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ROOST Rainey is a Home Away from Home High Up in Austin’s Burgeoning Skyline

It’s hard to deny that Austin is booming. The once sleepy Texas state capital—known for its alternative music and art scene—has flourished into a major tech hub; challenging San Francisco’s hegemony. With that, the midsized city has seen innumerable skyscrapers…
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Dining And Living Design at Salone 2026: Shaping Modern Interiors

At Salone del Mobile 2026, the evolution of Dining And Living Design at Salone 2026 reveals a fundamental shift in how spaces are conceived. Dining rooms are no longer formal, isolated environments—they are becoming fluid extensions of living areas, designed…
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Dwelling through Indeterminancy: Susana Torre’s House of Meanings (1970–1972)

Susana Torre is an Argentine-born architect who has worked primarily in the United States, where she studied at Columbia University and later chose to settle. Her relocation coincided with the onset of Argentina’s Dirty War, a period of state terrorism…
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BIG Unveils a Temporary “Living” Stadium for Shakira’s Concert Residence in Madrid

Renderings for the Shakira Stadium project in Madrid, 2026. Image © BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group Shakira, Live Nation, and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have teamed up to build one of the most ambitious venues in recent memory. And most impressively, it…
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F5: Peter Pelsinski Talks Shadows and Light, Color, Play + More

As a child, Peter Pelsinski was convinced that astronauts and garbage collectors had the coolest vehicles, and as a science fan, he figured that space travel could well be in his future. When he arrived at college though, he hadn’t…
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An Asian Restaurant with a Contemporary Twist in Seoul

Gastronomes with discerning palates appreciate settings that make dining out as memorable as the food on offer. Yet a modern aesthetic in an eatery can appear cold and uninviting. Design2tone’s vision for a new spot was all about the balance…
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This Residential Tower-Topped Hotel is a Ryokan-Styled Sky Oasis

Toronto is growing at an incredible rate—spreading across the vast lakeside plain it anchors and rising in dense vertical pockets. In just a few years, its population has surpassed that of other burgeoning urban centers, making it the fourth-largest city…
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Leibal — NOT A HOTEL Setouchi

NOT A HOTEL Setouchi is a minimalist villa compound located on Sagishima Island, Hiroshima, Japan, designed by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group). Few architectural commissions demand the kind of site-specific surrender that island building requires. On Sagishima, a small landmass in…
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Leibal — Atami House

Atami House is a minimalist residence located in Atami, Japan, designed by NOFORMA. The renovation of a traditional Japanese home perched on a coastal hillside, the project began with a discovery that redirected its entire design narrative. Hidden above a…
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Marc Thorpe’s Forest Edge House Blends Beauty and Self Sufficiency

There is no mistaking the core philosophy of the Forest Edge House, a 1,500-square-foot home nestled into the woods of the western Catskill Mountains. On the southern face of the house, a grid of solar panels absorbs the slanting rays…
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Heion House

Heion House is a minimalist residence located in Islington, London, United Kingdom, designed by Studio Hagen Hall. Rather than extending the footprint of a Grade-II Listed Late-Georgian terrace, Studio Hagen Hall reconfigured it entirely. The brief called for a home…
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Inside Lil Baby’s Closet

Lil Baby takes AD inside his overflow closet full of pieces he loves but doesn’t necessarily wear that often. #LilBaby #ArchitecturalDigest #OpenDoor #ClosetTour #CelebrityHome Read another article:Botany as an Artistic Practice: Anna Atkins’ BlueprintsFeeling inspired? Subscribe to AD and get…
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In Trace, Bureau de Change Lets Circularity Cement Memory in Cast Concrete

New builds boast a certain architectural bravado, often from a place of hubris, when realized from scratch—a clean slate’s seductive promise that the future need not answer to the past. Bureau de Change would argue the opposite. With Trace, their…
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Artist Works With Indigenous Communities To Build a “Water Sanctuary” on Salt Flats in Argentina

“The Sanctuary of Water,” 2026 by Tomás Saraceno (Photo: © Studio Tomás Saraceno). The Sanctuary of Water, conceived by artist Tomás Saraceno with the 11 indigenous communities of the Red Atacama network, Salinas Grandes, northern Argentina. With the generous support…
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Leibal — SPEC Co. Ltd.

SPEC Co. Ltd. is a minimalist office located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by DEINOCHEIRUS. The challenge of inserting a refined workspace into an active fabrication factory is one that few designers approach with genuine restraint. Rather than imposing a corporate…
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Rammed Earth-Inspired Concept House Looks Like a Rocky Formation in the Desert

In the remote landscape of the Utah desert, architecture blends seamlessly with geology. This is epitomized by the conceptual Desert Observatory House, a dwelling that appears to emerge directly from the earth. Designed by the firm Vrantsi, the project features low,…
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Michael Shannon Can’t Stop Touching His Walls…

Michael Shannon shares one of the most unexpected details in his NYC apartment–his incredibly soft Venetian plaster walls. Feeling inspired? Subscribe to AD and get a free tote with your subscription! → https://bit.ly/4jBCUMl Still haven’t subscribed to Architectural Digest on…
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this home in korea is shaped by twin timber gables atop a concrete base

A house set between field and forest In Hoengseong, South Korea, BRBB Architects’ Shin-Dae-Ri House is positioned between a cultivated foreground and a wooded slope, and stands as a transition from village to mountain life. Designed for an elderly couple…