Planned cities need more than diagrams: identity, ritual and local use must be designed in from the start.
PPAA’s Lamartine hotel shows how narrow-lot hospitality must balance light, intimacy, and efficiency without losing comfort.
Can a toilet block embody democracy? Studio Weave's Maida Hill project turns neglected infrastructure into a test of dignity.
Renault’s new 4 and 5 prove affordable EVs can be characterful, compact, and city-changing. Is the small car making a comeback?
Skin1004’s Soho flagship shows how retail now competes through atmosphere, raising the question: culture or pure branding?
Can a women’s football stadium correct inequality, or does it risk redrawing civic space into segregation?
How small, phased interventions like Shanghai’s pocket parks are replacing grand masterplans in public-space renewal.
How stage-set interiors blur private life and public image, turning domestic space into a polished performance for the algorithm.
On-demand privacy glass sells openness without exposure—but also turns transparency into a managed, surveilled condition.
Cluj-Napoca’s riverfront regeneration shows why waterfront design must rebuild civic life, not just deliver mixed-use real estate.
