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15 Inspiring Shower Seating Ideas (16 photos)

December 1, 2021 Suzanne Ennis 0

Shower seats can offer stability to people with balance or mobility issues, provide a leg up for shaving and add an extra surface for storing shampoo and other products. But they aren’t just practical — they can be pretty darned stylish too. We’ve rou…

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Ubik tiles by Ceramiche Keope

December 1, 2021 Dezeen staff 0
Ubik

Dezeen Showroom: Italian wall and floor tile brand Ceramiche Keope has designed a tile collection informed by the veiny appearance of slate. Named Ubik, the tiles come in eight sizes and five neutral colours called Greige, Ivory, Grey, Walnut and Anthracite. Ceramiche Keope describe the collection as a “slate-effect” series, and the tiles can be fitted

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Quatá House / Canoa Arquitetura

December 1, 2021 Pilar Caballero 0

The starting point of this intervention project in a 1950 townhouse was to remedy a common deficiency in this typology, the lack of open living spaces. The property had already undergone previous renovations where the only thing left uncovered was the garage in the front yard.

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Stormwater Facility / gh3*

December 1, 2021 Paula Pintos 0

The Stormwater Facility (SWF) treats urban run-off from the new West Don Lands and Quayside neighbourhood developments. Functionally, the SWF stands at the intersection of technological and architectural advancement. Housing state-of-the-art treatment systems it expresses a civic responsibility towards ensuring safe and clean water ecology. Architecturally, it adds to a list of Toronto’s historic infrastructural works – such as the R.C. Harris Treatment Plant, the Bloor Viaduct, and the Hearn Power Station – whose architectural character has helped to both express and define Toronto’s identity at a given moment in time.

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Chris Collaris and Frederik Roijé complete lakeside home in the Netherlands

December 1, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch designer Frederik Roijé and practice Chris Collaris Architects have completed a house clad in black-stained timber near Amsterdam, with a projecting terrace overlooking the Markermeer Lake. Located on a dyke in the village of Uitdam, the home is called House with a View and was designed for Roijé’s own family as a space to

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Dezeen’s top 10 houses of 2021

December 1, 2021 Nat Barker 0
Moore House by Woods and Dangaran

Kicking off our review of 2021, we round up 10 of the most striking and interesting houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a concrete villa in Indonesia and a mid-century Californian home given a new lease of life. Bat Trang House, Vietnam, by Vo Trong Nghia Architects Encased in ceramic bricks, this house was designed

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Five architecture and design events in December from Dezeen Events Guide

December 1, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Architectural model in MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio exhibition by Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut from Dezeen Events Guide December

A retrospective covering more than 400 projects by architecture firm MVRDV is among the events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month, alongside major design fairs in Miami and Shenzhen. Other events taking place in December include a CPD webinar on Chris Precht’s recently completed modular treehouse Bert and a keynote on art and architecture from

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Ste Marie spotlights the art of flower arranging inside Cadine store in Vancouver

December 1, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Cadine store in Vancouver designed by Ste Marie

A floristry counter brimming over with flowers and foliage sits at the centre of this Vancouver lifestyle shop, which has been designed by studio Ste Marie. Nestled along a parade of shops in Vancouver’s South Cambie neighbourhood, Cadine sells a selection of high-end homeware, books, clothing and fine jewellery, as well as fresh floral bouquets.

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Wind House / Mobius Architekci

December 1, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

Polish design studio Mobius Architekci designed a unique house located in the vicinity of the Kampinos Forest near Warsaw. All it takes is one glance to see that it is difficult to find another with a similar structure of forms. No surprise, it’s a world unique villa design shaped entirely by nature. The dense pine forest in Izabelin near Warsaw is a natural extension of the Kampinos Forest. The building area, situated in the eastern part of the national park buffer zone, is one of the most attractive areas sought after by Warsaw residents.