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Halleroed references Swedish Grace and Carlo Scarpa for Totême flagship store

January 12, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Stockholm studio Halleroed has designed fashion brand Totême’s flagship store in London, which features a sculpture by artist Carl Milles and a steel sofa by designer Marc Newson. Halleroed designed the store, located on Mount Street in the upmarket Mayfair area, together with Totême founders Elin Kling and Karl Lindman. The duo wanted its third

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Neom reveals “upside-down skyscraper” inside Gulf of Aqaba mountain

January 11, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Mega-project Neom has unveiled Aquellum, which was designed by architecture studios LAVA and Name Architecture inside a mountain and will be centred around an “underwater open square”. Described by LAVA founder Alexander Rieck as an “ultra-luxury upside-down skyscraper,” the building will contain hotel and retail spaces as well as residential apartments and “innovative hubs”. It will

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Eight homes where mid-century modern furniture adds a stylish touch

January 6, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Pieces by designers Charles and Ray Eames and Isamu Noguchi are on show in this lookbook, which features homes with eye-catching mid-century modern furniture. Mid-century furniture, which often has simple lines and a sculptural feel, adds a modernist touch to these homes, which range from period properties to newly built and renovated houses. Among the

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Maximalism to make way for “quiet refinement” in 2024 say interior designers

January 5, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design in 2024 will have a focus on individualism and see a backlash to the rise in AI design while colours will be informed by global warming, interior designers across the globe told Dezeen. While the trend for locally sourced materials and sustainable biomaterials looks set to become more pronounced, designers also believe that

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Studio Gameiro draws on Algarve’s craftsmanship for Austa restaurant interior

January 5, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

A bench made from ancient rock salt, a carved stone bar and custom-made aluminium furniture were used by Studio Gameiro for the interior of Portuguese restaurant Austa. Located in the town of Almancil, Portugal, the studio drew on the craftsmanship of the surrounding Algarve region when designing the interior of the Austa restaurant and coffee

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Vollerup Atrium House is a monolithic summerhouse on the Danish coast

January 3, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studios Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter and Studio Marshall Blecher have designed Vollerup Atrium House, a travertine holiday home that is defined by its central atrium. Located in a pine-and-oak meadow by the coast in Sjælland, Denmark, the summerhouse was designed for a Danish couple and their family and clad in travertine. “The site is

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Dezeen’s top 10 lookbooks of 2023

December 24, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Continuing our 2023 review, we revisit the most popular lookbooks of the year – from minimalist bedrooms and biophilic homes to marble-lined bathrooms and kitchens with tiled worktops. This year, the most-read lookbooks included wood-panelled dining rooms, homes with space-saving pocket doors and rooms with beautiful and practical bookshelves. Read on to discover 10 of

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Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura designs immersive events space as latest Neom destination

December 18, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

A 64-metre-high entrance clad in staggered stone blocks will lead to Utamo, a “theatre of the future” in Saudi Arabia that has been announced as mega-project Neom’s latest destination. Designed by Spanish studio Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, the Utamo events space will be accessed by walking up a landscaped coastal path that the studio

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This week we revealed the Dezeen Awards China 2023 winners

December 16, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we revealed the winners of the inaugural Dezeen Awards China in the architecture, interiors, design and Designers of the Year categories. The winners were crowned at an awards ceremony at The Sukhothai hotel in Shanghai. The Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School was named the Dezeen Awards China 2023 architecture project of the year, while

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Unemori Architects envelops existing building with Father & Son House

December 12, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. The old building, a two-storey annexe, workshop and warehouse built by the carpenter father of the current owner, was also renovated as part of the project. Unemori Architects converted the

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