In Berlin's West, the architecture office Coordination has converted two attic flats into an elegant penthouse. Now the Wilhelminian architecture serves as a colourful backdrop for the art.

Autumn is on its way and with it Austria's largest curated design festival. From 16 to 25 September 2022, Vienna Design Week offers numerous programme highlights that are worth discovering – such as the "Urban Food & Design" format.

The Light + Building Autumn Edition trade fair takes place in Frankfurt from October 2 to 6, 2022. The key themes include the questions of how the power supply can be optimized by means of smart grids and what steps are required in order to provide charging management of electric vehicles nationwide.

The conversion of Manhattan's Art Deco building One Wall Street by Harry Macklowe is considered the largest transformation in the city's history. Is there a welcome trend behind it?

In the Stollwerck-Haus in the Rhine metropolis, a unique retail design from the mind of Ettore Sottsass, the co-founder of the Memphis Group, is partly accessible again after careful restoration work.

The international furniture and interior design fair imm cologne will take in the coming year as a special edition held once in June.

Can sustainability be fun? In this context, architect Bjarke Ingels, founder of BIG, coined the term "hedonistic sustainability", where the quality of life is enhanced by the intelligent use of resources. We spoke to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann about the underlying concept and the practice’s current projects.

If you were to translate Japanese craftsmanship into a car, what would it look like? Perhaps like Mazda’s CX-60 – an elegant crossover and the marque’s first plug-in hybrid.

When an Arab state wants to divert attention from its misdeeds and a renowned U.S. architectural firm provides the built fig leaf, the results are sometimes astonishing. Saudi Arabia has presented the current plans for the new city "The Line" on the Red Sea.

"The Wood That Makes Our Cities" is dedicated to the ecological, economic, industrial as well as technical challenges of using wood as a material in urban development. It is based on the example of forestry and wooden architecture in France.

What will mobility look like in the future and what role will design play in it? We talked to Peter Eckart and Kai Vöckler, both professors at the Offenbach University of Art and Design, about sustainable transport concepts and their implementation.

Jaime Hayon does not allow himself to be categorised. The Spanish designer is known for colourful, humorous designs with a proximity to art. In Valencia, he created the interior of a private art and guest house – and gave it a unique character.

A high-quality, aesthetically pleasing interior design based on light and flexible structures: With its modular “d2” building kit, Wagner Living has launched a revolutionarily sustainable system that offers new perspectives.

Until 23 October 2022, the Danish Architecture Center (DAC) in Copenhagen is showing the exhibition "Women in Architecture", highlighting the work of female architects from different perspectives.

Designed by Stuttgart-based architecture practice Yonder, Haus S together with the adjacent sauna annex forms an ensemble that boasts an extraordinary view out over the Allgäu countryside.

With the “MINI Concept Aceman” concept car, MINI is adding a compact runabout with an unusually edgy design language to its dynamic family: a fully electric crossover model that offers a wide range of sensory features. As a study, incidentally, it also proves that an SUV does not have to be big.

At this year’s Milan Design Week, ClassiCon presented a walk-through installation of the bedroom that Eileen Gray designed in the 1920s for her holiday home E.1027. Curated by Wilfried Wang, Carolina Leite, and Peter Adam, the exhibition offered an in-depth insight into the design by the Modernist visionary.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects – such as that of Berlin-based Ursulina Schüler-Witte, one of the great protagonists of German Futurism who, together with her husband, enriched the German capital by designing a number of iconic buildings for it.

The "Giroflex 150 Limited Edition" is a reinterpretation of a classic wooden office chair that elegantly combines past and present.

Stylepark is raffling off one "Monza armchair outdoor" by PLANK.

Designed by Philippe Starck, the "AXOR Starck Nature Shower" blurs the boundaries between indoor and outdoor and enables showering in harmony with nature.

Designed by Zone of Utopia Architecture and Mathieu Forest Architecte, the Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Center serves as an architectural landmark in a winter sports center, resembling stacked ice cubes.

With the Taipei Performing Arts Center, OMA have designed a collage-like building that sees itself as an informal theatre that seeks a conversation with the city.

Light + Building Autumn Edition from October 2 through October 6, 2022: This special edition of the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building services engineering gives us the opportunity to take a advance sneak-peak at what trends and key issues are already discernible in the field.

With new collections by top-name designers, Arper has created holistic solutions that serve a practical purpose. Created with versatility in mind, the objects easily meet the call for adapting living spaces to individual needs.

The modular furniture system "Revo" from Profim offers soft organic shapes that can be used to flexibly create different working environments.

Designed by Yabu Pushelberg, The Londoner boutique hotel uses a sustainable luxury concept with bathrooms and showers by Bette.

Under the motto "Sustainable society – Design for a greater good", we recently awarded the Stylepark HfG Rundgangpreis for the first time. The winning project is "Connect" by Leon Felix Voss, which could optimise the current chain of medicines.

With the Cosmo, product designer Robin Stummvoll has created a guitar that breaks with the design and functional codes of conventional models. We spoke with him about new approaches to guitar making and the connection between design and sound.

Spot on for six young female designers whose work caught our attention at the SaloneSatellite and Milan Design Week.

David Chipperfield Architects have transformed the former Préfecture de Paris into a city within a city while addressing themes such as mixed use, urban density and sustainable construction.

Clear, flexible and with its own character: the "Benton" collection by Garpa combines a smooth function with a minimalist aesthetic that is surprisingly sensual.

Paola Lenti's broad portfolio ranges from furnishings for yachts to interior design for buildings. In addition, the Italian furniture company works together with universities to develop sustainable products. As part of this year's Salone del Mobile, Stylepark publishers visited founder Paola Lenti in Meda.

In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects”, we regularly present the work of female architects such as a great forgotten figure of Tropical Modernism: The multi-faceted work and impressive buildings of Italian-born Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi has greatly enriched Brazilian architecture.