Architecture & Interiors | Design Indaba

Glass houses

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Bright and shiny, Shanghai’s new Museum of Glass highlights the endless possibilities of this material. >

17 Jul 11
Tube hotel

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

A tubular, pyramid-like hotel targets budget travellers in Mexico. It comes with a spectacular view and is built with recycled concrete. >

9 Jul 11
Russian jewel

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Pushkinsky Jewel is a design concept for connecting a landmark theatre to the historic and culturally vibrant Pushkin Square in Moscow. >

3 Jul 11
Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré. >

30 Jun 11
Rohan Shivkumar and M P Ranjan at WDCD 2011

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

Rohan Shivkumar and Professor MP Ranjan look at ways of effecting real change in India. >

29 Jun 11
Linear park

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A diagonal urban park in Barcelona connects the city to its natural surrounds. >

29 Jun 11
2D/3D

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A half chair? Or just the illusion of a chair? Here’s the 2D/3D Chairs for Issey Miyake. >

29 Jun 11
Hats off

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Surrounded by 4 000 hats in an exhibition space, one might be forgiven for feeling mad as a hatter. >

28 Jun 11
Shapes of eight

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The 8 House allows people to bike all the way from the street to the 10th level penthouses. >

25 Jun 11
Urban connections

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Designing an eco-neighbourhood on the banks of the Maas River could help support new development in Liège, Belgium. >

23 Jun 11
Curtain call

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Curtain Call, conceptualised by Ron Arad, is an interactive installation of art and music. >

23 Jun 11
Design encyclopaedia

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Alessi's flagship shop in Milan, designed by Martí Guixé, is still home to the "Alessi Encyclopaedia". >

18 Jun 11
Xiaodu Liu at WDCD 2011

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

Xiaodu Liu believes that architecture is more than art and that it should do something good for society. >

17 Jun 11
Three times

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

3Beirut is a new development by Foster + Partners in Lebanon, which hopes to promote urban renewal in the capital. >

12 Jun 11
Gifts of paper

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Shigeru Ban’s Paper Concert Hall in Italy serves as a symbol of solidarity and support between two countries. >

9 Jun 11
Without footprints

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Have ideas of how to retrofit an existing building to be more energy efficient? Enter the Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards. >

8 Jun 11
Tea time

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Kou-An Glass Teahouse reflects the cultural value of Japanese tea ceremony practices. >

8 Jun 11
Blog from Festarch festival: The Stargate machine - revolt!

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

“Vomit the space out of your mind”, insightful parting words on the last day of the Festarch festival. >

6 Jun 11
Blog from Festarch festival: A real human comedy

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A one-man show, a “coalition of amateurs” and real human comedy at the Festarch festival. >

5 Jun 11
Blog from Festarch festival: Urban age meets Babel Tower

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The dark urban age meets the Babel Tower in a wrestling ring on top of a skyline building at the Festarch festival. >

4 Jun 11
Light for the nations

Design News > Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors

ILLUMInations is the title of the 54th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, curated by Bice Curiger. >

3 Jun 11
Future visions

Design News > Design Thinking / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The Festarch festival explores visions of a future city that prioristises civil engagement, shared spaces and an open society. >

3 Jun 11
HBL Interview: Natalie du Toit of Indigi Designs

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

During this year's Design Indaba in South Africa, WGSN-homebuildlife came across the work of new design brand Indigi Designs. >

2 Jun 11
Blog: Day 1 of What Design Can Do Conference

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Rohan Shivkumar, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares and Oliviero Toscani stood out on day one of the What Design Can Do Conference in Amsterdam. >

27 May 11

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