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  • Studio Gang designs Brooklyn fire station to train elite firefighters

    Studio Gang has completed a fire station for Brooklyn's elite force that doubles as a simulation and training facility for extreme rescue situations. More

    James Brillon | 11 May 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Rotative Studio brightens Swiss town square with modular wooden pavilions

    Architecture firm Rotative Studio has created three colourful temporary pavilions for reading and socialising in the Place du Marché square in Aigle, Switzerland. More

    Alice Finney | 22 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • The Center Won't Hold is a geometric pavilion designed to optimise public space

    Multidisciplinary design office The Open Workshop has created an experimental pavilion that proposes how Chicago's vacant public spaces could be used for communal living. More

    Jane Englefield | 5 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Flint Collective illuminates New York storefronts to form outdoor street installation

    Art and design collective Flint Collective used neon lights to transform eight empty storefronts in New York for the Open installation, which is shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More

    Alice Finney | 15 November 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Eight multicoloured paint installations that brighten up London

    London's latest urban design trend involves commissioning a designer to paint a colourful pattern on a wall, road or bridge. Here are eight examples of polychromatic paint jobs from designers including Yinka Ilori and Camille Walala. More

    Alice Finney | 29 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Lakwena Maciver paints a "vision of paradise" on the roof of London tube station

    London-based artist Lakwena Maciver has painted a rarely used rooftop in bright colours and geometric shapes as part of a redevelopment of a London Underground station. More

    Alice Finney | 26 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Tunnel-like vaults house cafes and workshops along revitalised Prague waterfront

    Architect Petr Janda has transformed a series of vaults on the banks of the Vltava River in Prague into versatile public spaces as part of a project aimed at revitalising the embankment. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 7 October 2021 | Leave a comment
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    Minimalist animal sculptures by Luca Boscardin form children's playground equipment

    Toy designer Luca Boscardin has transformed his colourful line drawings of wild animals into abstract life-sized steel versions for a public playground in Amsterdam. More

    Jane Englefield | 25 August 2021 | Leave a comment
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    Yuri Suzuki designs Sonic Bloom to connect people with the sounds of London

    Sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki has created Sonic Bloom, an interactive installation in London featuring a cluster of colourful horn-shaped speaking tubes through which people can communicate. More

    Jane Englefield | 23 August 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Summerfield Park basketball court updated with colourful mural and geometric patterns

    Professional basketball player Kofi Josephs and Birmingham graffiti artist Zuke have given a basketball court in Summerfield Park, Birmingham, a colourful refresh. More

    Alice Finney | 21 July 2021 | Leave a comment
  • ODA proposes New York rezoning scheme to swap height restrictions for public space

    Architecture office ODA has proposed a rezoning plan for New York that would allow developers to build higher in return for turning private courtyards into public space. More

    India Block | 20 July 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Twelve Architects unveils plan for elevated park in Manchester

    London studio Twelve Architects has revealed its plan to transform the disused Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester into a "green oasis" reminiscent of New York City's High Line. More

    James Parkes | 7 July 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Yinka Ilori 3D prints Canary Wharf basketball court in rainbow colours

    Local designer Yinka Ilori has created vibrant patterns for the first public basketball court in Canary Wharf, London's financial district, which features a 3D-printed floor. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 26 May 2021 | Leave a comment
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    British Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale examines threats to public space

    London studio Unscene Architecture explores how pubs, high streets and green spaces in the UK can be made more inclusive in the British Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More

    Lizzie Crook | 20 May 2021 | Leave a comment
  • New York High Line designer to create raised park on disused railway in Camden

    US studio James Corner Field Operations has won a competition to convert a kilometre-long section of disused railway in central London into "a garden in the sky" named the Camden Highline. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 16 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Marc Quinn replaces statue of slaver Edward Colston with Black Lives Matter protestor

    Artist Marc Quinn has erected a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid on the plinth in Bristol where the statue of a slave trader stood before it was torn down. More

    India Block | 16 July 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Arup designs parklets to help Liverpool's restaurants reopen during social distancing measures

    Engineering firm Arup has designed parklets, hybrid street furniture and planters to help Liverpool's restaurants reopen as the UK's coronavirus lockdown lifts. More

    India Block | 2 July 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Thomas Gossner's wall-mounted Flair chair takes cues from plastic lunchboxes

    Royal College of Art student Thomas Gossner has rethought the design of public, space-saving fold-out chairs, creating a swing-like seat made from a single sheet of thermoplastic. More

    Natashah Hitti | 7 June 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Caret Studio installs gridded social-distancing system inside Italian piazza

    Italian practice Caret Studio has installed the StoDistante installation in an Italian square to encourage social distancing as a temporary solution for reactivating public spaces after Covid-19 lockdown ends. More

    Natashah Hitti | 12 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Unparelld'arquitectes creates Emergency Scenery public performance backdrop in Olot

    Unparelld'arquitectes has turned four buttresses supporting a party wall in the town of Olot, Spain, into an arched public shelter that aims to "catalyse activity" on the street. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 4 May 2020 | Leave a comment
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