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The Seoul Metropolitan Government recently unveiled UNStudio's design, tentatively naming it 'Seoul Twin Eye'. The project is part of the Mayor of Seoul's vision 'Han River with a Thousand Sunsets', a vision to create a thousand spots along the Han River as public spaces for the people of Seoul. Collaborating stalwarts include Arup and Heerim Architects.

The critical collaboration of Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and BMW Guggenheim Lab in Mumbai has hypothecated the adage, 'Inculcate it in the child', by engaging young impressionable minds with urban issues through art and craft... Click the link to read more>>

The Occupy Wall Street movement is well into its second week of operation, and is now getting more attention from media as well as from people planning similar actions across the country. This is a promising populist mobilization with a clear message against domination by political and economic elites. Against visions of a bleak and stagnant future, the occupiers assert the optimism that a better world can be made in the streets. They have not resigned themselves to an order where the young are presented with a foreseeable future of some combination of debt, economic dependency, and being paid little to endure constant disrespect, an order that tells the old to accept broken promises and be glad to just keep putting in hours until they can't work anymore. The occupiers have not accepted that living in modern society means shutting up about how it functions. In general, the occupiers see themselves as having more to gain than to lose in creating a new political situation - something that few who run the current system will help deliver. They are not eager for violence, and have shown admirable restraint in the face of attack by police. There may be no single clear agenda, but there is a clear message: that people will have a say in their political and economic lives, regardless of what those in charge want. Occupy Wall Street is a kind of protest that Americans are not accustomed to seeing. There was no permit to protest, and it has been able to keep going on through unofficial understandings between protestors and police. It is not run by professional politicians, astroturfers, or front groups with barely-hidden agendas. Though some organizations and political figures have promoted it, Occupy Wall Street is not driven by any political party or protest organization. It is a kind of protest that shows people have power when they are determined to use it. Occupy Wall Street could be characterized as an example of a new type of mass politics, which has been seen in

Celebrating Japanese cuisine and culture in Hotel Roomers, Munich, is a standalone restaurant: Izakaya designed by @concrete-architectural-associates. With silk printed artwork, bespoke furniture and a massive Koi lamp, this area is a real treat! Adapting to its quiet restaurant crowd and then transforming into a cosy bar after hours makes the designers vision quite remarkable.

Make Architects successfully deliver the vision of a personalised education experience via a rational, highly coordinated building, helping to maximise occupancy, sustainability and flexibility - the TLB at the University of Nottingham. Check it out here…

Overdoing the décor takes away from the ambience by crowding vision and creating a sense of confusion and irritation. So, while you visit and imbibe all the 'in' things in the market today, IndiaArtnDesign gives you some spot pointers on the art of accessorising! Check them out here…

Revering the abundant landscape that #LakeGarda offers, the Vision Hotel designed by Studio Apostoli beautifully integrates structure and function - empowering the natural surroundings to work their magic.