Robin Hood Gardens at Venice biennale | Jewellery-like modular lighting

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University of Silesia's Department of Radio and Television is wrapped in "net curtain" of hollow blocks

Department of Radio by Grupa 5 Architekci

Hollow clay bricks form the gridded facade of this faculty building at a university in the Polish city of Katowice, providing privacy and shade to the interiors while still allowing light to enter. More ›

 
 

Michael Anastassiades creates modular lighting system based on jewellery chains for Flos

The Arrangements lighting collection by Michael Anastassiades features strips and loops of LEDs in geometric shapes that combine to create chains, chandeliers and hanging walls of light. More ›

 
 

Katrin Greiling turns Kinnsand rugs into furniture

Katrin Greiling turns Kinnsand rugs into furniture

Designer Katrin Greiling took over the Toyo Ito-designed Kinnsand showroom in Milan to create a series of experimental forms with rugs and textiles from the Swedish brand. More ›

 
 

V&A unveils huge section of demolished Robin Hood Gardens at Venice Architecture Biennale

Visitors to the Venice Architecture Biennale can walk the "streets in the sky" of London's Robin Hood Gardens, as the V&A museum has shipped a huge chunk of the brutalist housing estate to Italy. More ›

 
 

Monumental grassy roof covers Planar House in Brazil by Studio MK27

Planar House by Studio MK27

This minimalist residence outside São Paulo by Studio MK27 offers residents a variety of enclosed and open spaces underneath an imposing concrete roof covered in grass. More ›