At Dutch Design Week 2025, Umbra Pavilion by Pauline van Dongen and Tentech unveils Heliotex, a solar textile that provides shade while generating energy. Rising like a kite over Eindhoven’s Ketelhuisplein, the pavilion redefines how design can shape climate adaptation — turning sunlight into an experience of light, shade, and awareness.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Archtober 2025 transforms New York City into a month-long architecture festival. Taking place across all five boroughs, it brings together over 100 institutions for exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, panels, and screenings — making October a city-wide celebration of design, community, and dialogue.

Designed by Kelly Bair and Kristy Balliet for the Concéntrico International Design Festival, Crop Top is a circular pavilion made of partial rooms that invite shifting perspectives. Built with robotic precision using sheet materials and offcuts, it can be assembled without fasteners. With its open roof and minimal structure, Crop Top turns the idea of “cropping” into an architectural act—highlighting absence, sustainability, and the poetics of framing.