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Designing Peace

A Cooper Hewitt exhibition showcases the act of peacemaking around the world

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Recovering Optimism

AN speaks with Bruce Mau about a new film on his work and why he has hope for the future

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Culture Vultures

New Affiliates, a design duo based in New York, finds refuge from workaday architecture concerns in art projects

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Hurry, Hurry

These four AN-recommended summer exhibitions showcase apian design, Black resiliency in Portland, and more

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The Colonel Beckons

Revamp of historic Sanders Cafe, birthplace of KFC, is liberally seasoned with midcentury nostalgia

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Here and Now

The Architectural League Prize winners present six multimedia installations in response to the 2022 theme Grounding

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More Than Clay

Richard Saltoun Gallery and the AA present Born From Earth: Women in Ceramics

Jungle Blossoms

Mexx, a botanical sculpture at SFER IK in Tulum, blurs the line between nature and art

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Room for Pleasure

The delightfully kitschy interiors of How to Build a Sex Room demand judgment but repel ridicule

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Roots and Fruits

Brooklyn Museum stages retrospective exhibition on “total artist” Virgil Abloh

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Danish Disassembly

Henning Larsen Architects’ wood and polycarbonate Fritz Hansen Pavilion is designed for reuse

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Milan Moments

Our favorite moments from Milan Design Week 2022: Alcova

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Sounds of Summer

For the Birds, now on view at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, explores biodiversity through architect-designed follies

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In Living Neutral

Vincent Van Duysen debuts living room furniture collection for Zara Home

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Going the Extra Mile

Design idea competition aims to elevate Alabama’s Africatown as a major cultural heritage tourism destination

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Highlight Reel

Our favorite moments from Milan Design Week 2022: Around Town

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1967–2022

Marcus Fairs, founder and editor-in-chief of Dezeen, dies at 54

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Our favorite moments from Milan Design Week 2022: The Fair

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