Zaha Hadid’s London Aquatics Centre was one of our most popular stories this month, so we’ve compiled a list of our top ten stories about swimming pools. (more…)

Architect Jean-Baptiste Bouvet has completed a hillside swimming pool that steps down to a terrace overlooking the scenic French landscape. (more…)

Boston studio Ruhl Walker Architects have completed a wildlife recovery centre in Hawaii. (more…)

London designer Oscar Diaz has redesigned the pen pot so there’s no need to tip pens all over the desk or jam your fingers down the side to retrieve a paper clip or pencil sharpener that’s slipped to the bottom. (more…)

nuts | via tiger in a jar

I am so inspired by gradation these days! I’m seeing it in color, texture, shape, and density.

Here are some of my recent faves:

digital art | via behance

anthropologie bench | via design sponge

unknown union by rafael de cardenas | via dezeen

Fir trusses create triangles that meet in the middle of the ceiling at a community hall in California designed by Siegel & Strain Architects. (more…)

We have offered a few special products for sale on our site before and we are now excited to continue this by bringing to you this super sexy light made of wood.
 
The American Oak veneer shade has a big presence — 40 inches (101.1 cm) in diameter and 27.5 inches (70 cm) in height — yet it seems to float serenely in the air. The shade adds a warm Scandinavian glow to you decor in any room at home, and it looks great in the office, too, over a conference table or above a seating area. Bulb and fittings are customized to your geographic location, so you should have no problem setting it up.

 
You can order it here and pay by PayPal. (for bulk orders, send us an email)

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Woody Light $1,300.00

Visitors enter a museum of energy near a nuclear power plant in Spain through a curved wall of light. (more…)

Stuttgart architects (se)arch have completed a house in Germany with an exposed concrete base and cedar shingle-clad upper walls (photographs by Zooey Braun). (more…)

As the health-care sector of the industry continues to surge, we’re delighted to watch clients realize how large a part design can play in healing and wellness, not to mention quests for cures. The latest such project to cross our path is the University of Texas’s Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research.