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Jasper Morrison, Beata Heuman and Michael Bennett named Dezeen Awards 2024 judges
Product designer Jasper Morrison, interior designer Beata Heuman and Studio Kër founder Michael Bennett have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges, alongside architects Shimul Javeri Kadri and Carolina Maluhy. Dezeen Awards 2024 in partnership with Bentley is open for entries. Submit your entry by midnight London time on 30 May to avoid late entry
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/08/jasper-morrison-beata-heuman-michael-bennett-dezeen-awards-2024/
Eight buildings with inverted-pitched roofs that resemble butterfly wings
An angular English home extension and a timber-clad Guatemalan retreat feature in our roundup of buildings with butterfly roofs. Otherwise known as inverted-pitched roofs, the V-shaped structures take their name from the angled form of a butterfly's wings. Architects and designers sometimes use butterfly roofs to help conceal a building within its setting, enhance interior
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/08/butterfly-roofs-v-shape-roundups/
Kent State University presents 10 architecture projects
Dezeen School Shows: an adaptive reuse project that creates accommodation for homeless people in Los Angeles is included in this school show by Kent State University students. Also included is a converted warehouse with a facade made up of overlapping, oversized stone shingles and a modular dwelling system that creates an alternative to urban tent cities.
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Architectural Association students use foraged wood to build "open-air laboratory"
Students from London's Architectural Association have used timber battens and foraged waste wood to build a demountable forest pavilion called Field Station. Located within the school's satellite campus, the 4046-square-metre Hooke Park forest, the pavilion is intended as an "open-air laboratory for long-term ecological studies" that is easy to dismantle and relocate when necessary. While the
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/07/architectural-association-field-station-pavilion/
Latticed-steel columns frame Lublin transport hub by Tremend
Mushroom columns made of latticed steel support the large canopy above the Metropolitan Station in Lublin, Poland, completed by architecture studio Tremend. The bus and rail hub is located alongside Lublin's 19th-century Central Railway Station and designed by Tremend as a modern contrast to this historic structure. "[The] simple, modernist pavilion is intended to contrast
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/06/metropolitan-station-in-lublin-tremend/
Latticed-steel columns frame Lublin transport hub by Tremend
Mushroom columns made of latticed steel support the large canopy above the Metropolitan Station in Lublin, Poland, completed by architecture studio Tremend. The bus and rail hub is located alongside Lublin's 19th-century Central Railway Station and designed by Tremend as a modern contrast to this historic structure. "[The] simple, modernist pavilion is intended to contrast
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/06/metropolitan-station-in-lublin-tremend/
Eight home interiors where mezzanines maximise usable space
For our latest lookbook, we've rounded up eight home interiors that make clever use of mezzanines to optimise floorspace. Mezzanines, which are used as an intermediate level between the lower floor and a ceiling, have the ability to increase gross internal floor area by capitalising on extra ceiling height. These raised floors offer additional room
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/06/mezzanine-floors-home-interior-lookbooks/
This week we showcased 50 Social Housing Revival studios
This week on Dezeen, we wrapped up our Social Housing Revival series by looking at 50 architecture studios around the world that are designing social housing. To conclude our month-long series, we put together a list of key architecture studios that are currently at the forefront of the social housing resurgence. As part of our
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/06/50-social-housing-revival-studios-this-week/
Humberto Campana debuts first design collection since his brother's passing
New York design gallery Friedman Benda has presented 13 furniture pieces including some made from scrap aluminium by Brazilian design practice Estúdio Campana. The collection was the first Humberto Campana developed without his brother and collaborator Fernando Campana, who passed away in 2022. The brothers are known for founding the São Paolo outfit Estúdio Campana.
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/humberto-campanas-first-solo-show-friedman-benda/
Ædifica presents "vision of densification" for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal
Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development". It will put multi-storey residential and businesses
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/aedifica-cite-angus-housing-block-montreal/
Wallmakers wraps Indian home with perforated walls made with discarded toys
Architecture studio Wallmakers has repurposed approximately 6,200 discarded toys to construct the walls of Toy Storey, a circular home in Kerala, India. The aptly named residence by Wallmakers uses toys discarded in the area, which are unsuitable for recycling, as structural components and decoration within the external walls. "The main concept of Toy Storey revolves
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/wallmakers-toy-storey-home-kerala-india/
Fifty architecture studios leading the social housing revival
To round off our Social Housing Revival series, we've put together a list of 50 architecture studios around the world that have made a name for themselves through their work on social housing. For the past month, the Social Housing Revival has explored how we are again in an era when the best architects want
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/50-architecture-studios-social-housing-revival/
Halo-shaped skylights illuminate Indonesian home by Tamara Wibowo Architects
A series of circular voids and "halo" skylights create spaces for trees to grow through this home in Semarang, Indonesia, which has been completed by local studio Tamara Wibowo Architects. Named Halo House, the dwelling comprises two gabled, barn-like forms clad in charred wood flanking a central strip of internal and external spaces that sit
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/halo-house-indonesian-home-tamara-wibowo-architects/
Alexander Hills Architects converts Norfolk farmhouse into accessible family home
London studio Alexander Hills Architects has transformed Old Rectory Farm, a house in Norfolk, into an accessible residence with level-access living spaces. Old Rectory Farm has been extended and adapted to enable the family's father, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, to continue living in the home "with ease and dignity". Alexander Hills Architects has
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/alexander-hills-architects-old-rectory-farm/
Alexander Hills Architects converts Norfolk farmhouse into accessible family home
London studio Alexander Hills Architects has transformed Old Rectory Farm, a house in Norfolk, into an accessible residence with level-access living spaces. Old Rectory Farm has been extended and adapted to enable the family's father, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, to continue living in the home "with ease and dignity". Alexander Hills Architects has
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/alexander-hills-architects-old-rectory-farm/
RKTB Architects cantilevers Brooklyn housing block over neighbouring building
New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. The building is located in the Crown Heights neighbourhood, near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Totalling 60,000 square feet (5,574 square metres), One
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/04/rktb-cantilevers-brooklyn-housing-block/
Dezeen Debate features a "wonderful little retreat from the world"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a stone home in Scotland by local practice Izat Arundell. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Izat Arundell has completed a home in Scotland's Outer Hebrides that was finished with blocks of local stone. The house, known as Caochan na Creige – meaning 'little quiet one by the
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/04/dezeen-debate-stone-home-scotland-izat-arundell/
EcoLogicStudio creates air purifier powered by algae
London design practice EcoLogicStudio has created a collection of everyday objects using algae, including a desktop air purifier that outputs material used to create furniture and accessories, to be shown at Milan Design Week. The PhotoSynthetica collection is anchored by the AIReactor, a desktop "photobioreactor" that uses algae to purify the air. The particles extracted
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/04/ecologicstudio-air-purifie-algae-milan-2024/
Diamond Schmitt Architects to expand Canada's "oldest continuing museum"
Toronto-based studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has been selected to expand the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, Canada, which is one of the country's oldest museums. The 134,000-square-foot expansion designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects in collaboration with international firm EXP will unite the current disparate collections of the museum, currently spread in different facilities throughout
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/04/diamond-schmitt-architects-new-brunswick-museum-expansion/
Timber Aquatics Centre completes in Paris for 2024 Olympic Games
Wood has been used to construct the swooping form of this indoor swimming pool, created by Dutch studio VenhoevenCS and French studio Ateliers 2/3/4 for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Located in the Saint-Denis district, the Aquatics Centre is the only permanent building constructed for the major sports event, which begins on 26 July 2024.
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/04/timber-aquatics-centre-paris-2024-olympic-games/