Design
Interview: Norman Foster on what good design really means when reinventing cities
Even today, at 90 years of age, he’s shaping the discourse around the future of our cities and built environment. We caught up with Foster at the Venice Biennale’s 19th International Architecture Exhibition.
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Five unmissable pavilions at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale
From Australia’s interactive exhibition highlighting Indigenous knowledge systems, a pavilion built upon a Korean nursery rhyme and the UK’s earth-based repair practices, here are some of this year’s must-see contributions.
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We need to talk about architecture. At this year’s Venice Biennale, a few nations got the message
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Discover Yūgen: The Japanese aesthetic transforming modern home design
Remember when the design world fell for feng shui? Its proliferation in the West followed Richard Nixon’s state visit to China in 1972 and it didn’t take long for people to apply its teachings…
Interview: We meet this year’s Pritzker Prize winner, to learn about his approach to architecture
Chengdu-based Liu Jiakun is the winner of this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize. Since its inception in 1979, the annual award has been a barometer of where the architecture industry is heading. Naturally, designers worldwide…
A French toast to thoughtful details and playful retail at the Monocle Design Awards
The Monocle Design Awards honoured everything from elegant boutique hotels to bone chandeliers for dogs.
The Monocle Design Awards 2025: All 50 winners
From handsome Nordic furniture to sleek kitchen appliances, the following 50 designs, people and places are the recipients of Monocle’s annual Design Awards.
Five of the world’s most peaceful buildings, where architecture soothes the soul
For millennia people have sought out places to visit where they can get away from the bustle of everyday life. Architecture has the ability to create moments of calm – think of how you…
Meet the team behind Milan’s Salone de Mobile
The furniture industry’s prestige annual event relies on the hard work and expertise of a dedicated team.
Design agenda: A Shigeru Ban monograph, Buenos Aires’s colourful regeneration and more
Shigeru Ban: Complete Works 1985 – Today (published by Taschen) celebrates the work of one of Japan’s best-known contemporary architects. Ban studied in the US in the 1970s and 1980s, where he was influenced…
