Out with the beige, in with the bold.

The interior design by Rachel Chudley includes unexpected pattern and joy at every turn ...

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have succeeded in creating colored films with transparent ...

A new report from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) estimates that building façades could offer up to 36 GW of technical solar PV potential, representing a significant but largely untapped ...

Facade art reframes architectural surfaces as shared civic interfaces across global cities today. This Facade Design Special brings together a month of explorations into the facade as a critical ...

This week’s selection is the Sound Absorbing Facade by David Fluß of TU Darmstadt. A sound absorbing facade? What’s that for? If you’ve ever worked in an office that didn’t account for sound echoes, ...

The owner of the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre in Dublin has revised plans for a new facade at the main entrance, in a fresh bid to get permission for its €100m rejuvenation scheme. In February, ...

The OMC Headquarters explores a kinetic facade system where aluminium louvers respond to sunlight, regulating daylight and glare through a responsive building envelope. Located along a major highway ...

Prada has transformed its Fifth Avenue facade with a bespoke, temporary skin. As reported, Prada bought 724 Fifth Avenue, site of its New York flagship, and the building next door at 720 Fifth Avenue, ...

Most geometric logos are technically flawed. This guide audits 25 world-class examples, debunking the "perfect grid" myth and providing a framework for creating scalable, mathematically sound brand ...

In 2026, AN’s Facades+ conference series will take place in 15 North American cities, including San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Las Vegas, and Monterrey, Mexico. In each location, attendees ...

About an hour-and-a-half drive east of Reykjavík, Iceland, is the ecovillage of Sólheimar. Sesselja Sigmundsdóttir started the community in 1930 as a foster home for children with mental challenges. A ...