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First Neom region completes as “luxury island” Sindalah opens in Saudi Arabia

October 28, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Sindalah, an island resort in the Red Sea designed by Italian studio Luca Dini Design and Architecture, has become the first Neom region to be completed in Saudi Arabia. The resort, which is described as a “luxury island destination” located five kilometres off the Neom coastline in the Red Sea, has opened to a number

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Raúl Sánchez Architects adds colourful details and “kitchen cube” to Spanish home

October 22, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has renovated the PSM21 house outside of Barcelona, adding an interior staircase to turn two separate apartments into one home with colourful details. The studio aimed to turn the properties, in the coastal town of Castelldefels, into a single 250-square-metre house that takes advantage of its sea views. “The connection

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Funamachi Base cafe and sweet shop designed as “extension of the park”

October 20, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Timber pillars and PVC pipes were left bare to blur the boundaries between the interior and exterior of cafe and sweet shop in Funamachi, Japan, designed by Schemata Architects. Named Funamachi Base, the combined sweet store and cafe is located next to a park in the centre of Funamachi, a riverport town in central Japan. This

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“Modest and pioneering” Hackney council housing wins 2024 Neave Brown Award

October 17, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has won this year’s Neave Brown Award for Housing for Chowdury Walk, a council housing development in Hackney, London. Comprised of 11 terraced houses, seven of which are available for social rent, the development was built between two existing terraces on a plot that previously used as garages. The houses,

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WOHA combines aluminium extension and Singapore remittance house for 21 Carpenter hotel

October 8, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio WOHA has added a perforated-aluminium extension to a 1930s building to create a hotel that is “very mindful of the history” in Singapore. Named 21 Carpenter, the hotel is located on the edge of Singapore’s Chinatown area in a refurbished building that was built in 1936 as a place where Chinese labourers could

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Schemata Architects transforms 145-year-old townhouse into Le Labo flagship

September 23, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has combined Japanese and Western designs inside a traditional wooden townhouse in Kyoto to create a store for perfumery brand Le Labo. The building, otherwise known as a machiya, is located in the Kiyamachi area and has been revamped to incorporate Le Labo’s typical finishes while respecting its 145-year-old architecture. “How

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Eight Australian houses with sculptural shapes and angular facades

September 23, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Our latest roundup showcases innovative Australian homes, including a house with a fish-pond atrium and a residence with a faceted black-metal extension. Mostly located in Melbourne and Sydney, these eight homes are united by their sculptural designs. While some have unusually shaped floorplans, others use detailed facades, cantilevers, roof cutouts and geometrical aluminium awnings to

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This week we exclusively revealed the subterranean Apple Park Observatory

September 14, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we were the first to showcase Apple’s new events venue, built into a hillside at the technology company’s Apple Park campus. The building, which was designed “as a contemplative space” featuring natural stone, terrazzo and wood, is the most significant addition to the campus since the Steve Jobs Theater opened in

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Eight contemporary living rooms with sculptural coffee tables

September 7, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Block-shaped, curved and wavy tables are among the unusual designs in this lookbook, which features sculptural coffee tables from around the world. In these homes. from India to Sweden, interior designers have used coffee tables with sculptural shapes to add a fun detail to the living room. While the designs may feel a bit quirky,

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Wooden louvres create “subtle seclusion” at Tokyo house by Keiji Ashizawa Design

September 5, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa referenced louvres on townhouses in Kyoto when designing the concrete House in Aoyama, which is intended to foster a sense of privacy. Located in Tokyo’s central Aoyama area, the home is designed for a family with a child and two dogs. House in Aoyama’s location at a busy intersection led Keiji

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