Architecture

October 4, 2025

This Compact Café Sits Nestled Between Bucharest’s Historic Buildings

Bucharest is home to countless historic buildings in a fascinating blend of architectural styles, but this dense urban environment leaves little room for new development. Every plot, no matter how small or irregular, becomes a rare opportunity—and often a challenge—for architects seeking to create something new within the city’s tightly-packed landscape.

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September 26, 2025

Browse Over 1,100 Art Books at MoMA’s First-Ever Bookshop in Seoul

For those in New York City, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is nearly impossible to avoid. Aside from its prestigious collection, MoMA boasts some of the city’s most inviting bookshops and design stores, filled to the brim with sweeping museum catalogs, playful trinkets, and iconic MoMA-branded merch. Earlier this month, however, MoMA made the journey from its home in New York to across the Pacific.

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September 8, 2025

Sweden Moves a Special 113-Year-Old Wooden Church to a New Home Miles Away

In many places, historic architecture is sacrificed when the urban landscape changes, but not in Kiruna, Sweden. As the northernmost town in the Lapland province, Kiruna is known for many things, including a historically significant church. Built between 1909 and 1912, the wooden church was voted the country's most beautiful building. So when LKAB mine needed to expand, putting at risk the church’s stability, special provisions were made.

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September 5, 2025

Sleek Prefab Home Can Be “Dropped” and Ready To Inhabit in Just One Week

Great design can go anywhere, and the Drop Pod is proof of it. Created by Inspiral Architecture and Design Studios, Drop Pod is a prefabricated, modular home series designed to adapt, protect, and, most importantly, welcome you in. Drop Pod’s Lombok design has sleek, swooping lines reminiscent of a futuristic exterior, like something that was shot out of a spaceship and landed on Earth.

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