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overlooking the calm waters of nanao bay, a renovated public footbath in japan welcomes visitors with pokemon emerging from the steam.

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: MAD builds hainan science museum with a spiraling metallic structure

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: selgascano’s sky-K rises as two colorful residential ‘chimneys’ along the coast of albania

pamba bike refuge by urlo studio is located in ascázubi, ecuador, at the base of pambamarca hill within the landscape of pamba bike park.

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: stefano boeri reimagines the monastery as a space for faith and science in milan

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: reflective steel volumes reinterpret the pour-over dripper for kurasu’s beijing pop-up pavilion

saikhoo house by anonym studio reconfigures a 1.38-acre family property in samut prakarn, thailand, around two existing banyan trees.

in the heart of the pasiego valleys in cantabria, casa mínima by estudio mínima redefines what it means to inhabit an existing structure.

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: archermit tops ‘feixue pavilion’ with rooftop pools shaped like overlapping pear petals

friedi & hagen by club marginal architekten is the renovation of a 1891s house set within a protected urban conservation area in berlin.

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: olson kundig’s ‘daisy ranch’ is a modern log cabin with panoramic glazing in british columbia

kengo kuma & associates unveils first museum building in the US as part of a major expansion for the brandywine conservancy & museum of art.

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: art deco interiors by mikoü restore yves saint laurent and pierre bergé’s former paris atelier

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: bamboo, rattan, and seagrass solutions by caneplexus for climate-responsive architecture

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: 300 rings of light map collective human voice input into tower installation for burning man

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: red brick and zinc reshape a 1970s house in seoul into a hybrid studio-home

the team at 1-1 architects reuses decades of stockpiled timber from the client's warehouses to build its house and office in nagoya.

the tower house by kit architects is a three-story detached dwelling that explores vertical living through prefabricated timber construction.

designed by moreau kusunoki and genton, new images reveal sydney's new museum 'powerhouse parramatta' as it approaches completion.

From designboom | architecture & design magazine: dorte mandrup’s sinuous center ‘the whale’ takes shape along norway’s arctic coastline