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CRÜ transforms public laundry into La Clara house in Barcelona

November 1, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Spanish architecture studio CRÜ has remodelled an old public laundry into a house and studio for a couple in west Barcelona. Called La Clara, the project in the district of Les Corts is shortlisted in the house renovation category of the Dezeen Awards 2023. To reconfigure the old ground floor laundry into a home, CRÜ

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WOHA cuts garden terraces supported by green columns into Pan Pacific Orchard hotel

November 1, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio WOHA has created a “garden hotel” in Singapore with planted and pool terraces cut into the building’s rectangular form. WOHA described the Pan Pacific Orchard hotel as “a new prototype for high-rise tropical hospitality”, aiming to celebrate nature and offer verdant views to all floor levels. Each terrace has a different theme – beach,

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“No one can afford to live in the city anymore” says commenter about NYC skyscraper

November 1, 2023 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing news that architecture studio BIG has completed its first supertall skyscraper in New York City and debating a minimalist pink house in Mexico by César Béjar Studio. Called The Spiral, BIG’s latest completed project in New York reaches 314 metres (1,031 feet), making it a supertall skyscraper.

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Disasters “very rarely not a design failure” says expert Lucy Easthope

November 1, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Emergency planner Lucy Easthope explains why she gets “chills at the back of the neck” when hearing that architects are working pro bono on disaster recovery in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen’s Designing for Disaster series. Easthope is the UK’s leading disaster expert, having advised the government and the military on responses to

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Disaster is well and truly upon us

November 1, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Our latest series looks at how designers and architects can help manage natural hazards. Dezeen features editor Nat Barker explains why it’s time to start Designing for Disaster. This year, as in previous years, the world shook, then burned, then flooded, then did it all again. The February earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria claimed so

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Dezeen Awards 2023 party tickets now on general release

November 1, 2023 Chater Paul Jordan 0

Remaining tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2023 party in London on Tuesday 28 November are now available to buy on general release. Book your tickets now before they sell out! Early-bird ticket sales ended last night, Tuesday 31 October, at 11:59pm London time. All remaining tickets are now available at our general release price of

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Barde vanVoltt draws on Japanese zen gardens for Calico Club interior

November 1, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Dutch studio Barde vanVoltt has used rippled mirrored glass, boulders and pebbles to create the interior of Calico Club, a retail store located in a century-old farmhouse in the Netherlands. The studio aimed to combine Dutch heritage with Japanese tradition to create an “unexpected” but never overwhelming interior for the store, which is located in

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