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Hemingway Design and James Shaw create furniture from recycled clothes for Traid
Local studio Hemingway Design collaborated with designer James Shaw to transform a London store interior for charity retailer Traid, which features colourful furniture created from leftover second-hand clothes. Hemingway Design renovated Traid's Shepherd's Bush branch as part of a wider rebrand for the retailer to mark its 25th anniversary, including its visual identity. Traid sells donated
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Last chance to enter Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge
Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge closes for entries at midnight Amsterdam time tonight. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to £5,000. The competition invites architects and designers to create an interior space that promotes well-being using the brand's Marmoleum material. The space should be designed for installation in interior
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/30/forbo-flooring-marmoleum-design-challenge-final-reminder/
dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey's Arts and Crafts factory to its "former glory"
Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London, which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. The studio renovated the Grade-II listed building – the only factory designed by the architect – into a "premium workspace" for property developer Dorrington. It will be occupied
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/30/dmfk-architects-dorrington-voysey-house-london/
HW Studio strikes balance between "natural and artificial" with Mexico house
Mexican architecture practice HW Studio has created a hillside house outside of Mexico City consisting of a vertical volume that houses circulation and a horizontal volume containing its living spaces. Located in Morelia, HW Studio created the 4,735 square foot (439 square metres) Casa Shi to strike a balance between the "natural and artificial". The
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/hw-studio-cantilevered-mexico-city-house/
Manica Architecture designs glass-fronted stadium for Chicago Bears
American studio Manica Architecture and National Football League team Chicago Bears have unveiled the design of a football stadium along Lake Michigan in Chicago, drawing criticism from preservationists. Manica Architecture designed the multi-purpose recreational campus – featuring a stadium enclosed with a translucent roof – to bring a variety of concerts, community celebrations, and sporting
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/manica-chicago-bears-stadium-design-criticism/
Manica Architecture designs glass-fronted stadium for Chicago Bears
American studio Manica Architecture and National Football League team Chicago Bears have unveiled the design of a football stadium along Lake Michigan in Chicago, drawing criticism from preservationists. Manica Architecture designed the multi-purpose recreational campus – featuring a stadium enclosed with a translucent roof – to bring a variety of concerts, community celebrations, and sporting
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/manica-chicago-bears-stadium-design-criticism/
Restore bed by RJ Living
Dezeen Showroom: created by Australian brand RJ Living, the Restore bed has an oversized form that is meant to deliver both style statement and ultimate comfort. The work of RJ Living product and design manager Milly McEwan, the Restore bed features a cushioned and upholstered bed frame that makes the bed the centrepiece of any room
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/restore-bed-by-rj-living-dezeen-showroom/
Peel lighting series by Sissel Warringa for Frandsen
Dezeen Showroom: Danish brand Frandsen has launched Peel, a range of lights by designer Sissel Warringa crafted from single sheets of steel. Warringa has designed three different Peel lights for Frandsen –a pendant light, a table lamp and a wall-mounted fixture. Each light has a shade formed from a continuous sheet of curved steel, doubling
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/frandsen-peel-lighting-dezeen-showroom/
Snøhetta unveils angled office and apartment high-rises in Oslo
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Vertikal Nydalen office and apartment building in Oslo, with two angular towers designed to encourage air flow through the building. Located near the river Akerselva in the city's Nydalen neighbourhood, the building was designed by Snøhetta designed to offer views of the surroundings and provide natural ventilation to minimise energy
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/vertikal-nydalen-offices-apartment-snohetta-olso/
Pluralis tables by Kasper Salto for Fritz Hansen
Dezeen Showroom: industrial designer Kasper Salto and Danish brand Fritz Hansen have expanded their collection of office tables, which are designed "to ensure every person in a meeting room can see and be seen". Intended for use in contemporary offices, the Pluralis tables are characterised by their sculptural trestle legs and angular tabletops developed by
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/pluralis-fritz-hansen-dezeen-showroom/
Seven interlocking buildings with parts that overlap or fit together
We've rounded up seven interlocking architecture projects, as searches for the term on Pinterest for the term are experiencing a nearly twenty-nine-fold increase. From cantilevers in Dubai to high-rises in Ecuador, this roundup showcases the diverse and innovative applications of interlocking architecture across the globe. Studios in this roundup including Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/interlocking-buildings-pinterest-roundup/
The Hoxton Vienna offers "contemporary take on the Wiener Werstätte arts and craft movement"
AIME Studio's interiors for the latest outpost of The Hoxton hotels, in a renovated marble-clad 1950s office building in Vienna, celebrate arts and crafts and post-war modernism. Creative studio AIME Studio has converted the former administration building of the Chamber of Commerce in Vienna, which was originally designed by architect Carl Appel, into The Hoxton
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/aime-studio-the-hoxton-vienna-arts-and-crafts-hotel/
Jane Withers picks five projects that don't "take water for granted" from MK&G exhibition
An exhibition at Hamburg's MK&G museum examines the global water crisis and what architects and designers can do to help. Here, curator Jane Withers selects five highlights from the show and explains the stories behind them. Water Pressure: Designing for the Future is the result of several years of research by Jane Withers Studio, which involved
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/29/mkg-water-pressure-exhibition-jane-withers/
Módica Ledezma employs strict geometry at Mexican equestrian centre
Mexican architecture studio Módica Ledezma has chosen earth-toned materials to construct the single-pitched buildings that make up this rural complex of stables in Mexico. Amongst the forests of Valle de Bravo, in the State of Mexico, Módica Ledezma designed the Equestrian San Ramón facilities to serve a multi-functional program for the care and training of
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/28/equestrian-san-ramon-stables-mexico-modica-ledezma/
Ten interior design projects by Florence Institute of Design International
Dezeen School Shows: an education centre geared toward the creation of contemporary art is featured in this school show by Florence Institute of Design International. Also included is an alternative health centre and wellness sanctuary in Berlin and an affordable housing scheme set in an adaptively reused former car park. Florence Institute of Design International
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KWK Promes transforms slaughterhouse into art gallery with rotating walls
Architecture studio KWK Promes has converted a slaughterhouse in the Czech Republic into Plato Contemporary Art Gallery, with exhibition spaces lined with rotating concrete walls. Located in Ostrava, the original heritage-protected slaughterhouse building dates back to the 19th century, but after decades of disuse, it had become dilapidated and partially collapsed. Tasked with adapting the
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/28/plato-contemporary-art-gallery-kwk-promes/
KWK Promes transforms slaughterhouse into art gallery with rotating walls
Architecture studio KWK Promes has converted a slaughterhouse in the Czech Republic into Plato Contemporary Art Gallery, with exhibition spaces lined with rotating concrete walls. Located in Ostrava, the original heritage-protected slaughterhouse building dates back to the 19th century, but after decades of disuse, it had become dilapidated and partially collapsed. Tasked with adapting the
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/28/plato-contemporary-art-gallery-kwk-promes/
Eight creative guest rooms that accommodate visitors in style
In this lookbook, we've collected eight guest rooms from China to Spain that provide visiting friends and family a space to call their own. Guest accommodations come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Ranging from a sofa during our younger years to full-blown guesthouses later on, putting up friends and family is made better
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/28/guest-rooms-accommodate-visitors-style-lookbooks/
Studio Gameiro draws on hues of Caparica cliffs for Arriba apartment
Studio Gameiro has designed the interior of the Arriba apartment in the coastal town of Caparica, Portugal, using local stone and drawing on wooden fishing huts for inspiration. The fit-out of the two-bedroom apartment, located inside a building from the 1980s, was designed to reference the coastal area of Caparica. "The interior colour palette and
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/28/studio-gameiro-caparica-cliffs-arriba-apartment/
Tuckey Design Studio restores original character of Old Chapel in Devon
London practice Tuckey Design Studio has revamped a house in a converted chapel in Devon, England, revealing and restoring the building's original features. To celebrate its ecclesiastic history, the Old Chapel house has been reworked to reverse "characterless" alterations made during its conversion in the 1970s and later in the 1990s. This involved stripping back
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/27/tuckey-design-studio-old-chapel/