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.
“Renaissance of the Real” is the new place to disconnect from Milan’s chaos
USM and Snøhetta’s new installation at Milan Design Week 2026 asks us whether the antidote to digital saturation might be something as simple as being present in the…
Orchestra Park: the melody of landscape
Between natural refuge and social infrastructure: SoBA transforms an urban plot in Kunshan, China, into an immersive park and community hub, redefining the role of contemporary public space…
The boutique hotel in Japan that turned Heian into a design language
Genji Kyoto is a boutique Design Hotels member that reinterprets the Heian-era machiya townhouse through contemporary architecture, handcrafted interiors, and a rooftop garden planted with species from the…
Making room for contemporary art: OMA’s expansion of the New Museum
Two Pritzkers will now be living on the Bowery after the completion of the museum’s expansion: a story of architecture, ambition, and fifty years of contemporary art.
Architecture and landscape in a contemporary hot spring retreat
Set in Guguan’s hot spring valley near Taichung, HOSHINOYA Guguan is Hoshino Resorts’ first luxury retreat in Taiwan. Designed as a “lofty pavilion woven from mountain streams,” it…
Vibrant Sports Park: a new grammar for public space
Colorful, dynamic, and inclusive, Vibrant Sports Park by architecture firm SoBA redefines the urban park as a cultural and sports hub, where spatial innovation and ecological strategies generate…
Faith Park: an architectural view of Albania’s diverse spirituality
This proposal for Tirana’s new park is a monument to the country’s unique interfaith heritage, designed to host any kind of religion in a shared, safe space.
An airport lounge inspired by Piet Mondrian’s paintings and the Dutch landscape
The Amsterdam-based studio Beyond Space has designed the Lounge 2 of Schiphol Airport as if it were from the artist’s Boogie-Woogie series, translating art into architecture.
Backyard Community Club: sport, ecology and community
DeRoche Projects has created an urban hub with low-impact construction techniques, water self-sufficiency, and green spaces to promote the well-being of the local community. An alternative to conventional…
What is the stadium’s role in a city’s urbanistics? JKMM Architects has an answer
In Finland, you can now live and shop in a football venue, at the new Tammela hybrid stadium. Integrating urban life with sports, the project redefines the stadium…
Active Surfaces® bring innovation to Florence’s historic markets
The renovation of the San Lorenzo and Sant’Ambrogio market buildings gave S+S Studio the opportunity to renew the flooring with eco-active sustainable surfaces from FMG, Iris Ceramica Group’s…
Holcim Foundation Awards 2025: Projects transforming sustainable construction
From a reclaimed jail in Dhaka to a climate-resilient park in Boston, the Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 celebrate five regional Grand Prize winners—part of a global selection of…