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Watch a talk exploring the challenges of designing buildings in historic settings

April 5, 2023 Amina Amber 0

Dezeen teamed up with World Monuments Fund to present a talk exploring the legacy of architect Christopher Wren and the challenges of developing cities while retaining their historic characteristics. Called Wren Conversations: Building Cities, the talk is the second in a series of conversations exploring the life and legacy of the British architect to mark

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3D-printed concrete bridge “combines ancient wisdoms of construction and modern technology” says Shajay Bhooshan

March 9, 2023 Amina Amber 0

The Striatus bridge makes use of historic masonry construction techniques and modern technology explains Zaha Hadid Architects associate director Shajay Bhooshan in this instalment of Dezeen’s Concrete Icons video series produced in collaboration with Holcim. The video features Striatus, a freestanding 3D-printed concrete footbridge designed to demonstrate how 3D printing techniques can be used to build with

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The Square is a space for students to “open their minds” says Sou Fujimoto

March 2, 2023 Amina Amber 0

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how his stacked-cube learning centre in Switzerland is one of the most significant projects of his career in this instalment of Dezeen’s Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. The video features The Square, a higher-education learning centre for the University of St Gallen in Switzerland. The concept was

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Watch the AHEAD Global 2022 hospitality awards ceremony

January 18, 2023 Amina Amber 0

Today, AHEAD will announce the winners of the AHEAD Global 2022 hospitality design awards and its headline Ultimate Accolade. Dezeen is collaborating with the brand to show the ceremony here at 1pm London time. The AHEAD Awards is an annual programme highlighting striking hospitality around the world, split across Europe, Middle East and Africa (MEA),

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Watch our online lecture series on spectacular houses around the world

January 17, 2023 Amina Amber 0

Dezeen teamed up with luxury kitchen appliances brand Gaggenau to present a series of Architecture Project Talks on spectacular houses around the world. We’ve rounded up the three lectures for you to watch here. The series of webinars, in which leading architects deliver in-depth lectures about one of their key buildings, featured eye-catching houses in

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Casa Ventura “floats on top of the hill” its built on says Tatiana Bilbao

December 1, 2022 Amina Amber 0

Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao explains how her concrete Casa Ventura house responds to the topography of its hilltop site in the latest instalment of Dezeen’s Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. The video features Casa Ventura, a large family home that emerges from a forested hillside overlooking the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Speaking

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The Broad “doesn’t feel like a traditional museum” says Elizabeth Diller

November 24, 2022 Amina Amber 0

Architect Elizabeth Diller explains how The Broad museum in Los Angeles was designed to feel “extremely welcoming” in the next instalment of Dezeen’s Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. The video features The Broad in Los Angeles designed by Diller’s studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro, a three-storey museum that houses an expansive collection

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Design Museum’s Objects of Desire exhibition explores “what surrealism is and why it matters now”

November 23, 2022 Amina Amber 0

Curator Kathryn Johnson explains the story behind surrealism and its impact on design in this video Dezeen produced for the Design Museum about its latest exhibition. Titled Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 – Today, the exhibition features almost 350 surrealist objects spanning fashion, furniture and film. The exhibition, which was curated by Johnson,

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Emil Eve Architects designs small kitchen with space-saving Neff appliances that can be easily hidden away

September 16, 2022 Amina Amber 0

Man using Neff Slide & Hide oven while woman cuts vegetables in small green kitchen

Dezeen has teamed up with Neff to commission London studio Emil Eve Architects to design a small contemporary kitchen using the German brand’s space-saving appliances, including an oven with a fully retractable oven door. To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the brand’s Slide & Hide oven, which features an oven door that slides away

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Studio AX aims to highlight potential of biomaterials with Danish fairytale-informed pavilion

August 27, 2022 Amina Amber 0

Architecture practice Studio AX has showcased the potential of biomaterials with a timber and hemp pavilion at Chart Art Fair, which is captured in this video created as part of the Dezeen x Chart Art Fair 2022 collaboration. Designed by Jack O’Hagan and Bex Browne of Studio AX, the pavilion at Chart Art Fair was named Elisa and

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