A personal review of design creations
In a Park: How a Forgotten Brick Reframes Domestic Life
In Singapore, a modest apartment renovation by L Architects reimagines domestic life through red brick, greenery and the spatial logic of a park. In a Park shows how a forgotten material can bring warmth, intimacy and a quietly generous way of living back into the home.
Material Witness: Celebrating Design From Within
An exhibition exploring design as a situated practice, shaped by landscape, craft and material intelligence in AlUla.
Design from within: AlUla Design Award
Where the human hand meets ancient ground: AlUla Design Award celebrates design shaped from within.
Advent 2025: St Peter Church by Le Corbusier
To close this little Advent pilgrimage I wanted a Le Corbusier landmark— but not the familiar hilltop chapel at Ronchamp. Instead one in a former mining town whose industrial grit somehow suits his concrete poetry.
Stop Four: Firminy, France.
Advent 2025: The Holy Redeemer
Over fifteen years in the making, this church is completely integrated in the transformation process of a neighbourhood of 670 homes.
Third stop: San Cristobal de la Laguna, Spain.
Patricia Urquiola: Meta-Morphosa
Patricia Urquiola’s exhibition at the Centre for Innovation and Design at Grand-Hornu arrives at a moment when design can no longer ignore its own implications.
Advent 2025: San Giacomo Apostolo
#Advent2025: With its light and organic structure, this church contrasts with other religious buildings in the same city.
Second stop: Ferrara, Italy.
Advent 2025: St Xavier’s Oratory
This Advent I am starting a tiny ritual of my own: four Sundays, four churches with architecture that caught my eye. Think of it as a short pilgrimage from the sofa — no architectural degree required, only a soft spot for good timber or a striking silhouette.
First stop: Umphang, Thailand.
Fungi: Anarchist Designers
Fungi: Anarchist Designers. A refreshing exhibition that casts fungi not as trendy materials but as autonomous designers with their own unruly logic, far beyond our control at the Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam.
Pastéis de Belém Reimagined — Contemporary Ode to Craft
A contemporary interpretation of Lisbon’s most beloved bakery, where Gracinha Viterbo blends heritage, craftsmanship, and modern elegance into a timeless new space.