Sheppard Robson creates "beating heart" for University of Edinburgh campus

A campus building completed by Sheppard Robson for the University of Edinburgh, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, features in this video produced by Jim Stephenson.

The film forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to highlight the annual award's 2025 shortlist.

In the video, viewers are introduced to the Nucleus Building, which provides teaching, learning and social spaces for students and staff at the University of Edinburgh.

University professor Iain...

SPOTLIGHT - The BLIND TOMORROW COMICS

From Legal Constraint to Local Craft: Four Adaptive Projects by messina | rivas in Cunha

© Federico Cairoli

The municipality of Cunha, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, is a region known for its inland landscape, hilly terrain, and, especially, a major production of nationally renowned ceramics. It is within this context that the office messina | rivas has been working since 2017, with a set of projects located on a farm. Their work, which integrates design and construction in an indissociable manner, results in interventions that reveal a sensitive approach to pre-existing conditions and their surrounding environment.

The relationship between the office, led by...

MA.DE Bistro / AN NAM Architecture

© Trieu Chien architects: AN NAM ArchitectureLocation: Măng Đen, VietnamProject Year: 2024Photographs: Trieu ChienArea: 1000.0 m2

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Уличные таблички Ижевска

В Ижевске крутые уличные таблички:

Они как бы наклонены к тебе:

Не то, чтобы это как-то сильно влияет на читаемость, но в этом чувствуется столько человечности, что я растаял сразу:

Номер без улицы:

Бывает более убогая модификация, с такими вот острыми углами:

Наклоняется тоже, но без уважения. А тут ещё и винты жуткие:

А в основной версии даже под винты сделаны пазы красивые:

Цвет полосы вроде бы значит район:

Ну кайф?

Дизайнерам ТСЖ «Центр-1» показалось, что и так сойдёт:

Жители дома справа завидуют жителям дома слева:

А ещё бывает вообще другой дизайн — чёрный, с логотипом «Иж» в углу. Зачем-то табличкой закрыли номер дома:

Этот номер чувствует себя лишним:

«Родной» номер выглядит так:

А номер этого дома мы не узнаем:

Шрифты, конечно, вообще не дружат.

Фотографии из поездки в сентябре 2022 года. Слетайте в Ижевск!

Ещё уличные таблички:

Robert A.M. Stern, Influential American Architect and Educator, Passes Away at 86

Stern, at the Yale School of Architecture, via Dan’s Hampton. Image Courtesy of Common Edge

Robert A.M. Stern, the American architect, educator, and historian whose work shaped both the physical and intellectual landscape of contemporary architecture, has died at the age of 86. His passing was confirmed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA), the New York-based practice he led for more than five decades. Known for advancing a contextual, historically informed approach during decades dominated by modernist and high-tech architecture, Stern remained a prominent voice advocating for continuity, urban civility, and...

Plastic Box store is "a brutalist art gallery disguised as a supermarket"

Architecture practice Minimal Studio has unveiled Plastic Box, a supermarket in Mallorca with a minimalist exposed-concrete interior and a ceiling of 1,200 plastic crates.

The fully functioning store, located in Mallorca's Port of Pollensa, was conceived by the studio as a "raw concrete envelope".

"We reduced the structure to its essence, removing all previous finishes and exposing its raw bones," Minimal Studio founder Juan David Martínez Jofre told Dezeen.

"The space was redefined through light, reflection, and rhythm, replacing traditional aisles with visual sequences that guide the visitor like an exhibition route," Jofre continued. "The transformation stripped away...

House of Verdizela / Estúdio AMATAM

© Garces architects: Estúdio AMATAMLocation: Corroios, PortugalProject Year: 2023Photographs: GarcesArea: 284.0 m2

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fountainhead Residence Purchased by the Mississippi Museum of Art and Prepared for Public Tours

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fountainhead Residence. Image © G. Douglas Adams Photography

On November 20, 2025, the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) confirmed the purchase of Fountainhead, a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 and completed in 1954. The renowned modernist architect designed the residence and its furnishings for oil businessman J. Willis Hughes, who lived there with his family until 1980. Established in 1911, the MMA is the largest art museum in the state of Mississippi, offering exhibitions, public programs, artistic and community partnerships, educational initiatives, and opportunities for...

Perrier-Jouët and Design Miami announce Design for Nature Award in Paris

Promotion: French champagne house Perrier-Jouët and design fair Design Miami have launched the inaugural Design for Nature Award in Paris last month.

The Design for Nature Award invites designers to explore sustainability as a driving force for meaningful cultural and environmental progress.

The award will recognise a designer whose work is aligned with the ethos of art nouveau, while also demonstrating a commitment to sustainability, from materials and processes to cultural narratives and social impact.

The initiative was announced at the renowned Paris restaurant Maxim's during Design Miami.Paris last month.

Maxim's first-floor bar was...