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Promise at Dawn, Center of Emergency Accommodation / AIR + Moon Architecture

July 25, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The City of Paris decided to create a Center of Emergency Accommodation for homeless in the Bois de Boulogne, next to the most expensive neighborhood of Paris. The project was very political and met a strong resistance by the wealthy inhabitants of the 16th Arrondissement of Paris who didn’t want at first to have any “poor or refugees” in their neighborhood. Every legal and illegal moves were made, including two fire during the construction. After being opened, the inhabitants finally changed their mind and were very happy to have those “nice new people” in their neighborhood, flooding them with gifts and clothes…

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Call for Entries: The Announcement of the International Consulting on the Urban Design of Xichong, Nan’ao, Dapeng New District, Shenzhen City

July 25, 2019 Milly Mo 0

In September 2018, affected by the strong typhoon “Mangkhut”, the infrastructure in Xichong District was damaged to varying degrees, and it was one of the most affected areas in the city. We sincerely solicit forward-looking and innovative urban design concepts and schemes amongst domestic and international design institutions.

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Joy Season Studio makes red the “protagonist” of Chongqing’s Annakiki store

July 25, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Annakiki shop by Joy Season Studio

Spools of scarlet thread and huge sheets of steel make an unconventional pairing inside this store in Chongqing, China, which Joy Season Studio has created for independent fashion label Annakiki. Annakiki is headed up by designer Anna Yang and aims to produce clothing that strikes a balance between “tradition and rebellion”. When it came to

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Watch our talk about the next generation of architects live from London

July 25, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Pereen d’Avoine of Russian for Fish, Studio Bark’s Sarah Broadstock and recent graduate Samiur Rahman, will discuss the motivations of architects entering the profession on a panel at Knauf’s London showroom. Watch the talk from 7:00pm UK time. Dezeen’s assistant editor India Block will chair the panel, which will explore the experiences of architects starting out

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The Deformed Roof House of Furano / Yoshichika Takagi + associates

July 25, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

This plan is to renovate a house, built in 1974, into a two-family house. Its’ current figure is a result of going through extensions and reconstructions twice. Housings such as these which are called “Deformed Roof” houses, can be seen often in Hokkaido, but is difficult to call them beautiful, and cannot be seen out of Hokkaido. It could be said as a vernacular and anonymous kind of design.