Design Boom

a new museum opens its doors in western sydney

Powerhouse Parramatta, the new museum designed by Moreau Kusunoki and Gent...

SCI-ARC FOSTERS RADICAL RESPONSES TO INCREASING WILDFIRE RISKS

The SCI-Arc Resilient Futures Task Force was created to rethink standard rebuilding methods after the January 2025 fires in Los Angeles exposed deep weaknesses in Southern California’s default r...

when buildings surrender to nature

On South Korea’s Jeju Island, architecture studio stpmj built a small arch from rose-colored salt bricks, knowing that the island’s summer rainfall would eventually dissolve it. Over several months, the solid masonry gradually disappeared, leaving a delicate framework of mortar in its place. The weather had effectively been given pe...

89TH STUDIO ENGINEERS HURRICANE-RESISTANT KIOSK IN NORTH MIAMI

Designed by 89th Studio, Le Petite Bibliothèque is a 264-sqft civic shelter sited in North Miami’s Claude Pepper Park, adjacent to the Joe Celestin Recreation Center. Developed ...

designing cities beyond the human

In Landscapes for Adaptation: Evidence from China, architect and Harvard professor Charles Waldheim examines 60 built experiments realized by Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu and his practice Turensca...