Why did the UK government nationalise this pub? ~humanities.history Video 16:22, published May 26 2025 10 votes
The Palisades Fire destroyed more than 1,200 buildings. Yet one newly built home—surrounded by ashes and charred foundations—stood almost untouched. How did it survive when its neighbors didn’t? ~design architecture urban planning Video 13:35 12 votes
From polar night to midnight sun, Finland's deep connection with light and dark has inspired a century of pioneering lamp designs ~design architecture Link 9 votes
The extraordinary home inside a giant greenhouse in Norway – 38ft-tall glass shed features integrated ventilation and cooling systems ~design architecture Article 804 words 21 votes
Helsinki landmark Finlandia Hall reopens – architectural icon, designed by Alvar Aalto, is now more accessible than ever to the public after an extensive renovation ~design architecture Article 393 words 7 votes
Trondheim set to welcome PoMo museum in 2025 – minimum of 60% of its acquisition budget to women artists to tackle gender inequality in museum collections at large ~arts art.modern art.contemporary Article 364 words 8 votes
The methodical plan to erase Chicago ~design urban planning architecture.hierarchical mesh Video 14:47 5 votes
Finnish sauna that was gifted to the UK after the 1948 Olympic Games has been granted Grade II-listed status ~design architecture Article 523 words 4 votes
Hive cities: Reality or fiction? ~design architecture.metabolism architecture.parasitic Video 14:58 7 votes
Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies ~design architecture Video 13:50, published Nov 30 2023 12 votes
Campaigners seek listed status for Finnish sauna from 1948 Olympics – wooden hut is Britain's oldest operating sauna and ‘hugely important’ piece of sporting history ~design architecture Article 738 words 9 votes
Join me on an exclusive tour of two remarkable fire stations in Columbus, Indiana ~design architecture Video 13:04 3 votes
Architecture lovers can spend the night in a modernist masterpiece designed by Alvar Aalto – former TB sanatorium is now Finland's most unusual holiday let ~design architecture Article 1224 words 10 votes
This building nearly broke Taipei. The Taipei Performing Arts Center; Over budget, a decade under construction, and one of Asia's most important cultural buildings. ~design architecture Video 10:40 18 votes
Czechia's incredible 1960s supervillain-lair hotel (and why its architect got banned by the regime) ~design architecture Video 13:39 8 votes
This video tells the story of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, its design, construction, life, and ultimate demise ~design architecture.metabolism Video 12:34, published Nov 17 2022 4 votes
A Twitter thread on Alfred Loos, one of the founders of modern architecture, and why modern housing looks so plain ~design architecture Tweet 11 votes
Museum dedicated to Danish fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, designed as an experiential fantasy world, has officially opened in Odense ~design architecture Link 6 votes
CF Møller's kaleidoscopic Lego campus debuts in Denmark ~design architecture Article 865 words 4 votes
Norway's £500m National Museum to open after eight-year wait – director apologises for delays that have kept Munch's The Scream out of public view ~arts art painting Article 787 words 7 votes
Amazon unveils a proposed design for "The Helix", the second phase of its Arlington, Virginia headquarters ~design architecture Article 1131 words 9 votes
Spectacular new step-bridge floats over Norwegian waterfall Vøringsfossen – the project, designed by architect Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, has been over a decade in the making ~design architecture Article 483 words 10 votes
The Tokyo Toilet - Public toilets in seventeen locations in Shibuya will be given unique redesigns by renowned designers and architects ~design architecture Link 11 votes
Architecture studio Cobe and engineering firm Arup have designed the Orienktaj and Nordhavn Metro stations as part of a docklands development in Copenhagen ~transport Article 746 words, published Jun 15 2020 5 votes
Open Platform and JAJA Architects construct Denmark's first wooden parking house, enabling Denmark reach its goal to become climate neutral in 2050 ~design architecture Article 444 words 4 votes
Henning Larsen has revealed plans for The Arctic University Museum of Norway, which will evoke a cascade of glass beacons on the coast of Tromsø ~design architecture Article 796 words 4 votes
CF Møller Architects have revealed photos of the Kajstaden Tall Timber Building, which has recently completed in the city of Västerås and is Sweden's tallest timber building ~design architecture Article 491 words 6 votes
Copenhagen-based firm Henning Larsen Architects has proposed a low-rise neighborhood south of central Copenhagen using all-timber construction ~design architecture Article 332 words 4 votes
Frank Gehry's most ambitious project: Restoring the Los Angeles River ~design urban planning Article 3024 words 6 votes
The Dance House Helsinki – Finnish practice JKMM's newest project is set to become Finland's first venue dedicated primarily to dance and the performing arts ~design architecture Article 306 words 4 votes
Monolithic concrete forms associated with brutalist architecture inspired the interiors of Axel Arigato's Copenhagen flagship store ~design architecture fashion Article 413 words 4 votes
Danish architecture firm COBE has won an international competition for a new science museum in Lund ~design architecture Article 648 words 5 votes