The *New* Lex Lothario

mia ortiz

In Seville, ENEI transforms a former bank branch into Artica — an open café and ice cream shop where a once fragmented interior becomes a space for gathering beneath a luminous sphere. → https://thisispaper.com/mag/artica-sevilla-enei

Fala Atelier’s latest project, titled ‘Fireworks in White’, was captured by photographer Willem Pab in a photo series, where this daring architectural expression, located in Porto, embodies the studio’s signature minimalist and geometric style. → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/fireworks-in-white-willam-peb

the mechanic.

Michael Yerger

CARLO NASON - MAZZEGA - Lotus table lamp of opalescent Murano glass (no. L35), Italy, c. 1969

In Königswinter, Daniel Heilig reclaims decades-old corrugated fibreglass panels from an abandoned hillside hut and transforms them into a meditative light sculpture — amber-toned, patina-formed, strictly limited. → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/konigswinter-light-sculpture-heilig-objects

In two small parks near Yoyogi in Shibuya, Shigeru Ban’s Transparent Toilet uses tinted glass walls that become opaque when locked—addressing cleanliness and privacy in a single gesture. → https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/transparent-toilet-shigeru-ban-tokyo-toilet

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