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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.

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

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

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

UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects has completed Kingston Villa in Richmond, London, offering a contemporary "evolution" of the area's typical suburban architecture in pale brick and metal. Tasked with turning a dilapidated bungalow on the edge of Richmond Park into a new family home, the Surrey-based studio drew on its neighbouring buildings to create a

Dezeen Showroom: Swiss brand V-Zug has released its CombiSteamer V6000 45L Grand oven – a combination oven and steamer with high-level functionality and a refined appearance. The CombiSteamer V6000 45L Grand oven is a sophisticated piece of kitchen equipment designed to allow users to cook chef-level meals at home. The extra-wide steamer oven has a minimalist

Curator Lotte Johnson discusses the transformative power of textiles in this video produced by Dezeen for the Barbican's latest exhibition. Titled Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, the exhibition examines how textiles have been employed to explore themes spanning power, oppression, gender and belonging. It features over 100 works that make use of

Artificial intelligence and a "gorpcore" aesthetic combine in Terra – a "compass" created by design studios Modem Works and Panter & Tourron to enable people to go on walks without their phone. Terra is a pocket-sized gadget that guides its user along a route using haptic feedback and a subtle arrow interface like a compass

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

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