jr presents the eighth chapter of his chronicle series French artist JR unveils Le Cronache di Napoli, the eighth and most emotional chapter in his globally acclaimed Chronicles series, with a massive public artwork installed on the facade of the Italian city’s Duomo. Presented alongside Who Are You, Naples?, an exhibition at Gallerie d’Italia […]
chiharu shiota suspends butterfly wings over warm bed at beijing’s red brick art museum
Chiharu Shiota’s major exhibition at red brick art museum Chiharu Shiota unveils Silent Emptiness, a major solo exhibition at Red Brick Art Museum in Beijing, running until August 31st, 2025. Curated by Yan Shijie, the show marks a significant milestone in Shiota’s career, presenting newly commissioned site-specific installations, infused with Eastern philosophy, personal memory, […]
interview: rotterdam’s nieuwe instituut exhibition traces emotional architecture of MAD
MAD’s Poetic Vision explored through Rotterdam exhibition A new exhibition at the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Ma Yansong: Architecture and Emotion, debuts alongside the long-anticipated opening of the MAD-designed Fenix Museum of Migration. During the exhibition’s opening, designboom spoke with Aric Chen, General and Artistic Director of the Nieuwe Instituut and curator of the […]
e.Re studio architects coats lenirra villas’ gables in dark-toned roof shingles
lenirra villa is a calming retreat embraced by Jakarta’s landscape e.Re studio architects builds Lenirra Villa, a small-scale resort development situated on a mountainside adjacent to expansive rice fields, approximately two hours from Jakarta. The architectural approach focuses on integrating built structures within the existing natural context to preserve and enhance the site’s environmental […]
RDZ studio sculpts soft futurism into zurich café with floating cloud bar and tactile interiors
RDZ studio unveils futuristic café interior in Zurich In Zurich’s Seefeld district, Draft. Coffee by RDZ Studio draws from Scandinavian clarity and combines it with Swiss precision. From the moment visitors approach the facade, marked by a naive-style cloud sketch logo on the front window, it’s clear this café is shaped with design intention. […]
catalonia in venice lets water speak for justice at biennale architettura 2025 parliament
Institut Ramon Llull at Venice Biennale 2025 From the water canals of Venice and into the echo of a new kind of conversation—one not spoken, but pooled, and evaporated. For 2025, the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia does more than display; it debates. At the center of this dialogue is […]
dark skies sonic pavilion suspends sound system over crowd at horst arts & music festival
Dark Skies sound installation rises at Horst Arts & Music Festival Dark Skies is a large-scale sound installation developed by Leopold Banchini and Giona Bierens de Haan in collaboration with DJ and producer DVS1 for the Horst Arts & Music Festival, taking place just outside of Brussels. Suspended above the crowd, this large-scale sound […]
MIT brings planetary futures and post-crisis architecture to palazzo diedo for venice biennale
MIT architecture and antikythera’s exhibition at palazzo diedo As part of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale’s official collateral events, The Next Earth: Computation, Crisis, Cosmology takes over Palazzo Diedo with a double-decker exhibition examining the intersection of architecture, ecology, and planetary systems (find designboom’s previous coverage here). Organized in the Berggruen Arts & Culture […]
furman + keil architects extends austin home with elevated ‘roost’ for birdwatching
a platform hidden within the landscape Roost by Furman + Keil Architects is a project that reveals itself only gradually. Tucked into a secluded fold of Austin’s terrain, the 928-square-foot timber structure lies far below the elevation of its neighborhood, concealed by tree canopy and reachable only by a narrow stair or a quiet […]
thanos zakopoulos transforms fallen pine into fiery symbol of rebirth at ekies resort in greece
thanos zakopoulos wraps charred pine tree in metallic mesh At the Ekies All Senses Resort in Chalkidiki, Greece, a striking art installation by CTRLZAK’s Thanos Zakopoulos quietly emerges. Titled HO–MA–GE, a charred pine tree, stripped and sculpted, rises from the earth like a mythic relic. The site-specific work draws on natural decay and alchemical […]