London Design Festival announces programme for Global Design Forum 2024

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Promotion: London Design Festival has announced the details of its thought leadership programme, Global Design Forum, that aims to celebrate "design and the minds shaping its future". Running from 14 to 20 September at the V&A, this year's edition will host a series of talks focused on addressing some of the most pressing challenges currently
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Rik van Veen transforms old gas pipes into spotted Leopard bench

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Dutch designer Rik van Veen has created a bench made from leftover plastic pipes that are fused together and carved to create a textural pattern reminiscent of a leopard's fur. The Leopard bench is the latest in a series of experimental furniture pieces that Van Veen began producing a decade ago during his studies at
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High Line "under threat" from proposed skyscrapers and casino say Friends of the Highline founders

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The rezoning of land in New York City for skyscrapers and a casino puts the experience of the city's High Line "under threat" according to the founders of Friends of the Highline. Friends of the Highline founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond made a series of criticisms about proposed developments in an opinion piece published
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Drexel University spotlights twelve architecture and design student projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a spa that integrates natural materials including stone and mineral plaster is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Drexel University. Also included is an education centre for agriculture in Puerto Rico and a music venue situated by the Trinity River in Dallas, USA. Drexel University Institution: Drexel University School:
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"The shadow of Grenfell Tower's burnt-out husk will follow the refurbishment architect forever"

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As the long-awaited final report from the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire is published, Nat Barker reflects on the role of the lead architect on the building's notorious refurbishment project. And so we come to the end. I watched hundreds of hours of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Among the dozens of witnesses I
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Conscious collection by Carnegie

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Dezeen Showroom: addressing sustainability- and wellbeing-related needs, American brand Carnegie has released a new range of upholstery, wall coverings and drapery. The Conscious collection offers a spectrum of fabrics, materials and textiles to suit a wide range of aesthetics, applications and purposes. They have all been developed with sustainable principles in mind. "The Conscious Collection includes
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Pharrell Williams creates space-themed Lego set to make players "feel seen and empowered"

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Producer Pharrell Williams has unveiled the Over the Moon Lego set, including a gold-hued spacecraft and Lego's widest range of customisable minifigure skin tones. Scheduled to be released on 20 September, Over the Moon is a set of three space-themed toys designed by Williams and Danish toymaker Lego, finished in the brand's trademark plastic bricks. The
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Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter unveils curved concrete church in Roskilde

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Architecture studio Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter has completed the concrete Trekroner Church on the outskirts of Roskilde, Denmark. Located in the growing suburb of Trekronor, the church was designed to combine a contemporary, organic form with more traditional ideals. It was built as a multifunctional space that could function "both as a church and a
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Production designer Naaman Marshall adopted "utilitarian" approach for Alien: Romulus

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Heavy-lift machinery and vehicles informed the set design of the sci-fi horror film Alien: Romulus, production designer Naaman Marshall tells Dezeen in this interview. Helmed by director Fede Álvarez, the film is the seventh instalment in the Alien franchise, which began in 1979 with Ridley Scott's film Alien. Alien: Romulus follows a group of space
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Dezeen and ASUS Zenbook to host Design You Can Feel exhibition during London Design Festival

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Dezeen has teamed up with ASUS Zenbook to curate a major exhibition during London Design Festival exploring materiality, craftsmanship and artificial intelligence. Titled Design You Can Feel, the exhibition will showcase how material qualities such as form, colour and texture can be combined to create objects or moments that awaken the senses. Featured designers include
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David Chipperfield combines three housing typologies at Hertogensite in Belgium

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British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed the Hertogensite residential complex in Leuven, Belgium, with a series of interconnected brick-clad forms. Situated on a narrow site between a fragment of the city's medieval wall and a branch of the river Dyle, the complex comprises a 14-storey tower, nine townhouses and a small apartment block united
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Pratique and Fanum add "imposing" plywood pavilion to Villa Medici gardens in Rome

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French architecture studios Pratique and Fanum took cues from Roman architecture when creating the Forum des Vestiges plywood pavilion, which is located in the gardens of Rome's historic Villa Medici. Pratique and Fanum designed the pavilion, which was informed by ancient Roman forums, to encourage social interactions and conversation. "The main design goal was to create
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Thank you for entering Dezeen Awards China 2024. What's next?

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Thanks to everyone who entered Dezeen Awards China 2024, in partnership with Bentley! Dezeen Awards China 2024 closed for entries last week. Read on to find out what is happening next. Shortlisting Judging will take place throughout September and October. It will involve our prestigious panel of industry leaders, who will select a shortlist of
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NBBJ uses "softly curving" buildings for adolescent behavioural health campus

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Architecture firm NBBJ has integrated a series of curved buildings into a sloped California site to create an "inclusive, healing environment" for a behavioural health campus for adolescent patients. The 55,600 square foot (5,165 square metres) campus is located in Monterey and serves as a local and adolescent-focused branch of Montage Health, a California-based non-profit
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Dezeen Debate features a bench that "promotes deeper interrelation with the built and natural world"

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a reusable formwork that moulds trees into benches. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The demountable metal mould that shapes willow trees into a self-supporting bench was created by Belgian design firm Studio Part. Readers were captivated by the design, with one calling it "innovative and sustainable". Another
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Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture overhaul mid-century Montreal house

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Local studios Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture have renovated and expanded a mid-century modern house in Montreal, dividing the original residence from the addition with a monumental skylight. Architects Morin & Cinq-Mars originally constructed Residence Ave Duchastel on Mount Royal in the Outremont district in the 1950s, drawing inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright's designs. Completing
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Marmora Nero Antico tile by Casalgrande Padana

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Dezeen Showroom: Italian tile maker Casalgrande Padana combined technology and aesthetic research to create an ultra-realistic marble-look tile with optional three-dimensional veining. The vein-touch finish replicates the low-relief patterning of marble, which in the dramatic black-and-white Marmora Nero Antico tile serves to further enhance the look of light and shadow playing on the surface. Alternatively, the
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Studio Terratects nestles earthy home into Keralan forest

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Indian practice Studio Terratects has completed Urul, a house on a forested site in Kerala, India, which features a mud-plastered interior. Designed for a client engaged in environmentalism, the home in Wayanad has a natural material palette intended to evoke nature as much as possible. Studio Terratects has also celebrated local craftsmanship and "artisanal techniques"
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Ublo window by Ublo

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Dezeen Showroom: large areas of fixed glazing can be opened to allow for ventilation with the Ublo window, created by Korean start-up Ublo. The Ublo window is a small, circular aperture similar to a porthole that can be cut into unopenable glazing and covered with a lid. This approach allows fresh air to enter interior spaces
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"Instead of the restrictive modernist concept of heritage, how about a postmodern one?"

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An updated, postmodern value framework for architecture preservation is needed to protect buildings that are young or ubiquitous as well as those that are exceptional, writes Owen Hopkins. It's not uncommon for architects and clients to disagree. In fact, it's often better that they don't entirely see eye-to-eye. A lively exchange of ideas and opinions
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"Common sense and local culture" inform social housing block in Mallorca

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Spanish architect Joan J Fortuny and studio Alventosa Morell Arquitectes have created 54 social housing units in Inca, Mallorca, wrapped in larch shutters and perforated bricks. Located on an empty plot at the edge of the town, the project provides socially rented flats for low-income tenants and is designed as a response to its urban
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Various Associates creates irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for DJI

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Chinese interior studio Various Associates has completed an irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for drone brand DJI in Shenzhen, China. Located at OCT Harbour on the shores of Shenzhen Bay, the flagship store was designed to demonstrate the Chinese drone company's latest technology. The 4000-square-metre store contains spaces for product display, a gallery, customer service area and
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Ambientec turns to organising events to showcase lighting products

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Promotion: Japanese portable lighting brand Ambientec is, for the first time, organising its own events as well as showing at trade fairs to showcase its products. The brand said augmenting its approach is part of a push to keep its identity fresh and innovative. Prompted by the fact that Milan design week's biennial lighting show
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SWNA designs "cute" rubbish bins for Seoul Metropolitan Government

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South Korean design studio SWNA has created a set of rubbish bins for use in Seoul's public spaces, featuring friendly rounded forms and animal ears on the lids. The project is part of Design Seoul 2.0 – a five-year plan initiated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to improve the capital's urban design. Alongside projects exploring the
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Red curtains line facade of FADEU Building at Santiago architecture school

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Sunshades and screens line the exterior of a concrete-framed university building in Santiago, Chile, by architects Alberto Moletto and Sebastián Paredes that was envisioned as an "articulator of the campus". The building houses the FADEU – which stands for Facultad Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, or the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies. It
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Goettsch Partners designs Nashville's tallest skyscraper with "subtle" facets

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Architecture studio Goettsch Partners has unveiled the design of the Paramount skyscraper , which is set to be the tallest skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee. Construction recently began on the Paramount skyscraper, which is planned to reach 60 storeys and stand 750 feet tall (229 metres) upon completion, unseating the 617-foot-tall (188 metres) AT&T Building. The
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H03 Knob on Half Moon by Bankston Architectural among new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: a sculptural door knob made from a combination of wood, metal and stone is among ten new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. H03 Knob on Half Moon by Civilian for Bankston Architectural Australian brand Bankston Architectural aims to make a feature of often-overlooked door handles in its sculptural H03 Knob on Half Moon. The
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Poetry tile collection by STN Cerámica

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Dezeen Showroom: created by Spanish company STN Cerámica, Poetry is a delicately patterned marble-look tile that can be enhanced with 3D textures. Based on the look of Rapolano marble, the Poetry porcelain tile collection features light, cloud-like veining across its surface, creating a soft and inviting look. The rectangular tile is available in three neutral colours
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"Garden for the city" forms heart of health centre in Carcavelos

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A curving concrete canopy and a public garden animate Carcavelos Health Complex near Lisbon, Portugal, completed by local practices Simão Botlelho, Studio-J and Duoma. Carcavelos Health Complex combines four separate health services in a single building and was the result of a public architecture competition held in 2018. Its sloping site is bordered by residential
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Porsche reveals plans for first residential tower in Asia

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German car brand Porsche has unveiled the design for its third residential high-rise building, Porsche Design Tower Bangkok, which it describes as an "architectural masterpiece". The brand's luxury goods company, Porsche Design, worked with real estate company Ananda Development on the luxury apartment block in Thailand's capital city. Once complete, the 95-metre-tall building will be Porsche's
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Chart exhibits artworks in pavilion made from recycled ship sails

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Copenhagen's Chart Art Fair has built a pop-up gallery designed by architects Emil Dupuis Bernild, Mikkel Harboe Wolff, Jonas Sarantaris and Shwan Soran Ali, marking a major change to its annual architecture programme. Instead of food and drinks counters, this year the fair commissioned architects to build an outdoor pavilion for exhibiting contemporary artworks. The
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Competition: search for a role on Dezeen Jobs and win a limited-edition Louis Poulsen lamp

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To coincide with the 150th anniversary of Louis Poulsen, the Danish design brand has produced a 2024 version of its iconic AJ mini lamp and made eight available to Dezeen readers in September. A limited run has been produced to mark this milestone in the brand's history, with the lamps expected to become collectibles in
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Tatjana von Stein fills Mallorcan members' club interior with the colours of Palma

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London-based design studio Tatjana von Stein has created a warm and colourful interior for private members' club Làlia in Palma, Mallorca. Set in a historic townhouse overlooking Placa de Santa Eulalia, Làlia was restored and renovated in collaboration with local practice Gras Reynès Arquitectos. Across four levels, the members' club features work and leisure spaces including
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Linn and artist Ran Ortner collaborate on speaker that recalls ocean waves

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Promotion: New York-based artist Ran Ortner has created a bespoke speaker finish for Scottish audio brand Linn based on sonic and oceanic rhythms. Called Triton, the black, satin-like finish produced by Linn is an ode to waves – both sound and ocean waves depicted in Ortner's vast, multi-layer oil paintings. The slate-black colour is described
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Metal tubes poke through slabs of acrylic in furniture by Jeonghwa Seo

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South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has used purpose-cast aluminium tubes to create a collection of tables and benches, with their structure obscured behind frosted acrylic. Each of the eight furniture pieces in the Cylinder series is defined by the fusion of rounded acrylic slabs and hollow metal tubing, arranged horizontally and vertically to create the
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Cubeinside creates red-brick Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque in Bangladesh

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Local architecture studio Cubeinside has completed a red-brick mosque in Bangladesh, eschewing traditional ornamentation in favour of "timeless" geometric forms. Located near the Arial Kha River in rural Madaripur, Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque is housed within a rectilinear brick volume, topped by a central dome and minarets at each of its four corners. While mosque
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Eight homes where pull-out furniture creates flexible interiors

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Folding desks, hide-away dining tables and Murphy beds are the focus of our latest lookbook, exploring homes where pull-out furniture allows rooms to be used in multiple ways. In houses and apartments with limited space, fold-out or wheel-out furniture offers a clever space-saving solution. The Murphy bed, which incorporates a hinge that allows it to
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Atelier O-S perches "Roman circus" car park in France on concrete columns

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Sculptural concrete columns support the Cesson-Viasilva Park and Ride and Bus Station in Rennes, which was designed by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes to "update the image of a car park in the outer suburbs." The facility was designed to be an "urban catalyst" for the new Atalante ViaSilva district in the suburb of Cesson-Sévigné,
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Nati Minas & Studio installs climbing wall inside São Paulo apartment

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A bouldering wall in this São Paulo apartment designed by Nati Minas & Studio allows a sports-loving couple to scale their double-height living room. The 220-square-metre Musa apartment in the Itaim Bibi neighbourhood was renovated to reflect its residents' active lifestyles. Local firm Nati Minas & Studio added colourful hand and foot holds up one wall
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Shingles cloak roof of Green Ark pavilion in Belgian botanic garden

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Belgian studios NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago have created a visitor centre for the Meise Botanic Garden near Brussels that is topped by a shingle-clad vaulted roof. The Green Ark pavilion, which contains educational spaces and a seed bank, was completed as part of the wider renovation of the botanic garden at Bouchout Castle, which contains
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Eight homes punctuated by dramatic circular openings

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For our latest lookbook, we've gathered eight home interiors and exteriors that are crowned by circular openings and skylights. While often used to draw daylight into interior spaces, openings may also provide unexpected visual connections between a home's spaces or – as shown in a project below – offer a structural frame through which trees
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This week IKEA launched an online second-hand marketplace

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This week on Dezeen, Swedish furniture retailer IKEA revealed that it is branching out into the online resale market with the launch of its IKEA Preowned platform. The marketplace, which aims to rival online resale platforms like eBay, Gumtree and Facebook Marketplace, will let sellers list their preloved furniture and homeware by uploading photos and
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Reigo and Bauer uses diamond-shaped cladding for angular Toronto house

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Local studio Reigo and Bauer has completed a Toronto house clad in diamond-shaped panels that present a "quiet tension of that contrast" between the cladding's decorative and minimalist qualities. Called Neville Park, the three-level house sits on a narrow lot in an East End Toronto residential neighbourhood. It is characterised by a tall profile with
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Seven management roles featured on Dezeen Jobs

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We've selected seven managerial roles available on Dezeen Jobs including positions at Herzog & de Meuron, SCP and Knight Architects. Project manager at Herzog & de Meuron Herzog & de Meuron is looking for a project manager to join its team in Basel, Switzerland. The studio's Kornmarktplatz project in Austria is an arched structure comprising
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GMP Architekten set to "reinvent" roof of Roger Taillibert’s Olympic Stadium in Montreal

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German architecture studio GMP Architekten has been selected to design a replacement for the roof of Roger Taillibert’s "controversial" Olympic stadium in Montreal for the studio's first North American project. The ageing Olympic Stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert for the 1976 Montreal Summer Games and features a now-iconic angled tower that suspends
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West Dean College spotlights ten interior design student projects

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Dezeen School Shows: the adaptive reuse of a department store into a shelter for victims of domestic abuse is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at West Dean College. Also featured is a bar designed using recycled materials including glass and perspex and a café within a chapel featuring biophilic design elements. West
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Seven iconic furnishings rereleased for the modern market

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Dezeen Showroom: from a 1940s lounge chair to a miniaturised 1970s lamp made from glass, the following pieces are among reissued designs listed on Dezeen Showroom. Contemporary releases of classic furnishings are made for a number of reasons, from the sustained consumer demand for 20th-century style furniture and the desire to remake pieces according to contemporary
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Seven management roles featured on Dezeen Jobs

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We’ve selected seven managerial roles available on Dezeen Jobs including positions at Herzog & de Meuron, SCP and Knight Architects. Project manager at Herzog & de Meuron Herzog & de Meuron is looking for a project manager to join its team in Basel, Switzerland. The studio’s Kornmarktplatz project in Austria is an arched structure comprising
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White Arkitekter adds hyperboloid observation tower Swedish nature reserve

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Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed Observation Tower Kärven, which is constructed from a network of timber beams resembling "a bundle of twisted straws". Situated within a nature reserve in Getterön, the 12-metre-tall and seven-metre-wide tower by White Arkitekter has a hyperboloid structure composed of 140 beams combined with metal rings. White Arkitekter's design places
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Dezeen's top five houses of August 2024

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A revamped ruin in rural Girona and a 12-storey block on a compact plot in Mumbai are among the top five houses to turn Dezeen readers' heads this month. Also featured on the list are a sculptural home in Perth, a stilted "micro-chalet" in Québec and a buff-brick residence in London. The roundup is the
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Mould growing on Toyo Ito-designed "largest wooden building in Asia"

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Mould is growing on Gaia, a mass-timber business school in Singapore that was completed last year for the Nanyang Technological University by Japanese architect Toyo Ito and Singapore-based studio RSP Architects. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) claimed the 43,500-square-metre school was "the largest wooden building in Asia" in terms of the volume of timber used when it
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Seven architecture and design events in September from Dezeen Events Guide

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Sydney Design Week, Detroit Month of Design and Lake Como Design Festival are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this September. Other events taking place during the month include the Singapore Design Week, Frieze Seoul, Helsinki Design Week and London Design Festival. Detroit Month of Design 1 to September, USA The
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H2ERǴ ring made with metals "mined" by plants

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Metals "mined" by plants feature in a first-of-its-kind ring, made by materials researcher and designer Karoline Healy under her jewellery brand H2ERǴ. The metals were obtained using the emerging technology of phytomining, in which special species of plants known as hyperaccumulators suck up metals from the soil through their roots. The technology is so nascent
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Call for entries for the Tile of Spain Awards 2024

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Promotion: the annual Tile of Spain Awards in Architecture and Interior Design competition is now open for entries, which highlights worldwide projects that make "innovative" use of ceramic tiles manufactured in Spain. Lead by The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer's Association (ASCER), the Tile of Spain competition awards architecture and interior projects that use Spanish-manufactured tiles
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Laurence Bonnel creates tactile restaurant interior informed by Japanese archipelago

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Artworks are dotted throughout the interior of restaurant L'Abysse Monte Carlo in Monaco, for which its designers Laurence Bonnel and Rowin Atelier took cues from the Seto Inland Sea archipelago. Bonnel, who led the design and is the founder of Paris art gallery Scene Ouverte, also drew on the food served at the restaurant when
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Final chance to enter Dezeen Awards China 2024

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Dezeen Awards China 2024 closes today, 30 August, at 23:59 Beijing time. Submit your project today for a chance to win! This is your final chance to enter Dezeen Awards China 2024, in partnership with Bentley. There will be no extension to the deadline. Present your projects to our judging panel of industry-leading professionals, including
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Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados creates bird cage-like house on Chilean coast

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Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has cantilevered a glass and red-painted wood house off a forested cliffside near the sea in Chile with layers that create "increasing levels of intimacy". Painted a vibrant red, the elevated 2,100-square foot (195-square metre) house is located in Detif, Chiloé, Chile. Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados (GAAA), a studio based in
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Dezeen Agenda features launch of IKEA's second-hand marketplace

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the launch of IKEA's online marketplace for second-hand furniture. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Swedish furniture brand IKEA has created a peer-to-peer resale platform, called IKEA Preowned, as part of its aim to become a circular business by 2030. The secondhand marketplace, which allows people
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Neil M Denari Architects aims for "immediate singularity" with purple LA office building

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American studios Neil M Denari Architects and HLW have created an office structure in Beverly Hills equipped with solar panels and a distinctive "aubergine"-coloured facade. 9000 Wilshire is a single-tenant office building in Los Angeles' Beverly Hill neighbourhood. Positioned on a low-rise commercial strip surrounded by residential, the building utilises a distinctive cladding language with
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Ten student design projects featured in the Designblok Diploma Selection

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Dezeen School Shows: a modular system of furniture that promotes sustainability is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students featured in the Designblok Diploma Selection. Also included is a 3D-printed water filter made from ceramics and a fashion collection that is crafted from recycled materials and inspired by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. Designblok Diploma Section Institution:
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C3D Architecture breaks ground on "striking" Manhattan skyscraper

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Construction has begun on a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan by local firm C3D Architecture that was designed with a bulbous facade that have a "striking visual effect". Located between the Empire State Building and Bryant Park, 989 6th Avenue is set to rise 73 storeys at 790 feet tall (240 metres) and contain residential and
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Fifteen furniture designers showcased at ICFF's Look Book 2024

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Promotion: the eighth edition of design exhibition Look Book, as part of this year's design fair International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), hosted almost 70 brands over three days. Located in New York City's Javits Center, the exhibition spotlighted furniture, lighting and design objects from 19 to 21 May. We've selected 15 design brands who showcased
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Tiffany marble bathtub by Lusso

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Dezeen Showroom: British bathroom brand Lusso has released a bathtub made from one of the world's rarest varieties of marble. Available in two variations, the Tiffany bathtub is carved from a solid block of its namesake marble – a Brazilian stone that is considered extremely precious due to its natural scarcity and the difficulty of
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Hello Wood designs grass-topped CLT House as "part of the landscape"

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Architecture studio Hello Wood has completed a sunken house near Budapest, Hungary, which is crowned by a green roof and features an outdoor living area overlooking a pond. Named CLT House in reference to its structure that is built partly from cross-laminated timber (CLT), the home is designed by Hello Wood to "blend seamlessly" with
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Tabitha Isobel completes "warm and inviting" Regent Street store for Carl Friedrik

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Interiors studio Tabitha Isobel has designed a gallery-like store in central London for luxury luggage brand Carl Friedrik, featuring a rich and inviting palette comprising dark wood, metal and draped fabrics. Carl Friedrik approached studio founder Tabitha Organ to design the company's first physical store, located in a Grade-II listed building on Regent Street just
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H03 Knob on Half Moon by Civilian for Bankston Architectural

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Dezeen Showroom: architectural hardware is elevated with a bold mix of materials and shapes in the H03 Knob on Half Moon, created by US studio Civilian for Australian brand Bankston Architectural. The H03 Knob on Half Moon has the same domed door knob design that features throughout Bankston's Hemispheres collection, with the addition of a
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Linda Boronkay selects bold shapes and colours for The Sessile

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Former Soho House design director Linda Boronkay drew on her experience of members' clubs when creating communal spaces at The Sessile, a rentable apartment block in north London. Created by contemporary rental brand Way of Life, The Sessile is a 310-apartment building in Tottenham Hale. Boronkay designed the interiors for the building's communal areas, which
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Under One Roof exhibition celebrates Scotland's "vibrant" emerging design scene

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Design platform Slancha has curated Under One Roof, a furniture and homeware exhibition in Glasgow that spotlights 14 up-and-coming Scottish designers. The inaugural exhibition from Slancha, which is run by designers Findlay MacDonald and Harvey Everson, presented a hand-picked selection of furniture, ceramics and lighting pieces united by an emphasis on materiality and form. MacDonald
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Beyer Blinder Belle creates National Urban League HQ in Harlem

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Local architecture studio Beyer Blinder Belle has created a Harlem headquarters for the National Urban League, which houses the "first Civil Rights Museum" in New York. Civil rights advocacy organisation The National Urban League is relocating from their Lower Manhattan office at 80 Pine Street to historic West 125th Street in Harlem. The headquarters replaces
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Eleven US houses with bold black exteriors

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From a home formed of two overlapping volumes in Alabama to a structure on a narrow site in San Francisco, we've rounded up 11 houses in the United States with striking black facades. While there is a variety of different styles and material choices between the different states, black cladding is a unifying trend throughout
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Kingston University spotlights ten architecture student projects

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Dezeen School Shows: a leisure centre which utilises an energy-saving model through sustainable heating and cooling methods is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kingston University. Also included is the proposal for a reimagined building in London, UK which utilises materials like rammed earth and stone and a vineyard in Portugal built atop
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Stuart Graff steps down as Frank Lloyd Wright foundation CEO

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American architecture organisation The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has announced its president and CEO Stuart Graff will step down after eight years of acting as the head executive. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, an organisation dedicated to preserving the intellectual and physical legacy of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, announced that Graff would be stepping
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Expansive roofs create indoor-outdoor spaces in concrete Indian home

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Indian practice Studio MOB has completed A House in the Farm, a modern farmhouse comprising intersecting concrete blocks and sheltered spaces to encourage indoor-outdoor living. Located in Coimbatore, India, the home was designed to straddle the urban sites and farmland that sit on either side of it, in a bold geometric style intended to offer
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Vote for your favourite skyscraper from the past year!

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Ahead of World Skyscraper Day next week, Dezeen is inviting readers to vote for their favourite skyscraper completed in the last 12 months. The Dezeen team has selected the 10 most significant tall buildings from the past 12 months and now we're asking you to pick a winner, to be revealed on World Skyscraper Day
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Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to London Design Festival 2024

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Dezeen Events Guide has launched the 2024 edition of its London Design Week guide, which spotlights exhibitions, open showrooms, talks, workshops and product launches across the city. London Design Festival 2024 takes place over nine days, from 14 to 22 September, and is located across 11 districts in the capital. This year's edition marks the
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Sixteen Japanese architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin

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British architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has gone behind the scenes to capture 16 architecture workspaces in Japan. The project by Goodwin – who is the founder of photography studio Archmospheres – forms part of his latest photography series that documents architecture workspaces, most recently spanning Taiwan, Vienna and Munich. Focusing on "young, non-traditional studios" in
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Reusable formwork by Studio Part moulds trees into living bench

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Belgian design firm Studio Part has developed a demountable metal mould that encourages young willow trees to grow into a self-supporting bench. Tenir, which means to hold or hold on to in French, was designed to guide the willow branches so they become intertwined and follow a curving form that will eventually provide a comfortable
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Foster + Partners designs "elegant" Miami supertall skyscraper

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Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a supertall skyscraper in Miami that is set to house the relocated headquarters of hedge fund Citadel. Designed at 54 storeys and 1,032 feet (314 metres), 1201 Brickell Bay Drive is a symmetrical supertall skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners in Miami's Brickell neighbourhood. Developed by
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Insulation made of discarded sheep wool used for Argentina guest house

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Argentine studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metal-clad house called Casa La Escocesa, which features "insulating blankets" made of sheep wool that otherwise would have been incinerated. The 150-square-metre project is located on a farm in Argentina's subtropical Pampas region, which consists of agricultural fields that stretch over flat plains. The building site is surrounded
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Dezeen Debate features yoghurt window coating "crazy enough to work"

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features British engineer Tom Greenhill's proposal to use yoghurt as a solution for combating heat waves. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed using yoghurt to coat windows as a low-cost and low-energy solution to keep UK homes cool during heatwaves. Commenters were
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Jahn creates "rough and tough" military archive in Wisconsin

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Chicago architecture studio Jahn has used massive steel trusses and a glass envelope for a military archive building with a structure informed by amphibious landing vehicles. The Pritzker Military Archives Center is a facility for the storage, preservation and exhibition of documents and artefacts from participants in the US military, especially from the two world
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Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Sheffield

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Dezeen School Shows: a biodiversity research centre in Doncaster, UK, that aims to educate schoolchildren is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Sheffield. Also included is a converted gatehouse that preserves energy and a school focusing on combatting the climate emergency through architecture. University of Sheffield Institution: The University
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Eight scenic products informed by earth's diverse landscapes

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Dezeen Showroom: modular seating informed by highways in Germany and rugs made from plastic depicting polluted rivers are among products on Dezeen Showroom that are informed by landscapes. Pieces in the following selection are all among those created by designers that have looked to both natural landscapes and those altered by human-made interventions. The autobahns
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Stone ruins turned into Spanish home by H Arquitectes

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The crumbling stone walls of an old farmhouse formed the starting point for Casa 1627, a house in Spain completed by local studio H Arquitectes. In the agricultural landscape of Pals in Girona's Baix Empordà, all that was left of the Mas Geli farmhouse was two outer cyclopean masonry walls supported by large buttresses. H
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Fouché Architects perches black house on forested Queensland hillside

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Australian studio Fouché Architects has completed Tallowwood Cabin, a black house with an angular form that cantilevers over its sloping plot in Queensland. Tallowwood Cabin is located in a small clearing within a forested site in Tallebudgera and was designed for the father of the couple who owns the land. Fouché Architects designed a top-heavy
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Stufish creates festival stage informed by Barbican Conservatory for Lana Del Rey

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Entertainment architecture studio Stufish has designed 12-metre-high columns and ornate window frames for a stage for artist Lana Del Rey, which was shown at the Reading and Leeds festivals over the weekend. Del Rey headlined the two British festivals against a backdrop that was created by Stufish to appear both delicate and brutalist, informed by
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Loewe store in Seoul designed as "art collector's home"

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Spanish fashion house Loewe paid homage to its own craft history in this Seoul store, which features artwork including a multi-level bamboo sculpture and a basket woven entirely from horse hair. The store is located in Seoul's Gangnam district and is the first Casa Loewe branch in South Korea. A gleaming monolithic facade characterises the
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Woset creates pared-back art supplies to kickstart children's imagination

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Edible glue, crayons that draw on any surface and a stool that turns into an easel are among the unconventional craft equipment developed by Tokyo children's brand Woset for the next generation of artists and designers. Woset's stationery and furniture, currently on show as part of a pop-up at the Isetan department store in Shinjuku,
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Jyhling Lee creates steel origami-informed sculpture for Toronto

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Local designer Jyhling Lee has created a stainless steel sculpture informed by an origami bowl for an "iconic"  street in Downtown Toronto. Reflector is a mirrored sculpture approximately 5 metres by 3 metres tall that sits on a corner of Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto, a major thoroughfare through the city and one of
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R & Company highlights seven “archetypes” of American collectible design

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New York gallery R & Company has curated collectible design work by 55 contemporary artists and designers based throughout the United States. The exhibition Object USA 2024 is the second instalment in a series of triannual exhibits by the gallery surveying the current state of collectible design practices in the country. The show touches on
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University of Stuttgart uses self-shaping timber and woven flax for tower and pavilion

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Warped timber and robotically-woven flax were used to create this pair of experimental structures in Germany, which were designed by students and researchers at the University of Stuttgart. The university's Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) completed the Hybrid Flax Pavilion and Wangen Tower for a garden
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JJ heated towel rail by Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba for Tubes

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Dezeen Showroom: designers Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba have created a slimline, minimalist heated towel rail for Italian design company Tubes. Named after the shapes visible in the structure when viewed from the side, the JJ towel rail consists of two heated shelves with a concealed slot from which to hang towels or bathrobes. Serafini
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Intervention Architecture hides fold-out furniture behind walls of Florin Court flat

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British studio Intervention Architecture designed bespoke plywood joinery to conceal furniture including a pull-down bed and a collapsible dining table inside this micro apartment in north London. The flat is located within Florin Court, a nine-storey art deco building overlooking Charterhouse Square that was designed by Guy Morgan and Partners and built in 1938. The
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Mirzoyan Studio renovates Stalinist-era flat in Kyiv with oak and stainless steel

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Architecture practice Mirzoyan Studio has renovated an apartment in the historic centre of Kyiv, Ukraine, adding reflective surfaces and built-in oak furniture. The studio updated the two-bedroom apartment, which is within a Stalinka – a type of building characteristic of the architecture of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin in the 1930s
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Final chance! Dezeen Awards China 2024 late entry closes on 30 August

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Did you miss last week's deadline? Don't worry, you have four more days to submit your Dezeen Awards China 2024 entries before the late entry deadline this Friday 30 August. The late entry deadline for Dezeen Awards China 2024, in partnership with Bentley, is 30 August at 23:59 Beijing time. Submit your project before then
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Snarkitecture overhauls New York law offices using "elevated" stud walls

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Architecture studio Snarkitecture has updated the New York offices of legal firm Jayaram Law, adding elements with wavy cutouts and furniture from a new collection with Made By Choice. The overhaul of Jayaram's 3,800-square-foot (353-square-metre) space in Manhattan's Flatiron District forms part of the company's artist residency program and continues a longstanding relationship with Snarkitecture.
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Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy

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Chinese studio Trace Architecture Office has repaired and renovated a historic building in Yunnan, China, to house the Weishan Chongzheng Academy Bookstore. Trace Architecture Office (TAO) reinvigorated the Weishan Chongzheng Academy, which has a history dating back over 500 years, by creating a space for bookstore chain Librairie Avant-Garde. "Chongzheng Academy was one of the first
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Material & Memory exhibition responds to "raw materiality" of Brinkburn Priory and Manor

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Tutors and researchers from Northumbria University have filled a derelict manor house, nestled in a curve of the River Coquet in Northumberland, with objects informed by the site's rich history and materiality. The exhibition titled Material & Memory is being held at Brinkburn Priory and Manor, a former 12th-century monastery that fell into ruin and
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Soho House opens in historic São Paulo hospital filled with local art and furniture

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Members' club Soho House has opened its first location in South America, taking over a historic building in São Paulo and creating interiors influenced by Brazilian modernism. Soho House São Paulo sits within the Cidade Matarazzo, a cluster of early 20th-century Italianate maternity ward buildings in the Bela Vista neighborhood that have been restored over
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Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures refreshes 1960s Swiss mountain chalet

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Pale wooden finishes characterise the interior of the Perfect Day House mountain chalet that has been updated by Swiss studio Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures. Located in Zinal, a mountain village in Switzerland, the home was overhauled with an interior arranged around a central communal living area. In addition to the interior transformation, Giona Bierens
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Eight interiors that are stepped up by the addition of ladders

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Our latest lookbook focuses on kitchens and living rooms that are elevated by their inclusion of ladders. In contemporary interior design, ladders can be specified as an alternative to staircases due to their space-efficient nature, their ability to be moved to access different areas and the sense of playfulness they foster. Old ladders also have
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This week we revealed a 12-storey home in Mumbai

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This week on Dezeen, we unveiled a family home in Mumbai with rooms spread across 12 floors, courtesy of Indian studio Spasm Design. To make the house stand out among the surrounding grey buildings, Spasm Design wrapped the home in terracotta panels and created cutouts to reveal balconies and terraces. We followed up the story
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Wooden vaults sit on stone foundations for Ecuadorian hotel extension

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Ecuadorian architects Ignacio Muñoz Bustamante and Javier Mera Luna have teamed up to expand a hotel with three new guest rooms constructed with metal vaulted roofs over stone walls in Papallacta, Ecuador. Known as Las Pajareras, the guest rooms are part of Guango Lodge, a 300-acre (121 hectares) property between the Papallacta River and the
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Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes restore 1950s French stadium

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Architecture studios Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes have refreshed a dilapidated 20th-century stadium in La Ciotat, France, repairing the stand and adding a modernised entrance. Named Jean Bouissou Stadium Stand, the newly updated grandstand adds a modern touch to the existing structure, which was built in 1958 and is home to the ES La
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Foster + Partners unveils Gadigal and Barangaroo stations on Sydney Metro

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Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed two stations as part of the Sydney Metro extension, which opened to the public earlier this week. Foster + Partners unveiled photos of the Gadigal and Barangaroo stations, which form part of the first phase of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest line running from Chatswood to Sydenham
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YSG creates "eccentric beats of nostalgia" in Byron Bay seaside home

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Interiors studio YSG has updated a seaside home in Byron Bay, Australia, creating a series of retro spaces with colours and furnishings that evoke the 1970s. Byron Bay is known for its tropical climate and surf culture, so YSG director Yasmine Saleh Ghoniem designed a laid-back interior filled with period details to complement the lush
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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

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British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Painted on with a roller, yoghurt dries quickly and creates a fritted glass-like effect that Greenhill says should reflect light and heat in much the same way as other energy-efficient
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Dezeen Awards China 2024 entries close tonight at 23:59 Beijing time

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Today is the last day you can enter Dezeen Awards China 2024 before the entry deadline tonight 23 August at 23:59 Beijing time! There are 19 project categories open for entry across architecture, interiors and design. This year we've introduced three new awards. One rewards excellence in landscape and urban design, celebrating standout landscape design,
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Espacio 18 and Cueto renovate historic Oaxaca apartment building

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Mexican studios Espacio 18 Arquitectura and Cueto Arquitectura have renovated a narrow infill property in Oaxaca, Mexico to create apartments within a space built up with different styles over the years. Known as Matamoros 402, the building was completed in 2024 with 11 apartments in 785 square metres (8,500 square feet). Espacio 18 Arquitectura and
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Dezeen Agenda features Zaha Hadid Architects' Central Bank of Iraq

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features images of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects released images of the Central Bank of Iraq, which under construction in Baghdad, Iraq. The structure was designed to "mimic the light reflecting off waves"
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Ten inventive contemporary houses in Austin

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An extension perched above a ranch house and a 3D-printed home designed by Lake Flato and ICON feature in this roundup of contemporary architecture in Austin, Texas. Austin has seen increased development in recent years, including several supertall skyscrapers being built in the city. The city is also known as a creative and quirky hub,
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Snøhetta tops reindeer herding school with sloping wooden roof

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Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Čoarvemátta education hub in Kautokeino, Norway, for the Sami High School and Reindeer Herding School as well as the Sami National Theatre Beaivváš. Designed in collaboration with local studio 70°N Arkitektur and artist Joar Nango, the structure by Snøhetta is composed of three interconnected wooden volumes that unite the
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Yinka Ilori wraps Piccadilly Circus fountain in bright orange Pegasus-topped plinths

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British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori has partially enclosed the Eros fountain at Piccadilly Circus in central London with a pair of brightly coloured plinths. Named Good Things Come to Those Who Wait, the installation was designed to create a positive message at the centre of one of the city's busiest junctions. The artwork consists of a
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Aesop clads London store with tactile bars of soap

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Skincare brand Aesop has opened a minimalist store in London's Knightsbridge, featuring a "soap corridor" created with uniform tiles made from the everyday bathroom product. Set within a slim and narrow room on Brompton Road, the Aesop outlet is characterised by a floor-to-ceiling installation made of cream-coloured soap bars. The installation, created by architect Nicolas
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Pelletier de Fontenay creates "permeable" boundary for Quebec school

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Local architecture studios Pelletier de Fontenay and Leclerc Architects have created a Quebec primary school organised around an open courtyard to create a "permeable" boundary with nature. Located outside of Montreal in Shefford, École du Zénith is composed of a chain of five one-storey volumes or "pavilions" that wrap around a central open space recess
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Seven student design projects exploring women's health and experiences

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Dezeen School Shows: we've selected seven student design projects that have been featured on Dezeen School Shows that explore women's health and experiences. These undergraduate and postgraduate projects range from interior to product design, spanning various themes and concepts, all of which address issues faced by women. Included in this roundup is a health management
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Clam chair by Arnold Madsen and Dagmar

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Dezeen Showroom: vintage furniture manufacturer Dagmar has rereleased Arnold Madsen's Clam chair – a Danish classic of once unknown provenance. The Clam chair –or 'Muslingstol' in Danish – was designed in 1944 by Arnold Madsen, an upholsterer who was untrained in design and so fashioned the original model for his organically shaped seat in plaster. He
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Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy

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French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. Originally founded in 1954 as the first museum to commemorate the D-Day landings, the new museum overlooks one of the five beaches on which soldiers landed during the second world war. Atelier Projectiles looked to create a building that
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Ten recently completed unusual Indian houses

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With a 12-storey home in Mumbai gaining attention, we've put together a roundup of Indian houses recently featured on Dezeen that depart from the norms of residential architecture. Architects in India have increasingly sought to experiment with the form of the conventional house in recent years, to the extent that unusual homes have become a notable
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"The role of smartphones in contemporary life feels increasingly stupid"

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Smartphone design has been getting worse and worse while the industry itself has become an environmental and humanitarian nightmare, writes Phineas Harper. Ned Ludd probably didn't exist. The mythical textiles worker, thought to have led daring acts of 18th-century industrial sabotage, was, most likely, as real as Robin Hood – a fictional folk hero to
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Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects' Central Bank of Iraq nearing completion in Baghdad

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UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed photos of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. The images show the completed twisting exoskeleton frame of the 170-metre-tall structure designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which is now the tallest building in the city. Being built on the
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Five "unconventional" projects by Dezeen Awards China judge Mario Tsai

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Chinese designer Mario Tsai, founder of research-design practice Mario Tsai Studio, has joined Dezeen Awards China 2024 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his work. Unconstrained by conventional methods, the studio "uses rigorous logic coupled with a fluid sense of artistry to present their works, whether in the form of
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Translucent and reflective surfaces ricochet light around Cologne apartment

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Local studio Demo Working Group removed all non-structural internal walls from this concrete-built apartment in Cologne, creating an open-plan interior.
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Moontower Design Build creates "plant-based" cabin in Austin

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Texas-based studio Moontower Design Build has constructed a "plant-based" cabin in Austin that features cross-laminated timber structural elements and a facade clad in cork. Known as Cross Cabin, the accessory dwelling unit measures 1,000 square feet (93 square metres) in an 8,000 square foot (743-square metre) sloping yard that offers views of the horizon through
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Dezeen Debate features "the best tower of all time"

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the closing of a hotel in a Frank Lloyd Wright skyscraper. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. A hotel in Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower is set to close temporarily amid reports that the owner has sold historical items without obtaining "review or approval" from the Frank Lloyd Wright
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"Regenerative" eco-park opens on site of cancelled Mexico City airport

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Architect Iñaki Echeverria has completed the first phases of an eco-park three times the size of Manhattan in Mexico City, using some of the infrastructure of the cancelled Foster + Partners-designed airport. Named the Lake Texcoco Ecological Park, the project entailed the regeneration and building of public infrastructure on a massive wetland environment on the
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EBBA Architects brightens home in Camden with "Victorian-like" metal extension

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London studio EBBA Architects has completed the renovation of a terraced house in Camden, London, adding a metal frame structure that takes cues from Victorian design. Named Camden Residence, the project comprises a number of sensitive alterations within the existing building as well as a glazed, double-height extension based around a rigid white frame structure.
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John McAslan + Partners unveils two stations for Sydney Metro

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Two stations designed by architecture studio John McAslan + Partners have opened as part of the latest phase of the Sydney Metro, which opened to passengers yesterday. Completed as part of the Sydney Metro, which is reportedly Australia's largest public transport project to date, John McAslan + Partners designed the addition to Sydney Central Station and
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Mijoda Dajomi designs rain-harvesting hats for a water scarce future

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Designer Mijoda Dajomi has created the Daughters of Rain headwear collection, which can harvest rainwater in anticipation of future water shortages. Created as Dajomi's graduate project at London College of Fashion, the collection consists of hats which double as vessels to collect and store rain water. The rain-harvesting hats were designed to draw attention to
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El Fant Café and Bar celebrates both traditional and contemporary Finnish design

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Finnish design studio Yatofu collaborated with young and local craftspeople to create El Fant Café and Bar in Helsinki, Finland. The cafe and bar comprises three front of house spaces across 70 square metres, including a central bar with two adjoining dining spaces either side. Yatofu intended to inject the energy of Helsinki's contemporary design
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Elmntl unveils prefab cabins for creating wellness retreats in wild landscapes

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Colorado-based startup Elmntl has unveiled a range of customisable cabins that provide bedrooms and sauna facilities in natural landscapes. Elmntl hopes to "democratise boutique hospitality" with its collection of prefabricated cabins. The startup aims to make it simpler and more affordable for landowners to offer unique vacation stays. Its cabins are fully customisable and easy
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Last chance to enter Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Design Competition

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Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Design Competition closes for entries at midnight on Wednesday. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to £15,000. The competition, which is free to enter for anyone over the age of 18 in any country, invites architects and designers to reimagine the way future generations live.
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Waste textiles turned into sweets in FabriCandy project

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Scraps of fabric have been recycled into edible treats by designer Jinghan Li, who wants people to consider waste as a resource for food. Li undertook the FabriCandy project as part of her masters in biodesign at London's Central Saint Martins (CSM) college, producing an array of colourful confections. She made the candies by applying
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Architect couple create Atwater House in Los Angeles over two decades

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A co-founder of the firm Design, Bitches and her architect husband have completed the latest iteration of their family home in California, which features ample daylight and the "feeling of being in the trees". The house belongs to architects Rebecca Rudolph, a principal at local studio Design, Bitches, and Colin Thompson, who works at Gensler.
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Remsen releases homeware to "bring back joy" to design for the elderly

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Brooklyn homeware brand Remsen has released an aluminium pill container and fluted grab bar as part of its overall pursuit to "reposition the conversation around ageing". Founded by architectural designers Spencer Fried and Sam Zeif, Remsen has created two homeware objects designed to "bring back joy" and make objects elderly people "really want" in the
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Spasm Design wraps 12-storey home in terracotta facade

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A single family home is contained within the Sarvasva tower, which Indian studio Spasm Design created to stand out from the neighbouring grey buildings in Mumbai, India. Named Sarvasva, the home is contained within a 12-storey tower that aims to make the most of its site within the dense urban setting. Wrapped in a rainscreen
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Haller Gut Architekten adds "light and delicate" extension to Swiss school

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Swiss studio Haller Gut Architekten has completed an extension to a school in Aeschi, providing classrooms with colourful accents and clad in thin planks of white wood. Haller Gut Architekten added additional teaching and administrative spaces to the school, which was originally spread across four detached buildings from different decades. Instead of creating a new,
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