Casa POP’s Madrid renovation challenges the nuclear-family floor plan—and asks how homes can fit today’s occupants without trapping tomorrow’s.
Alexandre Arrechea’s basketball-hoop sculpture in Toronto tests whether playable public art can deliver fair access, reliable upkeep and shared space.
Meta’s camera-free Ray-Ban Audio glasses remove the lens, not the consent problem. What should wearables reveal about listening and data processing?
Dallas’s reported AI garbage truck cameras promise efficient enforcement. But who controls the footage, defines a violation, and hears your appeal?
Design Everything’s imagined apartment at Aram asks when inventive reuse becomes an aesthetic excuse for underfunding designers and their labour.
Herzog & de Meuron’s Amherst project tests selective reuse. When do carbon, spatial performance and architectural heritage justify replacing a building?
Yardbox’s Irish backyard prefab promises multigenerational living. But can a €100K home widen housing access when owning the garden comes first?
Bentley’s electric Torcal puts luxury at a crossroads: preserve craft and longevity, or simply give resource-intensive excess a cleaner powertrain?
Nicholas Galanin’s intervention before the Gateway Arch turns its iconic sightline into a battleground over land, memory and Indigenous presence.
Google’s Thompson Center rescue saves a Chicago landmark. But access, usable public space and architectural clarity will determine its civic future.
