Outdoor
Outdoor design encompasses furniture, products and spaces for open-air living, from terraces and gardens to landscapes and public areas. Across residential, hospitality and urban projects, climate and patterns of use inform how exterior environments are planned and furnished. Durability, material performance and the relationship between people, architecture and nature guide approaches to designing outdoor spaces for different settings.
Grace Atelier: Three stone inspirations, one design language by Ceramiche Keope
Inspired by Europe’s geological heritage, the brand brings together three collections that explore the beauty and character of stone, alongside a mosaic system that introduces a distinctive decorative…
Sauna Zaježová: from timber drying to a place to rest, in harmony with nature
In central Slovakia, Guča arch. has built a 25-square-metre sauna that borrows the humble logic of a village woodpile, integrated into the landscape.
Palaces for the people: on the importance of designing social infrastructure
Aire Commune’s latest project combines shade, seating, planting, and power in a repeatable module and shows how modest infrastructure can matter to a city as much as the…
Earth Valley Theater: when architecture is not just for humans
In the mountains of Wuxi, China, GOA transforms an open-air theater into a shared habitat: spectators, birds, nature, and architecture become part of the same performance in a…
A workplace on a tree: the Baumhaus Office of Benedikt Hartl
What happens when the cost of space becomes more important than the space itself? In Weimar, Opposite Office answers with a one-square-metre treehouse, the Baumhaus Office, turning the…
Ibira Work, opening the office to nature and its urban surroundings
The São Paulo studio creates an office building where nature and the landscape become part of the working environment – for informal meetings or moments of exchange between…
Phyta Biodesign brings living systems into the built environment
What if buildings could support wildlife as naturally as they provide shelter for people? Zain Ansari explains how his practice is rethinking architecture through ecological research, computational design…
Can the spaces between indoors and outdoors become the most important ones?
In contemporary architecture, the transition between indoors and outdoors is no longer treated as a boundary, but as an extension of the home. Through award-winning projects and collaborations…
Moving walls and street basket: the new face of sport by 2050+
Developed in the frame of Concéntrico Festival this past June, the installation of 2050+ is a reminder of how easy it is to regenerate spaces and how the…
Rethinking outdoor living through everyday objects
More than 30 pieces of furniture, accessories and tools reinterpret the aesthetics of traditional camping as a system designed for everyday life. With Outdoor Market, HAY and Jasper…
Vagabond Vans: transforming vanlife into a luxury architectural project
How Andreas Stricker and Vagabond Vans are turning repurposed vans into a design conversation, one bespoke project at a time.
Prestige University: the roof becomes an urban amphitheater
Sanjay Puri Architects transforms Prestige University into a habitable topography: an accessible roof turns into an open-air amphitheater, where passive strategies for extreme heat and fluid spatial layouts…