The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features news that Saudi Arabia has lowered the predicted number of residents planned for The Line by 2030. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more
Tokyo-based Jun Mitsui & Associates has converted an abandoned grocery store into a sake brewery in Upstate New York in partnership with US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners. Located in Hyde Park of New York's Hudson Valley, the 55,00 square foot (5,110 square metre), complex will host spaces for rice washing, drying, steaming and fermentation
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Promotion: global surfaces brand Senso has created recyclable floor and wall finishes that aim to "provide an elegant, seamless canvas" and a healthier interior environment than traditional alternatives. Senso's ranges of poured floors and wall coverings are designed to offer continuous coverage for residential and commercial spaces that are soft to the touch. The brand
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Dezeen Showroom: undulating thin metal arms define the Pop lighting collection, created by Spanish design studio Nahtrang for Australian brand Rakumba. The centrepiece of the Pop lighting collection is the configurable pendant lamp, which is designed to stretch outward horizontally in a space-defining fashion and can be hung in groups to create an interplay of
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Dezeen Showroom: Australian brand Kaolin has created a range of tiles made from porcelain that can be specified in both large- and small-scale interiors. Read more
Mexican studio PPAA has completed a concrete villa beside Lake Zurich in Switzerland, fronted by a long water feature that helps to illuminate the interior. Stepping down a sloping site in Uetikon to the west of Zurich, the home is designed by PPAA to "blend into the terrain" with a pale concrete exterior and full-height glazing.
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Italian jewellery company Bulgari has reclaimed the record for making the world's thinnest mechanical watch with the release of its Octo Finissimo Ultra Cosc, which has a thickness of just 1.7 millimetres. It beat the previous record holder, Richard Mille's RM UP-01 Ferrari, by just 0.05 millimetres – about the breadth of a human hair.
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Designer Joe Doucet has revealed his Airiva turbine – a modular wind power system that was conceived to have the necessary visual appeal to fit into urban settings. Currently a prototype, the Airiva energy system features two-metre-tall vertical blades with a sculptural helix shape rather than the propeller style commonly seen on large wind farm turbines.
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Dezeen Showroom: British designer Samuel Ross took cues from brutalist architecture when creating Formation 02, a bright orange smart toilet made for bathroom brand Kohler. Read more
Dezeen is partnering with a number of international brands during Milan design week this year, including talks with Moooi, Gaggenau and Design Hotels, and videos with Lasvit, Technogym and Triennale Milano. Dezeen will be co-hosting events throughout the week, including a panel discussion exploring neuroaesthetics with Design Hotels, a talk about the principles of reduction
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Italian architect Italo Rota, who designed projects including the Museo del Novecento in Milan, has passed away at age 70. Fellow Italian architect Carlo Ratti, who worked with Rota on numerous projects, described him as "a great innovator – one of those rare designers capable not only of giving new answers but of asking himself
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The gender pay gap at Foster + Partners is the widest it has been since the data was first compiled six years ago despite an overall improvement at the UK's largest architecture firms year-on-year, official figures show. Reported per the UK's legal requirement for companies with over 250 employees to reveal their gender pay gaps
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British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has used colourful marble for the interiors of trainer brand Athletic Propulsion Labs' second flagship store in Soho, New York City. The interior of the 3,900-square-foot space (1,188 square metre) was laid out in a curving amphitheatre design, which the studio designed to be "simple yet severe" while creating a
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Chengdu studio Muda Architects has completed Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine in Pengzhou, China, which is based on the shape of the yin-yang symbol. Situated beside the Huitong Lake, the museum aims to showcase the history of Chinese medicine while being a "spiritual emblem for the region". Its circular form spans land and water and
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Dezeen Showroom: smart accessories ensure optimal temperatures and heating times with the Celsius Cooking hob system designed by Swedish brand Asko. Asko's Celsius Cooking system is based around premium induction hobs, which include the option of an integrated extractor fan and smart accessories that enable users to unlock the full potential of the system. The add-ons
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