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Ten homes with French doors that bring an airiness to the interior

May 29, 2022 James Parkes 0
A kitchen with green painted interiors and French doors

A home with terrazzo interiors and an apartment that was renovated to include library bookshelves across its walls feature in this lookbook highlighting 10 homes with French doors. French doors can be described as a pair of doors that typically open out to outdoor spaces and have glass panes that stretch the height of the

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Jacquemus creates surrealist interpretation of his own bathroom for Selfridges pop-up

May 11, 2022 James Parkes 0
Image of a blue tiled replica changing room at Le Bleu

French fashion designer Simon Jacquemus has opened a series of surrealist pop-up installations at London department store Selfridges, including a luxury-bag vending machine and a swimming-pool changing room. Titled Le Bleu, the installation occupies a number of locations across the store, including its creative retail space The Corner Shop and the Old Selfridges Hotel, a

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The Standard designs island hotel to reference “golden age of Ibiza”

May 3, 2022 James Parkes 0

Boutique hotel group The Standard has housed a hotel in Ibiza in a former movie theatre with interiors designed by its in-house design team. Located in the heart of Ibiza Town in a former movie theatre, The Standard Ibiza contains 67 guest suites, restaurants, a rooftop bar and a swimming pool with panoramic views of

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Balenciaga wraps London store in pink faux fur to celebrate its Le Cagole “it-bag”

April 28, 2022 James Parkes 0
Interior image of the Le Cagole pop-up at Balenciaga

Fashion brand Balenciaga has transformed its Mount Street store in London, creating a maximalist look to launch its Le Cagole collection by blanketing the interior in bright pink faux fur. To celebrate its popular Le Cagole bag, which references Balenciaga’s maximalist It Bags of the past, and launch the line’s collection of accessories and shoes,

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Zaha Hadid Architects begins construction on Ukranian metro stations

February 3, 2022 James Parkes 0
Render of the metal canopy metro station

British firm Zaha Hadid Architects has begun construction on three new stations for the Dnipro Metro in Ukraine as part of a four-kilometre line extension. The trio of Zaha Hadid Architects-designed stations — Teatralna, Tsentalna and Muzeina – form part of the metro line extension in the city of Dnipro that first broke ground in

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Kengo Kuma creates pavilion supported by live bamboo at Kyoto temple

February 2, 2022 James Parkes 0
Kyoto Yudo Pavilion was made from tyvek

Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has built a pavilion with a textile roof supported by bamboo stalks on the grounds of a temple in Kyoto, Japan. Named Kyoto Yudo Pavilion, the structure designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates was built in a bamboo grove within the temple site. The studio used Tyvek, a synthetic fabric made from polyethene fibres,

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Ten self-designed homes by architects and designers

January 29, 2022 James Parkes 0
Interior of concrete house with wooden floor

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected ten homes from the Dezeen archive that were self-designed by architects and designers including John Pawson, Sarah Wigglesworth and Alan Maskin. From a two-storey apartment in New York City to a second home on the grounds of a former 17th-century farming complex, these homes offer interior inspiration and insights

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Makhno Studio designs conceptual settlement within Martian crater

January 24, 2022 James Parkes 0
Plan C is a 3D-printed Mars settlement concept

Ukrainian architecture practice Makhno Studio has designed a 3D-printed settlement for Mars named Plan C that would encircle the edge of a crater. The concept was developed during coronavirus lockdown when the studio was questioning how underground living could be comfortable if life on Earth’s ground level became difficult. In response to this, Makhno Studio developed a proposal for

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22 Parkside “led to most of the work I do” says Richard Rogers

January 15, 2022 James Parkes 0
22 Parkside by Richard Rogers

In the final exclusive interview that Dezeen filmed with Richard Rogers in 2013, the late architect discusses the concept behind his Wimbledon house, 22 Parkside. The interview forms part of a series Dezeen filmed with Rogers to coincide with a retrospective of his work at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2013. Rogers, who

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