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A larch-clad rest stop in Burgsinn brings seating, bike services and public amenities together in a compact form inspired by local timber stacks.
A cycling stop with a timber twist.
Assembly Archive’s first project brings dark barn-like forms and warm timber interiors to a meadow in Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Valley.
A dark silhouette in a mountain meadow.
Céline Dion’s 1998 Oscars look returns in miniature, complete with a navy gown and a tiny Heart of the Ocean necklace.
The Titanic-era look, down to the tiny necklace.
Researchers used stellar spectra to model white dwarfs that would appear green, pink or purple up close, with illustrations rather than direct green-star photographs showing the result.
What would a green star look like?
Snøhetta’s new Shanghai opera house pairs a spiralling public roof with striking red interiors beside the Huangpu River.
An opera-house roof becomes a public promenade.
Nagi and JB break down a layered mille-feuille, from its vanilla filling to the feathered chocolate pattern on top.
The pastry pattern is the satisfying part.
Moon Studios previews weapon-driven classes and other changes planned for No Rest for the Wicked, alongside painterly glimpses of its dangerous world.
Your weapon shapes your class
The designers behind Hayley Williams’s tour explain how projected imagery, layered curtains and shadow play make large venues feel personal.
Giant shadows, soft curtains, a surprisingly intimate show.
Chicken, wide noodles and a creamy sauce come together in an Instant Pot dinner, shown from assembly to serving.
Watch the pot go from layered ingredients to creamy noodles.
Creality’s K3 design switches among four nozzle assemblies in a bid to reduce the wasted filament and delays of multicolor printing.
Can nozzle swapping cut printing waste?
A landmark Nara prison becomes a 48-suite hotel while preserving its radial layout, brick arches and architectural history.
Former prison cells become generous hotel suites.
SEGA and LOM BABY’s chrome Sonic collectible puts a glowing green capsule at its center, giving game nostalgia an unusual material twist.
A chrome Sonic with an emerald at its heart.
Eternal Anima’s developers explain how seeing upcoming enemy actions can turn battles into planning puzzles in a time-traveling RPG.
An RPG that lets you plan around the future
Virginia Sin translates her sculptural design language into stainless steel and aluminium objects for daily rituals.
Everyday essentials take on a metallic glow.
Nate Fakes gives dogs a mischievous inner monologue in a gallery of canine-themed cartoons.
What if your dog had a running commentary?
Ice-level photographs from Nashville’s October 15 matchup with San Jose.
A night at the crease
Alfonso Verduzco explains how Mexican streets, cathedral doors and obsidian informed ALMA’s richly textured acoustic surfaces.
Mexican architectural memories become tactile walls.
A water-damaged Chicago kitchen becomes a warm display of walnut storage, vintage dishes, and the owners’ favorite objects.
What if the kitchen stopped hiding everything?
Infrared rivers and surreal wetland reflections make familiar landscapes feel otherworldly in The Revelator’s October reader gallery.
Nature slips into the uncanny
Jeremy Fox prepares to revive Birdie G’s with familiar dishes, new plates, and a dining room steeped in 1970s color.
A chef gets a second chance at his family-named restaurant
A close-up first look examines the Ally X20’s OLED screen, reshaped controls and translucent anniversary shell.
A handheld built around the details
Giovanna Silva’s photographs reveal how colored light, theatrical interiors and moving crowds transform European nightclubs.
What a dance floor looks like in stillness
A festival tasting review moves from loaded fries and crab mac to a layered pumpkin dessert, with candid notes on the dishes.
Three festival bites, three very different textures
Three nighttime-light maps reveal the Florida Panhandle’s power disruptions and partial recovery after Hurricane Isaias.
The lights reveal the recovery
Saint of Athens and Manos Kypritidis give a Thessaloniki fashion boutique a vivid interior of blue surfaces, graphic floors and looping lights.
A boutique wears its contradictions
Parag Tandel draws on Mumbai’s fishing communities through thread sculptures, woven forms, and blue underwater visions rooted in memory and coastal life.
Fishing traditions take shape in thread and deep blue
A student’s engineering co-op helps develop magnetic, hull-climbing robots intended to keep ships clear of marine buildup.
A robot that walks on ship hulls
Brush-covered chairs, stacked stone-and-wood cabinets and sculptural seating blurred the line between furniture and art at the 2026 Frieze London fair.
The chairs are part of the show
Charlotte Evans layers birds, plants, and shifting fields of color into paintings that explore how familiar natural details can make a place feel like home.
Can a bird or a familiar plant make a place feel like home?
From a commemorative warm-up puck to a center-ice ceremony, these game-night photographs linger on the details around Tampa Bay’s matchup with Seattle.
Before the puck drops
A tour of Margaret Howell’s north London workroom follows the spaces and meticulous craft behind the label’s autumn shirts.
Inside the making of a shirt
An unwanted body pillow becomes a fuzzy ghost cushion through a simple cut, stitch, stuff and felt-face transformation.
An old pillow gets a spooky second life
Tesla’s redesigned Roadster uses cold-gas thrusters for brief aerial maneuvers, with production timing and real-world performance still promises to watch.
A jumping Roadster raises a very grounded question
Robin F. Williams turns phone fixation and pop-cultural machines into luminous paintings for a London exhibition.
A metallic mermaid enters the screen-age imagination
Pumpkin butter, espresso and a cream-cheese center turn into a richly colored Bundt cake under brown-butter icing.
A pumpkin latte with a cheesecake surprise
NASA’s postflight analysis finds Orion’s modified return trajectory sharply reduced heat-shield char loss on Artemis II.
Two Moon-mission heat shields tell a different story
Jaime Rojo’s new Monarchs book follows butterflies and the people protecting their migration through more than 140 photographs.
A migration seen one butterfly at a time
With patient foster care and veterinary support, Keke grows from a fragile newborn into a playful kitten discovering toys and joyful hops.
Keke finds her hop
Brabus, DAB Motors, and Fragment Design present a ten-bike electric collaboration with stark monochrome detailing and a reported $50,000 price.
A ten-bike collaboration puts exclusivity on two wheels
A new German pavilion by David Chipperfield Architects gives one monumental Anselm Kiefer painting an entire building of its own.
One painting, one purpose-built pavilion
Cannellini beans and caramelized onions bake beneath Gruyère and crumbs for a golden, spoonable take on French-onion flavors.
French onion comfort, by the spoonful
Tenebris Somnia pairs pixel-art survival horror with live-action scenes, and its launch-day feature shows the practical filmmaking behind the switch.
Pixel horror cuts straight into live-action filmmaking
Krittika Dutta’s Aurelis concept pairs a lotus-root-inspired open frame with a soft drawstring pouch informed by the Indian potli.
A lotus root becomes a bag’s sculptural outline
Tortillas, chicken, beans, salsa and cheddar stack into a slow-cooker dinner with a colorful layered slice.
Five ingredients, plenty of layers
Xbox’s October 16 feature introduces the planned Mexico City Game Camp and explores six upcoming games from Latin American creators.
Mexico City gets a new gathering for game creators
Yond Interiors brings soft furnishings, colour and handmade tile to a timber-filled New Hampshire barn retreat.
Rugged timber gets a softer autumn palette
A shaggy coat of colorful buttercream turns a vanilla-and-jam layer cake into an edible Halloween monster.
The monster is made of buttercream.
Seattle’s official gallery captures the Seahawks–Broncos Thursday-night matchup, from kicking plays and tackles to the battle at the line.
A field-level look at Thursday night in Denver.
Joana Vasconcelos turns a Manhattan loggia into a richly textured garden within Kelly Behun’s art-filled apartment for Randi Charno Levine.
A textile garden grows above Manhattan.
A Bangkok salon documents a blonde-hair transformation from loose, uneven texture to defined waves after a strand-tested cold perm.
The reveal is in the waves.
Vaonis’s Atlas pairs swappable telescope modules with app-guided stargazing, with its first deliveries planned for March 2027.
A telescope you can upgrade one optical module at a time.
The Ournature awards connect extraordinary wildlife perspectives with photographs of conservation work and humanity’s environmental footprint.
Look at nature from the other side of the surface.
Sarah Carniaux’s concert gallery catches Goth Babe’s colorful Atlanta opening set for Foster the People.
A wash of color before the headliner.
Raw Fury’s Xbox update pairs the newly available Deep Dish Dungeon with The Séance of Blake Manor later this month and Cassette Beasts 2002 in March 2027.
Dungeons, cassette monsters and a haunted manor fill Raw Fury’s Xbox slate.
Bolans Architects pairs a green ceramic rear façade with garden-facing windows, warm timber and playful colour in a renovated Brockley home.
This Victorian terrace saves its surprise for the back garden.
A Halloween crochet roundup pairs small pumpkins and cat projects with ideas for turning leftover yarn into seasonal decorations.
Tiny pumpkins, one stitch at a time.
Peugeot’s E-T16 concept combines three electric motors, dramatic aero and a racing-style cabin in an extreme hatchback unveiled in Paris.
Peugeot turns its hatchback idea up to hypercar intensity.
Pittsburgh’s new Walk of Fame star celebrates Charles “Teenie” Harris and the photographic record he made of Black life in the city.
A city honours the photographer who preserved its everyday history.
Shannon Guest’s Chicago gallery captures Jessie Ware, her dancers and a dramatic, light-filled stage.
Disco-pop gets a theatrical backdrop.
Simji Park translates everyday encounters with trees, water and animals into soft-toned illustrations that leave room for quiet observation.
A woodland walk becomes a softly coloured world.