Architecture

September 3, 2025

Book This Artisan-Designed Suite in Mexico Celebrating the Country’s Crafts and Culture

The beauty of traveling is that you can imagine yourself living in a new place, even if temporarily. While hotels are one way, renting an independent suite or studio is the best way to immerse yourself in the local culture. These places are often nestled within neighborhoods where there are no hotels, and you get a better sense of what it’s actually like to be there.

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August 22, 2025

24 Designers Reimagine How Walls Can Shape Public Space at the 2025 Seoul Biennale

In an effort to shake up how architects use the exteriors of their buildings, 24 designers from around the globe will create an enormous Walls of Public Life at the 2025 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Envisioned to demonstrate “how good the outsides of buildings can be,” Walls of Public Life is the brainchild of celebrated architect Thomas Heatherwick in his role as general director of the Seoul Biennale.

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August 17, 2025

Bamboo Cabin Shaped Like a Rice Dumpling Celebrates Taiwan’s Culinary Heritage

In Taiwan, zongzi are the height of comfort food. They’re petite, gelatinous rice dumplings meticulously wrapped in bamboo leaves, packed with everything from sweet pastes to savory pork. But beyond that, they also happen to be the inspiration behind Cheng Tsung Feng’s newest project, hidden beside a bamboo forest hiking trail in Nantou, Taiwan. Designed for this year’s Nantou Bamboo Dream Festival, Feng’s Bamboo Cabin Plan: Sticky Rice Dumpling is an exercise in gestural architecture.

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