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Stufish creates festival stage informed by Barbican Conservatory for Lana Del Rey
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/27/stufish-lana-del-rey-reading-and-leeds-festival-stage/
Loewe store in Seoul designed as "art collector's home"
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
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
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/26/jyhling-lee-reflector-queen-street-toronto/
R & Company highlights seven “archetypes” of American collectible design
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
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/26/wangen-tower-hybrid-flax-pavilion-university-of-stuttgart/
Intervention Architecture hides fold-out furniture behind walls of Florin Court flat
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/26/intervention-architecture-florin-court-flat/
Mirzoyan Studio renovates Stalinist-era flat in Kyiv with oak and stainless steel
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/26/mirzoyan-studio-apartment-kyiv-ukraine/
Snarkitecture overhauls New York law offices using "elevated" stud walls
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/25/snarkitecture-jayaram-law-offices-new-york-city/
Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy
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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Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy
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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Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy
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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Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy
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
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/25/material-memory-exhibition-brinkburn-priory-and-manor/
Soho House opens in historic São Paulo hospital filled with local art and furniture
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/24/soho-house-sao-paulo-hotel-members-club/
Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures refreshes 1960s Swiss mountain chalet
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/24/perfect-day-house-giona-bierens-de-haan-architectures/
Wooden vaults sit on stone foundations for Ecuadorian hotel extension
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
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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YSG creates "eccentric beats of nostalgia" in Byron Bay seaside home
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/23/ysg-1970s-style-interior-byron-bay-seaside-home/
Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure
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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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/23/yoghurt-window-coating-tom-greenhill-heatwave-toolkit/