Most border crossings are things you endure. This one is something you look at. That’s what AECOM’s Erik Behrens set out to create with the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the new crossing between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, that opened to traffic on July 27, 2026 — and promptly became the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America.

Most furniture sits quietly in a room and asks nothing of you. Alexandre Veillon’s latest piece does the opposite. It crouches. It stares. It makes you feel like you walked into someone’s living room and the coffee table is about to bark.