Articles by Ben Hobson

Dezeen to co-host Assembly 2019 talks programme at Design Shanghai

March 1, 2019 Ben Hobson 0
Assembly 2019 at Design Shanghai

Dezeen is co-hosting a programme of architecture and design panel discussions at Design Shanghai on 7 and 8 March 2019. Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs and chief content officer Ben Hobson will each moderate a panel discussion at the Assembly 2019 architecture and design forum, which is hosted at the Design Shanghai 2019 trade fair. Hobson

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Vision for flood-proof Georgian townhouses wins Dezeen and MINI Living competition

January 23, 2019 Ben Hobson 0
The Kentish Classic by The D*Haus Company

First prize in the Dezeen x MINI Living Future Urban Home Competition has been awarded to The D*Haus Company for its vision for elevated Georgian-style terraced houses designed for flooded city streets. The D*Haus Company saw off competition from 14 other shortlisted submissions with a winning proposal called The Kentish Classic, which reinterprets traditional Georgian townhouses

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New luxury hotels in Middle East “whisper rather than shout” say AHEAD MEA awards judges

December 18, 2018 Ben Hobson 0
FIVE Palm Hotel in Dubai

High-end hotels in the Middle East are becoming increasingly refined and understated, say AHEAD MEA jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. The AHEAD MEA 2018 awards, which took place last month at The Meydan Hotel in Dubai, celebrated the best in hotel and resort design across the Middle East and

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15 urban homes of the future revealed on shortlist for Dezeen and MINI Living competition

December 13, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

Parasitic structures, 3D-printed homes, floating architecture and even flying houses feature on the Dezeen x MINI Living Future Urban Home competition shortlist, which is unveiled today. 15 designs have been shortlisted in the competition, which called on Dezeen readers to design a home for 100 years in the future. The contest asked readers to the consider

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Mondrian Doha hotel is “a place of fantasy” says Marcel Wanders

November 1, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders describes the eccentric and theatrical spaces he created for the Mondrian Doha hotel, in this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. The Mondrian Doha hotel opened in October 2017 in the city’s West Bay Lagoon neighbourhood. Designed by local firm South West Architecture for the hospitality company SBE, the five-star

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Mondrian Doha hotel is “a place of fantasy” says Marcel Wanders

November 1, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders describes the eccentric and theatrical spaces he created for the Mondrian Doha hotel, in this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. The Mondrian Doha hotel opened in October 2017 in the city’s West Bay Lagoon neighbourhood. Designed by local firm South West Architecture for the hospitality company SBE, the five-star

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Urban Cabin by MINI Living and Penda takes cues from Beijing’s hutong homes

October 31, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie, Oke Hauser and Corinna Natter of MINI Living and Penda co-founder Dayong Sun explain how the micro home they built in Beijing references the city’s hutong neighbourhoods. Penda designed the tiny structure with MINI Living, as one of 10 conceptual homes that went on show for the China House Vision

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Dezeen’s drone documentary Elevation wins two Lovie Awards

October 12, 2018 Ben Hobson 0

Elevation, Dezeen’s documentary about how drones will transform cities, has received two accolades at the Lovie Awards 2018, which celebrates the best content on the internet. The 18-minute film, which explores how drones could change how people travel, how goods are delivered, and how buildings look and are constructed, was honoured with a bronze award

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