"Garden for the city" forms heart of health centre in Carcavelos

A curving concrete canopy and a public garden animate Carcavelos Health Complex near Lisbon, Portugal, completed by local practices Simão Botlelho, Studio-J and Duoma. Carcavelos Health Complex combines four separate health services in a single building and was the result of a public architecture competition held in 2018. Its sloping site is bordered by residential

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Competition: search for a role on Dezeen Jobs and win a limited-edition Louis Poulsen lamp

To coincide with the 150th anniversary of Louis Poulsen, the Danish design brand has produced a 2024 version of its iconic AJ mini lamp and made eight available to Dezeen readers in September. A limited run has been produced to mark this milestone in the brand's history, with the lamps expected to become collectibles in

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Tatjana von Stein fills Mallorcan members' club interior with the colours of Palma

London-based design studio Tatjana von Stein has created a warm and colourful interior for private members' club Làlia in Palma, Mallorca. Set in a historic townhouse overlooking Placa de Santa Eulalia, Làlia was restored and renovated in collaboration with local practice Gras Reynès Arquitectos. Across four levels, the members' club features work and leisure spaces including

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Linn and artist Ran Ortner collaborate on speaker that recalls ocean waves

Promotion: New York-based artist Ran Ortner has created a bespoke speaker finish for Scottish audio brand Linn based on sonic and oceanic rhythms. Called Triton, the black, satin-like finish produced by Linn is an ode to waves – both sound and ocean waves depicted in Ortner's vast, multi-layer oil paintings. The slate-black colour is described

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Metal tubes poke through slabs of acrylic in furniture by Jeonghwa Seo

South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has used purpose-cast aluminium tubes to create a collection of tables and benches, with their structure obscured behind frosted acrylic. Each of the eight furniture pieces in the Cylinder series is defined by the fusion of rounded acrylic slabs and hollow metal tubing, arranged horizontally and vertically to create the

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Cubeinside creates red-brick Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque in Bangladesh

Local architecture studio Cubeinside has completed a red-brick mosque in Bangladesh, eschewing traditional ornamentation in favour of "timeless" geometric forms. Located near the Arial Kha River in rural Madaripur, Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque is housed within a rectilinear brick volume, topped by a central dome and minarets at each of its four corners. While mosque

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Atelier O-S perches "Roman circus" car park in France on concrete columns

Sculptural concrete columns support the Cesson-Viasilva Park and Ride and Bus Station in Rennes, which was designed by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes to "update the image of a car park in the outer suburbs." The facility was designed to be an "urban catalyst" for the new Atalante ViaSilva district in the suburb of Cesson-Sévigné,

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Nati Minas & Studio installs climbing wall inside São Paulo apartment

A bouldering wall in this São Paulo apartment designed by Nati Minas & Studio allows a sports-loving couple to scale their double-height living room. The 220-square-metre Musa apartment in the Itaim Bibi neighbourhood was renovated to reflect its residents' active lifestyles. Local firm Nati Minas & Studio added colourful hand and foot holds up one wall

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Shingles cloak roof of Green Ark pavilion in Belgian botanic garden

Belgian studios NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago have created a visitor centre for the Meise Botanic Garden near Brussels that is topped by a shingle-clad vaulted roof. The Green Ark pavilion, which contains educational spaces and a seed bank, was completed as part of the wider renovation of the botanic garden at Bouchout Castle, which contains

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Shingles cloak roof of Green Ark pavilion in Belgian botanic garden

Belgian studios NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago have created a visitor centre for the Meise Botanic Garden near Brussels that is topped by a shingle-clad vaulted roof. The Green Ark pavilion, which contains educational spaces and a seed bank, was completed as part of the wider renovation of the botanic garden at Bouchout Castle, which contains

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Eight homes punctuated by dramatic circular openings

For our latest lookbook, we've gathered eight home interiors and exteriors that are crowned by circular openings and skylights. While often used to draw daylight into interior spaces, openings may also provide unexpected visual connections between a home's spaces or – as shown in a project below – offer a structural frame through which trees

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Reigo and Bauer uses diamond-shaped cladding for angular Toronto house

Local studio Reigo and Bauer has completed a Toronto house clad in diamond-shaped panels that present a "quiet tension of that contrast" between the cladding's decorative and minimalist qualities. Called Neville Park, the three-level house sits on a narrow lot in an East End Toronto residential neighbourhood. It is characterised by a tall profile with

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Seven management roles featured on Dezeen Jobs

We've selected seven managerial roles available on Dezeen Jobs including positions at Herzog & de Meuron, SCP and Knight Architects. Project manager at Herzog & de Meuron Herzog & de Meuron is looking for a project manager to join its team in Basel, Switzerland. The studio's Kornmarktplatz project in Austria is an arched structure comprising

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GMP Architekten set to "reinvent" roof of Roger Taillibert’s Olympic Stadium in Montreal

German architecture studio GMP Architekten has been selected to design a replacement for the roof of Roger Taillibert’s "controversial" Olympic stadium in Montreal for the studio's first North American project. The ageing Olympic Stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert for the 1976 Montreal Summer Games and features a now-iconic angled tower that suspends

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Seven iconic furnishings rereleased for the modern market

Dezeen Showroom: from a 1940s lounge chair to a miniaturised 1970s lamp made from glass, the following pieces are among reissued designs listed on Dezeen Showroom. Contemporary releases of classic furnishings are made for a number of reasons, from the sustained consumer demand for 20th-century style furniture and the desire to remake pieces according to contemporary

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Seven management roles featured on Dezeen Jobs

We’ve selected seven managerial roles available on Dezeen Jobs including positions at Herzog & de Meuron, SCP and Knight Architects. Project manager at Herzog & de Meuron Herzog & de Meuron is looking for a project manager to join its team in Basel, Switzerland. The studio’s Kornmarktplatz project in Austria is an arched structure comprising

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Seven iconic furnishings rereleased for the modern market

Dezeen Showroom: from a 1940s lounge chair to a miniaturised 1970s lamp made from glass, the following pieces are among reissued designs listed on Dezeen Showroom. Contemporary releases of classic furnishings are made for a number of reasons, from the sustained consumer demand for 20th-century style furniture and the desire to remake pieces according to contemporary

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White Arkitekter adds hyperboloid observation tower Swedish nature reserve

Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed Observation Tower Kärven, which is constructed from a network of timber beams resembling "a bundle of twisted straws". Situated within a nature reserve in Getterön, the 12-metre-tall and seven-metre-wide tower by White Arkitekter has a hyperboloid structure composed of 140 beams combined with metal rings. White Arkitekter's design places

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Dezeen's top five houses of August 2024

A revamped ruin in rural Girona and a 12-storey block on a compact plot in Mumbai are among the top five houses to turn Dezeen readers' heads this month. Also featured on the list are a sculptural home in Perth, a stilted "micro-chalet" in Québec and a buff-brick residence in London. The roundup is the

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Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados creates bird cage-like house on Chilean coast

Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has cantilevered a glass and red-painted wood house off a forested cliffside near the sea in Chile with layers that create "increasing levels of intimacy". Painted a vibrant red, the elevated 2,100-square foot (195-square metre) house is located in Detif, Chiloé, Chile. Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados (GAAA), a studio based in

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