The new UCCA Clay Museum advances the millennia-old tradition of artisanal ceramics the Chinese metropolis Yixing is renowned for. An armour of red clay tile encloses the exhibition spaces and the open timber roof constructions above them – an expressive space for the presentation of modern ceramic art.
Anyone who has spent years writing about conversions should try one at some point. So we rebuilt our own website while in use: detail.de and DETAIL Inspiration are now a single platform. Our aim is to be more useful in everyday practice and to offer good architectural journalism with DETAIL's familiar look behind the facade.
2027 brings a new edition of the Detail Architecture Award - and, for the first time, a prize for affordable housing. Entries close end of October.
EMI Architekt*innen from Zurich offer residential designs that allow for individual adaptation. Elli Mosayebi, a partner at the firm, explains how this approach fits perfectly into the age of globalisation and digitalisation.
Herzog & de Meuron has extended the Mandarin Oriental restaurant on Lake Como. Using local materials plus a new lighting and colour scheme, they draw attention to the surrounding landscape.
Trainees are often housed in dreary rooms or anonymous flats. A new hall of residence by Dorte Mandrup shows how things can be done better, for it aims to be much more than just a temporary home.