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April 21, 2025

Architects Reveal Plans To Turn an Old Dutch Church Into a Public Swimming Pool

Over a century old, the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen, in the south of the Netherlands, has not hosted a service since 2023. Now, it’s set for a striking transformation as architecture firms MVRDV and Zecc Architecten plan to turn the historic church into a public swimming pool, giving the vacant building a new lease on life.

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April 21, 2025

World’s Most Unusual and Innovative Churches: From a Chapel on a Volcano to a Cathedral Lined With Bones

When asked to imagine a church, you may envision a modest, wooden building with a central steeple, or perhaps an...

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April 19, 2025

BIG Drapes an Undulating “Veil” Over Kosovo’s Ballet and Opera Theater

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is helping reshape Kosovo's capital.

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April 7, 2025

Maison Heler: The 9-Story Hotel With a 19th-Century Mansion on Top Is Now Open for Bookings

Philippe Starck is a legendary designer, but his newest project also thrusts him into the literary world in order to create a surreal, literary work of art. The nine-story Maison Heler, nestled in the French town of Metz, is topped by a stunning house reminiscent of the city's 19th-century mansions. The entire space was inspired by Starck's story, “The Meticulous Life of Manfred Heler,” which was published by Allary Éditions.

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April 1, 2025

Exploring the Frick Collection’s $220 Million Renovation Before Its Reopening

For the past five years, the Gilded Age mansion that houses the Frick Collection in New York has been closed...

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March 28, 2025

Airstream’s New All-Electric Travel Trailer Lets You Take Your Adventure to Even the Most Remote Locations

For many, the allure of the open road is a call to freedom.

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March 28, 2025

Sustainable Floating City Inspired by an Amazonian Water Lily

We can learn a lot from nature. Architect Vincent Callebaut looks to our environment as a guide for designing his forward-thinking structures. His conceptual creation Lilypad is a prime example. Lilypad is a floating island that draws inspiration from the gigantic Victoria amazonic, a species of water lily known for having the largest leaves of any water plant. Their lamina (leaves) can grow up to nearly 10 feet in diameter.

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March 22, 2025

Enchanting Japanese Forest Cottages Unite Families in One ‘Hand-In-Hand House’

Something as magical as the forests of Karuizawa, Japan, deserve to be taken in from an equally breathtaking abode.

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March 18, 2025

Zaha Hadid Architects Wins International Design Competition To Revitalize East Naples

For decades, the eastern edge of Naples has been a place of detachment.

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March 15, 2025

Sweeping Curve Breathes Life Into This Earthly Yet Elegant Home in India

Many people long to escape the city and start over somewhere closer to nature. But for an Indian man known as Mr. Manimaran, it wasn't merely a matter of geography, but also a mindset. Prompted by this, he commissioned VY Architecture Studio to create a home that was one with nature, allowing him to relax and unwind.

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