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1 week ago

Messa House / UP2DATE architects

Messa House is a 350-square-metre retail space in Almaty, Kazakhstan, designed to provide a quieter shopping experience.
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Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 weeks ago

Torrao House / Nommo Arquitetos + Luana Barichello

A 303-square-meter residential house designed by +34 Architects emphasizes human dwelling, belonging, and the creation of meaningful spaces where relationships, dreams, and memories are built.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
3 weeks ago

Casa Branca / NEBR arquitetura

A 150 m² residential project in Pernambuco's Zona da Mata region balances poetic contrast with the Atlantic Forest environment, rejecting conventional formulas while respecting local tradition and revealing new architectural nuances.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
1 day ago

2026 Bay Area Book Festival + "Bookworm" Block Party (Downtown Berkeley)

The Bay Area Book Festival will take place on May 31 - June 1, 2025, featuring various events including workshops and headliner presentations.
NYC LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

It's the year of gay Brazilian cruising!' The makers of Night Stage on public sex and their deranged erotic thriller'

Two Brazilian films featuring gay cruising scenes highlight the tension between personal identity and societal expectations.
Women in technology
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 days ago

Frei Gilson, the Brazilian priest who attracts online crowds to pray the rosary at dawn

Friar Gilson has attracted millions of followers through digital platforms, revitalizing faith among Catholics in Brazil during Lent.
#ybca
Books
fromFast Company
3 days ago

How American independent bookstores made a massive comeback

Independent bookstores have adapted and are thriving despite the rise of online shopping.
Music
fromDeep House London
5 days ago

D-EDGE celebrates 26 years with landmark Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro events this April | News | Deep House London

D-EDGE celebrates its 26th anniversary with major events in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro featuring renowned electronic music artists.
Digital life
fromwww.dw.com
6 days ago

The pleasure of books in the digital age

The debate over digital archiving versus physical books highlights the unique engagement and sensory experience that books provide in a digital age.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
#reading
fromCN Traveller
3 days ago
Books

Book lovers, these towns were made for you

Cities are nurturing a return to reading with bookstores, literary festivals, and a culture that encourages spending time with books.
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 week ago
Books

Book Lovers, These Towns Were Made for You

Cities are nurturing a return to reading with bookstores, literary festivals, and spaces for readers to enjoy books.
Books
fromCN Traveller
3 days ago

Book lovers, these towns were made for you

Cities are nurturing a return to reading with bookstores, literary festivals, and a culture that encourages spending time with books.
Books
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 week ago

Book Lovers, These Towns Were Made for You

Cities are nurturing a return to reading with bookstores, literary festivals, and spaces for readers to enjoy books.
#architecture
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Country House in the Interior of Sao Paulo / DB Arquitetos

The country house in Monte Mor was designed to promote freedom, nature integration, and warmth for a family.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
5 days ago

H168 House / Only Human

The H168 House is a mixed-use residential project influenced by the owners' experiences in China, emphasizing exposed structures and materials.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
6 days ago

V House / 23o5Studio

The design of the home incorporates iconic architectural features while prioritizing spaciousness and connection to the outdoors.
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 weeks ago

Illustrator Spotlight: Cezar Berje

Cezar Berje's visual approach is a mix of chaos-vibrant colours, symbols, and new age psychedelia. His illustrations often suggest universes within universes, with each part of the image telling its own story through symbols and references.
Graphic design
Film
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

The ultimate entertainment budget hack: Your local library

Local libraries offer free access to books, ebooks, DVDs, and audiobooks as a cost-effective alternative to expensive movie tickets and streaming services.
Coffee
fromPortland Mercury
3 weeks ago

Literary Arts Cafe's Offers Curiously Good Breakfast in a Bookshop

Literary Arts Cafe opened a bookstore with a cafe serving breakfast sandwiches, including a prosciutto, egg, and cheese croissant made with expensive French butter from Jen's Pastries.
Remodel
fromPortland Monthly
3 weeks ago

Multnomah County Retrofits Its Libraries for the People

The renovated Albina Library transforms from a historic building into a multipurpose community hub offering ESL classes, maker spaces, teen areas, and cultural programming beyond traditional book lending.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 week ago

Frisson Cultural Space / On Form Studio

Frisson is a hybrid cultural space in Rome, combining a listening bar, bakery, and cultural platform to support music and artistic production.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 weeks ago

Vespa House / Habitat Studio Architects

Vespa is a striking subtropical retreat that masterfully balances privacy, openness, and connection to nature, designed as a sanctuary for a young family.
Renovation
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

'It doesn't put walls around everything': behind the plans for Manila's new contemporary art centre

The Ayala Foundation is developing Kontempo Center for Contemporary Art in Manila, led by artistic director Reuben Keehan, emphasizing exhibitions and public programming over permanent collections.
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Based on Your Reading Taste, Here's What Screening You Should Catch This Month

Agnès Varda's sprightly late-career documentary The Gleaners and I (2000) is more complex than it first appears. The film follows foragers of all forms, from dumpster diggers to oyster scavengers, while drifting into meditations on waste and art. Varda becomes a gleaner in her own right, gathering images and ideas that most wouldn't give a second glance.
Film
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

LitWatch March: Portland Small Press & Art Book Fair comes to PNCA * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland's first Small Press & Art Book Fair at PNCA March 5-7 showcases over 40 independent publishers featuring risograph books, zines, and experimental prints with free admission and workshops.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
3 weeks ago

ASA Sandra and Albano Studio / 23 SUL

An artist couple's 210-square-meter studio designed by Pedro Kok + 32 Architects combines individual workspaces with a social gathering area, completed in 2023.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Tamanas House / Atelie Amanha

Casa Tamanás uses strategic cuts in its built volume to frame landscape views and integrate architecture with the sloped terrain and existing vegetation.
Design
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 weeks ago

Sao Paulo pop-up exhibition spotlights spherical home by architect Eduardo Longo

The fifth edition of an annual art, architecture, and design exhibition opens in São Paulo, featuring six galleries, over 50 artists, and newly commissioned works across two landmarks including a spherical home designed by architect Eduardo Longo.
Design
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Architectural Ingredient: 15 Brazilian Restaurants Where Design Meets Gastronomy

Architecture and gastronomy form a sensory symbiosis where environmental design principles like volume, balance, and contrast directly influence flavor perception and dining experience.
fromPortland Monthly
1 month ago

How to Make Book-Loving Friends IRL in Portland

The third Wednesday or Thursday evening of each month, comic book shop Books with Pictures ( 1401 SE Division St) hosts this open-invite book club devoted to a wide variety of graphic novels-from the Bitter Root series, about a family of sympathetic monster hunters during the Harlem Renaissance, to an illustrated retelling of the 1872 queer vampire murder mystery Carmilla. Sometimes artists and writers join to talk about their latest work.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country's penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year for plotting a coup: by reading books. There is only one problem: the former far-right Brazilian president has never been known as a bibliophile. Sorry, I don't have time to read, Bolsonaro once declared. It's been three years since I read a book.
World news
Design
fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago

RICHAUS / Vari Architects

RICHAUS transforms an overlooked office building into a contemporary public cultural hub that integrates architecture with nature and community within a mountain city context.
Travel
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

This Street Was Just Named the Coolest in the World-and It's Full of Art, Samba, and Seriously Good Food

Rua do Senado in Rio de Janeiro is the world's coolest street for 2026, celebrated for its vibrant food, drink, culture, nightlife, and community.
US news
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

At the Coos Bay Public Library, confronting a sinking feeling * Oregon ArtsWatch

Coos Bay Public Library is structurally unstable and sinking because failed foundation pilings on infill require a new building voters have repeatedly declined to fund.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Japanese-Brazilians: the intimate relationship between two very different cultures

Japanese-Brazilians form a large, culturally blended community rooted in early 20th-century immigration, shaped by labor needs, racial policies, and wartime persecution.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Family Villa / Noue Studio

A 1983 building undergoes interior redesign that swaps the kitchen and bedroom to improve spatial organization and flow while maintaining respect for the original structure.
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 weeks ago

Cosmos House / Andrea Helou

Casa Cosmos was born as a children's bookstore that transcends its commercial function to establish itself as a space of imagination, connection, and affection. Inspired by the desire to create a playful yet welcoming environment, Casa Cosmos proposes that, through books and fantasy, children and adults can gather, share experiences, and envision new possible realities.
Design
Arts
fromLondon Unattached
1 month ago

UK/Brazil Season of Culture Highlights

A year-long UK/Brazil Season of Culture fosters deeper mutual understanding through dance, film, and cultural exchange organized by the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Koffiqa Coffee Shop / Lea Daniel

Courtesy of Lea Daniel + 13 Architects: Lea Daniel Area of this architecture project Area: 190 m Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2025 Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Fabraca Studios, Frama, Hay Design, Slo Ceramics, The Bowery Company Lead Architects: Lea Daniel More SpecsLess Specs Courtesy of Lea Daniel Text description provided by the architects. Koffiqa reimagines an awkward plan as a spatial journey, using a continuous bar to
Coffee
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1 month ago

Barao Geraldo House / Gil Mello Arquitetura

The expansion project of this residence was carried out with the acquisition of the neighboring lot adjacent to the existing residence, with its original profile and vegetation preserved. Two new buildings were proposed for this lot.
Renovation
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Urban Home That Spans Only 13 Feet Wide in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Tucked into a quiet cul-de-sac near São Paulo's Ibirapuera Park, Casa MA, designed by RUA 141 arquitetura, proves that constraint can be a powerful design catalyst. With just 13 feet of frontage and a depth of just under 60 feet, the narrow lot might suggest compromise. Instead, the house unfolds as a layered, light-filled retreat shaped by movement, materials, and nature integration.
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Books
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

A Very Small 24-hour Bookstore / SZ-ARCHITECTS

A tiny bookstore on Nanjing's Qinhuai River functions as an open, guest-centered space staffed by four adopted stray cats with walls covered in message postcards.
Remodel
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Corrego do Bispo Linear Park / Natureza Urbana

Córrego do Bispo Linear Park is a landscape and urban infrastructure project in Cachoeirinha, São Paulo, linking urban areas and Cantareira State Park.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

radical and spherical 'casa bola' to host upcoming sao paulo exhibition ABERTO5

For ABERTO5, the itinerant exhibition series is set to open next month at Casa Bola, Eduardo Longo's spherical residence in São Paulo, opening the architect's private home to the public as the setting for its fifth edition. From March 7th to May 31st, 2026, ABERTO returns to Brazil after its Paris chapter at Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche (read more here) and shifts its attention to one of the city's most unique dwellings.
Arts
Remodel
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Office / IGArchitects

Renovated single-floor Shibuya office designed for flexible, multi-use functions including employee welfare, receptions, and various gatherings.
fromColossal
2 months ago

Regina Silveira Pieces Together an Evolving Narrative of Latin America

Regina Silveira has spent the better part of three decades considering the relationship between media and meaning, particularly as it relates to Latin America. First presented in 1997, "To Be Continued..." features 100 black-and-white reproductions of photos, newspaper clippings, propaganda, advertisements, and more. Silveira nests each image into an oversized puzzle piece, which cuts off faces and scenes to leave fragments of pop culture icons, flora and fauna, and even the occasional mugshot spliced next to one another.
Arts
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Sunnyvale library hosts tree walk, book sale

Walk among evergreens The Sunnyvale Urban Forest Advocates will lead a tree walk around the Sunnyvale Public Library on Jan. 17, noon-1:30 p.m. Participants will learn the differences between deciduous and evergreen trees and about evergreens' resilience and their role in the ecosystem. The program will meet on the Library Plaza, 665 W. Olive Ave. Registration is required to https://bit.ly/4qEQTVd.
Books
Arts
fromArtforum
1 month ago

Sara Graca returns to Lisbon

An exhibition remodels a stepped U-shaped space by adding ramps using repurposed materials, merging rooms while keeping existing walls, prioritizing accessibility and material reuse.
Books
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Brick-and-mortar bookshops look better than ever in the Amazon age

Physical print books remain widely popular despite Amazon's dominance in sales, e-books, and audiobooks, with strong brick-and-mortar growth and sustained print revenue.
Books
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Literary Portland for Palestine Plans Readings, Still Asks Portland Book Fest To Divest

Writers and local arts groups are urging Literary Arts to reject sponsorship from banks tied to weapons firms and Israeli military suppliers.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Children and Family Support Center Terra

A Kofu City facility houses separate consultation, medical counseling, and staff training programs across three dedicated buildings, completed in two phased constructions (2021–2022).
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Pequeno Principe School Court / Ricardo Gusmao Arquitetos

Text description provided by the architects. The expansion project of CPP College arises from the need to adapt the school space to new usage demands, respecting the identity of the original architectural ensemble, which was also designed by our office. The main question was to understand how to intervene in an already established architecture, adding value without compromising the existing language and harmony.
Renovation
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

traditional european library transforms compact office into a layered reading space

A compact residential library uses deep crimson millwork, saturated color, layered materials, patterned wallpaper, and integrated lighting to create depth and a focused reading interior.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Cartola Apartment / EIXO Z arquitetos

65 m² São Paulo apartment reconfigured into a flexible, contemporary layout combining living room and kitchen, adding bathrooms and a dedicated remote work desk.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

The Ceramics Workshop / Pianca Arquitetura

A warehouse was transformed into a purpose-built ceramics school with spacious studios, equipment, proper infrastructure, and good accessibility to support simultaneous activities.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Eduardo Longo's Futuristic Ball-Shaped House in Sao Paulo to Open for ABERTO5 Exhibition

Casa Bola opens to the public 7 March–31 May 2026 in São Paulo as part of ABERTO5, showcasing Eduardo Longo's radical spherical domestic architecture.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

When Art Came First: Spatial Experiments That Shaped Architecture in Latin America

Artistic practices in mid-20th-century Latin America pioneered spatial concepts later integrated into architecture, emphasizing collective use and bodily experience.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

TAA Gallery / TAA DESIGN

A resonant architectural gallery where art is created, exhibited, individually lit, and exhibitions are given the freedom to take shape.
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Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Forest Apartment / Balaio Arquitetura

Project directions often arise from pre-existing conditions and contextual elements, guiding design choices such as light, framing, surroundings, and material palettes.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

From the Courtyard to the Neighborhood: Latin American Lessons on Collective Placemaking

Everyday encounters in Latin America primarily occur in intermediate informal spaces—courtyards, verandas, sidewalks—where spontaneous social practices continually reshape urban life.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Residence T20 / Minimalist Architecture & Design Studio

A layered, minimalist 11,350 ft² residence (2025) balances a grounded plinth with hovering horizontal planes to feel anchored yet airborne.
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