September 2025

Over 100 architecture, interiors and design projects shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025

September 29, 2025 Kaia Wang 0

Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year’s Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. In total, 120 projects by studios from 30 different cities are in the running to win awards in 23 categories spanning architecture,

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Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter by LGA houses domestic violence survivors

September 27, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto studio LGA Architectural Partners has created a shelter for Indigenous women affected by domestic violence, ensuring the building and interiors honour their traditions. The Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter arose from a partnership between LGA and Anduhyaun, the owner and operator of Toronto’s only Indigenous Violence Against Women shelter. “Our collaboration has created a one-of-a-kind space

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Eight autumnal living spaces dressed in the colours of fallen leaves

September 27, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Autumn is well on its way in the northern hemisphere. To mark the seasonal shift, we’ve compiled a lookbook of eight open-plan living rooms cosied up with warm, earthy tones. From mountainous India to the Scottish coastline, these living spaces combine finishes and soft furnishings that nod to the colours of autumn leaves with views

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Philadelphia power plant transformed into sports venue

September 25, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local firms Good City Studio and Hexagon Studio Architects have converted the main turbine hall of a historic Philadelphia power plant into Ballers, a sports club that includes indoor pickleball, soccer and squash courts. Ballers is located inside a portion of the newly renovated Delaware Power Station in Fishtown, Philadelphia, which was recently rebranded into

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Frama designs first international store in Tokyo to “reflect the architecture of wellbeing”

September 25, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

Design brand Frama has opened its first permanent shop outside of Denmark in Tokyo, Japan, with a tactile, minimalist interior dominated by wood and stone. Located in the Shibuya Parco shopping centre, Frama Tokyo displays the brand’s Care collection of fragrances and beauty products on stainless-steel shelves that cover three of its four walls. Walls

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Multitude of Sins designs own material lab as “spatial memoir” of salvaged materials

September 24, 2025 Tirthika Shah 0

Bengaluru studio Multitude of Sins has used rejected samples, broken prototypes and construction waste to transform an apartment into its material lab and research space. The lab, named Requiem for Ruins, is located in a former residential apartment building on the same floor as the Multitude of Sins studio. This was turned into a material

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Eight interiors where DJ booths take centre stage

September 21, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

DJ booths clad in wood, metal and a giant disco ball feature in this lookbook, which rounds up nightclubs, restaurants and even a bathhouse that centre music. With dance music culture “booming again” throughout the world, the spaces where it happens are also receiving renewed attention. The DJ booth is arguably at the centre of

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Studio &Space renovates 1930s Amsterdam home with “iconic spiral staircase”

September 21, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch firm Studio &Space has refurbished a time-worn house in Amsterdam, transforming it into a family home with bespoke furnishings and sophisticated finishes that evoke the feeling of a high-end hotel. The owners, a female couple of entrepreneurs with two young children, tasked studio founder Maike Borst with modernising the 1930s home, located in the

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Atelier HA uses colour “as a structural element” in renovated Parisian apartment

September 15, 2025 Alice Laycock 0

A striped kitchen sets the tone for a colourful design scheme within this Parisian apartment, which was renovated by local studio Atelier HA. The 60-square-metre apartment is located in Paris’ bohemian Pigalle neighbourhood, and local studio Atelier HA wanted to imbue its spirit into the interior, especially in the living area. “Pigalle itself, with its

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Islyn Studio designs hotel as “sanctuary for solo travellers” in New York

September 14, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

New York-based Islyn Studio looked to European sleeper trains and Japanese capsule hotels when designing the compact rooms of Now Now, a Manhattan hotel. Now Now is situated on Bowery in Downtown Manhattan and offers hostel-style accommodation with single-occupancy cabins and shared facilities. Islyn Studio was challenged to maximise the guest experience within a minimal

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