Sebastian Jordahn

Dezeen Awards judges “entranced” by Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art

December 12, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The Dezeen Awards jury voted unanimously to name Casson Mann’s designs for the Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art as Interior Project of the Year 2018. Jury chair Brittney Hart explains why in this Dezeen movie. London-based exhibition designers Casson Mann created the visitor experience for the museum designed by Snøhetta, which features galleries containing replicas of 20,000-year-old cave

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The Storefront Theater was designed “for people to come together” says Dezeen Awards jury chair

December 4, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

In this movie, Dezeen Awards jury chair Michel Rojkind explains why Matthew Mazzotta’s modest, retractable The Storefront Theater beat projects by leading international firms to be crowned Architecture Project of the Year 2018. American artist Mazzotta designed the retractable 100-seat theatre to fold out of a disused storefront in Lyons – a small town in Nebraska. The project won

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“Everybody thinks about the Instagrammable moment” say Dezeen Awards interiors judges

November 22, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

With the Dezeen Awards ceremony just five days away, the master jury discusses how this year’s interiors shortlist shows how social media is affecting the spaces designers create. “When I started design school, there was barely internet,” said Brittney Hart, co-founder and principal of New York-based practice Husband Wife. Speaking at the master jury day in London

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“Architecture has the power to give something back to communities” say Dezeen Awards judges

November 20, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

With one week to go until the Dezeen Awards winners are announced, members of the architecture master jury discuss how this year’s entries reveal a newfound spirit of concern for both communities and the environment. Architect and Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob stressed the potential of architecture being politically and emotionally engaged, rather than being purely about construction. “Thinking

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Arup and CLS Architetti’s 3D-printed house was built in a week

November 19, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video investigates a 3D-printed house, which was built in a week, onsite in a Milan square, using recycled concrete. Engineering firm Arup and architecture studio CLS Architetti collaborated on the project, which was exhibited during Milan design week this year. Named 3D Housing 05, the structure was printed within Milan’s

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Park House envisions converting multi-storey car parks into apartment blocks

October 30, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Our latest MINI Living video features a conceptual housing project, with houses made from shipping containers placed within repurposed multi-storey parking garages. Park House is a proposal by American firm KTGY Architecture + Planning to transform unused parking garages into the framework for housing units that would be built from industrial shipping containers. Each unit would combine three shipping

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3D-printing could enable people to build their own houses “at the touch of a button”

September 11, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a plan to build multi-storey housing with 3D-printers, a technique that the project’s architects claim will enable people to design and build their own houses quickly and easily. The Eindhoven University of Technology, together with local architecture studio Houben & Van Mierlo Architecten,

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Watch Dezeen’s second Spirit of the City talk live from A/D/O in Brooklyn

August 27, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Architecture studios Desai Chia, MKCA and Only If are taking part in Dezeen’s second Spirit of the City talk at A/D/O in Brooklyn. Watch the livestream here from 7:00pm New York time. The livestream has not started yet. You can watch it here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page from 7:00pm New York time. Desai Chia Architecture co-founder

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Watch Grafton Architects speak live at the Royal Academy annual architecture lecture 2018

July 16, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Grafton Architects founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara explain their theme for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 in the Royal Academy of Arts’ annual architecture lecture, which we are streaming live. The stream is now live. You can watch it here or on Dezeen’s Facebook page. Farrell and McNamara chose Freespace as the theme for this year’s Venice Biennale, which

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360-degree video offers a look inside all 10 chapels built by the Vatican City in Venice

June 4, 2018 Sebastian Jordahn 0

This 360-degree video created by Dezeen offers a look inside all 10 chapels commissioned by the Vatican City for its inaugural Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition, including designs by Terunobu Fujimoro, Smiljan Radić and Sean Godsell. The Holy See Pavilion saw 10 studios design and build new chapels on the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Designers were asked by

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