Issue 01 · July 2026
The July Edit
The opening entries in our archive: architecture, art and practices where place changes the reading of the work.
A Library That Disappears Into the Badlands
Snøhetta’s new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library begins with a radical premise: the landscape is not the setting for the architecture. It is the architecture.
Landscape · 7 min read · By Coral Gayoso
The Architecture Hidden Inside a Cup of Tea
A four-day exhibition in Munich followed tea from West Java to German tables, revealing the plantations, ports, warehouses and images concealed inside an everyday ritual.
Art & Culture · 7 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Tomás Saraceno Turns a Museum Into a Living System
At Haus der Kunst, air, spiders, water and Indigenous knowledge reorganize the museum as a network of human and more-than-human relationships.
Art & Culture · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
The Airport Hotel That Became a Base Camp for Japan
A reworked hotel beside Haneda Airport replaces the anonymous stopover with local movement, music and a deliberate invitation to begin exploring.
Hospitality · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
A 1940 Polanco Landmark Checks In Again
Kimpton El Castelar converts a historic Mexico City apartment building into a 34-room hotel where preservation is measured in atmosphere, not imitation.
Hospitality · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
Windsor’s New Garden Follows the Orbit of Venus
A redesigned garden at Windsor Castle turns an eight-year planetary path into planting, movement and a new public landscape.
Landscape · 2 min read · By Noel Lenzi
Vitra’s Water Garden Starts With a Factory Roof
Bas Smets turns rainwater, excavated soil and climate-resilient planting into a working landscape at the Vitra Campus.
Landscape · 2 min read · By Noel Lenzi
Arles 2026 Makes Photography Answer to the Present
The festival’s 57th edition turns archives, data streams and contested histories into a city-wide argument about what images do now.
Photography · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
A Manhattan Parking Lot Becomes 1,127 Homes
A state-owned site beside the Intrepid Museum is selected for two connected towers, affordable housing and a new piece of public waterfront infrastructure.
Real Estate · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
Bjarke Ingels: Turning Constraints Into Public Possibility
From VIA 57 West to CopenHill, BIG’s best-known projects make infrastructure, density and public life part of the same architectural idea.
Architecture · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Yayoi Kusama and the Infinite Power of One Visual Idea
Polka dots, mirrored rooms and nearly nine decades of work reveal how sustained artistic language can become a global cultural force.
Art & Culture · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Philippe Starck: The Designer Who Made Objects Behave Like Icons
From Juicy Salif to the transparent Louis Ghost chair, Starck shows how an everyday object can become instantly legible—and unforgettable.
Objects · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso