Crosby Studios looks to "signature red" of David Lynch for Silencio New York

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New York-based Crosby Studios has utilised gold accents and rich-red fabrics and lights informed by director David Lynch for the interiors of Silencio nightclub in Manhattan. Silencio NYC is located between Times Square and Hell's Kitchen and is the second location for the club, whose Paris flagship was designed by Lynch. Crosby Studios founder Harry
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MSCHF creates handbag to highlight "hidden creative labor" of global factories

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New York design studio MSCHF has created a "Frankenstein" handbag by asking a series of global factories to create an object through prompts, including references to well-known products by designer brands. MSCHF created the bag through a global game of "telephone", in which they sent vague instructions and reference images in succession to four leather-working
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SOM puts Department of Transportation "on display" at Cambridge building

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American studio SOM has created a "vertical campus" for the US Department of Transportation in Massachusetts that features aluminium fins on its sides and a landscape installation by designer Maya Lin. Completed last year, the James A Volpe National Transportation Center brings all of the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) operations under one roof in
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Atelier Xi creates angular library within Chinese tea plantation

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Five interconnected, angular volumes form this library and tea-tasting room designed by Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi on an ice-chrysanthemum plantation in Xiuwu, China. Designed to resemble a "miniature village", the library by Atelier Xi draws on the silhouette of the local village houses, as well as the composition of petals on a chrysanthemum flower.
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"I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material" says Natalia Petkova

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The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. "I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material – we miss the opportunity to think critically when
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"Some of the most interesting work published these days" says commenter

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In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a monolithic concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao, completed by Chinese studio Vector Architects. Called the Chapel of Music, the three-pronged concrete structure has concave walls, a curving elevated ramp and a circular auditorium with a translucent roof. "Some of the most
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Shona Heath and James Price "spliced up" architecture for Poor Things sets

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The Oscar-nominated set design for Poor Things aimed to create a "1930s studio movie with today's technology", the film's production designers have told Dezeen. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things tells the story of Bella, played by Emma Stone, who has a child's mind trapped in a grown woman's body – a plotline that affected
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Concrete ring connects cluster of South Korean homes by AOA Architects

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Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. Located in Gangwon-do, Hoji Gangneung includes a family house for the owner and three guesthouses, along with a communal building. AOA Architects designed one of the four homes with
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Migaloo aims to disrupt superyacht market with giant luxury submarine

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Austrian company Migaloo has unveiled its design for a 165-metre-long submersible superyacht that could allow the ultra-rich to enjoy private underwater adventures. Technical data released about the Migaloo M5 suggests that the submarine could descend to a depth of approximately 250 metres beneath the ocean surface and remain submerged for up to four weeks. It
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Dezeen Agenda features Foster + Partners' pair of skyscrapers in Dubai

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features plans for two residential skyscrapers with skybridges in Dubai. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Developer Omniyat has unveiled plans for the Vela and Vela Viento residential skyscrapers in Dubai. The towers, which will be located in the Marasi Bay development, will be created by British
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Brian Thoreen creates chairs using thousands of pieces of paper

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Local designer Brian Thoreen has created a set of four chairs made of stacks of manila paper as part of an exhibition at Masa gallery during Mexico City art week. Called Paragraphic in Four Stacks, the piece comprises four separate chairs, each made of 3,000 stacked pieces of wrinkled manila paper – the type of
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Five China-based roles on Dezeen Jobs

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We've listed five roles on Dezeen Jobs this week based in China, including positions at Dezeen, MAD Architects and Snøhetta. China business development and events manager at Dezeen Dezeen is looking for a talented individual to grow our business in China and run the Chinese edition of our awards programme. The individual will coordinate the
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DB Arquitetos stacks house with wooden screens on Brazilian coast

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Brazilian architecture studio DB Arquitetos has completed a holiday home surrounded by a wooden screen in a forested site outside of São Paulo, Brazil. Known as Casa VJC Iporanga, the 660-square-metre summer retreat is located in a residential condominium complex in Guarujá, roughly 100 kilometers southeast of São Paulo on the Atlantic coast. The home
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Desk setup products by Hexcal

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Dezeen Showroom: British brand Hexcal has designed a cohesive range of workspace accessories that aim to enhance users' desktop environments, stimulating both productivity and creativity. Hexcal's desk setup products include a monitor arm, standing desk, desk mat, magnetic charging cable and Hexcal Studio, an all-in-one desktop organiser that was released in 2022. The monitor arm
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Line+ Studio sits curvaceous viewpoint overlooking Shenzhen

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Large steps and open-air terraces wind around the curvaceous Yunhai Forest Service Station in Shenzhen, which was designed by Chinese architecture firm Line+ Studio. Situated on Maluan Mountain, the centre by Line+ Studio was wrapped by glass openings – "maximizing transparency" to offer expansive views of the landscape, nearby seaport and Shenzhen city. "The unique site
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"Stone makes sense, but it is not a silver bullet"

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The built environment must hark back to its low-carbon past and embrace stone as a structural material if it is to effectively tackle its environmental footprint, writes Steve Webb as part of our Stone Age 2.0 series. When we look back, ignoring stone will seem like a great missed opportunity. Why did we persist with
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The Dezeen guide to stone in architecture, interiors and design

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As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, we're republishing our stone guide that includes 15 popular types of natural rock, some of which can be used for architectural structures. Alabaster Alabaster is a soft, fine-grained stone that has been used for centuries to carve elaborate forms and ornaments. However, its solubility in water means
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Seatbelts inform Steady walking aid for elderly dogs

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A trio of design students from Hongik University in Seoul has developed a walking aid for dogs that uses a mechanism similar to a car seatbelt to provide support while allowing a good range of movement. Steady was designed as a non-motorised support system for elderly dogs that are susceptible to mobility issues due to disc
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Dezeen Awards 2024 in partnership with Bentley Motors is open for entries

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Dezeen Awards 2024 is open! Start your entries today to be in the running to receive the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The seventh edition of the annual awards programme is once again in partnership with Bentley. This is part of a wider collaboration to inspire, support and champion design excellence
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Unknown Works creates "otherworldly" music studio in London garden

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Architecture studio Unknown Works has completed Shou Sugi Bangers, a sunken music studio clad in charred timber, which sits in the garden of a London home. Designed for an electronic music producer, the soundproof studio is playfully named after its scalloped Accoya wood cladding, which has been charred using the Japanese technique of Shou Sugi Ban.
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Barde vanVoltt gives traditional Haarlem house a contemporary update

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Interiors studio Barde vanVoltt has renovated this early 1900s house in the Dutch city of Haarlem to forge a strong connection between the building's past and present, grounding the space with warm woods and tactile textures. The owners – a young family of four – wanted a home that would stand the test of time while
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Bolsón adorns Mexico City shop with recycled-plastic upholstery

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Local studio Bolsón has refabricated low-density plastic used in banana production to create interior cladding and furniture for Mooni in Mexico City during the city's art week. Called Banana Blue, the installation was made from low-density blue plastic used for protecting banana crops at a plantation in Jalisco owned by the family of the wife
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BIG designs skyscrapers with cantilevered skybridge in Manhattan

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Global architecture firm BIG has designed a pair of Manhattan skyscrapers connected by a twisting skybridge as part of a four-tower development that includes a spiral-shaped museum at its centre. Freedom Plaza will be located on a 6.7-acre (2.7-hectare) site which sits across from the United Nations (UN) Headquarters complex and flanks the entrance to
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Saunders Architecture creates steel-clad house for Carraig Ridge in Alberta

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Norway-based Saunders Architecture has created a Y-shaped house clad in Corten steel with floor-to-ceiling glazing in a design-focused neighbourhood near Calgary, Alberta. The aptly named Y House has a footprint of 190 square metres and was completed by design firm Saunders Architecture in 2022. The residence is located in a designed-focused community called Carraig Ridge,
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Erling Berg creates I/O Cabin as a summer house for "inside-outside" living

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Local studio Erling Berg has created a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Risør, on Norway's southern coast, which is clad in locally sourced spruce. Named I/O Cabin, the wooden holiday home was raised off the ground with wooden pillars and perches on the sloped terrain of the site. Erling Berg's design brings together three separate
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Back to the stone age

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Can stone be a viable modern building material? Dezeen's Stone Age 2.0 series explores the material's re-emergence and potential to be a durable, low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete. Starting today, our week-long Stone Age 2.0 series will investigate how a small, but growing, group of architects and engineers are rediscovering the potential of one
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"Just doing new things is not the solution" says Wästberg CEO

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Brands should continually evolve their products instead of prioritising new launches, according to Magnus Wästberg, founder and CEO of Swedish lighting brand Wästberg. Speaking to Dezeen at Stockholm Furniture Fair, Wästberg said it can often make more sense to reengineer an existing design than to develop a new one. "Just doing new things is not
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Living Impressions surface collection by Formica

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Dezeen Showroom: design brand Formica has released a range of surfaces that mimic the appearance of various types of stone. The Living Impressions surface collection aims to provide an affordable alternative to natural stone in an easy-to-install format. There are five finishes available – grey and black Breccia Mojave, striated Jatoba Brown, cream-coloured Prosecco Quartzite,
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Formafantasma cloaks Stockholm Design Week installation in dusty pink Maharam curtain

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Stockholm Design Week guest of honour Formafantasma has created Reading Room, an interactive installation at the Swedish furniture fair that uses "minimal resources". On display at last week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, the site-specific temporary installation was created b Italian design studio Formafantasma – the design week's guest of honour. Positioned near the entrance of the fairground,
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Able chair by Bla Station among eight products on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: a chair that consists of interchangeable metal, wooden and fabric components is among eight new products listed on Dezeen Showroom. Able chair by Blå Station Sweden-based furniture brand Blå Station has released a collection of chairs named Able that have a canvas seat and back stretched across a tubular steel frame. The frame
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Sunshine-like Sunday Light presents "pleasant" alternative to SAD lamps

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Driven by a desire for more mood-boosting daylight in the English winter, designers Nat Martin and Sean Hammett have invented an overhead light that promises to recreate the feeling of a sunny day. The Sunday Light consists of a small but powerful LED suspended under a reflective panel. The panel is designed to diffuse light
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Studio Paolo Ferrari designs Toronto restaurant as a "world unto itself"

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Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has created cinematic interiors for a restaurant in the city's Downtown area, combining influences from filmmakers that range from Stanley Kubrick to Nancy Meyers. Unlike a typical restaurant layout, Daphne unfolds as a series of rooms with distinct identities, each borrowing references from different cinema styles. Studio Paolo Ferrari intended each
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Lin Architecture designs Concrete Pavilion in China as "lighthouse" for farmers

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Chinese studio Lin Architecture abstracted and merged local architectural forms for the design of this angular pavilion in rural Yunnan, which is made from white-painted concrete. Simply named Concrete Pavilion, the structure is surrounded by rice fields near Botou Village in Eryuan County and functions as a pumphouse, as well as an orienting landmark for
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Ten inspiring living spaces punctuated by structural columns

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From monolithic concrete pillars to ornately decorated columns, this lookbook collates ten living room interiors that embrace existing structural columns. It is not always cost-effective or practical for designers and architects to remove preexisting columns from interiors, especially if they are load-bearing and thus vital to the structural integrity of the building. In the past, the
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Isabelle Heilmann converts Parisian textile workshop into loft apartment

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Interior designer Isabelle Heilmann has used glazing and level changes to turn a former textile workshop in Paris into an open-plan apartment with a dedicated home office. The owners of the property on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud asked Heilmann's studio Epicène to rationalise the interior and create a space for home working while maintaining the apartment's
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Home Studios uses local materials to renovate Northern California hotel

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Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a conference centre in Northern California back into a luxury hotel, as originally intended by the property's founder: the inventor of the radio. The Lodge at Marconi sits on a 62-acre site next to Tomales Bay, within the picturesque Marconi State Historic Park – a 1.5-hour drive up Highway Route
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Stingray-shaped roof crowns Maldives restaurant by Atelier Nomadic

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A bamboo canopy modelled on stingrays tops Overwater Restaurant, which architecture studio Atelier Nomadic has added to a lagoon in the Maldives. The Japanese restaurant is raised on an existing jetty that extends out from the shore and has a bamboo structure with tree-like columns to support its wavy roof. Drawing inspiration from the surrounding water, Atelier
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This week photos revealed The Line megacity progressing in Saudi Arabia

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This week on Dezeen, aerial images showed construction progressing on projects involved in the Saudi mega-development Neom, including The Line megacity, Oxagon port and Sindalah island resort. In a bid to prove the controversial project was moving forward, The Line's chief operating officer Giles Pendleton shared the images in a LinkedIn post titled "Neom is real". The aerial
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Ten rooms that make clever use of the "unexpected red theory"

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An interior design trend born out of a viral TikTok video, championing the addition of red "in places where it has no business", is the focus of our latest lookbook. The "unexpected red theory" was coined by Brooklyn-based interior designer Taylor Migliazzo Simon in a video that has had over 900,000 views on TikTok. Simon
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CLB Architects creates trio of "tectonic structures" for Wyoming residence

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US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem. The ShineMaker home looks toward
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Hill West Architects completes "sail-like" Dumbo skyscraper

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Local studio Hill West Architects has completed the sail-shaped Olympia Dumbo residential skyscraper in Brooklyn, which has a design informed by the industrial heritage of the borough. Located alongside the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo, the Olympia Dumbo tower rises 401 feet tall (122 metres) and has 33 storeys. It has a wedge-shaped form and sits on
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Narrow timber columns frame interiors of home in Japan by IGArchitects

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Slender timber columns frame the living spaces in Forest of Pillars, a block of two family homes in Fukushima, Japan, designed by local studio IGArchitects to reference the forest of thin trees at the rear of the site. The project was designed for two families who wanted to live in the same building but have
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Woven timber "roots" frame Brisbane high-rise by Koichi Takada Architects

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Australian studio Koichi Takada Architects has completed Upper House, a 33-storey high-rise in Brisbane designed to reflect the city's tropical setting and First Nations history. Upper House contains 188 apartments and 1,000 square metres of communal amenities behind a winding timber facade described by Koichi Takada Architects as "architectural roots". "The Brisbane lifestyle is enviable and
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Veva table by Blå Station

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Dezeen Showroom: Swedish furniture brand Blå Station has created a table in collaboration with designers Stefan Borselius and Thomas Bernstrand, which has an adjustable height that can be modified by manually cranking a handle. Blå Station's Veva table has a round base and tabletop joined by a cylindrical central leg. The leg contains a telescopic inner tube
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MIT's 4D-Knit Dress changes shape in response to heat

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and fashion brand Ministry of Supply have produced a "4D-knit dress", using heat-activated yarn that allows its shape and fit to be altered in an instant. The project builds on the idea of 3D knitting, where textiles are knitted as three-dimensional shapes rather than flat sheets that have to be
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Folkform installs The Museum of Masonite at Stockholm Furniture Fair

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Swedish design duo Folkform has presented a series of furniture pieces made using Masonite hardboard sourced from a factory that closed down over a decade ago. On show at Stockholm Furniture Fair, The Museum of Masonite centres around a patented type of engineered wood board that is made by steam-cooking and pressure-moulding wood fibres. Folkform
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Dezeen Debate features Polestar's "forward-looking" rear-windowless electric car

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Polestar 4 electric car, which doesn't have a rear window. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Swedish car manufacturer Polestar has revealed the Polestar 4, the world's first mass-market car without a rear window. The vehicle is a five-door electric SUV coupé that is now available
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Designers must challenge "aesthetic injustice" in public spaces says Little Wing Lee

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A lack of care over design decisions made in public spaces is a key source of inequity in America, New York designer Little Wing Lee tells Dezeen in this interview. Lee, an interior designer based in Brooklyn, believes that poor design decisions in the public sphere reinforce a cycle of inequity in the built environment.
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Aerial photos reveal work progressing on The Line megacity

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A set of aerial images has revealed work progressing on The Line megacity, Oxagon port and Sindalah resort, which are being built as part of Neom in Saudi Arabia. The images, shared by The Line's chief operating officer Giles Pendleton on LinkedIn, show construction underway on the controversial project. Pendleton's images include aerial photos, that
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Five interior design courses on Dezeen Courses

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Dezeen Courses: we've selected five courses that aim to enhance students' knowledge in interior design at institutions in USA, UK and online. This roundup covers short courses, undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes that offer students options to study with a group of peers or at their own pace. Tailored for interior design students at various
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Vector Architects designs concave Chapel of Music for Chinese seaside resort

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Chinese studio Vector Architects has completed a monolithic, concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao. Located centrally within the town's public square, the three-pronged concrete structure was designed as an intimate space for musical performances. Its three concave walls were informed by the Echo Wall that encircles the Imperial Vault of
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Nine skyscrapers that have precariously perched cantilevers

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Following last week's opening of the world's longest cantilever at One Za'abeel in Dubai, we've rounded up nine skyscrapers that are enlivened by dramatically suspended platforms, bridges and blocks. Cantilevers are structural elements that typically extend horizontally from another volume and are only supported at one end, creating a striking gravity-defying visual effect. Currently, the
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Carsten in der Elst creates furniture by using industrial by-products "a bit like Lego"

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A chunky rough-hewn coffee table made from discarded quarry sandstone is among a selection of furniture pieces by designer Carsten in der Elst, currently on display at Stockholm Design Week. Called Greywacke Offcut Collection, the furniture by In der Elst is on show at the Stockholm Furniture Fair as part of the city's design week.
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Dezeen video shows unseen footage of world's longest cantilever

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This Dezeen video takes viewers on a tour of One Za'abeel, a mixed-use development by Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei in Dubai that incorporates the world's largest cantilever. One Za'abeel opened in Dubai last week, with its record-breaking cantilever projecting out 67.5 metres from a bridge between two skyscrapers. In the exclusive footage, the cantilever can
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Able chair by Blå Station

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Dezeen Showroom: Swedish-based furniture brand Blå Station has released a metal-framed chair with interchangeable parts that can be reconfigured to customise its functionality and design. Described by the brand as "construction meets playfulness and changeability" the chair is sleek and minimalist in profile and features a fabric seat with a steel frame that comes in
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Fragments of Eiffel Tower adorn Paris 2024 Olympic medals

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French jeweller Chaumet has unveiled the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals, inset with real pieces of the Eiffel Tower to give athletes an "unforgettable souvenir" of the games. Much like a piece of jewellery, each medal features a claw setting on its rear face, which instead of a gemstone holds a hexagonal slice of
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South Korean brand Wekino collaborates with Note Design Studio for international launch

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Furniture brand Wekino has made its debut outside of South Korea, presenting a collection by six Korean design studios at Stockholm Furniture Fair that included worm-like book holders and a colourful amorphous mirror. Called Wekino With, the collection was made by Wekino in collaboration with Stockholm-based Note Design Studio and showcased products by designers including
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Day Three from Stockholm Design Week

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The Dezeen team have been reporting live from Stockholm Design Week in the Swedish capital (5-11 February) with updates throughout the day, including exclusive previews of products, installations and events.   6:00pm Closing off a busy few days in Stockholm, Dezeen's Jane Englefield and Max Fraser enjoy a glass of fizz at the historic Svenskt
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The Rebello Hotel occupies former factory along Porto's riverside

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This hotel by architecture studio Metro Urbe occupies a series of former industrial buildings on the banks of the River Douro in Porto, Portugal, and features interiors by Quiet Studios. The Rebello Hotel is spread across several 19th-century buildings, which have been overhauled and adapted with new additions by Metro Urbe, in Vila Nova de Gaia
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Bloco Arquitetos drapes screens over cantilevered steel house in Brazil

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Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has used prefabricated elements to create a house with two stacked, perpendicular volumes clad with screens in Brasília. Known as the 350 House, the 500-square metre residence can be completely opened to light and views or closed for privacy because of the many screens along its side. BLOCO Arquitetos – which
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Super Bowl stadium designed to be "fast, angry and intimidating"

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This year's NFL Super Bowl will be hosted at the Las Vegas Raiders' Allegiant Stadium in Nevada, which was designed by Manica Architecture to recall the sleekness and power of sportscars. Opened in 2020, the 62,000-seat stadium by Kansas City-based Manica Architecture is home to NFL team the Raiders, which moved from Oakland when the stadium
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"Legends Tower is a very 20th-century way to say that you are squarely entering the 21st century"

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Recently unveiled proposals to build America's tallest skyscraper in Oklahoma City represent an outdated way of thinking about cities' cultural status, writes Ryan Scavnicky. The 20th-century American metropolis is failing in the 21st. Cities that once welcomed flocks of working-class citizens and immigrants are now playgrounds for wealthy oligarchs and real-estate moguls. Streets covered in
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MAD unveils sunken Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing

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Chinese architecture studio MAD has rebuilt a historic station and created an underground terminal at the central train station in Jiaxing, China. The revamp of the 354,000-square-metre station is MAD's first station and the studio hopes it will "redefine transportation infrastructure buildings in China". The studio created an underground terminal with a public park created
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NYAWA updates traditional Japanese home to celebrate the "passage of time"

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Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan, to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can "feel the passage of time". The home's Tokyo-based owner tasked the studio with creating a holiday rental that would "incorporate the local climate and culture", while also updating its structure to be
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Firma Collection tables by HBF

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Dezeen Showroom: designer Travis Clifton drew on the shape of retro 1960s tables in her collection of multifunctional tables for furniture brand HBF. The Firma Collection includes seven tables at a selection of scales suitable for a range of uses. Each of the designs shares distinctive traits, including a broad tabletop supported by similarly wide
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Ganni makes BioFluff bags from "world's first plant-based fur"

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Plastic-free, fake fur made from nettle, hemp and flax fibres envelops these special edition bags that Danish fashion brand Ganni has unveiled at Copenhagen Fashion Week. The one offs are a riff on Ganni's classic Bou bag made in collaboration with materials company BioFluff, which claims to have developed the "world's first plant-based fur". Unlike
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Dezeen LIVE: Stockholm Design Week

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The Dezeen team are reporting live from Stockholm Design Week in the Swedish capital (5-11 February) with updates throughout the day, including exclusive previews of products, installations and events.   9:15am Yesterday at Stockholm Furniture Fair, Korean brand Wekino presented its furniture outside of Korea for the first time. Among the pieces were shelves by
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Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria

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Fashion house Bottega Veneta has opened a boutique designed by its creative director Matthieu Blazy inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade in Milan. Bottega Veneta's two-storey store is distinguished by three primary materials: glass, Italian walnut and green Verde Saint Denis marble. This trifecta is applied in strict grids to evoke Italian modernism
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NBBJ creates interactive forest display at California children's hospital

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American architecture studio NBBJ has created a series of interactive media displays in a California children's hospital to ease young patients' anxiety. Designed by the NBBJ's New York experience design studio ESI Design, the installations consist of screens that display a native California landscape where children can create animal characters to release into the wild.
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SAOTA lines Los Angeles house with white metal screen

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South African architecture studio SAOTA has completed an angular residence in the Los Angeles hills meant to provide privacy while drawing in the "calmness and serenity" of the surrounding landscape. The Stradella Ridge house sits on a steep, triangular property in Bel Air, an affluent neighbourhood in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. The
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Ten architecture student projects based in America

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Dezeen School Shows: from a contemporary motel in Denver to outdoor toilets for hikers in the Rocky Mountains, we've selected ten student projects that focus on architecture and design in the US. While studying at institutions based in America, these undergraduate and postgraduate students chose to draw influences from the USA for their coursework projects.
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Colours depicting "comfort, warmth and joy will be vital" says NCS's 2025 Colour Trends report

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Promotion: NCS Colour has released its latest colour report documenting its predicted colour trends in 2025 that highlight "a need to connect with nature". The trends report spotlighted the need for colour variation and hues that "transcend traditional boundaries". According to NSC Colour, this includes a mixture of bold contrasting colours and ethereal pastel-coloured hues
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Gonzalo Lebrija designs sculptural lighthouse that "feels like a temple"

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Mexican artist Gonzalo Lebrija has unveiled the sculptural El Faro lighthouse and art gallery on the Costalegre coast in western Mexico. Built on a peninsular as part of a wider development, El Faro was designed as an exhibition space and local "landmark", that will also operate as a lighthouse for local boats and fishermen. Lebrija
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Amelia Tavella Architectes completes limestone-clad school in southern France

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French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes referenced fossils for the textured stone facade of the Auguste Benedict School, which is designed to appear as though it has "emerged from the earth". Nicknamed Fossil Building by the studio, the long, low-lying structure sits at the bottom of a hill in the southern French village of Cabriès and
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RSHP designs tapered museum extension to house Bayeux Tapestry in Normandy

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British studio RSHP has unveiled plans to overhaul the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, France, adding an extension to exhibit the 70-metre-long, historic tapestry. RSHP's design will involve restoring the existing 17th-century museum and extending it to better display the embroidered cloth that depicts the lead-up to William I's conquest of England in 1066. The
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Alt Collection chairs by Stolab

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Dezeen Showroom: Swedish studio Form Us With Love has collaborated with solid wood furniture brand Stolab on a collection of customisable dining chairs intended for use in a range of interiors. Chairs in the Alt Collection share a common seat design comprising a rounded square seat combined with a back made up of three upright pieces and a
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Polestar eliminates the rear window in latest electric car

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Swedish automaker Polestar has begun taking orders for the Polestar 4 – the world's first mass-market car to have no rear window. The Polestar 4 is a five-door electric SUV coupé that has now gone on sale in Europe and Australia following on from its Chinese launch last year. The omitted rear window is a
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Janni Vepsäläinen aims for Iittala to "remain culturally relevant for another 100 years"

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Finnish brand Iittala's reinvention aims to build on its founding identity of "experimental, boundary-pushing" design, says its creative director in this interview with Dezeen. Finnish designer Janni Vepsäläinen, who joined Iittala last year from fashion brand JW Anderson, aims to make sure the brand stays relevant and innovative, something she believes is in its DNA. "[My]
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Karimoku Case lines minimalist Tokyo apartment with local wood

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Japanese brand Karimoku Case has redesigned an apartment on a hilltop in Tokyo, using wood and a neutral colour palette to create a "calm and serene atmosphere". Named Azabu Hills Residence, the project was designed by Karimoku Case – a studio developed by Karimoku Furniture in collaboration with design studios Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects. The
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Normann Copenhagen launches Mat chairs made from hemp and eelgrass

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Design duo Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen has worked with furniture brand Norman Copenhagen on a collection of plant-based chairs, unveiled today as part of Stockholm Design Week. The Mat collection features two chairs; one is made from hemp – a type of cannabis plant, and the other combines this material with eelgrass, a marine plant similar
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Apple releases Vision Pro "spatial computer" headset

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Technology company Apple has released its Vision Pro headset, a wearable device that allows users to project visual applications in a 3D environment controlled by eye and hand movements. The Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset with an alloy frame and fabric head strap that holds a "spatial computer" over the eyes of the user
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Ten fabrication and robotics projects by New York Institute of Technology

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Dezeen School Shows: a project involving the fusion of wood and mycelium is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the New York Institute of Technology. Also included is a "hypothetical city" created via a combination of hand sketches and AI, and a project that explores the concept of chainmail. New York Institute
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Taller Héctor Barroso envisions Valle de Bravo houses as “silent architecture”

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Mexican studio Taller Héctor Barroso used concrete, wood and brick to create a series of holiday homes that merge with the wooded landscape and "allow nature to act in the intimacy of the home". The small residential complex – called Los Helechos, or The Ferns – is located in Valle de Bravo, a scenic area that is
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UCLA presents ten architecture and urban design projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a Californian house extension that appears to melt down a hillside as a warning about global warming is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at UCLA. Also featured is a building resembling an onion that houses people preparing for voyages to Mars and an extension to a house designed according to
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Slow uses charred wood to clad "hut-like" home in Japan

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Local practice Slow has created a family home in Nagoya, Japan, which has a raw exterior of blackened wood and corten steel topped with an overhanging pitched roof. Occupying a slightly raised corner plot bordered by roads, Slow gave the home, named Yamaguchicho House, an almost windowless exterior for privacy, making use of skylights to illuminate its "healing",
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Form Us With Love transforms its studio into a future workplace prototype

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For Stockholm Design Week, design studio Form Us With Love has invited architects and interior designers to test out an experimental pop-up workspace called Testing Grounds. Instead of creating a static exhibition for the design week, the studio has transformed the front of its Stockholm office into a co-working space featuring new furniture designs. Over
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Goodwood chair by Morgan

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Dezeen Showroom: British furniture brand Morgan has drawn on freeform shapes to inform the design of its lounge chair collection. The Goodwood range includes a series of high- and low-back armchairs with distinctive timber detailing, chamfered-edge armrests and a low-slung silhouette. Designed by Katerina Zachariades, Morgan's creative director, the collection takes cues from hand-carved wooden
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Faye Toogood designs lollipop stick-like chair and footstool for Vaarnii

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British designer Faye Toogood has collaborated with Finnish furniture brand Vaarnii to create the Peace outdoor furniture collection, which will be unveiled at Stockholm Furniture Fair. The collection comprises the Peace Outdoor Lounge Chair and Footstool, which were designed to reference classic wooden garden furniture and made from timber that bears a resemblance to oversized
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Dezeen LIVE: Stockholm Design Week

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The Dezeen team are reporting live from Stockholm Design Week in the Swedish capital (5-11 February). Updated throughout the day with exclusive previews of products, installations and events. 9:00am Dezeen's editorial director Max Fraser, editor-at-large Amy Frearson, deputy editor Cajsa Carlson and junior reporter Jane Englefield are on the ground in Stockholm reporting from Stockholm
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Twelve vivacious vineyards from Dezeen's Pinterest

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Following the news of Rafael Viñoly Architects' plans for a vineyard-covered airport terminal, we rounded up 12 wineries from Dezeen's Pinterest. This roundup features lively wineries from our Pinterest that seamlessly blend into their surrounding landscapes. Architecture studios such as Chybik + Kristof and Renzo Piano Building Workshop employed a range of materials such as glass, brick
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Soba restaurant Kawamichiya takes over century-old townhouse in Kyoto

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Japanese studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have transformed a townhouse in Kyoto into a noodle restaurant that combines traditional residential details with modern geometric interventions. Kawamichiya Kosho-An is an outpost of soba restaurant Kawamichiya, which can trace its history of creating dishes using buckwheat noodles back more than 300 years. It occupies a 110-year-old property
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ALA draws on West Village history for Talea taproom interiors

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New York studio Alda Ly Architecture has designed a taproom for female- and veteran-owned brewery Talea in the city's West Village neighbourhood, which includes a place for groups to "scheme". Talea West Village is the beer company's third outpost and its first Manhattan location, following two established in Brooklyn. The space is located in a
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Vurpas Architectes transforms French market with "childlike quality" into primary school

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French studio Vurpas Architectes has converted a 1960s market building to create Eugénie Brazier, a primary school and nursery in Lyon. Eugénie Brazier is built around the long structure of the old wholesale market and features perforated brickwork and a neutral colour palette that draws on the existing building. To accommodate a nursery as well
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Eight offbeat homes with indoor slides

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A slide that doubles as a bookshelf in a South Korean house and a swooping mirrored tunnel that descends the four levels of a New York apartment feature in our latest lookbook of homes with interior slides. Typically designed for children, slides are smooth, sloped structures commonly found in playgrounds. Architects and interior designers have
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Standard Architecture refreshes interiors of pink Paul Smith store in LA

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British fashion label Paul Smith's iconic pink store in Los Angeles has received an interior makeover from Standard Architecture. Standard Architecture collaborated with the Paul Smith design team to reimagine the 4,740-square-foot (440 square metres) store on Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood. The studios also created a new VIP entrance patio for the building, which is
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Tactile materials "accentuate the value of shadows" in Bolívar House

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Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. Rumeu and his wife, the Madrid-born artist Beatriz Dubois, decided to move to the architect's home city for work after living for
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CCA orients wooden Casa Wabi pavilion around orchid cultivation

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Mexican architecture studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a pavilion made from wood at Casa Wabi outside of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica (CCA) created The Orchid Pavilion for arts institute Casa Wabi, which commissions an architectural pavilion each year on the grounds surrounding the Tadao Ando-designed centre. The pavilion consists of
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Eight colourful renovations that use vibrant shades to transform the home

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From a bold blue apartment in Paris to an all-lilac kitchen in Stockholm, this lookbook rounds up renovations that cleverly use bright colours to update and refresh home interiors. While neutral colour palettes are often chosen for a sense of serenity, embracing bold and bright colours can add a sense of fun to a home
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This week we revealed the world's longest cantilever

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This week on Dezeen, Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei unveiled a skyscraper in Dubai that includes the world's longest cantilever. Measuring 67.5 metres, the cantilever projects out from a link connecting two skyscrapers at the One Za'abeel development in Dubai. The cantilever is one metre longer than the 66.5-metre-long observation deck at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore,
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Gensler designs circular housing block with electric-vehicle garages

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US architecture studio Gensler has designed an apartment complex with circular buildings and integrated electric-vehicle parking towers in Ontario. Located outside of Toronto, the Electric Vehicle Enclave (EVE) Park development aims to integrate green technologies into a community-focused residential development. "The EVE Park homes are designed within circular clusters with stepped rooflines that create dynamic spatial
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Ten key projects by AIA Gold Medal-winning architects David Lake and Ted Flato

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From homes made from steel and rammed earth in the Texas deserts to prototypes for 3D-printed housing, we have rounded up 10 projects from Lake Flato Architects, whose founders won this year's AIA Gold Medal. The Texas-based studio is known for its residential and educational buildings, from massive pavilions that integrate rainwater collection systems and
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Foster + Partners Industrial Design team gives distinctive edge to door handles for FSB

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Promotion: Foster + Partners Industrial Design team has collaborated with German door handle brand FSB to launch a door handle collection that conveys the architecture firm's attention to detail. Foster + Partners' industrial design team created the FSB 1291 and FSB 1292 door and window handles for FSB, which are regarded as a premium solution
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Infinity pool by Herzog & de Meuron aims to "blend into the waters" at Lake Como

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Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed an "optical illusion" infinity pool at Italy's Lake Como made from prefabricated steel and sat against a backdrop of historic colonnades. Located in the village of Blevio, the pool is part of a larger development by Herzog & de Meuron for the Mandarin Oriental Lago di
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UNStudio unveils Huawei flagship store in Shanghai with "petal-like" facade

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Dutch firm UNStudio has revealed a two-storey flagship store for Chinese technology company Huawei in Shanghai with a facade clad in ivory-coloured petal-like forms. Drawing from Huawei's global operating system, named Harmony, UNStudio's design aimed to generate biophilic associations between the brand and its technology by integrating organic geometric shapes throughout the scheme. "Among the
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Wood Marsh creates rammed-earth Peninsula House on Australian coast

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Architecture studio Wood Marsh has used curving walls of charred timber and rammed earth to create this home south of Melbourne, which is designed to echo Australia's "windswept" coastline. Called Peninsula House, the dwelling is located near the town of Flinders, overlooking the Bass Strait and surrounded by farmland. Instead of designing an orthogonal volume,
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Yatofu fosters "relaxed holiday atmosphere" in Jianze showroom

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Design studio Yatofu has completed a furniture showroom in Hangzhou, China, featuring a playful pastel colour palette and a display area housed on a steel-mesh platform. The 80-square-metre retail space belongs to Chinese design brand Jianze and forms part of an emerging cultural district in the city's Liangzhe New Town. Yatofu set out to create
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IED presents 10 interior design student projects

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Dezeen School Shows: an interiors scheme that uses AI and scent to help ease symptoms of Dementia is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Istituto Europeo di Design. Also included is an adaptive reuse project that turns a former slaughterhouse in Rome into an educational centre and a space designed to connect
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"Trapezoidal" skyscraper by Gensler nears completion in Austin

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US studio Gensler has announced progress on the construction of a skyscraper consisting of "three buildings stacked on top of one another" in Austin, Texas. The 845-foot-tall (247 metres) Sixth and Guadalupe skyscraper is located in downtown Austin. It will host a mixed-used program of residential, office and retail spaces throughout three stacked volumes that
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Dezeen Debate features Manhattan skyscraper that heralds "the end of messianic Miesianism"

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features visuals of the 520 Fifth Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled images of a supertall skyscraper that is currently being built in Midtown Manhattan. Commenters analysed the structure, with one praising the "contextual design
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Ten design and communication projects by Linnaeus University

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Dezeen School Shows: a project exploring the sustainable benefits of eating insects instead of traditional meat is included in this school show by Linnaeus University in Sweden. Also included is a scheme that promotes the mending of clothing and a series of pieces that explore and celebrate the role of craft in sustainable culture. Linnaeus University Institution:
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Nike reveals Dynamic Air cushion technology for Air Max Dn sneaker

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Sportswear brand Nike has released a trainer called Air Max Dn, which features an improved variation of the air-filled plastic cushions under its heels called Dynamic Air. The sneaker is the first in Nike's Air Max Dn line and features foam-injected thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) heel inserts called Dynamic Air. A variation on the air-filled plastic
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Junya Ishigami reveals one-kilometre-long museum emerging from Chinese lake

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Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has unveiled the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum on a lake in China, which features openings that let water flow over the museum floor. Located on an artificial lake at the entrance of a new development zone in Rizhao in China's Shandong Province, the 20,000-square-metre linear museum extends from one side of
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World's largest cantilever opens over six-lane highway in Dubai

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The world's largest cantilever has reached completion in Dubai, projecting out from between two skyscrapers at the mixed-use One Za'abeel development by Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei. Measuring 67.5 metres, the cantilever forms part of a longer horizontal structure called The Link, which is dramatically suspended 100 metres above a six-lane highway and topped by a
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Edition Office tops New South Wales home with "bird’s mouth" cutout roof

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Architecture studio Edition Office has created a three-bedroom house with a cutout roof and fibre-cement cladding in Mossy Point, Australia. Elevated on parallel blockwork walls within a peaceful, wooded area, the home comprises a two-storey structure with a dramatic aperture in the roofline that forms a sheltered outdoor dining space. Clad in simple grey fibre
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Junya Ishigami designs one-kilometre-long museum emerging from Chinese lake

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Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has created the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum on a lake in China, which features openings that let water flow over the museum floor. Located on an artificial lake at the entrance of a new development zone in Rizhao in China's Shandong Province, the 20,000-square-metre linear museum extends from one side of
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Invisible Studio & Pearce+ construct domed woodworking pavilion topped with aluminium shingles

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British practices Invisible Studio and Pearce+ have created a woodworking shelter at Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire with green oak framework and an aluminium shingle roof. Designed for Forestry England as a companion to an existing community building, Invisible Studio and Pearce+ combined unprocessed timber construction methods and digital fabrication techniques to configure the hemispherical pavilion.
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Haneul Kim recreates Mario Botta's Shogun lamp using salvaged cinema screens

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Designer Haneul Kim has joined forces with CGV, South Korea's largest cinema chain, to form a series of table lamps from the company's discarded screens. Over the past two years, CGV has had to remove or replace more than 70 of its cinema screens due to damage or theatre closures in the wake of the
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Five creative and communication roles on Dezeen Jobs

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We've listed five creative roles on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at SCP, Archello and BDP. Content and digital marketing executive at SCP in London Furniture design brand SCP has an opportunity for a content and digital marketing executive to join its team in London. For the 2022 London Design Festival, the furniture company
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Suspended weights counterbalance cantilevered pavilion in Mexico

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Suspended gabions weights provide a counterweight to the steel cantilever in this hilltop pavilion designed by Emiliano Domínguez and Santiago Martínez in Querétaro, Mexico. Known as Espina, the pavilion sits high above a cattle ranch in Santiago de Querétaro, opening visitors to a 360-degree, panoramic view of the mountain landscape of central Mexico. Architects Emiliano
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Trahan Architects designs USA pavilion with suspended cube for Expo 2025 Osaka

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New Orleans architecture studio Trahan Architects has designed the USA pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka, which will include a suspended cube surrounded by LED screens showing American landscapes. The US Department of State and US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel revealed images of the project, which will serve as a "cultural outpost" for the US
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Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing

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Interior Design Show Toronto director Will Sorrell has curated an exhibition of speculative spaces, including a model for transitional housing by architecture studio SvN for sites in mid-development. Future Neighbourhood was an exhibition in the centre of the design trade fair Interior Design Show Toronto 2024 (IDS Toronto), which featured six different installations showcasing design's
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Competition: win a Cauny watch designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning Rafael Moneo

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For our latest competition, we've teamed up with century-old brand Cauny to offer readers the chance to win one of its watches designed by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo. By entering our latest competition, two lucky Dezeen readers will win a Cauny watch in Moneo Black or Moneo White Silver. The Moneo watch is the second
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Atelier Hajný references rural Czech cabins for triangular housing block

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Local studio Atelier Hajný has created a charred timber-clad housing block near Prague that references a holiday cabin visited by the client since his childhood. Named Hut-Inspired House, the simple, 180-square-metre house in the town of Říčany is based on the gabled form of cabins near the site that are now being demolished due to
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Dezeen's top five houses of January 2024

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Dezeen's top five houses of the month for January include an "unyielding" travertine-clad holiday home on the Danish coast and a fluted concrete villa built into a Spanish hillside. Also featured in this roundup is a house with clustered red-brick volumes overlooking the River Thames and a cube-shaped holiday home in Chile with an expansive rotated
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Seven architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide

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Madrid Design Festival and Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this February. Other events taking place during the month include design festivals Design Doha and Stockholm Design Week, and fairs Frieze Los Angeles, Seoul Living Design Fair and Object Rotterdam.
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"Beautiful structure in the perfect location" says commenter

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In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a mirrored cafe pavilion and courtyard at the site of The Old War Office in Whitehall, London. Designed by DaeWha Kang Design, the circular pavilion has a glass facade and mirrored stainless-steel roof panels. "A modern addition to an ancient classic" Readers were divided. Some were in
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Moooi furnishings "tell a different story on every floor" of Art Legacy Hotel says Rebelo de Andrade

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Father and son architect duo Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade explain how they furnished Lisbon's Art Legacy Hotel entirely with Moooi products in this video produced by Dezeen for the Dutch furniture brand. Lisbon practice Rebelo De Andrade designed the interiors of the five star Art Legacy Hotel, located in the Baixa-Chiado district in
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Food waste dyes bring colour to mycelium leather in Sages and Osmose project

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Two British materials companies, Sages and Osmose, have collaborated to dye sheets of mycelium with natural food waste, mimicking the appearance of tanned leather and suggesting a colourful future for the biomaterial. Osmose is a company making a leather alternative from mycelium – the fibrous underground root network of mushrooms – while Sages makes natural
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Oskar Kohnen fills "well-curated" London office with mid-century modern furniture

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London studio Oskar Kohnen has outfitted a Mayfair office with mid-century modern furniture and contemporary pieces, which "are so well curated that no one would ever dare to throw them away". Spread across three floors, the office is housed within a rectilinear building in London's Mayfair neighbourhood with a gridded facade. "It has a townhouse
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Dezeen Agenda features Herman Miller's first rebrand in over two decades

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the reveal of Herman Miller's new brand identity. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. New York design studio Order has conceived a new brand identity for furniture retailer Herman Miller that draws inspiration from the American brand's history. The Herman Miller wordmark has been reimagined in
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The Ranch Mine adds steel-clad lookout tower to Arizona house

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US studio The Ranch Mine has completed a house in Arizona clad in wood and weathering steel that includes a tall volume that can "serve as a sentinel for potential forest fires". Called Malapai Tower House, the family residence is set within a ponderosa pine forest in northern Arizona, near the mountain town of Flagstaff.
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University of Illinois Chicago presents six industrial design projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a play-based tool to help create safe interactions between children and dogs is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Illinois Chicago. Also included is a scheme that converts pushbikes into electric bicycles and a toy that helps children in foster care adapt to different living environments.
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SOM completes supertall skyscraper with "monolithic simplicity" in New York City

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International architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed the final supertall skyscraper of a development in Midtown Manhattan, marking the project's finalization. Master planned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and developed by Brookfield Properties, the seven-million-square-foot (650,321 square metre) Manhattan West development has been 20 years in the making, with the recent completion
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CollectiveProject shades renovated Indian school with expansive bamboo canopy

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Shaped cutouts cast playful shadows across Talaricheruvu Rural School, which Indian studio CollectiveProject has transformed from an existing school building in southern India. Located in Andhra Pradesh, the fifteen-year-old building was refreshed with a bamboo canopy, as well as a collection of shaded outdoor spaces and openings designed to respond to the area's warm climate.
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Memo Architectuur organises Belgian home renovation around concrete spiral staircase

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A spiralling staircase and concrete flooring characterise this renovation of a dilapidated row house in Mortsel, Belgium, designed by local studio Memo Architectuur. Originally comprising two stacked apartments, Memo Architectuur overhauled the spaces to form a single-family home, adding an additional floor to align the building with the streetscape and maximise interior space. "The residents
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NASA and Lockheed Martin unveil "quiet supersonic" jet

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Space agency NASA and aerospace company Lockheed Martin have presented their experimental X-59 supersonic jet, which has a form designed to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. According to the companies, the experimental aircraft was "designed to quiet the sonic boom" and marks a "significant milestone" in the decades-long research project aimed at resolving
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Brazilian-informed murals bring character to Parisian restaurant duo Oka Fogo

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Architect Arnaud Behzadi and artist Florence Bamberger have combined French and Brazilian influences to create interiors for a pair of adjoining restaurants. Located in Paris' 17th arrondissement, Oka Fogo is the latest eatery from Raphael Rego, a Michelin-starred chef who is originally from Rio de Janeiro. Behzadi designed interiors that aim to capture the spirit
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Plantea Estudio plays with light and shadow for Acid cafe interior

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Spanish studio Plantea Estudio has completed a cafe and bakery inside an early 20th-century building in Madrid, contrasting the original dark tones of the interior with modern steel surfaces. Taking over a former gem store on a busy street in the Justicia district, the Acid cafe and bakeshop was designed to provide a place for
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