Studio Morphogenesis wraps waterside mosque in Bangladesh in perforated pink concrete

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Local architecture office Studio Morphogenesis has used dusty pink coloured concrete to build a waterside mosque that sits on a sloping site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Named after the land owner's late mother, the Zebun Nessa Mosque is situated in the rapidly growing industrial outskirts of Dhaka. It was constructed to serve as a spiritual sanctuary and
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Vank Long by Anna Vonhausen for Vank

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Dezeen Showroom: designer Anna Vonhause opted for an "eye-catching industrial-style" when developing the Vank Long furniture collection for Polish brand Vank. Vank Long comprises an armchair, sofa, pouffe and bench, designed by Vonhause with black-metal frames and rounded cushions in a variety of colours. The focal point of the collection is the armchair, which can
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Toothbrush pops open for recycling in Seymourpowell's Un-Made disassembly concept

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British design studio Seymourpowell has put cheap electronic goods under the spotlight with Un-Made, a project imagining four possible ways to design for quick disassembly and recycling. As part of the project, Seymourpowell devised four automated disassembly mechanism concepts using an electric toothbrush as an example for their animated graphics. Each of the mechanisms could
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Linehouse creates greenhouse-informed food market in Shanghai

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Architecture studio Linehouse has wrapped a food market in a Shanghai laneway neighbourhood around a central atrium informed by Victorian greenhouses. Named Foodie Social, the 2,000-square-metre food market is located within the Hong Shou Fang community – a residential area in Shanghai's Putuo district known for its classic "longtang" laneway architecture. The entrance to the two-storey
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Peterson Rich Office inserts white-cube galleries into converted Detroit church

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Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office has adapted an early-1900s Detroit church into The Shepherd arts centre, inserting contemporary art galleries into its nave and transept. Peterson Rich Office's (PRO) conversion of the original Romanesque-style Good Shepherd Church was based on a desire to keep the "integrity" of its structure intact while creating a performance
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Pearce+ creates temporary sub-zero restaurant in Canada

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UK architecture studio Pearce+ and Canadian designer Joe Kalturnyk have created a temporary inflatable restaurant for subzero temperatures in Winnipeg, Canada. The barrel-vaulted restaurant has space for 48 guests dining in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius during the 10th annual RAW:almond fine dining food festival, which celebrates both Canadian cuisine and the harsh
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Alper Derinboğaz releases Neogene digital art collection based on prehistoric minerals for TAEX

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Promotion: architect Alper Derinboğaz has used artificial intelligence and research data to create Neogene, a series of 3D artworks created to resemble the mineral bismuth. The pieces were created for digital art platform Technological Art Experience (TAEX), which described the Neogene collection as "3D artefacts, generated using data morphosis methodology, based on simulations of geological
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Bell lighting by Aftr for Rakumba

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Dezeen Showroom: the Australian coastline informed the curved, textural metal forms of the Bell lighting collection, created by design studio Aftr for lighting brand Rakumba. Lights in the Bell collection were designed by Aftr to have a timeless appearance, which Rakumba said is ideally suited to both indoor or outdoor environments. "The Bell collection by
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Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella extend old ski lodge in Budapest

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Hungarian practices Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella have revamped and extended the Normafa Ski Lodge restaurant in Budapest with the shingle-clad pavilion, which aims to evoke "the purity of a mountain hut". Located in Normafa Park to the west of the Hungarian capital, the heritage-protected lodge, which now contains a restaurant, dates back to the
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Barcelona's "best projects are being done in the field of social housing"

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As part of our Social Housing Revival series, we spotlight the city of Barcelona, which is shrugging off the legacy of fascism by rapidly ramping up its supply of social housing. In June 2015, veteran housing activist Ada Colau became the first female mayor of Barcelona. She had risen to prominence clashing with police as
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Sagrada Familia announces 2026 final completion date

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La Sagrada Familia Foundation has announced that the monumental church in Barcelona is set for completion in 2026, 100 years after the death of its architect Antoni Gaudí. Construction on the Sagrada Familia began in 1882 and was led by Gaudí until his passing in 1926. Now, after more than 140 years, a final completion
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"A crazy bit of architecture" says commenter

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In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio's design for its first building in South America, which was informed by indigenous weaving practices. Renderings of the seven-storey building planned for Bogotá in Colombia show a facade made of a series of colourful, undulating columns. Several readers were shocked by the cultural reference points
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Dezeen Awards 2024 early entry closes tonight at midnight London time

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You still have time to submit your Dezeen Awards 2024 entry before the early entry deadline closes tonight at midnight London time. Now in its seventh year, Dezeen Awards, in partnership with our headline sponsor Bentley Motors, celebrates the most outstanding work in the industry. Enter before 23:59 London time tonight, to benefit from our
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Babnimnim Design Studio encloses Kuwait mosque within rotated square forms

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Kuwait-based Babnimnim Design Studio has created a geometric mosque in Kuwait City that combines classical Islamic motifs with contemporary forms. Situated in Kuwait City's residential Al-Masayel district, the Mamluki Lancet Mosque is contained within five rotated and stacked square forms that are topped by a half dome. "The Mamluki Lancet Mosque, Adlah Mohammed Abdulrahman AlBahar,
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GCCA reveals winners of its Concrete in Life photography competition

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Promotion: the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has announced the winners of its annual Concrete in Life photography competition that aims to highlight the "beauty and essential role that concrete plays around the world". The winners were picked from 21,000 entries submitted by professional and amateur photographers across the globe, with subjects ranging from
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Mooradian Studio sprays London boutique interior with recycled newspaper pulp

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Architecture office Mooradian Studio used spray-on paper pulp to create a bumpy texture across the walls and ceilings of north London menswear store Natalino. Taking over a former art gallery in Fitzrovia, Natalino's first physical store was designed to reflect the brand's garments. "Nathan's clothes use a lot of natural textures and you can often
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Estudio Carroll clads rounded Mexican hotel in pink chukum

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Estudio Carroll has completed a boutique hotel coated in pink chukum and set in an artificial wetland in Puerto Escondido, Mexico with a shape informed by "the female form". The 620-square metre Xique Boutique Hotel was completed in November 2023 on a 278-square-metre property overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Estudio Carroll, which is based in Mexico
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Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's plans for stepped high-rises in Shenzhen

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV's designs for a series of bayside residential towers in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled a collection of stepped high-rises arranged around inner courtyards next to Qianhai Bay in Shenzhen, China. These structures are set to be integral to
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Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines

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Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle, which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. Called Skyglass, the 335-foot-high (102 metre) tower is located just east of the Space Needle, which was recently renovated by Olson Kundig Architects, and contains apartments with shops on its lower floors.
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Stave chair by Farlam & Chandler and Bibbings & Hensby

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Dezeen Showroom: British carpentry workshop Bibbings & Hensby has collaborated with garden design studio Farlam & Chandler to create a low wooden seat with whittled surface details. Carefully handcrafted, the Stave chair is made from the timber of the sweet chestnut, a native tree that grows widely in southeast England and is highly resistant to the elements.
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La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco

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Providing homes for people with disabilities and formerly houseless LGBTQ+ youth, our next Social Housing Revival case study set out to prove that low-cost housing in the US can look as good as upscale apartments. Located in West Hollywood, the La Brea Affordable Housing complex, designed by architects Patrick Tighe and John Mutlow, is a
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Samuel Ross designs textured toilet that is "closer to a sculpture"

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Designer Samuel Ross set out to subvert any idea of how a lavatory should look when creating his first toilet for bathroom brand Kohler, set to debut at Milan design week next month. Rendered in attention-grabbing orange, the Formation 02 smart toilet has an asymmetric shape designed to recall the stark edges and angles of
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Kwickset launches adaptable prefab housing system based on unbuilt Eames house

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Copenhagen design studio Fragile has teamed up with architecture office MVRDV and manufacturers CREE and Knauf to launch a modular housing kit informed by a 1950s concept by designers Charles and Ray Eames. Kwickset is a prefabricated construction system that builds on the principles of the Kwikset House, a kit home designed by the Eames
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Multipurpose rooms optimise space at Ulli Heckmann's Rotterdam apartment

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A bedroom incorporating a bathtub and a window bench is one of several versatile spaces architect Ulli Heckmann created when renovating this compact apartment in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Heckmann and his partner, the designer Nienke Bongers, bought the apartment in the Delfshaven neighbourhood in 2020 with the aim of refurbishing it to suit their personal
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Apparatus updates Los Angeles showroom to include a "modernist grotto"

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New York-based studio Apparatus has redesigned its Hollywood showroom with multiple material schemas and a range of its lighting and furniture products to evoke a feeling of "discovery" for visitors. The 5,000-square-foot (464 square metres) Hollywood showroom first opened in 2018 in a former warehouse. Apparatus redesigned the interiors – which previously consisted of bold
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SelgasCano and Diego Cano wrap LA hillside house in colourful aluminium tubes

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Spanish architecture studios SelgasCano and Diego Cano used multi-coloured tubes made from recycled aluminium to clad a house on a steep site in Los Angeles. Set on a steep hill in Mount Washington, a suburb northeast of Los Angeles, the home for SelgasCano founders Lucía Cano and José Selgas was designed in collaboration with Diego
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Ten architecture projects by students at Heriot-Watt University

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Dezeen School Shows: a project that proposes a combined beachfront cinema and theatre in Dubai is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Heriot-Watt University. Also included is a house designed according to movements made when figure skating and a recycling centre that uses metal mesh to control the flow of traffic around
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Soniah floor lamps by Faina

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Dezeen Showroom: produced by Faina, the decor brand of Ukrainian architect Victoria Yakusha, the Soniah floor lamp is a dramatic piece that appears to grow from the ground. Yakusha referenced Ukraine's national flower – the sunflower – in both the name and the form of the Soniah floor lamp. Available in big, medium and small sizes, the
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The DHaus Company revamps London house with butterfly-roof extension

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An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. The DHaus Company reconfigured and extended the ground floor of the home to improve its dining area while providing more private living spaces for the client's teenage children.
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"I struggle to keep my flame of hope alive" says Kate Macintosh

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Architect Kate Macintosh is known for designing council housing, but in this Social Housing Revival interview she argues that a better way to address the UK's housing-affordability crisis would be a tax on land values. Retired Scottish architect Macintosh is celebrated for her work on publicly owned buildings, particularly two 1970s social-housing schemes in south
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Bernard Dubois designs Canal Saint-Martin hotel to feel "far from Paris"

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Belgian architect Bernard Dubois designed bespoke 1970s-style wooden furniture and interiors for the revamped Bouchardon hotel in Paris, which references mountain hotels. Located in the Canal Saint-Martin district of the French capital, the Bouchardon is an aparthotel containing 11 suites. Every apartment has its own kitchen and dining area. The entire building has been rebuilt
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Nisswa Lounge Swivel outdoor chair by Loll Designs

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Dezeen Showroom: American outdoor brand Loll Designs has released the Nisswa Lounge Swivel chair to facilitate relaxation in pool or garden areas. An addition to the existing Nisswa collection, the Lounge Swivel chair features the same modern lines and Sunbrella fabric-covered cushioning, with an added swivel mechanism in its base. The built-in mobility makes the
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MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen

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Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. Named Tencent 5, the residential complex will have four courtyards surrounded by 11 apartment buildings and an adjacent kindergarten, designed to be a neighbourhood that fosters
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Buildings “biggest lever” for improving global resource efficiency says UN report

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The built environment is the fastest-growing consumer of materials in the world – but it also offers the most potential for improvement according to Julia Okatz, advisor on the UN's landmark Global Resource Outlook. Making buildings and neighbourhoods more efficient could reduce the global need for raw materials by 25 per cent by 2060, the
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Ozwald Boateng, Melanie Keen and Dong Danshen announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2024

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Fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, director of the Wellcome Collection Melanie Keen, architect Dong Danshen and Design Bitches founders Rebecca Rudolph and Catherine Johnson have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. Dezeen Awards 2024 launched last month in partnership with Bentley. There are just two days left until the early entry deadline! Enter by midnight
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Graphic flooring by Bolon among 11 new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: a collection of carpets made from recycled materials that mimic traditional textile weaving techniques is among 11 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Graphic flooring by Bolon Swedish flooring design brand Bolon has released a range of carpets and floor coverings that are created using waste vinyl. Graphic flooring comes in a series
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Steelcase Karman office chair has "reactive" frame designed to move with the body

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Promotion: global furniture company Steelcase has created an office chair with an ergonomic and ultra-lightweight frame designed to react to the body's movements and encourage healthy posture. The Steelcase Karman office chair was created to eliminate painful pressure points commonly associated with other, less flexible, mesh chairs. The company integrated its Liveback technology into the
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Cavernous restaurant by Spacemen feels like "stepping into a giant pot"

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Architecture studio Spacemen has designed the Bar Kar restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to resemble the earth ovens historically used to cook and smoke food in the ground. Based between Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur, Spacemen conceived the interiors for Bar Kar "around the concept of primordial community cooking". Guests enter the eatery through a winding pathway
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Timothy Godbold adorns Tribeca loft with modernist relief panels

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New York interior designer Timothy Godbold has renovated an apartment in a historic Tribeca building, adding various relief treatments across its neutral walls including panels influenced by a 1970s sci-fi series. The spacious loft is located in an 1881 cast-iron building on Franklin Street, which was formerly a textile factory and was overhauled by Pritzker
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Buzz creates subterranean Hermit Space galleries in Beijing park

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Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. Collectively named the Hermit Space, the three venues are each designed with a distinct atmosphere and intended to "seamlessly integrate" with the parkland surroundings. "We attempt to investigate
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Eight minimalist bathrooms with peaceful pared-back interiors

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For our latest lookbook, we have collected eight minimalist bathrooms that combine tactile materials and organic details to create a relaxing and tranquil environment. Next to the bedroom, the bathroom is often the place in the home that is reserved for relaxation and pampering. Keeping interiors here free of unnecessary clutter while adding organic materials
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Selfridges launches The Joke Shop with playful Slapstick Generator artwork

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London department store Selfridges has opened The Joke Shop, a "shoppable comedy store" that sells products including sneezing powder and has windows filled with whoopee cushions and slipping bananas. Located in the corner store space on Selfridges' ground-floor level, The Joke Shop pop-up store was designed by the retailer's in-house team. The shop, which the
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Crosby Studios creates office-themed installation in LA for The Frankie Shop

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New York-based Crosby Studios has piled office equipment around a long metallic table as part of a pop-up installation for fashion brand The Frankie Shop in Los Angeles. The month-long installation titled The Office was launched to coincide with LA Art Week and the Sag-Aftra film festival and marked the New York label The Frankie
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Sam Crawford Architects creates red-roofed community pavilion in Sydney

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An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney, designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. Located on the disused lawn of a bowls club in Hurlstone Memorial Reserve, the timber-clad structure is designed as a flexible community centre with uninterrupted connections to the surrounding park. The pavilion hosts a multipurpose
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Eight compact garden studios with neat storage solutions

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From cantilevered shelves to customisable pegboards, our latest lookbook rounds up eight examples of garden studios with storage designed to make the most of limited space. Garden studios are becoming increasingly popular in homes around the world, prompted largely by the evergrowing trend of remote work. Often slotted into small spaces, these structures typically have
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Moody Nolan unveils design of athletic facility at Obama presidential campus

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The Obama Foundation and US architecture studio Moody Nolan have released images of an athletic facility to be built on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. Called Home Court, the building will host a regulation-size NBA basketball court, sports facilities and community spaces and serve as a wellness and gathering hub. Located on the
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101% releases collection of clothing covered with Seagram Building motif

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Mexico City-based fashion brand 101% has released a collection of clothing including pants, a cargo vest and a jumpsuit all printed with a motif of the facade of the Seagram Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Called the Seagram Collection, it encompasses unisex track pants, a hoodie, a jumpsuit, a t-shirt and a vest
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Albert Frey's all-metal 1930s Aluminaire House reassembled in Palm Springs

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The Palm Springs Art Museum has unveiled the reconstructed Aluminaire House in California, a modernist house originally designed in the 1930s by architect Albert Frey and editor A Lawrence Kocher. After "languishing for decades" in upstate New York, the house has been relocated to Palm Springs, California, where the museum plans to showcase and preserve
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Nine radiant lights and lamps listed on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: a pendant light with a shade made from plant-based leather is included in this roundup of the latest lighting designs published on Dezeen Showroom. Other lighting fixtures that feature include a modular statement light with components made from aluminium by Moss, a series of slimline pendant lights that double as mirrors by Formagenda
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The Down-Less Down Jacket converts infrared light to heat

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Japanese manufacturer Sumitomo Metal Mining Co has showcased its heat-producing Solament material in a jacket displayed at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co collaborated with consultant Droga5 Tokyo and fashion designer Kosuke Tsumura to create the jacket as a way of demonstrate the innovative material's potential. Named the Down-Less Down Jacket,
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Foil table by Christophe Pillet for Mara

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Dezeen Showroom: designer Christophe Pillet has worked with Italian brand Mara to produce the Foil table, a metal desk refined to its simplest silhouette. The Foil table marks the first time that Pillet and Mara have worked together, and the brand describes it as a "synergical bond" based on a common philosophy of minimalism, linear aesthetics
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Endless Vein tiles by Kaolin

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Dezeen Showroom: Australian company Kaolin has developed a technique for finishing and laying porcelain tiles that is able to replicate the continuous vein patterns of book-matched marble or stone. Placed side-by-side, tiles made using Endless Vein technology seem to merge into one another, with the veining from one continuing seamlessly on the next. The basic
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Lahznimmo Architects aims for "beautiful utility" with museum storage in Sydney

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Australian studio Lahznimmo Architects has completed Powerhouse Castle Hill in northwest Sydney, a shed-like storage facility wrapped in corrugated aluminium and concrete. Owned by the Powerhouse Museum group, the 9000-square-metre facility is intended as a public-facing storehouse containing a mix of storage, exhibition and conservation facilities, alongside spaces for research and community engagement. Its design
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Longnan Garden estate in Shanghai wanted to escape the "virus" of boring Chinese housing

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Our next Social Housing Revival case study is Atelier GOM's Shanghai Longnan Garden estate, the first social-housing project in China to abandon high-rise towers. Located in Shanghai's central Xuhui district, the 100,000-square-metre Longnan Garden estate was completed in 2017. Commissioned by the district's state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission as low-rent housing, it comprises one commercial
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Graphic flooring by Bolon

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Dezeen Showroom: Swedish flooring company Bolon has created a collection of rugs and woven flooring made from recycled vinyl but informed by traditional textile craftsmanship. Like all of Bolon's products, the Graphic collection is produced in Sweden and includes four refined patterns in various neutral colours that are "designed to stand the test of time".
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Spanish design pioneer Miguel Milá picks nine of his key projects

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With a major retrospective of his work on show in Madrid, Catalan designer Miguel Milá talks Dezeen through the most personally significant pieces from his eight-decade career. Aged 93, Milá is one of the most influential Spanish designers of his generation, with a vast back catalogue of furniture and lighting works for iconic mid-century brands including
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Levitt Bernstein reinstates historic character of Grade-II listed Bristol Beacon

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UK practice Levitt Bernstein has completed its refurbishment of the Grade II-listed Bristol Beacon, creating new interiors for the "grand and impressive" historic concert venue. The new spaces mark the second and final phase of the project, which began in 2009 with the creation of a new foyer building for the venue containing cafés, bars
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iGuzzini unveils latest lighting designs at Frankfurt's Light + Building fair

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Promotion: Italian lighting brand iGuzzini showcased its latest products at this year's Light + Building fair in an exhibit that aimed to highlight the company's "light that moves" philosophy. Produced in collaboration with architecture studio GEZA – who curated the exhibit design – and Artec Studio – who oversaw the lighting scenography – the stand
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Fala Atelier designs Lisbon home with "very Portuguese" materials

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Architecture studio Fala Atelier decked out the angular spaces of the 087 house in Lisbon with oversized spots and stripes, which also feature on its bold marble facade. Designed by Porto-based studio Fala Atelier, 087 is a three-storey home in the Portuguese capital with a rectilinear facade decorated with chunky marble shapes. The studio, known
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Heatherwick Studio's first South American building to feature basketry-informed facade

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UK architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has unveiled designs for its first building in South America, a university building with colourful, undulating columns informed by indigenous weaving practices. Located in Bogotá, along the city's Calle 72 thoroughfare, the seven-storey building will be part of the Universidad Ean and will host the school of sustainable design and
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Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

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Wendell Burnette Architects used Corten steel to clad a cabin in Arizona designed to capture views while disappearing into the landscape like a "dark shadow". The home is in Sedona, a high-desert town located about two hours north of Phoenix by car. The scenic area is known for its red-coloured rock formations, outdoor activities and
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New York casino plans prompt "identity crisis between Dubai and Las Vegas"

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features plans to expand Hudson Yards in New York City. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Development firm Related Companies have revealed plans to expand the Hudson Yards development with an array of buildings including supertall skyscrapers and a casino. After examining the designs, one reader remarked "New
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Customisation tiles by Kaolin

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Dezeen Showroom: Australian company Kaolin has launched a range of customisation options for its tiles, allowing architects and designers to add different patterns and finishes to suit various interior schemes. Already used by studios including ARM Architecture and Greg Natale Design, the Customisation range includes 16 different options ranging from botanical motifs to geometric mosaics
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Eight barn and farmhouse conversions in the Northeastern United States

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A warped metal extension, a bright-yellow entrance and a barn converted into a play house feature in this roundup of barn and farm conversions in the Northeast of the United States. Ranging from Maine to Pennsylvania, the Northeast region of the United States features a bounty of farmland architecture with a vernacular reflecting its European
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Reviving traditional crafts is a way of "engaging with your surroundings" say  Design Doha panellists

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Promotion: three designers working with crafts have shared their experiences of trying to preserve and revive traditional practices at a panel at Design Doha that can now be viewed on Dezeen. Held as part of Design Doha's talks event, the Design Doha Forum, the panel was titled Crafting Futures: Models for the Revival and Innovation
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Port lighting by Tom Fereday for Rakumba

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Dezeen Showroom: Australian designer Tom Fereday collaborated with lighting brand Rakumba on a collection of table and wall lamps that celebrate "the refractive nature of crystal". The Port range includes two shapes – the circular Round design and the lozenge-shaped Stadium design – that come in either tabletop or wall-mounted iterations. Each version comprises a solid
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Studio Octopi adds mint-green extension to Georgian house in London

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Architecture practice Studio Octopi has added a rear extension clad in mint-green metal to The Saddlery, a Georgian house in southeast London. Wedged between a pub and a row of Georgian homes in Lewisham, the dwelling has been extended to create an additional entertaining space and a secondary entrance. Studio Octopi's design uses the extension to
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Frank Gehry creates transparent Fondation Louis Vuitton-informed watch

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Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has created a transparent watch for luxury brand Louis Vuitton informed by his Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul buildings. Named the Tambour Moon Flying Tourbillon Poinçon de Genève Sapphire Frank Gehry, the watch has a rippling sapphire case that was informed by Gehry's architecture. The
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Couro pendant lights by Ceci Ferrero for Let's Pause

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Dezeen Showroom: Spanish designer Ceci Ferrero worked with a leather alternative made from plants to produce distinctive pendant lamps for natural handmade decor brand Let's Pause. The Couro collection is made using couro, a leather-like material made from dry, waste plant leaves, which has a translucent appearance that diffuses light. The Couro collection includes the Couro 8
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Five key projects by designer and Dezeen Awards judge Bethan Laura Wood

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London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work. Wood defines herself as a multidisciplinary designer with "an aesthetic made from layering forms, colours, materials and concepts". The British designer's distinctive pieces are often site-specific and aim to increase consciousness around
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Beatie Wolfe visualises oil industry "disinformation" in Smoke and Mirrors video

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Methane data and dishonest oil company advertising are juxtaposed in Smoke and Mirrors, a new visualisation produced by artist and musician Beatie Wolfe in collaboration with visual effects studio Parliament. Debuting last week at South by Southwest, Smoke and Mirrors doubles as a video clip for Wolfe's song Oh My Heart, which was released in
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Schemata Architects embraces rough material finishes for gallery in Seoul

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The rough finishes of an existing concrete and brick structure are contrasted by white exhibition spaces at Arario Gallery in Seoul, completed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects. The gallery is located at the rear of the Space Group Building, a modernist icon in South Korea that houses the Arario Museum. Designed by architect Kim Swoo-geun,
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Bolon marks 75 years with flooring made from "68 per cent recycled material"

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Promotion: Swedish design brand Bolon is celebrating 75 years of creating luxury flooring and rugs that aim to highlight the "potential in waste". Launched in 1949 on the premise of "pushing recycling in the design industry" by turning industrial textile waste into premium rugs, all of the brand’s products now contain 68 per cent waste
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MoDus Architects wraps South Tyrol kindergarten in tartan pattern for "warmth and familiarity"

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Architecture studio MoDus Architects has extended a daycare in the town of Terlano, Italy, to create the Tartan School nursery, kindergarten and youth centre. The small South Tyrolean town is surrounded by orchards and vineyards, which the studio used to inform the nursery's appearance. "The school derives its name from the plaster facade of the
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Foster + Partners designs Hollywood offices with spiralling plant-covered terraces

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UK Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled renderings of an office tower to be built in Hollywood with a series of spiralling terraces wrapped around its exterior. Located on a two-acre lot on Sunset Boulevard, the 22-storey building will host creative offices across 525,000 square feet (48, 770 square metres). Renderings depict a circular
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Bruno Mars and Yabu Pushelberg design cocktail lounge at Las Vegas casino

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Musician Bruno Mars and design studio Yabu Pushelberg have teamed up to create the interiors of a cocktail lounge and live music venue at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas. Named The Pinky Ring, the 5,000-square-foot (465-square-metre) lounge is accessible directly from the casino floor, but designed as an entirely separate experience away from the
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Modus carpet tiles by Modulyss

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Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss has created the Modus carpet tiles, a collection that it says is both unconventional and radiates timeless allure. The Modus collection was devised in-house by designer Joris Peutz and features four styles – Rust, Ivy, Fade and Trace. All four channel natural motifs, with both Rust and Ivy featuring patterns
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Ten product design projects by Istituto Europeo di Design

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Dezeen School Shows: a project demonstrating iridescent colours and textural finishes for steel is included in this school show by Istituto Europeo di Design. Also included is a piece of furniture that stores and displays bicycles as an alternative to outdoor storage, and a range of homewares – including bookends, side tables and candle stick
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Supertall skyscrapers and casino planned for Hudson Yards expansion

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Development firm Related Companies has announced plans to expand the program of Hudson Yards with a series of buildings including supertall skyscrapers and a casino. In partnership with Wynn Resorts, the developer submitted proposals to the city for the project in February and last week released a series of renderings showing what the potential skyscrapers
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Habitare to encourage "creative meetings" as Finland seeks to become global design destination

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Promotion: long-running Finnish design fair Habitare will take place in Helsinki in September along with its returning trade platform Habitare Pro. Running for more than 50 years, Habitare is Finland's leading design fair and live creative event, providing a platform for the Nordic nation's designers and brands. The event will curate the latest furniture, lighting
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Mirror lighting collection by Benjamin Hopf for Formagenda

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Dezeen Showroom: described as both futuristic and elegant, the Mirror lighting collection by German designer Benjamin Hopf for Formagenda features flat, reflective shapes. The Mirror collection contains a series of suspended rectilinear lights that combine the visual properties of both mirrors and lighting. The design is available in three formats and three colours, which can be
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Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa clads rural Spanish house with cork blocks

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Architecture studio Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa has completed The Cork and Wood House, a home in Spain that is finished with a raw palette of materials. Located in the farming hamlet of Navajeda, the 175-square-metre home was designed by Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa to have a minimal impact on its rural surroundings, both visually and in terms of
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MAD reveals design for Lishui Airport with swooping "bird-like" roof

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Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for the Lishui Airport in China, which will feature a swooping white roof informed by soaring birds. Perched on a hilly terrain 15 kilometres outside the city centre, the domestic airport will be the first to service the city of Lishui. A swooping roof rising up to almost
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"Skyscrapers are irrelevant to architecture" says commenter

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In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a black-clad, "modernist" skyscraper completed in downtown Los Angeles by architecture studio Marmol Radziner. The Beaudry is 695-foot-tall (212 metres) and is now the tallest residential structure in California, according to the studio. Readers were split in their reactions. "Skyscrapers are irrelevant to architecture" Commenter Sanda Weisz
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Dune light by Moss

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Dezeen Showroom: inspired by rolling sand formations, German brand Moss' Dune light features a sculptural arrangement of aluminium shades. The light and shadows cast by desert sand dunes led designer Daniel Becker to create the Dune luminaire, which is made up of curved aluminium elements that both shield and reflect light at various angles. "Lined up
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One week left to save 20 per cent on your Dezeen Awards entry

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There's just one week left to save 20 per cent on entry fees for Dezeen Awards 2024! You still have enough time to enter and pay less. Early entry closes 27 March. Entry will still be open until 30 May with late entry accepted until 6 June at a higher fee. Why not start your
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Bentley launches Bentayga Mulliner to offer the "ultimate in comfort and space"

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Promotion: Bentley's bespoke commissioning division, Mulliner, has unveiled its flagship SUV that aims to combine the performance of a supercar with the comfort of a limousine. Designed to offer the "ultimate in comfort and space", the Bentayga Mulliner builds on the brand's focus on prestige, presence and personalisation. The car aims to provide high levels
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Studio Aisslinger transforms historic Berlin art squat into Fotografiska Berlin

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A former department store that became a famous artists' squat is now home to Fotografiska Berlin, a photography museum featuring interior design by German designer Werner Aisslinger. Once the second-largest shopping arcade in Berlin, the building is best known as the Kunsthaus Tacheles, home of the Tacheles artist collective, who occupied it from 1990 to
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NORD Architects designs dementia care centre in Pennsylvania

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Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has designed its first project in the United States, a dementia care centre in Pennsylvania for elderly patients aimed at creating a welcoming environment to enhance knowledge and care around the disease. Called the Memory Care Center, the project will encompass a 150,700-square-foot (14,000 square metre) assisted-care campus that will host
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Dezeen Agenda features photos of the Grand Egyptian Museum

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the highly anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. The world's largest museum, which was designed by Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects, has been captured ahead of its opening in Giza, Egypt. Commissioned by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, The Grand Egyptian Museum is
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Cannon Design draws on "essence of Michigan forests" for university building

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US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and "prioritized inclusion", drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Buffalo office of Cannon Design completed the 163,000-square foot (15140-square metre) Western Michigan University Student Center in 2023. "The primary concept
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Cúpla decorates Rixo Marylebone store with hand-painted murals

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Interior design studio Cúpla has completed a boutique for fashion brand Rixo in central London that features hand-painted illustrations and colourful zellige tiles. The clothing store on Marylebone High Street was revamped by Cúpla, whose creative director Gemma McCloskey is the twin sister of Rixo co-founder Orlagh McCloskey. The interior designer had previously designed the brand's
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Bomma brings "magical texture" to Flare light using traditional glassmaking technique

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Promotion: Czech lighting brand Bomma has released a modular pendant light made of hand-pulled crystal-glass rods designed by Kateřina Handlová. The Flare light consists of three separate glass tubes – one straight and two curved – that Handlová designed so that they can be arranged into numerous constellations. The pendant was made using a traditional
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Pelli Clarke & Partners completes Japan's tallest skyscraper in Tokyo

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US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed Japan's tallest skyscraper, the Mori JP Tower, as part of the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo. At 330 metres high, the glass-clad Mori JP Tower is Tokyo's first supertall skyscraper and the tallest building in Japan, exceeding the 300-metre-tall Abeno Harukas in Osaka, also designed by Pelli Clarke
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Cantinho do Céu in São Paulo demonstrates the power of public space

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Our next Social Housing Revival series case study looks at the development of a series of favelas in São Paulo by Brazilian studio Boldarini Arquitetura e Urbanismo that take a new approach to informal settlements by prioritising social, communal spaces. Beginning in 2008 and still ongoing, this project seeks to address the issues of displacement
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Production designer Patrice Vermette put himself "in the position of the architect" for Dune

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Brutalism, septic tanks and a rejection of the status quo of sci-fi informed the set design of the film Dune: Part Two, production designer Patrice Vermette tells Dezeen in this interview. Vermette worked on both parts of the movie Dune, an adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel realised by director Denis Villeneuve. The second film continues
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LLLL.08 lamp by Sarah Dehandschutter for LLLL

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Dezeen Showroom: designer Sarah Dehandschutter has created a sculptural pendant lamp for her brand LLLL that acts as both a light source and a piece of "luminous artwork". The LLLL.08 lamp comprises an aluminium frame bent into shape by hand, with polyester fabric stretched across it to create a wave effect. LED light strips are
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Five architecture and design events from China in March

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Fashion brand Loewe's exhibition Crafted World and the second edition of Design Shenzhen are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Also featured in the guide are Michael Borremans: The Promise presented by Italian brand Prada and the 53rd edition of CIFF Guangzhou. Additionally, Chinese architecture studio Condition_Lab
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Joanna Laajisto creates "dark and woody" interior for Pyhä Ski Resort pizzeria

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Helsinki-based designer Joanna Laajisto has completed Popolo, a ski resort restaurant designed to be both cosy and practical for guests walking in from the slopes. The Studio Joanna Laajisto founder designed the pizzeria as part of Kultakero, a new hotel at the Pyhä Ski Resort in northern Finland. Her scheme features a floor made from
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Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires

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Local firm Studio VARA has completed Fire Country Lookout, a rural retreat in northern California that is wrapped in a protective shell made of standing-seam metal and is equipped to operate off the grid. Located near the town of Healdsburg in Sonoma County, the house sits on a hilltop dotted with oak trees. A long,
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Adjaye Associates appoints CEOs to lead studio in its "next chapter"

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Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has announced a new leadership structure, eight months after the studio lost numerous projects in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against its founder. The studio named Kofi Bio, Lucy Tilley, and Pascale Sablan as CEOs of its Accra, London, and New York studios, with founder David Adjaye becoming executive chair of the group.
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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

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Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. According to the BBC, the studios are creating a masterplan for the entire island as part of a project led by actor Idris Elba, whose father was born in Sierra
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Richard Parr Associates nestles charred-timber home into UK countryside

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UK architecture studio Richard Parr Associates has completed a single-storey family residence on a wild countryside site in Oxfordshire. Drawing on the local farmhouse typology, the home by Richard Parr Associates features a sloped-roof brick structure clad with charred timber and topped with corrugated metal roofing. To better frame the views of the surrounding landscape, the
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"Social housing has become a matter of enclaves and micro-sites"

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Peter Barber's architecture proves that providing social housing at scale without making the design mistakes of the past is eminently possible, writes Owen Hatherley as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Once upon a time, everyone knew how to solve a housing crisis, or at least they thought they did. The solution was quantity.
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Architects for Gaza plans to deliver free education to architecture students in Gaza

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Online group Architects for Gaza has launched the Gaza Global University to offer free education to architecture students impacted by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Architects for Gaza (AFG), which is led by architects and University of Westminster educators Nasser Golzari and Yara Sharif, revealed it was establishing Gaza Global University earlier this month. AFG plans to
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Hampton seating collection by Morgan

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Dezeen Showroom: clean lines meet mid-century detailing in the Hampton collection of sofas and chairs by British brand Morgan. Designed by Morgan's creative director Katerina Zachariades, the Hampton seating collection features sofas, lounge chairs and dining chairs, united by elegant stitching and buttons on their backrests that add character to the upholstery. Morgan describes the
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Jay Osgerby, Pilar Zeta and Noella Nibakuze announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2024

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Architect Eric Owen Moss, designer Jay Osgerby, artist Pilar Zeta, design director Noella Nibakuze and interior designer Betsy Smith have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. Dezeen Awards 2024 launched last month in partnership with Bentley. There is just over one week left until the early entry deadline! Enter by 27 March to save
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Eleven rammed earth buildings from around the world

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In response to the growing interest among Pinterest users in earthy interiors, we have rounded up eleven refined rammed-earth projects from our Pinterest. From ranch houses in Texas to tennis courts in Mexico, the projects included in this roundup demonstrate how the warm aesthetic of rammed earth can be used in different ways, proving natural
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Pininfarina designs "world's cleanest snowmobile" for Vidde

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Swedish mobility company Vidde has developed an electric snowmobile in partnership with Italian design studio Pininfarina that aims to minimise carbon emissions while being fun to drive. Vidde set out to create an alternative to existing petrol and diesel snowmobiles, which typically produce more than twice as much CO2 per journey as a car. The
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Panigiri dining system by Extremis among seven new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: a modular outdoor dining table system that combines various types of seating is among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Panigiri dining system by Extremis Belgian furniture brand Extremis has released a modular dining system that combines three different seating variations and can be made to any required length. Picnic bench-style seating – also
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Competition: win a Steelcase Karman office chair

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For our latest competition, we've collaborated with global furniture brand Steelcase to offer Dezeen readers the chance to win one of the company’s newest ergonomic office chairs. By entering, one lucky reader will win a Steelcase Karman chair with a dark grey Merle frame and a blue-red mesh seat, which has an iridescent purple hue.
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LA chicken restaurant by Preen Inc "glows from within"

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American studio Preen Inc has updated a fast-food restaurant in Los Angeles to harken back to Southern California's roadside diners of the 1960s, when the establishment was originally founded. Dino's Famous Chicken is run by four sisters who from LA who wanted to pay homage to the city and their Greek family heritage as part
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RDTH Architekti converts old mill into contemporary home in Slovakia

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Czech studio RDTH Architekti has transformed an old mill and farm in Slovakia into a family home, introducing a series of timber structures that reference its former sheds and chicken coops. Aptly named New House with Old Mill, the home sits alongside a small stream in Trenčín on a site occupied by the former mill
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Ten Mexican holiday homes characterised by earthy hues

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From a brutalist dwelling nestled in a pine forest to a beachy weekend retreat with a rooftop swimming pool, our latest lookbook features 10 holiday homes across Mexico. While known for their often vibrant colours, Mexican interiors also include many examples of more muted designs. These earthy hues are often created through the use of
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Yussef Agbo-Ola creates jute and hemp temple for Sharjah Architecture Triennial

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Architect Yussef Agbo-Ola has created a tent-like temple informed by Sharjah's topography and biodiversity as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial. Occupying a classroom within the former school that is now the triennial's headquarters, the temple was designed by Agbo-Ola of London environmental design practice Olaniyi Studio as a place for incense burning and reflection. Named Jabal:
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Traditional cabins inform mountain retreat in the Ukrainian Carpathians

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Lviv studios Sanina Arch Club and Gubar Architects used a "combination of modern and local traditions" for Krasnyk House, a holiday cabin in the Carpathian mountains in Ukraine. Krasnyk House's form mimics the typical architecture of the Hutsuls – an ethnic group from the mountains of western Ukraine – and blends it with contemporary materials
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Watch The World Around's In Focus: Research live from the Design Museum

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Dezeen has teamed up with The World Around and Future Observatory to stream the In Focus: Research event, which will focus on the "critical importance of research in design today". Tickets to attend the event in person are sold out, but you can watch it live here from 3-6pm UK time. Taking place at the
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CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

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US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel
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WXY and Situ lead design of New York outdoor dining prototypes

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Local studios WXY Architecture and Situ have collaborated with government agencies to create standardised formats for outdoor dining pavilions in New York City to improve health and safety along with new guidelines. Following a decision to keep outdoor dining pavilions as a permanent fixture on New York streets, the city launched a public competition for
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Inchbald School of Design presents ten architecture and garden design projects

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Dezeen School Shows: an adaptive reuse project that sees a chapel converted into a live-work space is featured in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Inchbald School of Design. Also included is a project that renovates a mews house according to Japanese design principles and a garden informed by traditional English country gardens. Inchbald
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Architects part of historic "social cleansing" of cities, says David Chipperfield at Design Doha

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Promotion: architect David Chipperfield has delivered a critique of his profession as part of a panel discussion at the Design Doha Forum that is now available to stream on Dezeen. Chipperfield spoke alongside Design Museum London director Tim Marlow and Qatari architect Ibrahim Jaidah on a Design Doha Forum (DDF) panel titled "Agent of change:
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Norm Architects creates cedar-clad summerhouse that nods to traditional barns

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A sedum roof designed to "change colours with the seasons" tops Heatherhill Beach House, a wooden holiday home burrowed among the hills on the Danish coast by local studio Norm Architects. The 232-square-metre house will be used by its owners as "a getaway from everyday life in Copenhagen," according to Norm Architects. Heatherhill Beach House
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Social housing means "I can breathe again" say residents

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Dezeen speaks to residents of new council housing in London about what their homes mean to them as part of our Social Housing Revival series. "When I got here, I was just really in shock because it is absolutely beautiful," said Amanda Bennett*, a mother-of-three who recently moved into a new council house near south London's
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Panigiri dining system by Extremis

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Dezeen Showroom: Belgian furniture brand Extremis has created a modular outdoor dining system called Panigiri, which is designed to comfortably accommodate people via a range of seating options. Designed by Extremis founder Dirk Wynants, the Panigiri dining system is based around a long table with either attached bench seating or open space for chairs. The benches
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Only a week left to register for Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge webinar

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Planning on entering Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge? There is just under a week left to register for a webinar about how to use the Marmoleum material. Register before 21 March to join. The webinar, which takes place on 28 March, will see Forbo Flooring's design team lead a deep dive into its
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Recycled stone forms walls of Rajasthan farmhouse by Sketch Design Studio

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Sketch Design Studio has completed a rural residence in north India that combines a highly ordered facade with a rustic stone interior. Located near the Aravalli mountains in Rajasthan, the two-storey Stone House is built from stone blocks sourced from local demolition sites. The walls are rendered externally in mud and lime plaster. This provides
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HKS references "forts and palaces" for monolithic arena in Saudi Arabia

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Architecture studio HKS has unveiled plans for The Arena in Diriyah, a 20,000-seat venue for sports and entertainment in Saudi Arabia that references the country's traditional architecture. Designed by HKS for developer Diriyah Company, the arena will be located in the town of Diriyah and intended as a "tourism hallmark" that helps draw visitors to the
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Dezeen Debate features Muscat mosque that is "gently reshaping the canon"

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a mosque in Oman by architecture studio Altqadum. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The Bab Al Salam Mosque  is characterised by five geometric volumes and a cone-shaped minaret. The studio set out to create a minimalist space free from decorative elements. Commenters were in awe of
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Marmol Radziner completes California's tallest residential skyscraper

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California architecture studio Marmol Radziner has completed a black-clad, "modernist" skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, which is now the tallest residential structure in the state of California, according to the studio. The Beaudry is a 695-foot-tall (212 metres) luxury residential skyscraper with 64 storeys. It contains 785 residential units, a large outdoor third-floor terrace and
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Five roles in design and architecture education featured on Dezeen Jobs

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We've selected five job roles in the education sector available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at Cornell University, Norwich University of the Arts and Parsons School of Design. Department chair at Cornell University The Department of Human Centered Design at Cornell University has a vacancy for a full-time department chairperson to join its staff
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Studio Guma converts stone farmhouse into "family sanctuary" in Normandy

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Architecture practice Studio Guma has overhauled an old farmhouse in Normandy, retaining its stone and timber structure to "evoke the rural history" of the site. Located in the village of Hécourt, the farmhouse and two outbuildings have been adapted to create a "family sanctuary" suitable for gatherings. "The main ambition of the landowner was to
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The Caserne de Reuilly in Paris was "a hollow tooth that we had to fill"

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We continue our Social Housing Revival series with a look at the Caserne de Reuilly, the transformation of a 19th-century barracks in Paris into hundreds of affordable homes that is emblematic of the city's effective approach to retrofit housing. Located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, the project was completed in 2020 for the country's
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Dine table by Formway for Noho

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Dezeen Showroom: design studio Formway has created a multi-purpose dining table collection for fellow New Zealand brand Noho, designed to be the centrepiece around which various activities can take place. From evening meals to extravagant dinner parties, the tables in the Dine range are intended to create space for family and friends to gather, socialise
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Five key projects by architect and Dezeen Awards judge Francine Houben

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Mecanoo founding partner Francine Houben has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work. Houben is the founding partner and creative director of Dutch architecture studio Mecanoo, which has completed numerous cultural, civic and residential projects around the world. "Together with the partners, we lead the
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Powerhouse Company completes Europe's first mass-timber academic building

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Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, is "the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood". Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg, the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone. The main structure and internal
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V&A's Tropical Modernism exhibition explores "the politics behind the concrete"

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London's Victoria and Albert Museum has launched its Tropical Modernism exhibition, which highlights the architectural movement's evolution from colonial import to a "tool of nation building". According to the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the exhibition aims to examine the complex context, power dynamics and post-colonial legacy of tropical modernism – an architectural style that
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Cupa Pizarras creates facade cladding system made from natural slate

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Promotion: Spanish company Cupa Pizarras has developed Cupaclad, a facade cladding system made from slate that aims to provide a sustainable alternative to conventional exterior finishes. The Cupaclad system was created by Cupa Pizarras to showcase the material's design merits, from its recognisable grey colouration to its insulation properties. The raw slate used for the
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