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AMO cocoons Jacquemus store in pillows to create “bedroom-like” interior

October 7, 2022 Alice Finney 0

Dutch studio AMO has used pillows to form the display stands and line the walls in this tactile womenswear boutique by fashion brand Jacquemus in Paris, France. The 60-square-metre shop, set in the department store Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, was designed to feel like a bedroom according to AMO, which is the research and design arm

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Wild Wonder named Colour of the Year 2023

September 13, 2022 Alice Finney 0

Paint brand Dulux has revealed Wild Wonder, a pale yellow paint colour that it described as “a soft gold with hints of green” as its Colour of the Year for 2023. Wild Wonder was selected for its close association with nature. The brand said this echoes the global shift toward sustainability, reconnecting with the outdoors

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Ten kitchens with polished granite surfaces

September 11, 2022 Alice Finney 0

The durable, stain-resistant qualities of granite make it a choice material for kitchens. Our latest lookbook showcases 10 kitchens on Dezeen that celebrate the light-coloured stone. Waterproof and scratch-resistant, the igneous rock granite has been used in construction and interior design for centuries. Today, the versatile material is often used as an alternative to marble

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Le Festival des Cabanes organiser selects eight sculptural cabins from the competition

September 1, 2022 Alice Finney 0

A wooden hut exhibited at The Cabins Festival

Organiser Philippe Burguet has chosen eight of his favourite designs from the annual architecture competition Le Festival des Cabanes, which showcases 14 wooden cabins. This year’s edition of the Les Festival des Cabanes, or The Cabins Festival, which attracts around 30,000 visitors to Lake Annecy, France, each year, displays 14 wooden cabins made from wood

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This week PETA said architects could prevent billions of bird deaths

August 27, 2022 Alice Finney 0

This week on Dezeen, PETA’s general counsel for animal law Jared Goodman spoke about how architects could “easily” prevent billions of bird deaths per year caused by collisions with glazed and mirrored buildings. According to Goodman, the “simple indifference” of architects who construct buildings with large amounts of glazing or mirrored facades is partially responsible

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ZN Era proposes encircling Burj Khalifa with an elevated “continuous metropolis”

August 24, 2022 Alice Finney 0

A rendering of a circular skyscraper by ZN Era

Architecture studio ZN Era has envisioned a skyscraper called Downtown Circle, which would be built around the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai. Set to be 550-metres tall and 3,000 metres in circumference, the skyscraper would be composed of two interconnected main rings that will house residential, public, commercial and cultural spaces. The structure would wrap around the tallest

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ZN Era proposes encircling Burj Khalifa with an elevated “continuous metropolis”

August 24, 2022 Alice Finney 0

Architecture studio ZN Era has envisioned a skyscraper called Downtown Circle, which would be built around the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai. Set to be 550-metres tall and 3,000 metres in circumference, the skyscraper would be composed of two interconnected main rings that will house residential, public, commercial and cultural spaces. The structure would wrap around the tallest

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Caged wooden galleries feature in Puzzle Link apartment by Gheorghe

August 24, 2022 Alice Finney 0

An open plan living and kitchen area inPuzzle Link

Architecture and research studio Gheorghe has inserted two triangular cross-laminated timber structures into a loft in Vienna as part of its renovation of the apartment. Set within a historic building in Vienna’s 13th district, the top level of the apartment was designed to encourage interaction between a couple and their children. Two cross-laminated timber (CLT)

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Ten residential interiors bolstered by exposed wooden beams

August 21, 2022 Alice Finney 0

From a refurbished apartment in Barcelona to the home of an architectural designer in London, our latest lookbook rounds up 10 interiors that celebrate the tactility of exposed wooden beams. Beams are joists that support a building’s ceiling or roof. Rather than covering the interior beams, the designers below have left them as they were

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Maya Lin designs oculus water fountain for the Obama Presidential Center

August 8, 2022 Alice Finney 0

A rendering of a round water fountain in a garden

American artist Maya Lin has revealed a design for a spherical water fountain that will be installed in the Obama Presidential Center, a cultural complex in Chicago celebrating Barack Obama’s presidency. Called Seeing Through the Universe, the site-specific artwork is set to be the focal point of the Ann Dunham Water Garden, a garden named

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