10 homes that make impressive use of their basements
Secret spaces beneath trapdoors, underground pools and subterranean yoga rooms feature in our latest Pinterest roundup, which focuses on homes with basements that defy the gloomy stereotype. More
Secret spaces beneath trapdoors, underground pools and subterranean yoga rooms feature in our latest Pinterest roundup, which focuses on homes with basements that defy the gloomy stereotype. More
The past year has seen more and more designers responding to shifts in the political landscape, from the Brexit vote to the election of Donald Trump. Ahead of our Good Design for a Bad World talk series, here's a look at eight designs used as tools for change. More
Pollution poses a serious threat to the world's land, air and oceans, so one of our Good Design for a Bad World talks will look at ways of reducing the scale of the problem. Here are eight proposals that are already exploring the idea. More
Is it possible to design out terrorism? This is one of the questions we are asking as part of our Good Design for a Bad World talk series at Dutch Design Week. Here are eight proposals that suggest a way forward. More
The refugee crisis is one of five topics we will explore as part of Good Design for a Bad World at Dutch Design Week. Here's a look at eight responses from designers, which suggest ways that displaced people can be better integrated into communities. More
Classic cars are frequently used as props when photographing architecture projects, while sometimes entire homes are designed around an owner's automobile. We've chosen 10 examples of buildings accompanied by photogenic vehicles, from a countryside retirement home to a converted windowless garage. More
As part of Good Design for a Bad World, a series of talks we are hosting with Dutch Design Week, we will ask whether designers can help to solve climate change. Here are eight ideas already developed. More
Deep hues, tactile fabrics and gold detailing feature in the interiors we've highlighted for this weeks' Pinterest roundup, which forgo simplicity for retro glamour. More
With Amman Design Week underway in the Jordanian capital, we're putting a spotlight on the region's rising talent, who are out in force at the young event. More
For World Mental Health Day, we've rounded up eight designs that address the increasingly prevalent topic of mental wellbeing, including a hand-held anxiety reducer and a metaphorical gun that fires tears.
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Hidden openings, oversized portholes and apertures shaped like houses feature in this week's roundup of popular images from Pinterest, which showcases buildings that use windows as decoration. More
This week's roundup of images that have been popular on Pinterest showcases 10 unusual buildings that have been adapted into homes, including a coal crane, a post office and a church. More
Lauded as a "pioneer of quality public housing", the 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown is best known for his housing schemes in north London. Here's a look at his key residential projects at home and abroad. More
Post-war housing estate Robin Hood Gardens has topped a list drawn up by preservation body Twentieth Century Society, ranking the 10 most important 20th-century buildings in the UK to have been lost to the wrecking ball. More
Influenced by Sam Jacob's micro cabin for MINI, we've rounded up homes that contain libraries for this week's Pinterest roundup. Examples range from tiny reading nooks to sprawling rooms stuffed floor-to-ceiling with books. More
This week saw London Design Festival 2017 take over the capital. As well as featuring dozens of unusual installations, the event also saw many designers and brands launch new products. Here's eight of our favourites, which could all be found on show at the designjunction venue. More
Next up in our series looking at houses from each American state, we're venturing south to Tennessee, where some of the best homes include a timber-framed farmhouse and a tall home squeezed onto a tight site in Memphis. More
From an open-plan Berlin apartment that acts as an exhibition space to a garden shed for making and displaying sculpture, art takes centre stage in these homes, which have all been popular on our Pinterest page. More
Following the news that Rafael Moneo has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2017 Praemium Imperiale, here's a look at six of the Spanish architect's most prolific projects. More
It's Open House London this weekend, meaning hundreds of buildings that are usually inaccessible to the public are throwing open their doors. Here's a look at 10 properties worth braving the early morning queues for. More