# design **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/c/design/114.md?page=4 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [Textured materials shape a Mexico City penthouse](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textured-materials-shape-a-mexico-city-penthouse/680375)
**Author:** [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textured-materials-shape-a-mexico-city-penthouse/680375 "2026-04-13T00:00:11Z")
Barde vanVoltt turned a two-level Mexico City penthouse into a stripped-back “brutalist sanctuary,” layering textured stucco, stainless steel, and sculptural stone across the 300-square-metre space. Here’s a look at t… --- ## [Designing interfaces that adapt to user intent](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-interfaces-that-adapt-to-user-intent/680369)
**Author:** [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designing-interfaces-that-adapt-to-user-intent/680369 "2026-04-12T15:07:13Z")
Static screens are giving way to Liquid UI, where interfaces adapt in real time to user intent instead of staying fixed. Quelly --- ## [Practical UX wins for legacy systems](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/practical-ux-wins-for-legacy-systems/680350)
**Author:** [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/practical-ux-wins-for-legacy-systems/680350 "2026-04-12T14:21:20Z")
This piece lays out practical ways to improve UX in legacy systems by working within broken processes, focusing on changes that actually move the needle in organizations that can’t start from scratch. Here’s the image… --- ## [Lessons from building an AI teaching agent](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lessons-from-building-an-ai-teaching-agent/680339)
**Author:** [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lessons-from-building-an-ai-teaching-agent/680339 "2026-04-12T08:35:14Z")
An autonomous AI agent entered NTU’s Teaching Monster competition and ranked #3, and that perfect accuracy still wasn’t enough - engagement and human. BobaMilk --- ## [Toguna World reimagines digital ritual for shared futures](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/toguna-world-reimagines-digital-ritual-for-shared-futures/680349)
**Author:** [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/toguna-world-reimagines-digital-ritual-for-shared-futures/680349 "2026-04-12T05:56:24Z")
Pierre-Christophe Gam’s Toguna World turns African ideas of cyclical time and ancestral memory into a digital, multi-sensory temple for collective future-making. Here’s a look at Toguna World’s digital temple, where a… --- ## [DSDHA updates Henry Moore gallery with restrained warmth](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dsdha-updates-henry-moore-gallery-with-restrained-warmth/680335)
**Author:** [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dsdha-updates-henry-moore-gallery-with-restrained-warmth/680335 "2026-04-11T19:00:18Z")
DSDHA has refreshed Sheep Field Barn at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, tightening up the gallery and adding workshop spaces while keeping the old agricultural building’s stripped-back character intact. Here’s a look a… --- ## [OMA AMO turns stone into a contemplative installation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oma-amo-turns-stone-into-a-contemplative-installation/680322)
**Author:** [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oma-amo-turns-stone-into-a-contemplative-installation/680322 "2026-04-11T11:00:20Z")
SolidNature and OMA/AMO turn a simple shelf into a stone installation for Milan Design Week, using the piece to slow visitors down and point to the deep history held in everyday materials. Here’s a first look at the s… --- ## [Site-specific artworks shape the Obama Presidential Center](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/site-specific-artworks-shape-the-obama-presidential-center/680300)
**Author:** [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/site-specific-artworks-shape-the-obama-presidential-center/680300 "2026-04-10T20:07:22Z")
The Obama Presidential Center is set to open with a campus featuring site-specific artworks and sculptures by artists including Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jeffrey Gibson, Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, and Martin Puryear. … --- ## [Kengo Kuma and Dinesen build wood installation in Copenhagen](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kengo-kuma-and-dinesen-build-wood-installation-in-copenhagen/680269)
**Author:** [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kengo-kuma-and-dinesen-build-wood-installation-in-copenhagen/680269 "2026-04-10T17:42:10Z")
Kengo Kuma and Associates teamed up with Dinesen on Earth / Tree at Copenhagen Contemporary, a wood-and-brick installation built around a suspended slatted structure and tuned with lighting by local studio Anker. Here… --- ## [Lean design workshops that actually move teams forward](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lean-design-workshops-that-actually-move-teams-forward/680294)
**Author:** [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lean-design-workshops-that-actually-move-teams-forward/680294 "2026-04-10T16:07:06Z")
Design workshops are moving away from long, performative sessions. The shift is toward leaner formats that help teams make decisions faster and keep momentum. https://uxdesign.cc/the-old-design-workshop-is-dead-long-li… --- ## [Xi’an stadium design blurs the line with city life](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xi-an-stadium-design-blurs-the-line-with-city-life/680259)
**Author:** [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xi-an-stadium-design-blurs-the-line-with-city-life/680259 "2026-04-10T14:42:10Z")
Xi’an International Football Center turns the stadium into civic infrastructure, using a porous bowl form that opens the venue back into the city instead of sealing it off. Here’s a look at the Xi’an International Foo… --- ## [Passivhaus house extension uses barn-like timber volumes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passivhaus-house-extension-uses-barn-like-timber-volumes/680281)
**Author:** [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passivhaus-house-extension-uses-barn-like-timber-volumes/680281 "2026-04-10T13:49:16Z")
Moxon Architects extended a rural Aberdeenshire house with two timber-clad, barn-like volumes that echo local farmsteads while bringing the home up to Passivhaus standards. Here’s a view of Corriebeg’s barn-like exten… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/c/design/114.md?page=3)