreat, with pitched roofs and facades wrapped in grey metal and pine. More ›

 
 

Muuto launches mirror to match those used by Parisian barbers

The plastic mirrors typically found in Parisian barber shops provided the cues for this design by French duo Normal Studio, for Scandinavian brand Muuto. More ›

 
 

"There is no need to destroy one significant cultural legacy in order to celebrate another"

Obama Presidential Center

The Obama Presidential Center will be presented to the Chicago City Council today. But its proposed siting in the city's Jackson Park will both remove acres of public land and blight Fredrick Law Olmsted's historic landscape design, argues The Cultural Landscape Foundation president Charles A Birnbaum. More ›

 
 

Council saves Herzog & de Meuron's Chelsea football stadium from neighbours' injunction

An injunction that would have prevented Herzog & de Meuron from redeveloping Chelsea FC's football stadium has been blocked by the local council, paving the way for construction to begin. More ›