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Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has transformed an old wooden building into a warm-toned home and public restaurant named House in Hayashisaki Matsue Beach. Located on a coastal street in Akashi in southern Japan, the mixed-use space was built within a 50-year-old building for a local designer and features a curry restaurant as well as
US studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has designed the common areas and amenity spaces for a residential skyscraper in Austin, Texas, which include a circular outdoor swimming pool. The 51-storey 44 East Avenue development on the city’s riverfront was designed by Page Architects, and includes 330 condominiums and a variety of shared amenities for
Zaha Hadid Architects has opened an exhibition that explores the firm’s 15-year evolutionary work in…
Creation of an urban sector by restoring the medieval wall in Cabra, Spanish architecture firm…
DesignKibu headphones for children that can be built, repaired and recycled fuss-freeAre circular electronics possible today? Positively designed as an educational tool for a new generation of responsible consumers – Morrama and Batch.Works show us howWith the Right to Repair movement and booming circular economy, industrial design and innovation consultancy London-based Morrama collaborates with circular
Materials & Surfacesrehub is a cutting-edge startup located in Murano, dedicated to developing groundbreaking technologies aimed at transforming non-recyclable glass waste into valuable resourcesFounded by Matteo Silverio and Marta Donà, winners of the special award by EDIT Napoli at the latest Venice Innovation Design edition, rehub‘s mission is to develop technologies that aim to give
The Engineering Consulting House and prominent professional services company PwC have announced a strategic partnership…
Landscape creation with more than 37,000 modules on the facade of the Sports Center in…
At the fourth edition of Venice Innovation Design, hosted at the picturesque San Servolo location in Venice, we had the pleasure of discovering Diasen, a pioneering company specializing in sustainable materials derived from cork, awarded the VID 2023 prize for being the most innovative startup.Diasen’s mission revolves around promoting sustainable comfort through their range of
At Sónar+D, you might encounter an influential thinker engaged in a talk about the impact of AI on the creative industry; nearby, others are presenting their latest models of modular synthesizers. A visionary scientist from a university research center exhibits a machine that transmutes particles from exploding stars into captivating melodies.An artist is presenting an
Kenyan architectural studio cave_bureau has opened an exhibition examining the history of Kenya’s volcanic cave…
Paris-based Mariette Sans-Rival Studio has used floor-to-ceiling curtains, brass lighting and custom furniture to fit out this boutique hotel, set across two Bauhaus-style buildings in the centre of Athens. Studio founder Mariette Sans-Rival, whose background is in set design, took references from Greek seafaring culture when designing the interiors for the Apollo Palm hotel. The
For our latest lookbook, Dezeen has selected eight examples of rustic yet contemporary interiors, including but not limited to an apartment in Sao Paulo and a Tuscan boutique hotel. Rustic interiors have a strong focus on natural and aged materials as well as traditional wooden or stone furnishings. These material choices are often used to
Explore sustainable and self-sufficient gastronomy at Cascading Glazed Restaurant, There is a glass tiered restaurant,…
Shanghai-based XISUI Design has created an unfamiliar playground using symmetrical modeling and drainage optimization simulation….
The Czech company atelier-r has extended a neo-gothic church with a black crystal-like volume in…
Design revealed for the Inuit Heritage Center, Danish architecture firm Dorte Mandrup has won an…
Interior design studio Hauvette & Madani has made a sumptuous wine-red kitchen the focus of this otherwise neutral apartment in Paris. The Republique apartment is set within a typical Haussmann-era building in the French capital’s 11th arrondissement and belongs to a family with two children. From the outset of the renovation, the clients called for
New York designer Michael Groth collaborated with a Moroccan artisan cooperative to create the wall hangings for this worker-owned bar and restaurant in the West Village. The opening of Donna’s new location on Cornelia Street follows the closure of its Williamsburg spot in December 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Michael Groth has
Chinese design firm CUN Design has completed a showroom that explores the concept of “squareness…
Architecture firm Bindloss Dawes has reorganised a mews house in Chelsea, adding a full-height lightwell with a dramatic oak-and-steel staircase to forge “a sense of volume and theatre”. The client initially commissioned Bindloss Dawes to simply create a more spacious kitchen and living area on the lower ground floor of this typical London property and
