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Neue Nationalgalerie reopens after ‘surgical’ restoration by David Chipperfield

The iconic Berlin gallery designed by Mies van der Rohe underwent an extensive refurbishment which balanced conservation with future needs The Neue Nationalgalerie, the modernist

Architecture

Switzerland’s largest housing complex retrofitted

The listed modernist estate in Geneva underwent an 11-year ‘high-tech’ renovation that prioritises longevity and thermal performance Geneva-based Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés has completed the

Architecture

The high-tech, inside-out design of Richard Rogers

Three World Trade Center by Richard Rogers. Photo by JJBers Richard Rogers is one of the best known architects of the later 20th century, known

Architecture
Alvar Aalto: Finland’s most famous designer

Alvar Aalto: Finland’s most famous designer

Vyborg Library with furniture all designed by Alvar Aalto. Photo by Ninara via Flickr Finnish architect Alvar  Aalto was a well-known modernist whose style was

Architecture
Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

  Vorticism was a short-lived radical art movement in Britain that celebrated urbanity and the age of the machine. Vorticism was a British avant-garde group

Design
More than 60 years on the Eames Chair is still a classic

More than 60 years on the Eames Chair is still a classic

A modern take on the nineteenth-century club chair, the Eames Lounge Chair has become a classic. The Eames lounge chair and its matching ottoman were

Design
The Barcelona Chair: A modernist classic

The Barcelona Chair: A modernist classic

The Barcelona Chair is one of the most recognisable and iconic designs of the last century. Still frequently used in interiors, the chair epitomises elegance

Design

The Louvre and its great glass pyramid

  Once a royal residence, the Louvre Museum’s palatial courtyard now centres around a crystalline glass pyramid The Louvre sits on the right bank of

Architecture

Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe

Why Mies van der Rohe’s final building is perhaps his most iconic. By Beatrice Galilee It was in Berlin that Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began

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New Eileen Gray retrospective to open in New York next week

 Eileen Gray’s design for Boudoir de Monte Carlo 1923. Courtesy of Archives Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris Curator Cloé Pitiot speaks about the upcoming Eileen Gray

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Universal Design Studio and AKQA design interiors for new Georg Jensen flagship showroom on New Bond Street

The new PARISIENNE 21 Collection by Fermob: French Chic

100 Years of Waveriding: A Design-Led Dive into Cornwall’s Surf Culture

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

The evocative works of Edvard Munch inspire a new capsule collection by Rejina Pyo and MUNCH Museum

Poul Kjærholm: The timeless vision of a Danish design icon

Note (design studio) presents first architecture project in Sweden’s rural Jämtland

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy




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Universal Design Studio and AKQA design interiors for new Georg Jensen flagship showroom on New Bond Street

Note (design studio) presents first architecture project in Sweden’s rural Jämtland

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

Gustav Winsth and Max Stjerna reimagine the Stockholm showroom of Swedish glassware brand Bobo

The Third Space in Udaipur, India, is a community space that mixes old and new

An island park in central Copenhagen showcases the plants of the world

Contemporary architecture in dialogue with nature

The Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA


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Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

The evocative works of Edvard Munch inspire a new capsule collection by Rejina Pyo and MUNCH Museum

Poul Kjærholm: The timeless vision of a Danish design icon

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

ICON profiles the female leaders revolutionising the Scandinavian fashion industry

Cape Town Furniture Week returns for its third edition with a record number of visitors

Design House Stockholm presents Lisa Larson’s iconic Birds 1967 collection after being hidden from the public eye for decades

ICON’s Picks: The best new season design launches from Stockholm Design Week 2025


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Universal Design Studio and AKQA design interiors for new Georg Jensen flagship showroom on New Bond Street

The new PARISIENNE 21 Collection by Fermob: French Chic

100 Years of Waveriding: A Design-Led Dive into Cornwall’s Surf Culture

Dexter Wisby exhibits his Studio Salvage Collection at CDW 2025

The evocative works of Edvard Munch inspire a new capsule collection by Rejina Pyo and MUNCH Museum

Poul Kjærholm: The timeless vision of a Danish design icon

Note (design studio) presents first architecture project in Sweden’s rural Jämtland

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy