Lilypad: A Solar-Powered Villa Afloat on Sydney Harbour

Moored off exclusive Palm Beach, Lilypad blends solar engineering with resort-level comfort for a quietly luxurious escape on water.
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Moored off exclusive Palm Beach, Lilypad blends solar engineering with resort-level comfort for a quietly luxurious escape on water.

With its sinuous design, green rooftop and layers of invasive and native species, the Aranyani Pavilion in New Delhi invites you on a journey inspired by sacred groves, blending ecology and architecture.

A discarded shell composite translates marine rhythms into multisensory narratives in the Fragmentos De Mar exhibition in Mexico City.

On Saadiyat Island, Zayed National Museum celebrates the UAE’s rich history and features five aerodynamic wings that act as thermal chimneys, enhancing comfort and sustainability efficiency.

From a temporary urban pavilion to an Alpine bivouac. This architecture stores energy and harvests water, bringing together digital fabrication and landscape sensitivity.
Milan Winter Olympic Village by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill balances architectural ambition with civic purpose, weaving together new homes, revitalised heritage structures, and generous green public spaces. After the athletes fly home, the new complex is set to welcome students in time for the next academic year.

ARDH Collective’s ‘The Space Within’ installation reimagines desert sand and date seeds as an elegant celebration of sustainability at Dubai Design Week.

Through texture, pattern, and memory, the Stories of the Isle and the Inlet installation in Dubai reminds us that design can preserve what time seeks to erase — one stitch at a time.

In Eindhoven, the Invisible Matters design exhibition explores the unseen connections between humans, nature, and our urban world.

The Poetic Daylight Pavilion turns the passing hours into an architectural experience, celebrating how the sun’s quiet choreography defines atmosphere and well-being.

The Inside Out, Downside Up pavilion by Slaatto Morsbøl is built mainly from reused materials, offering a sensorial architectural experience with a powerful message: Slow Down!

Tom Svilans and THISS Studio repurpose an old barn into a cocooning meditative space. Their Barn Again pavilion at the inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial highlights the creative potential of reclaimed materials.

Designers experiment with salt, bioplastics, pine resin and algorithms at Material Matters 2025. Check out what we liked the most.

In London, EcoLattice’s Beyond Foam exhibition presents a recyclable 3D-printed solution for upholstered furniture and tasks emerging talents to rethink comfort in design.

Ghaf Woods Experience Centre, designed by architecture firm aoe, is a dune-inspired hub where nature and biophilic design converge to shape sustainable living.

The New Raw upcycles ocean plastic into The Elements, a sustainable beach furniture collection with a 3D-printed twist.

The Snæfellsjökull Visitor Center by Arkís Architects doesn’t just sit on the land—it belongs to it. Thoughtful, low-impact, and quietly bold, it invites visitors to pause, reflect, and rediscover their connection to nature.

Designed for clubs and flexible public spaces, the SHRINX Lounge Chair by Boris Berlin features a pre-sewn textile cover that gently drapes over a steel frame, eliminating the need for unsustainable polyurethane foam upholstery.

With the new A/W25 collection, Iittala invites us to slow down, tune in to seasonal shifts, and find beauty in everyday rituals.

The ‘Reishi in the Nordic Light’ mycelium-based collection brings together Danish design legacy with bio-innovation.

Recline, look up and dream a little. Lise Vester’s Dream View Bench “reminds us to reconnect with those fleeting moments of beauty.”

Palma Pouf invites people to gather, lounge, perch, and connect. It’s casual, a little unconventional, and endlessly welcoming—just like a good friend.

Check out our design guide for 3 Days of Design 2025 in the Danish capital. From cutting-edge sustainable materials to a floating textile installation, unexpected design pairings, and more.

With the ‘Alternative Urbanism’ exhibition at the 2025 Venice Biennale, Oshinowo Studio spotlights Lagos markets as models of circular urbanism deeply rooted in West African culture and informal economy.

Data fountains, ‘hydric doors,’ and an architecture atlas. The ‘Water Parliaments’ exhibition invites visitors to reflect on water’s role in shaping our environment.

Majeda Alhinai and William Virgil digitally abstracted elements of traditional communal spaces into a sinuous aluminium architecture for the first Oman Pavilion in Venice.

With the ‘Build of Site’ exhibition, Søren Pihlmann renovated the Denmark Pavilion at the Venice Biennale while showcasing innovative methods for reusing surplus materials uncovered during the construction process.

A subtropical forest within the Belgian pavilion ‘controls’ irrigation, lighting, and ventilation systems to purify the air and lower the temperature. The Building Biospheres exhibition investigates the potential of plants in architecture.

A winding copper staircase invites visitors to the French Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka to a Theatre for Life, showcasing the country’s savoir-faire.

Beethoven’s music and a striking wooden ribbon welcome visitors at the Austrian Pavilion, in tune with the motto ‘Composing the Future.’