Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal have been announced as the recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2021. Since founding their Paris-based practice Lacaton & Vassal in 1987, the architects have long rejected city plans calling for the demolition of buildings, such as social housing, focusing instead on designing from the inside out in order to prioritise the welfare of a building’s inhabitants.

Now in its 35th year, the Dulux Colour Awards are a magnet for some of the most illuminating and boundary-pushing projects in residential and commercial design. The program rewards architects, designers and students in Australia and New Zealand with cash prizes for work that continues to celebrate the sophisticated and masterful use of colour.

Articolo is an Australian lighting design studio that celebrates the art of light through a commitment to artisanal craft and quality workmanship. With showrooms in Melbourne and New York City, the studio reflects founder and creative director Nicci Green’s passion for the textural spirit of light, producing works that are internationally regarded for a contemporary yet enduring aesthetic.

Signalling the imminent opening of the Home of the Arts (HOTA) Gallery in Australia, an ambitious artwork by Sri-Lankan born artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran has been revealed at the gallery’s entrance. The unveiling of the humanoid forms comes less than two months ahead of HOTA’s inaugural exhibition, beginning May 8, and offers a tantalising preview of things to come at the $60.5 million Gold Coast facility, the centrepiece of the city’s cultural precinct masterplan.

Few creative studios expertly juggle high-octane colour quite like Spanish design practice Masquespacio. The latest project to come from the dynamic designers – an upbeat restaurant in Milan belonging to the Bun burger chain – is testament to such seemingly effortless skill, spearheaded by practice co-founders Christophe Penasse and Ana Hernández.

Tucked underneath the Uemachiso building in downtown Osaka, the design office belonging to emerging Japanese architecture practice YAP interacts quietly with the streetscape. Opening out to the footpath, the creative space is a spectator to the rhythmic parade of pedestrians, cyclists and motor vehicles in a neighbourhood that is mostly dominated by nagaya, the name given to the region’s rowhouses.

During the depths of winter in southern Finland, The Forest Chapel, known locally as Metsäkappeli, is only distinguishable by its gable-shaped faces peering out from underneath a blanket of snow. The black tar-coated timber of the chapel’s north and south elevations commands attention against the pure white ice. But when the snow melts and the forest begins to reawaken in the spring, a humble example of temple architecture stands quietly among the woodlands.

Architect Camilla Block is one of three directors of Durbach Block Jaggers and holds an Honorary Appointment as Adjunct Professor at University of Technology Sydney. Camilla, along with eleven of her colleagues, has worked at Durbach Block Jaggers for a staggering 20-plus years. There must be something in the water!

Have you ever arrived at the last day of your holiday, slumped yourself over a suitcase, and announced to anyone who’s listening: “I wish I could live here?” Well, if you’ve been luxuriating at one of Soneva’s glamorous properties in the Maldives – now you can. The world-class resort group welcomes guests (and non-guests) from all over the globe to become full-time residents under the Soneva Villa Ownership Scheme.

Not since the brand’s founding in 1946 has Farrow & Ball invited an external designer to concoct a range of paint colours. Some 75 years in the making, it wasn't just any ‘outsider’ who was the one to break the drought. The British paint house has collaborated with famed American tastemaker Kelly Wearstler to introduce The California Collection, a refreshing palette of eight hues that capture the surf, sand and sun-kissed essence of North America’s West Coast.