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Rimowa expands beyond luggage to launch the Original Bag
Promotion: German luggage brand Rimowa debuts its latest design, the Original Bag, broadening its collection to include handbags. Informed by its suitcases, the aluminium bag features rounded corners and a ridged surface, reminiscent of the brand's other luggage pieces, including its Original and Classic suitcases. The bag's aluminium frame and legs also align with its
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Tai Ping blends 35 natural fibres to colour rugs without dye
Carpet brand Tai Ping has eliminated "by far the most polluting" part of its production process with the Biophilic rug collection, made exclusively from natural materials that are left raw and undyed. Instead, the 16 rugs presented at the London Design Festival derive their colours from 35 different natural fibres, including silk, cotton, jute, flax,
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22RE takes "deconstructivist" approach to menswear store in LA
Los Angeles-based studio 22RE has combined metal grids, black and mirrored surfaces, and bold splashes of colour inside this men's multi-brand boutique in the city's Arts District. The second Departamento location is situated in the Signal retail enclave, which occupies a series of warehouses southeast of Downtown LA. Using the building's industrial bones to inform
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Translucent skin wraps "house within a house" in rural New Zealand
Local studio DCA Architects of Transformation has wrapped a translucent skin of corrugated polycarbonate panels around this holiday lodge in New Zealand. Located in South Waikato overlooking Lake Whakamaru, the home was designed for the studio's director Daryl Church, which led to its name of The Chodge – a portmanteau of Church and lodge. The
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Translucent skin wraps "house within a house" in rural New Zealand
Local studio DCA Architects of Transformation has wrapped a translucent skin of corrugated polycarbonate panels around this holiday lodge in New Zealand. Located in South Waikato overlooking Lake Whakamaru, the home was designed for the studio's director Daryl Church, which led to its name of The Chodge – a portmanteau of Church and lodge. The
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Faye Toogood's Squash collection brings "human element to furniture"
British designer Faye Toogood and Italian brand Poltrona Frau have created the A Squashed Space installation at London Design Festival to showcase the duo's soft and squishy furniture. Originally unveiled at Milan design week in April, the Squash collection is now on display at Poltrona Frau's London flagship store as part of installation called A
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FMA creates flexible offices within former Mexican convent
A meditation room and an outdoor work area are available to employees at this office in Mexico, which was remodelled by architecture firm FMA within a 17th-century convent. The GO Headquarters is located in the historic centre of Morelia, a city in the state of Michoacán, and is arranged around a cloister at the heart
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Bear Architects designs Zubitegi Park in Spain as "living infrastructure"
An open steel grid topped with green barrel-vaulted roofs frames this park in Spain, which has been completed by Bilbao studio Bear Architects. Named Zubitegi Park, the project occupies a challenging plot on a former water treatment plant in Mallabia with a dramatic change in height and a poor connection to the nearby road. The
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Eight home kitchens finished with tactile brick floors
Our latest lookbook collects eight houses from around the world that feature kitchens with tactile brick floors, including a mid-century home in the USA and a coastal dwelling in Denmark. Widely used for their durability and low maintenance, bricks are a long-time favourite material across the fields of architecture, interiors and design. They are most
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OJB completes revitalization of multiple Omaha parks
US landscape architecture studio OJB together with architecture firms HDR and Gensler have completed three parks along Omaha's riverfront, which total 72 acres. Titled The RiverFront, the project encompassed the renovations of Gene Leahy Mall, Heartland of America Park and Lewis and Clark Landing. It included adding native landscaping, a riverfront pier, and an ice-skating
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Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilion
Local design studio Heleo and Tijuana artist Daniel Ruanova have created a pavilion in San Diego meant to symbolise a twisting together of the walls on the US-Mexico border to form a space for gathering. Called Exchange Pavilion, it was erected in Balboa Park as part of the World Design Capital activations, which celebrate art
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Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilion
Local design studio Heleo and Tijuana artist Daniel Ruanova have created a pavilion in San Diego meant to symbolise a twisting together of the walls on the US-Mexico border to form a space for gathering. Called Exchange Pavilion, it was erected in Balboa Park as part of the World Design Capital activations, which celebrate art
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Armourcoat launches Limewash paints for "environmentally conscious" interiors
Promotion: surfaces brand Armourcoat has launched a range of textured and eco-friendly paints for interiors, designed to celebrate the distinctive look and feel of traditional limewash. Named Limewash, the collection by Armourcoat is intended as a surface coating suited to both residential and commercial interiors. It has a soft matt appearance in 45 shades of
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AcquaSolid surfaces collection by Acquabella
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Acquabella has combined innovation and elegance in its AcquaSolid collection of basins and countertops, made from the brand's hygienic solid surface material. The AcquaSolid surfaces collection features bathroom products with a solid composition, free of the external layers or internal fibres that create a worn appearance over time or allow mould or
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Off The Shelf pavilion is made from standardised components that can go back on the shelf
Rio Kobayashi has collaborated with engineering firm Webb Yates on the designer's first-ever pavilion, an abstraction of his childhood home in Japan, as part of the London Design Festival. As the name suggests, the Off The Shelf pavilion is made using off-the-shelf materials – standard-sized Douglas fir planks, sheets of polycarbonate and PVC – that
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"Holl showing again his mastery of residential housing" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a housing project with a snaking form called Meander, completed by US studio Steven Holl Architects in Helsinki, Finland. The 180-metre-long housing project comprises 115 unique apartments across eight floors, with a curved concrete structure lined with wood and glazing, framing views of a series of open
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/09/20/holl-housing-helsinki-commenter-update/
Off The Shelf pavilion is made from standardised components that can go back on the shelf
Rio Kobayashi has collaborated with engineering firm Webb Yates on the designer's first-ever pavilion, an abstraction of his childhood home in Japan, as part of the London Design Festival. As the name suggests, the Off The Shelf pavilion is made using off-the-shelf materials – standard-sized Douglas fir planks, sheets of polycarbonate and PVC – that
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/09/20/off-the-shelf-pavilion-rio-kobayashi-webb-yates/
DMF Lighting's "clean architectural" M Series lights up Seattle open office
Promotion: American architecture studio Cushing Terrell has chosen DMF Lighting's M Series Cylinders in designing an airy office for its employees in Seattle, Washington. Cushing Terrell designed the 9,000-square-foot (836 square metre) office to host its Seattle operations. It comprises open spaces and smaller breakaway rooms, all featuring exposed white-painted ceilings with exposed mechanical systems.
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Rafael Viñoly Architects creates "unconventional" skyscraper in New York City
US architecture studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has created a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan using an "unconventional approach". The Greenwich rises 912 feet (278 meters) over 88 storeys and is located in Downtown Manhattan, two blocks south of the World Trade Center complex. It contains 272 residences, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms and amenities including
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Cardiff University spotlights fifteen architecture student projects
Dezeen School Shows: an arts centre in Bristol, UK, built with a glulam structure to promote sustainable construction is included in this school show by students at Cardiff University. Also included is a rehabilitation centre for the homeless and a repurposed site for creative education. Cardiff University Institution: Cardiff University School: Welsh School of Architecture
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