Create interiors with saturated red beams and columns for a tea house
Create interiors with saturated red beams and columns for a tea house,EK Design has created an interior with saturated red…
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Metrotopia Metaverse virtual call center launched
Metrotopia Metaverse virtual call center launched,Zaha Hadid Architects and Chicago-based firm ArchAgenda have launched Metrotopia,Dubbed the unique metaverse project,it is…
Creating a network of posts adopting the logic of minarets and totems
Architect and founder of Counterspace, Somaya Valli,with artist Moad Mesbahi and sound artist Tania Petersen,and sound designer Sukanta Majumdar, creating…
Brazilian architects renovate Brigadeiro Apartment for themselves
Architect couple Leandro Garcia and Amanda Dalla-Bona have renovated a 1970s apartment in Curitiba, Brazil, for themselves, reconfiguring the layout and choosing eclectic furniture. All of the electrics and plumbing needed to be replaced, and the floor plan was rethought to create “a place to pause and retreat”. The couple remodelled the apartment to suit
Researching remote islands and renewable resources at the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
The Irish Pavilion installed a large black mound as an abstraction for Sceilg Mhichíl’s sheep’s wool island in Galway at…
Showroom Design Wrapped by Bulbous Plants on the Facade In Vietnam
SAVA, a design consultancy based in Malaysia and Vietnam,designed a cosmetics showroom with a bubble-like façade.Which will serve as farmers…
Constructing demountable office and lab using 90% recyclable materials
MVRDV has built a demountable office and laboratory in the heart of Amsterdam Science Park,More than 90% of the building’s…
Capella hotel takes over former government building in Sydney
Architecture firm Make and interior design practice BAR Studio have converted Sydney’s heritage-listed Department of Education building into the latest outpost from Capella Hotels. The adaptive reuse project involved adding a modern extension with curved glass corners to the building’s roof, set back from its sandstone facade to respect the original Edwardian Baroque architecture. With
Reimagining the former Hangzhou Oil Refinery with a cylindrical Museum of Art and Science
MVRDV has won a competition to transform the former Hangzhou Oil Refinery Park into a museum of arts and sciences.Where…
Sheathing of the greenhouse of the historic St. Augustine Monastery with glass and steel in Brno
Czech architecture and urban design firm CHYBIK + KRISTOF encapsulated a historic greenhouse,With a structure of glass and steel to…
Nursery design with herringbone ceiling and wooden beams
Takeru Shoji Architects completed a defined nursery school with a pedimented roof and large wooden beams inside in Niigata, Japan.Named…
Unveiling Sami’s Bedouin Library as a Social Space at the Venice Biennale
The Scandinavian Pavilion brought a nomadic library to this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.which houses a 15-year archive of books and…
Mason Studio reimagines its Toronto workspace “for the greater good”
Toronto interiors firm Mason Studio has redesigned its offices to offer community programming like exhibitions, events and other public-facing activities. Mason Studio relaunched its workspace as a new hybrid office and cultural hub to serve “the greater good” during the DesignTO festival earlier this year. Mason Studio has redesigned its two-storey office building to serve
Serpentine Pavilion 2023 revealed
French-Lebanese architect Lina Kotmeh, Founder of Lina Kotmeh – Architecture, completedSerpentine Pavilion 2023 in Kensington Gardens, UK.The pavilion, called À…
Unveiling a sustainable housing prototype at the Venice Biennale
Unveiling a sustainable housing prototype at the Venice Biennale,The Norman Foster and Holcim Foundation unveiled a prototype of sustainable housing…
Explore the essence of Venice’s knowledge and practicality with large-scale drawings
Explore the essence of Venice’s knowledge and practicality with large-scale drawings,Niger-based architecture studio Masumi has created large-scale drawings and attached…
Eight cherry red interiors that make colour their focus
For our latest lookbook, we’ve picked eight interiors that are blanketed in shades of red that include an office in Belgium, a bar toilet in London and a mansion in Mexico. The colour red is most commonly associated with activity, passion, sexuality, love and joy. In this lookbook Dezeen has highlighted ways in which interior
Pirajean Lees creates Arts and Crafts-style interior for Mayfair restaurant
London design studio Pirajean Lees referenced Mayfair’s pastoral past and created a series of spaces that nod to the idea of a Georgian manor house when designing restaurant 20 Berkeley. Pirajean Lees aimed to build a story around the space and its sequence of many small rooms, while tapping into the restaurant’s British produce-led culinary approach.
Blending home, wellness and technology with Balance of Being
DesignBringing to life a new philosophy and enhancing your wellbeing – LAYER and Panasonic showcase a collection of six near-future conceptual smart devicesSeamlessly exploring the intersection between home, wellness and technology – Benjamin Hubert’s London-based creative agency LAYER and Panasonic innovatively launch Balance of Being, a collection of six eclectic near-future conceptual smart devices.From an LED light treatment
The Drop Store – your market for a world in water crisis has arrived
Welcoming you to a new shopping experience – Netherlands-based agency Publicis Groupe launches The Drop Store during the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York featuring a range of intriguing conceptual supermarket products that innovatively reflects what consumption could look like in a world with less water.Flooding, drought and scarcity of clean drinking water may
Lunar wheel: a trolley tire that significantly reduces pavement vibrations
On the occasion of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, Crash Baggage unveiled the outcome of two years of research: the Lunar wheel, the first-ever trolley tire that utilizes a straightforward technology in its materials to provide noise insulation and minimize vibrations on various types of surfaces.Visitors were welcomed inside the Lunar installation, an immersive, site-specific
