Raúl Sánchez Architects adds colourful details and "kitchen cube" to Spanish home

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Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has renovated the PSM21 house outside of Barcelona, adding an interior staircase to turn two separate apartments into one home with colourful details. The studio aimed to turn the properties, in the coastal town of Castelldefels, into a single 250-square-metre house that takes advantage of its sea views. "The connection
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Populous designs Charlotte Hornets facility clad in "swarm" of panels

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Global design studio Populous has unveiled renderings for an NBA training centre with metal panels and a roof terrace in Charlotte, North Carolina. Slated to break ground in early 2025, the state-of-the-art practice facility will serve the Charlotte Hornets and will be adjacent to the Spectrum Center, the team's home arena. "We're thrilled to partner
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My ArchiSchool spotlights ten architecture student projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a house which takes cues from traditional Japanese houses is included in this school show by students at My ArchiSchool. Also included is a veterinary centre for rehoming cats and a design for a high-rise building inspired by The Shard in London, UK. My ArchiSchool Institution: My ArchiSchool School: My ArchiSchool Courses:
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Ramp seating by Skrivo for MDD

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Dezeen Showroom: Milan studio Skrivo took visual cues from skateboarding infrastructure when designing the curved-edged Ramp seating for furniture brand MDD. Ramp is available as a series of seating styles, developed by Skrivo to be combined in large configurations in open-plan areas such as receptions – according to MDD, "it is the answer to the functional
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Tiles by Palet

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Dezeen Showroom: Dutch design brand Palet has developed a system for manufacturing ceramic tiles with a distinctive six-striped composition that can be personalised in both its colour and pattern. Palet's signature tiles have a glossy, glazed surface comprising six vertical stripes that can be specified in one of 25 patterns, from symmetrical stripes to more
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Mary Arnold-Forster Architects creates "modern agricultural aesthetic" for Cumbrian home

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Horizontal larch planks clad the exterior of Brampton, a house on a steeply sloping site in Cumbria by Scottish studio Mary Arnold-Forster Architects. Named after the nearby town of Brampton, the home replaces a former stable and workshop that was originally constructed in the 1960s and had fallen into disrepair. Mary Arnold-Forster Architects took advantage
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Charlotte Perriand's Bibliothèques countered the "elitist" furniture she created for Le Corbusier

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In the 1950s, French designer Charlotte Perriand stepped out of the shadow of her mentor Le Corbusier and created several pieces that would enter the mid-century modern design canon – most notably a pioneering modular storage system. Originally developed on a small budget for even smaller rooms in two new student halls at the Cité
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Essence coffee table and stool by Norm Architects for True Design

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Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand True Design worked with Danish studio Norm Architects on a small wooden item that can be used as a coffee table or stool. The Essence coffee table and stool has a simple, rectilinear form made from squared-off planks of either walnut or oak. Norm Architects looked to wood as a material
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Hot Chip co-founder Joe Goddard set to headline Dezeen Awards 2024 party

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Dezeen Awards, in partnership with Bentley, has announced artist and DJ Joe Goddard as the headline act for the Dezeen Awards 2024 party in London on 26 November. Taking place at Hackney Church, a sensitively restored Grade II-listed building renovated by minimalist designer John Pawson has welcomed artists such as Robbie Williams, Ed Sheeran and
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Studio Sløyd showcases "through-coloured" wood with 24 Roggbif stools

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Norway-based Studio Sløyd has developed a process for dyeing entire blocks of wood and used it to produce 24 playful multi-coloured stools. Studio Sløyd founders Herman Ødegaard and Mikkel Jøraandstad showcased their series of "through-coloured" wood stools in the exhibition Roggbif at Oslo boutique Sorgenfri. Their process is unusual in that it applies colour through an
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Ripple sofa by Askia Furniture among 12 new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: a modular sofa with rouched fabric detailing and chunky French seams is among 12 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Ripple sofa by Askia Furniture Romanian brand Askia Furniture used chunky French seams and rouched detailing to add visual interest to its Ripple sofa. The collection is modular, allowing it to be used alone
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Studio Fuksas creates dramatic all-white stage design for Tosca and Turandot

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Promotion: Italian architecture firm Studio Fuksas has made its operatic debut with open-air productions of Tosca and Turandot, for which the company designed an all-white set in front of Rome's ancient Baths of Caracalla. Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas's stage design constituted a key venue for the 2024 Caracalla Festival and offered a unified vision for
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Studio Empathy and Praxes design library at Korean Cultural Center New York

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Traditional Korean architecture influenced the layout and shelving design in the library at the Korean Cultural Center New York, designed by Studio Empathy and Praxes. Changhaak Choi of Studio Empathy and Jiyoung Kim from Praxes worked together to complete the 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) library, located on the third floor of the Korean Cultural Center New York's
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Line+ Studio floats doughnut-shaped weather balloon above rural Chinese landscape

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A doughnut-shaped meteorological balloon and woven timber tunnel have been completed by architecture practice Line+ Studio in rural area in Zhejiang, China. Named Woven Gateway and Sky Ring, the two structures were commissioned as part of the enhancement of the Chuan Yan Nineteen Peaks Scenic Area. Line+ Studio designed the  structures to be minimal but
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Seven transparent bathrooms for households who share everything

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In this lookbook we collect bathrooms with see-through walls, best suited to those who take a more relaxed attitude to privacy in the home. In most homes the bathroom is designed as a private space. But as the interiors listed below demonstrate, deciding against encasing the washroom in opaque walls can bring in natural light,
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Funamachi Base cafe and sweet shop designed as "extension of the park"

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Timber pillars and PVC pipes were left bare to blur the boundaries between the interior and exterior of cafe and sweet shop in Funamachi, Japan, designed by Schemata Architects. Named Funamachi Base, the combined sweet store and cafe is located next to a park in the centre of Funamachi, a riverport town in central Japan. This
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Studio Collective completes The Hotel at The Moore in Miami Design District

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Design firm Studio Collective has created a boutique hotel inside The Moore building in Miami Design District, completing the landmark's transformation into a multi-functional hospitality venue. Recently opened, The Hotel at The Moore occupies the building's fourth floor and includes 13 suites designed by Studio Collective to feel like private residences. "The hotel suites are
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OFIS Arhitekti converts brutalist printworks in Slovenia into offices

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Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has transformed the brutalist structure of a former Ljubljana printing house into a block of offices that "preserves the memory of its former use". The studio renovated the Mladinska Knjiga Printing House, which was originally designed in 1966 by Slovenian modernist Savin Sever and is considered an important example of post-war
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Eight London house extensions that maximise space and light

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For our latest lookbook we've gathered eight London homes that have traded in unused garden space for contemporary and light-filled living areas. Rear extensions are a popular option for transforming the pokey side returns and galley kitchens of Victorian and Edwardian housing, abundant in many areas of London. The eight examples below showcase how extensions
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This week the Elizabeth Line was named the UK's best new building

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This week on Dezeen, the Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. The largest expansion to London's underground railway network for more than a century was described as "a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution", by the award jury. Also
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Emergentes Architectures Sàrl creates trapezoidal beach house on Chilean coast

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Swiss architecture studio Emergentes Architectures Sàrl designed a linear beach house with angled concrete columns and wood cladding on the coast of Chile. Completed in 2024, the 220-square metre (2,370-square foot) Dreal House is located on a gently sloping, 0.25 acre lot in Playa Hermosa. Emergentes Architectures Sàrl, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, designed the trapezoidal
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Eight architecture programmes featured on Dezeen Courses

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Dezeen Courses: for our latest Dezeen Courses roundup, we've selected eight architecture programmes including short courses, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, all aimed at students looking to make their mark in the industry. Here are ten architecture programmes currently featured on Dezeen Courses. Masters in Architecture at the Architectural Institute Paris The Masters in Architecture course
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Eight acoustic items that help to quieten down lively interiors

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Dezeen Showroom: from lighting and seating with acoustic properties to sound-absorbing panels, the following products are among noise-controlling items recently featured on Dezeen Showroom. Acoustic items are often required in workplaces as well as residential, education, healthcare and hospitality environments – anywhere in which noise levels can easily become out of control, or where quiet
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Moody Nolan co-founder Curtis Jerome Moody dies aged 73

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Architect Curtis Jerome Moody, co-founder of the largest African-American-owned architecture firm in the US, has passed away aged 73. Curtis Jerome Moody passed away last week on 13 October, Columbus-based architecture firm Moody Nolan announced on its website. The architect was best known as the co-founder of Moody Nolan, which he established with the late engineer
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Vitrocsa showcases innovative window systems through Canadian home by Studio MK27

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Promotion: innovative window systems developed by glazing specialists Vitrocsa were used to provide an extensively-glazed exterior to this home in Whistler, Canada, designed by Brazilian architecture firm Studio MK27. Conceived as "large glass box", Flag House is defined by its rectilinear structure, which is composed of two volumes – comprising a smaller ground floor volume
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Framework Ceiling Frames by Acoufelt

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Dezeen Showroom: product design brand Acoufelt has developed an acoustic, grid-like ceiling frame system that presents an unobstructive way to control the noise levels of interior spaces. Framework Ceiling Frames come in two variations – open and capped – that share a geometric structure and high classification of acoustic performance. The open version of the
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Atelier Xi designs weathering steel pavilions that "elegantly meander" through Shenzhen park

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Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen, using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. Atelier Xi created the visitor centre in Qiaochenbei North Park, a newly-created area of woodland in Shenzhen's Nanshan District that was opened to the public in 2024.
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Ten emerging Dutch designers to look out for

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On the eve of Dutch Design Week, 10 former recipients of the Dutch Design Awards have nominated 10 rising stars making waves across the Netherlands. This year, the Dutch Design Awards (DDA) – an annual competition that celebrates the best of recent Dutch design – asked 10 former recipients of the awards to nominate an
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Arne Jacobsen "dared to work with modern materials" for Egg chair

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Continuing our mid-century modernism series, we take a look at the iconic Egg chair, which was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the former SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Characterised by an oval, upholstered main body supported by a steel insert and a four-pronged aluminium tilt and swivel base, the Egg has
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Impulse wall light by Modular Lighting Instruments

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Dezeen Showroom: Belgian lighting design brand Modular Lighting Instruments and designer Maarten De Ceulaer have released a wall lamp that casts a gradient of geometric-shaped light across walls. The Impulse wall light comes in diamond and circular shapes, which emit striking washes of light that correspond to the lamp's shape. "I wanted the shape of
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Dezeen and SketchUp are launching Design Workshops with Uchronia and Tola Ojuolape

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Dezeen is teaming up with SketchUp to launch the Design Workshops video series in which leading designers describe how they created especially commissioned interior environments. The series will launch in two weeks with the first of two videos hosted by Uchronia founder Julien Sebban, who will explain how he used SketchUp's design software to create a
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Fruitmarket Gallery renovation by Reiach and Hall Architects draws on "its previous histories"

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This video produced by Jim Stephenson features a renovated gallery in Edinburgh by Reiach and Hall Architects, which has been shortlisted for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The film forms the first in a series of videos being published by Dezeen this month in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of
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Rural structures in Québec inform Virgin Vineyard House by LAMAS

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A rugged stone wall lines the front of a long, linear house in Québec, Canada, by architectural studio LAMAS, which was designed to capitalise on views while minimising disruption to the landscape. Located in the small village of North Hatley within the Eastern Townships region, the house is nestled between a logging road and a
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Dezeen Agenda features a "cracked open" apartment block by MAD Architects

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a mirrored apartment block in Colorado by MAD Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Architecture studio MAD Architects has completed a residential block in Denver, Colorado, named One River North. The building's main facade was "cracked open" with a large, canyon-like opening, inspired by the
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Studio Gang wraps hotel in perforated facade informed by Aspen trees

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Architecture practice Studio Gang has completed the Populus hotel in Denver, which the studio claims is the "first carbon-positive hotel" in the US. Located in downtown Denver, the 13-storey hotel has a distinct facade with elliptical windows of varying sizes, designed to reflect the "Aspen eyes" of Colorado's native Aspen tree, also known as Populus
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Kabin 1 pod by Kabin

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Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Kabin has created a compact, sound-proof pod designed for open-plan offices that are modelled on first-class aircraft cabins. Surrounded by glass walls, Kabin 1 is designed to aid productivity while ensuring occupants have a visual connection to their surroundings – while the pod is primarily intended for use in commercial settings,
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Mur Mur Lab creates glazed pavilions overlooking "mysterious" landscape in China

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Architecture studio Mur Mur Lab has designed the Dongdan Grassland Sea Ruins Station in eastern China, creating two wave-topped glass pavilions that offer passers-by a "moment to connect with nature". Located in the Dongshen Township in Zhejiang province, the structure overlooks an area of mudflat pasture spanning nearly 1,000 acres (405 hectares), that was created
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RCR Arquitectes unveils plans for "unusually narrow" skyscraper in Dubai

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Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes has revealed its design for the 380-metre-high Muraba Veil skyscraper in downtown Dubai, which will only be one apartment wide. Set to be built alongside Dubai's main highway and the Dubai Canal, the skyscraper will have a unique form with a wide main facade and only a 22.5-metre width.
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Kashima sofa by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset

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Dezeen Showroom: the English Chesterfield is given a modern update in the Kashima sofa, a classic designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset. Originally created in 1976 and reissued with technical enhancements in 2023, the Kashima sofa has been dubbed the "comfortable Chesterfield" because of the way its quilted design evokes the buttoned backrest of the
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Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2024

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A 19th-century dairy farm ruin converted into holiday accommodation by London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has been awarded this year's RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. Located in Dorset, the Wraxall Yard complex contains "highly accessible" holiday lets alongside an educational space and community space integrated with inclusive design strategies to create spaces for "people of all
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Kaldewei collaborates with e15 and Stefan Diez for oak bathroom furniture

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Promotion: bathroom manufacturer Kaldewei has teamed up with industrial designer Stefan Diez for e15 to create a range of minimalist furniture and accessories described as "practical and clever". Meant to complement Kaldewei's line of glazed-titanium steel bathtubs, the furniture was designed by Munich-based Stefan Diez with furniture manufacturer e15 in a tie-up between the German
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"Modest and pioneering" Hackney council housing wins 2024 Neave Brown Award

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British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has won this year's Neave Brown Award for Housing for Chowdury Walk, a council housing development in Hackney, London. Comprised of 11 terraced houses, seven of which are available for social rent, the development was built between two existing terraces on a plot that previously used as garages. The houses,
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London's Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize

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The Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. Described as "a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution", the Elizabeth Line is the largest expansion to London's underground railway network for more than a century. The jury named
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Robert A M Stern designs pair of performance halls for Ohio State

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Architecture studios Robert A M Stern Architects and DLR Group have unveiled a pair of higher education buildings for performing arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA. New York City-based Robert A M Stern Architects (RAMSA) collaborated with architect of record and performance venue designer DLR Group to create the Timashev Family Music Building
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Prada and Axiom Space reveal spacesuits for next lunar landing

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Fashion house Prada and aerospace company Axiom Space have revealed their design for NASA's Artemis III spacesuit, set to be worn by the first astronauts to return to the surface of the moon in over 50 years. The companies unveiled the designs for the spacesuit – named the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit –
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Seven interior design projects by students at the American University in Dubai

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Dezeen School Shows: a nursery designed for children who are colourblind is featured in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the American University in Dubai. Also included is a rescue centre for stray animals as well as an exhibition around the role of the traditional Arabic robe-like dress the abaya in the fashion industry. American
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Barnacle wall sconce by Articolo

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Dezeen Showroom: Australian lighting company Articolo has collaborated with artist Emma Davies to produce the Barnacle wall sconce, which is covered in delicate shell-like forms handmade from reclaimed materials. The Barnacle wall light is the first product in Articolo's Artist Series and draws on Davies' practice of transforming everyday materials. Articolo founder and creative director Nicci
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Tribute100 tiles by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces

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Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Fiandre Architectural Surfaces pays homage to its classic Serie 100 collection with Tribute100, a range of tiles with metallic glazes that subtly reflect light. The Serie 100 collection was Fiandre Architectural's first to be made with a high percentage of recycled materials and featured slightly metallic surfaces, and Tribute100 continues that legacy with
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BVN tops Sydney's brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions

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Architecture studio BVN has retrofitted the 1970s brutalist Sirius building in Sydney, Australia, and extended it with a series of copper-clad pods. The studio renovated the distinctive, brutalist housing project located near Sydney Harbour, which was designed  in 1979 by Dutch architect Tao Gofers. BVN a competition to redesign the building in 2019 following a campaign
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Whether "teaspoons or a national bank", Arne Jacobsen designed things down to the last detail

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We continue our series on mid-century modernism with a profile on Danish architect Arne Jacobson, whose ethos of total design saw him craft buildings down to the smallest details. Jacobsen once stated how "the act of creation is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank," and his broad output
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Ripple sofa by Askia Furniture

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Dezeen Showroom: Romanian brand Askia Furniture has launched the modular Ripple sofa collection, named after its ruched edges that are designed to emulate draped fabric. Ripple is designed primarily for use in office interiors, with easily reconfigurable components to tailor to changing needs in the workplace. Its components can be used to form sofas for
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Join us at Hackney Church for the Dezeen Awards 2024 party!

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With just over a month until the annual Dezeen Awards 2024 party on 26 November, time is running out to purchase your tickets! Taking place at the beautifully restored Hackney Church in London on 26 November, we will celebrate this year's winners with canapes, champagne, live entertainment and music throughout the night. This special occasion
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Oil spill cleanup proposal takes second place in Start Something Powerful Competition

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Designer Rehan Petit has been awarded second place in Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition for his proposal to cleanup oil spill using repurposed boat bumpers. The global design competition invited architects and designers to envisage innovative concepts that could have a transformative effect on people's lives over the next 100 years. Through the design
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OMI designs autonomous "multi-person scooter platform" to combat urban congestion

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Transport-focussed industrial design studio Of My Imagination has unveiled a proposal for a multi-person scooter that could travel along cycle lanes to help reduce overcrowding within cities. The vehicle called Hop was the outcome of a self-initiated project by Of My Imagination (OMI) that aims to offer an alternative to existing urban transportation. Responding to
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We+ makes portable Remli lamp from "hardly recyclable" urban detritus

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Tokyo-based design studio We+ has released a portable table lamp made from a material that it has developed, which contains rubble and debris from building sites. The lamp's name, Remli, comes from a combination of the words 'remains' and 'light', in reference to a previous project by We+, named Remains, in which it pioneered the material.
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Gustaf Westman hosts Brooklyn pop-up modeled on "museum experience"

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Swedish designer Gustaf Westman displayed existing and new objects including a colourful "puzzle" shelf during a three-day pop-up event in New York City. Named Gustaf Westman in New York, the show was located in an industrial storefront in Williamsburg and displayed the designer's colourful objects and furniture on a meandering pink and orange pathway. Small
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Dezeen Debate features Cornish courtyard home that "exudes simplicity"

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a lime-render home in Cornwall by Hugh Strange Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. London studio Hugh Strange Architects designed this house in Cornwall that draws inspiration from the traditional farmsteads of England's West Country. The dwelling captured readers' attention, with one describing it as "beautiful, simple,
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American University in Dubai spotlights seven urban design projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a city that integrates agriculture through a self-sufficient ecosystem is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the American University in Dubai. Also included is an analysis framework which incorporates parametric design and housing typologies including villas and apartments. American University in Dubai Institution: American University in Dubai School: Master of
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MAD "cracks open" facade of Denver residential building

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International studio MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver, Colorado, which has a large, canyon-like opening breaking open its main facade. Named One River North, the residential block in Denver's northern RiNo neighbourhood was designed as a nod to geographic formations in the nearby Rocky Mountains. Located next to a major interstate
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World's second Sphere set to be built in Abu Dhabi

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Sphere Entertainment and Abu Dhabi's department of culture and tourism have announced that the second version of the dome-like Sphere venue will be built in the UAE. According to the team, the venue in Abu Dhabi will "echo the scale" of the first Sphere in Las Vegas, which is 112 metres high and has a
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LMN Architects and Field Operations open aquarium extension and park in Seattle

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Architecture studio LMN Architects and landscape studio Field Operations have opened a wood-clad aquarium extension topped with a public park that acts as a bridge between the city and Seattle's waterfront. Part of a larger initiative to rehabilitate the Seattle waterfront that began with a restoration to the city's seawall in 2017, this recently completed
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Facet fabric by Designtex

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Dezeen Showroom: high performance meets natural textures in US brand Designtex's Facet fabric, which features a pattern of fine linework over a woven-look background. Facet is part of Designtex's Wayside collection, which is made of 100 per cent polycarbonate-based polyurethane – a highly durable material even in high-traffic environments. At the same time, the collection avoids
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Museum of Shakespeare protects archaeological remains of Curtain Playhouse

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Archaeological remains of Shakespeare's 16th-century Curtain Playhouse have been uncovered and integrated into the Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch, east London, by Perkins&Will. Designed to "reveal and celebrate the historically significant remains" of the theatre, which were uncovered during the early stages of construction on the site, the museum was designed by architecture studio Perkins&Will
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Hans J Wegner's CH24 Wishbone Chair "captured the essence of modern Danish design"

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Continuing our mid-century modern series, we spotlight the CH24 Wishbone Chair, which was created by Danish designer Hans J Wegner for furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son in 1949. The iconic chair, with its characteristic Y-shaped back support, has been in production at Carl Hansen & Son since its launch in 1950. Though Wegner designed
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Emboss acoustic wall panels by Zintra Acoustic

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Dezeen Showroom: Australian brand Zintra Acoustic has added eight designs to its Emboss acoustic panel collection, which features textured surfaces made from embossing. Adding to the brand's existing 10 Emboss designs, the collection aims to imbue a sense of creativity in interiors through its range of panel designs, varying from solid colours to prints that look
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Space architects are preparing for humanity's return to the moon

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This week, leading figures in space architecture will descend on Milan to formally establish the discipline for the first time. Ellen Eberhardt explores what's at stake. Space-related architecture has seen an explosion in activity over the past few years, with the development of off-earth construction methods, zero-gravity interior design and even a dedicated masters' programme.
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Bindloss Dawes converts 18th-century pub into light-filled Michelin-starred restaurant

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Architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has renovated an 18th-century pub in Somerset, England, to create an "intimate" new home for the Osip farm-to-table restaurant. Helmed by chef Merlin Labron-Johnson, Michelin-starred Osip was located on Bruton High Street in Somerset until August of this year, when it was transferred to a nearby Georgian pub built in 1730. Local
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Eight highlights from Dundee Design Festival 2024

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Aeroplane seat covers designed for neurodivergent passengers and a knitted landscape filled with giant mushrooms were among the designs showcased at this year's Dundee Design Festival, Scotland's largest design event. The festival, which took place from 23 to 29 September, celebrated the 10th anniversary of Dundee's UNESCO City of Design status with installations and designs
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Germane Barnes redesigns classical columns around African diasporic themes

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American architect Germane Barnes aims to illustrate aspects of the African Diaspora by reimagining the three classical columnar orders at her Columnar Disorder exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Named Columnar Disorder, the show comprises a series of models and drawings developed by Barnes around three aspects of the African experience during the Diaspora, especially
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Snøhetta wraps Queens library in orange ombre glass covered with script

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Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Far Rockaway Library in New York, which is wrapped in fritted, orange ombre glass covered with thin, white script by Brooklyn artist José Parlá. Located in the Far Rockaway neighbourhood of Queens, the building replaces a former library on site and doubles its size. At 18,000 square feet (1,672
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Nine design projects using virtual reality by students at the American University in Dubai

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Dezeen School Shows: an aircraft to be used as a police vehicle is featured in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the American University in Dubai. Also included is an aircraft intended to serve as a school bus for children and another to be used for tourism in Dubai. American University in Dubai Institution: American
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DW60 dishwasher by Asko

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Dezeen Showroom: sustainability, performance and hygiene meet in the DW60 dishwasher by Swedish brand Asko, which says its appliance is the most reliable in its class. The DW60 dishwasher is designed to last for 20 years of continuous use, thanks to its steel container, loading racks and spray arms – plastic is used for these
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Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter clads Danish university extension in gold-toned metal

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Copenhagen studio Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter has extended Skylab at the Danish Technological University with a cluster of gold blocks arranged around a skylit workshop. Located on the university's Linburg campus, the centre provides an additional 3,000 square metres for Skylab – a research and innovation hub for woodwork, metalwork, 3D printing and robotics. Taking
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Isamu Noguchi's sculptural Akari lamps are "poetic, ephemeral, and tentative"

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Continuing our mid-century modern design series, we explore Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi's Akari lamps made from Japanese washi paper, which remain a staple in stylish interiors to this day. The Akari lamps were designed by Noguchi, who began his career as an artist after dropping out of his premedical studies. He was born in Los
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Women's contribution to mid-century modern design is "not challenged as much now" says Pat Kirkham

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Many female designers from the mid-century modern movement are more celebrated now than when they were producing work, says design historian Pat Kirkham in this interview for our mid-century modern series. US designer Ray Eames, French designer Charlotte Perriand and architect Lina Bo Bardi are some of the women recognised today for their contributions to
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Tell Dezeen about your experience of working in architecture and design

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Dezeen is conducting research about people's experiences of working in architecture and design and we need your help! Click here to fill in our short survey. We have launched a survey that is open to anyone working in architecture or design, or who has worked in the field in the last five years. The survey
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Sahara Wall Panel by Gabriel Tan for Abstracta

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Dezeen Showroom: designer Gabriel Tan has created an acoustic wall panel with protruding curved lines informed by sand dunes for Swedish brand Abstracta. The organic curving lines in the Sahara Wall Panel were designed to add a visually unique feature in interiors while also improving the space's acoustic environment. Sahara Wall Panels come in a
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Six trailblazing designers shortlisted for the Bentley Lighthouse Award

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Dezeen has announced the Bentley Lighthouse Awards shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes Faber Futures' Natsai Audrey Chieza and Studio ThusThat's Paco Böckelmann and Kevin Rouff. First launched in 2023, the Bentley Lighthouse Award recognises those who have had an overwhelmingly beneficial impact on social and environmental sustainability, inclusivity or community empowerment. The
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ETH Zurich explores novel fabrication method for light and reusable concrete staircase

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Material-saving and reversible construction approaches are showcased in the spine-like Cadenza concrete spiral staircase, created by researchers at technology university ETH Zurich working with ROK Architects. The Cadenza staircase is the latest contribution to the NEST building, a laboratory for experimental fabrication techniques that ETH Zurich shares with other research institutes in the Swiss city
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Roots kitchen by Kongacph among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: oaken kitchen cabinets that reference both Scandi design and traditional wooden kitchens are among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Roots kitchen by Heima Architects for Kongacph Historic kitchens made primarily out of timber were the reference point for this kitchen created by design studio Heima Architects for Lithuanian kitchen brand Kongacph. The Roots
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Heal: Repair+ exhibition turns broken items into design objects

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Celebratory party poppers made from a medical report and a rocket backpack were among the items on show at the Heal: Repair+ exhibition at Singapore Design Week.. The exhibition, which was curated by designer Hans Tan together with health lead Wong Sweet Fun – a senior consultant geriatrician – focused on mental wellness and how
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Diandra Maselli Architect renovates historic red-brick home in Montreal

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Montreal architect Diandra Maselli has overhauled a century-old house in the city for herself and her family, modernising the residence while retaining some historic character. The founder of Diandra Maselli Architect acquired the property a week before the Covid-19 pandemic caused global lockdowns, and faced an uphill battle during the renovation of the historic structure.
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Herzog & de Meuron unveils Swiss children's hospital that "functions like a town"

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A wood-clad acute-care facility modelled on a town forms part of University Children's Hospital, which Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed in Zurich. Forming a part of Kinderspital, Switzerland's largest hospital complex for children and adolescents, the 96,200-square-metre project by Herzog & de Meuron also includes a standalone building for research and
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Eight eclectic pizzerias that take the slice-shop to the next level

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For our latest lookbook, we look at the interiors of contemporary pizzerias across the globe, including a pink vegan restaurant in London and a Mexico City space informed by a neighbouring church. From New York City to Italy, its country of origin, pizza is a beloved delicacy across the world. As a result, the humble
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Bernadotte & Kylberg unveils own-label furniture in nature-inspired Arken hotel

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The design duo of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Oscar Kylberg have designed landscape-like interiors for a hotel in a Swedish nature reserve, featuring their first own-label furniture collection. The Bernadotte & Kylberg founders have created three unique suites at Arken, part of the Eriksberg Hotel and Nature Reserve in Blekinge, southern Sweden, which
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Office of Tangible Space redesigns Brooklyn Museum Cafe

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New York studio Office of Tangible Space has refreshed the interiors of the cafe at the Brooklyn Museum, ahead of the institution's 200th anniversary next year. The Brooklyn Museum Cafe is located in the building's light-filled entry pavilion, which was added to the original beaux-arts building in 2004 by Polshek Partnership Architects (now Ennead Architects).
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Wutopia Lab wraps Chinese arts centre in translucent mesh

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Translucent mesh informed by mosquito nets wraps the forms of Flickering Peak, an arts centre in Hainan, China, by architecture studio Wutopia Lab. Located in an area known as Coffee Village in Wanning, the project involved completing a multipurpose arts centre that had been partially constructed, with its basement and structural frame already in place.
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Ten living rooms with warming fireplaces to keep the cold out

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As the weather gets colder in the northern hemisphere, this lookbook compiles ten living spaces where log burners and fireplaces take the chill out of the air and provide a cosy centrepiece. Despite increasingly sophisticated household heating technology, traditional fireplaces remain a popular way to warm homes. From freestanding stoves to built-in wood burners that
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This week we launched our mid-century modern design series

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This week on Dezeen, we kicked off our mid-century modern design series with an overview of the movement, which is showing no signs of abating after more than 70 years. In the first of a series of profiles of mid-century modern designer, we looked back at the career of Finnish-American architect and industrial designer Eero
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Tesla unveils retro-futuristic art deco Robovan

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the brand's long-awaited driverless Robotaxi as well as surprise prototype Robovan at the We, Robot event in Los Angeles, USA. Musk arrived at the launch event at Warner Bros Studios in the fully autonomous Robotaxi, which he dubbed a "Cybercab". However, the star of the show was the surprise
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Birkenstock explores connection to nature in Highwood installation

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Promotion: footwear brand Birkenstock is launching a multisensory installation at its London creative residency space, Birkenstock Studio, where visitors are encouraged to reconnect with nature. Spatial designer David Curtis-Ring, sound artist Justin Wiggan and Berlin-based company H.A.N.D.HIFI have contributed to the installation, which features plants, sculptural creations and a soundscape that is intended to be
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John Akomfrah and LG OLED present video installation at Frieze London

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London-based artist John Akomfrah has collaborated with LG OLED to present a five-screen film installation, as revealed in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. Titled Becoming Wind, the film was originally created by Akomfrah and has been reimagined for Frieze London using multiple LG OLED self-lit televisions. Akomfrah's film plays over five LG OLED screens
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Gatsby sun lounger by Ramón Esteve for Vondom

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Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Vondom has collaborated with architect Ramón Esteve to launch a sun lounger named Gatsby, which was informed by the elegance of the Art Deco movement. Available in white, ecru and tortora colours, Gatsby was designed to have an elegant appearance while also providing functional seating that blends into the poolside environment. "Inspired
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Blank walls control light and views at House in Kyobate by FujiwaraMuro Architects

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Slim openings and silver wallpaper bounce light around the interiors of this minimalist home in Japan, which local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed "to block noise and visibility from the outside". Named House in Kyobate after the suburb near Osaka in which it is located, the family dwelling sits on a corner site bordered by roads.
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A Studio Between takes cues from Jane Jacobs for Frieze London redesign

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The Frieze art fair in London has unveiled its biggest redesign in over a decade featuring a layout inspired by city planning by design office A Studio Between. A Studio Between founder Richard J McConkey looked to the theories of late urban theorist Jane Jacobs when planning the pop-up venue for the 21st edition of
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Eames Shell chair aims to get "the best to the greatest number of people for the least"

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Continuing our series on mid-century modern design, we spotlight the Eames Shell chair, which features a seat that was moulded to the contours of the human body. Created by design duo Charles and Ray Eames in the summer of 1949, the Eames chair became hugely influential in a period of mass production across the United
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"Simple, elegant and taut in form and detail" says commenter

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In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in London with curtain walls and an exposed steel structure completed by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The 55-by-55-metre cube contains private offices, which make up the bulk of the building, while its base incorporates public amenities and a plaza
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Designers of the Year shortlist revealed for Dezeen Awards 2024

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Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes Studio Gang, Fala Atelier, Holloway Li and FOG Architecture. Our Designers of the Year awards, launched last year, recognise the best emerging and established talent whose innovative work has made a notable impact on the industry across architecture, interiors and
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Four projects by RA Architecture Prize winner Cris Ballester Parets

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Economist Cris Ballester Parets has been awarded the 2024 Royal Academy Architecture Prize for her portfolio of sustainable social housing developments in the Balearic Islands. The annual Royal Academy Architecture Prize, which is now in its sixth year, recognises winners for their "substantial contribution to the public and a commitment to excellence in architecture and
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Meisterstück Oyo Duo bath by Stefan Diez for Kaldewei

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Dezeen Showroom: designer Stefan Diez worked with German bathroom brand Kaldewei to create the Meisterstück Oyo Duo bath, an elegant, freestanding steel enamel tub with room for two. Diez and Kaldewei achieved an egg shape with the Meisterstück Oyo Duo – a shape that is hard to achieve in steel enamel. The designer took inspiration from
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Bio-Architecture Formosana organises Taiwanese housing around urban farm

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Taiwanese studio Bio-Architecture Formosana followed the principles of a circular economy when designing the Taisugar Circular Village, a housing complex in Tainan, Taiwan. The Taisugar Circular Village (TCV) provides 351 rental homes surrounding an urban farm, eco-pond and waste management area, allowing all of its residents' basic needs to be provided on-site. According to Bio-Architecture
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Dezeen Agenda features Lotus' tech-heavy concept car

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a concept car by British automaker Lotus. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. British car manufacturer Lotus unveiled the Theory 1, a fully realised concept car designed to create a more immersive driving experience. The three-seater car which features saluting doors and "soft robotic" seats, was designed in
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CCA shades Mexican baseball stadium with concrete umbrellas

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Mexican design studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica (CCA) has created a series of buildings in Jálpa de Mendez, Mexico, centred around a sports complex and baseball stadium shaded by monumental concrete umbrellas. The design of the stadium and surrounding complex was completed in 2023 to revitalize public life in Jálpa de Mendez and "renew the
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Tuned collection by Carnegie Acoustic Solutions

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Dezeen Showroom: design brand Carnegie Acoustic Solutions' new series of acoustic products aims to "transform walls and ceilings into functional, beautiful acoustic solutions". Designed in collaboration with industrial designer Michael DiTullo, the Tuned collection comprises a number of wall- and ceiling-mounted products that share advanced sound-dampening properties. "The five new Kirei products (Matrix Grid, Tessellate
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VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension

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Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in London that features a "brutalist cat flap" and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Located in Stoke Newington, the project was designed for a family of four who wanted to replace their existing dark, cramped extension with a dining and
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VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension

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Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in north London that features a "brutalist cat flap" and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Located in Stoke Newington, the project was designed for a family of four who wanted to replace their existing dark, cramped extension with a dining
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Eero Saarinen's Tulip table has "a kind of dishonesty to it"

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Next in our mid-century modern series, we examine Eero Saarinen's seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect's hatred of table legs. "The undercarriage of chairs and table in a typical interior makes an ugly, confusing, unrestful world," Saarinen remarked. "I wanted to clear up the slum of legs." The designer achieved his
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"Megalopolis is a reminder that the heroic conception of the architect is an intoxicating one"

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Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre new epic movie about a visionary architect has been panned by critics. Will Wiles asks what it all says about the profession's role within contemporary popular culture. One of the characters in Charlie Kaufman's 2008 film Synecdoche New York lives in a house that's on fire. It's on fire when they
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Akunok acoustic seating by Maja Ganszyniec for Abstracta

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Dezeen Showroom: designer Maja Ganszyniec and Swedish brand Abstracta have created a soft seating range called Akunok, intended to provide acoustic seclusion in open environments. The Akunok seating was created by Abstracta to tackle two contemporary workplace challenges: improving soundscapes for increased well-being and creating quiet spaces for focused work. The approach taken is one that
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Dezeen Awards 2024 reveals 35-strong sustainability shortlist

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Dezeen has announced the sustainability shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Mater, Tengbom, Kvadrat and Kirkby Design. The 35 shortlisted studios, in the running for awards in six different sustainability project categories, are located across 19 countries, including Brazil, Thailand, Spain, Poland and Switzerland. Shortlisted projects include a modular seating system
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Dezeen's Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration

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Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen's Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai Taking place during the World Design Cities Conference (WDCC) in Shanghai last month, Global China: Connecting The World Through Design showcased work
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Luca Guadagnino transforms Roman palazzo "steeped in history" into boutique hotel

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Film director Luca Guadagnino's interior design studio has turned a historic palazzo in Rome, Italy, into a luxury hotel. The hotel, named Palazzo Talia, is the first hospitality project from Guadagnino's Studiolucaguadagnino. Originally built in the 16th century, the palazzo was previously a school for children from less privileged backgrounds. The institution, called Nobile Collegio
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The Airey Group and Andrea McLean open Vancouver beach house with folding facade

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Local designers Andrea McLean Studio and the Airey Group have teamed up to create a light, urban beach house with open roof decks and a folding screened facade in Vancouver, British Columbia. The 2,360-square foot (219-square metre) Big Sky Beach House is located on a narrow, 3,960-square foot (368-square metre) lot in a low-rise neighbourhood
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Airy Group and Andrea McLean open Vancouver beach house with folding facade

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Local designers Andrea McLean Studio and the Airey Group have teamed up to create a light, urban beach house with open roof decks and a folding screened facade in Vancouver, British Columbia. The 2,360-square foot (219-square metre) Big Sky Beach House is located on a narrow, 3,960-square foot (368-square metre) lot in a low-rise neighbourhood
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with "super lobby" in New Mexico

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A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The Center for Collaborative Arts and Technology (CCAT) at the University of New Mexico will contain performance halls, labs, gallery space and classrooms. Diller
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Mountain Dew aims to "reclaim its legacy" with mountain-focused rebrand

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Beverage company PepsiCo has unveiled a rebrand of its Mountain Dew drink with a new logo and packaging focused on its mountain roots. The brand's first redesign since 2009 aims to place the mountain at the core of the drink's identity, with the landscape incorporated into the branding and the word mountain added back into
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Neri&Hu captures "spirit of traditional alleyways" at Shanghai arts centre

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Rows of arches and barrel vaults reference Shanghai's historic alleyways at New Bund Performing Arts Centre, completed by local architecture studio Neri&Hu. Located in the Qiantan International Business Zone, also called New Bund, the 17,580-square-metre complex contains a 2,500-seat grand theatre and multipurpose black box, alongside a bar, restaurant and lounges. Aiming to better link
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Renzo Piano Building Workshop completes "big cube" in Paddington

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Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Ten years in the making, the building takes the form of a 55- by 55-metre cube, elevated on a podium of public amenities including an entrance to the London Underground. While
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"Mid-century modern is classic, it's never going away" says Cara Greenberg

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Mid-century modern furniture design endures because it is the "peak" of American furniture design says author Cara Greenberg, whose book popularised the term, in this interview for our mid-century modern series. "Every 30 years, styles are rediscovered," Greenberg told Dezeen. "But each generation that I've observed that comes up since I wrote the book catches
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Moments of Wander textiles by Christiane Müller for HBF Textiles

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Dezeen Showroom: nature-informed patterns and a rich depth of colour characterise HBF Textiles' Moments of Wander collection of fabrics, created by designer Christiane Müller. Müller's fourth collection with HBF, Moments of Wander is based on scenery experienced by the designer during her travels and reflects the level of expertise she has reached with the textile
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World's 59 most outstanding designs shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2024

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Dezeen has announced the design shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Arper, Joseph Joseph, Snøhetta and Humanscale. The 59 shortlisted studios, which are in the running for awards in eleven different design project categories, are located across 25 different countries including Cyprus, Israel, Japan, Ukraine, New Zealand and Italy. The top
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Eight designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition

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Eight innovative designs have been shortlisted for Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition, which called for pioneering proposals that reimagine the way future generations live over the next 100 years. Entrants from more than 34 countries entered the contest, which challenged contestants to envision architecture or design concepts that respond to rapid advancements in
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Santiago Calatrava "inspired by the idea of time" for Gübelin watch

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Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has designed a platinum watch named Ipsomatic for Swiss jeweller and watchmaker Gübelin. The watch, which is the architect's first timepiece, has an organic, curved, 39-millimetre-thick case that is made from platinum. According to Calatrava, he was informed by the history of the Lucerne-based company as well as the concept of time
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Visplay launches modular furniture for "modern workplace planning"

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Promotion: commercial furnishing company Visplay is launching its Omnio Office modular furniture system at Orgatec 2024 in Cologne, Germany. Set to launch later this month, Omnio Office was informed by Visplay's flexible furniture, originally created for retail and has also been in exhibitions, showrooms, car dealerships, pharmacies among other environments. "Companies need the flexibility to
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Delve Architects transforms pair of houses with light-filled extensions

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Local studio Delve Architects has added rear and side extensions to a pair of semi-detached houses for next-door neighbours in Surrey, UK. Delve Architects added two-storey extensions across both homes, replacing what it described as "dark, cramped kitchen spaces" with bright open-plan living areas, plus additional bedroom spaces above. The extensions were carried out alongside
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WORKac completes San Francisco offices with "dynamic sense of topography"

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New York architecture studio WORKac has completed an office building with a white, layered facade at the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. With eight storeys and 300,000 square feet (27,870 square metres), the building is made of a series of tiered floor plates and "carved-out" terraces meant to echo the California landscape. It is
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Dezeen Debate features "beautifully crafted" winery in Spain

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Foster + Partners' addition to a Spanish winery. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. British studio Foster + Partners built a vaulted timber hall at Bodegas Faustino winery in Spain, characterised by an earthy material palette and overhanging roof. Commenters commended the expansion, with one describing it
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Fuseproject proposes "friendly" design for AI-enabled robot

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American design studio Fuseproject has designed a body for a robotic system by tech studio Kind Humanoid intended for various domestic and commercial environments. Called Kind Humanoid, the robotic system is the latest contender in the race to bring mechanical systems up to par with increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence systems. With programming similar to the
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Hugh Strange Architects draws on farm architecture for Cornish courtyard home

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Traditional farmsteads of England's West Country informed the rough render exterior and barn-like timber ceilings of this house in Cornwall by London studio Hugh Strange Architects. Aptly named Farmworker's House, it is designed by Hugh Strange Architects for a farm manager in a wooded corner of a large field opposite a livestock shed. It has
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The organic designs of Eero Saarinen went "beyond the measly ABC" of modernism

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We continue our series on mid-century modern design with a profile of Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect and industrial designer whose creations were adopted as the optimistic symbols of a new post-war age. "We have chairs with four legs, with three and even with two, but no one has made one with just one leg,
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Ten houses with gloriously impractical features

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Featuring transparent walls, unorthodox plans and giant staircases, we've rounded up 10 houses that may be trickier to live in than they are to look at. Sabater House, Spain, by Fran Silvestre Arquitecto The vast Sabater House zigzags its way across a gently sloping site in Alicante. According to Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, the elongated plan
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Acoustic Ceiling Panels by Askia Furniture

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Dezeen Showroom: standard ceiling grids can be enhanced acoustically and aesthetically with the Acoustic Ceiling Panels collection by Romanian brand Askia Furniture. The Acoustic Ceiling Panels collection is designed to be easily installed in the T-grid ceiling systems often found in offices, commercial spaces and public areas. The collection comes in a range of styles
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World's 49 most striking interiors shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2024

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Dezeen has announced the interiors shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes interiors by Keiji Ashizawa, India Mahdavi, Mesura and Unknown Works. The 49 shortlisted studios, which are in the running for awards in nine different interior project categories, are located across UAE, Sweden, Hong Kong, Canada and Portugal. The top five represented studio
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WOHA combines aluminium extension and Singapore remittance house for 21 Carpenter hotel

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Architecture studio WOHA has added a perforated-aluminium extension to a 1930s building to create a hotel that is "very mindful of the history" in Singapore. Named 21 Carpenter, the hotel is located on the edge of Singapore's Chinatown area in a refurbished building that was built in 1936 as a place where Chinese labourers could
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Cobe set to transform "treasure box" steelworks site into Tallinn neighbourhood

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Abandoned steelworks buildings will be repurposed into public space as part of Danish studio Cobe's design for a city district in Tallinn, Estonia. Located in the historic Krulli quarter, Cobe plans to transform the former steelworks site while maintaining its industrial identity by reusing most of the existing structures. The studio aims to attract jobs and
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Kriskadecor designs "dynamic" outdoor cladding system

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Promotion: metal chain-link manufacturer Kriskadecor has created a customisable outdoor cladding system composed of intricate aluminium components that shift and sway with the wind. The idea was to draw attention to the building with a "constantly shifting surface" through the facade. "Far from being a static envelope, this façade takes on an active role within
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Glasst Innovation Company launches "temporary and peelable" paint

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US firm Glasst Innovation Company has launched the "world's first peelable architectural paint", which can be applied to a range of surfaces and peeled off by hand. Designed to create a versatile solution for redecorating, Unpaint by Glasst Innovation Company aims to provide a temporary and more sustainable alternative to traditional paints, as it can
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