Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. Read more
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Fletcher Crane Architects' pale brick home overlooking Richmond Park in London. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects completed Kingston Villa in London, offering what they suggest is a contemporary "evolution" of the area's typical suburban architecture in pale brick and metal. Readers were split, with some
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US studio Page Southerland Page has worked to "cultivate a stronger sense of community" with the urban design surrounding the Texas State Capitol that integrates historical landmarks in Austin. The Texas Capitol Complex – designed for the Texas Facilities Commission – spans approximately 150 acres across 40 city blocks around the Texas State Capitol. Page
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Dezeen School Shows: a 3D printed panel made from wood and clay that is filled in with hempcrete is included in this school show by the New York Institute of Technology. Read more
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled its new collection of elite footwear ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer, claiming that AI is sparking a "super cycle" of innovation. The company has developed its Nike Air cushioning technology in four new designs as part of a collection called the Blueprint Pack. Included are the
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Dezeen Showroom: industrial design studio Spalvieri & Del Ciotto has designed the Stilo furniture system for Italian brand Scavolini that includes a range of composition possibilities. Stilo is a sleek and flexible furniture system, which Spalvieri & Del Ciotto created with understated geometric silhouettes in mind. The pieces include wall-mounted modules, cabinets and open-fronted elements
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Dezeen Showroom: German bathroom brand Bette has created two anti-slip surfaces, one that can be applied to glossy white baths and shower trays and one for use with coloured and matt-textured fixtures. BetteAnti-Slip Sense provides an alternative to old-fashioned anti-slip measures, which take the form of textural patches ingrained on the bottom of bathtubs and showers,
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Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". To create a dedicated space for each of the two sisters, MNY Arkitekter divided the home into two standalone units joined by a central terrace overlooking the surrounding rocks and
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Mass-timber columns fan out to form a tree-informed roof structure at the World of Volvo exhibition and events centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, by architecture studio Henning Larsen. Made from glued laminated timber (glulam) and cross-laminated timber (CLT), Henning Larsen created the 22,000-square-metre circular structure for Swedish manufacturers Volvo Cars and Volvo Group. Set to open to
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An official report into the collapse of a 10-year-old mass-timber bridge in Norway in August 2022 has criticised the structure's design and construction. Two drivers had to be rescued after the Tretten Bridge, over the Gudbrandsdalslågen river in the Øyer area of southern Norway, gave way as a heavy goods vehicle was crossing. Completed in
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Dezeen Showroom: created by designer Marco Lavit for Italian outdoor furniture company Ethimo, the Hut lounge bed offers a peaceful, nature-attuned place to escape the sun. The Hut lounge bed is distinguished by its conical, semi-enclosed structure, which conjures feelings of both relaxation and protection. These are enhanced by the Accoya wood construction, with gaps
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People of colour and women working as architects are often actively discouraged from following their design instincts, FAME Collective founder Tumpa Husna-Yasmin Fellows tells Dezeen in this interview. Fellows, an architect and an educator at London's Central Saint Martins university, argued that some architects in senior positions limit design responsibility to themselves and undervalue the
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London studio Mikhail Riches has shared visuals for Phase 5 in the regeneration of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, which will "tie together all the buildings and landscapes". It will be the final stage of redevelopment at the brutalist Grade II*-listed complex, which has been underway since 2004, led by developer Urban Splash. Phase 5
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Last week we launched our public nomination for the Designers of the Year awards at Dezeen Awards 2024. Here, we round up last year's winners. Read more
California-based studio Moss has developed a self-watering planter and lamp that lets users without any gardening experience grow a variety of plants indoors. Moss founders Strahinja Spasojević and Nicolas Riano created Grow Lamp to make indoor gardening more accessible, particularly for users living in urban environments without easy access to fresh farm produce. "Our goal was
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Designer Gary Card has given London's LN-CC boutique a redesign that includes a sci-fi-looking wooden tunnel and a room "shaped like the inside of a foot". Card, who designed the original interior of the east London store in 2011, said the challenge for him was using the knowledge he has accumulated since then to create
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