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The Dezeen guide to bio-based materials in architecture, design and interiors

December 9, 2021 James Parkes 0

Hermes Victoria bag in Sylvania mycelium leather by MycoWorks

Thinking of using natural materials in your project? Our latest Dezeen guide includes 12 types of biomaterials commonly used in architecture, design and interiors. The term biomaterials is used to describe building materials derived from living organisms including plants, animals and fungi. Plant-based materials, which we mostly focus on in this guide, are becoming increasingly

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Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2021

December 6, 2021 James Parkes 0

Staircase at a self build project in Denmark by Tommy Rand

We continue our review of 2021 with a roundup highlighting the top 10 staircases featured on Dezeen this year, including a stair informed by skate bowls and one designed by Kengo Kuma. Self build, Denmark, by Tommy Rand Located on the outskirts of Aarhus, this self-build house by Tommy Rand features a spiral staircase made using CNC-cut

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Cantilevered terrace adjoins 14th-century townhouses overhauled by Mario Cucinella Architects

December 5, 2021 James Parkes 0

Rear image of the Italian villas at Palazzo Senza Tempo

Italian studio Mario Cucinella Architects has designed a cultural centre in Tuscany within traditional houses, which connect to a new angular terrace that protrudes from the hillside. Located in the medieval hillside town of Peccioli, situated between Pisa and Florence, Palazzo Senza Tempo was built as a response to the local government’s push for new

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Liliane Lijn creates neon Christmas tree in London

December 4, 2021 James Parkes 0

American artist Liliane Lijn has designed an abstract glowing Christmas tree installation in King’s Cross that is comprised of multicoloured, neon light poles. Named Temenos, the 11.3 metre-tall installation is situated in Granary Square outside the Central Saint Martins university in London’s King’s Cross area. Designed by artist and designer Lijn, the structure is formed of 19 neon yellow

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BIG designs cybersecurity hub in Slovakia to mimic nearby rolling hills

November 30, 2021 James Parkes 0

Architecture practice BIG has revealed its designs for a 12-building AI and cybersecurity campus in Bratislava, Slovakia, that will be visually connected by undulating solar roofs. Designed as a “tech neighbourhood”, the development will contain the headquarters for Slovak internet security company ESET. It is set to be built on the site of a former

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Kengo Kuma adds mountain-shaped toilets to hiking trail overlooking Mount Fuji

November 26, 2021 James Parkes 0

View of the Oath Hill Park structures with a mountainous landscape in the distance

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has designed a collection of peaked umbrella-shaped structures that were informed by the surrounding mountains for a rest area in Japan. The Oath Hill Park is a rest area with toilets and an observation deck in a rural, mountainous location along a popular hiking trail on the eastern

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Henning Larsen reveals plans for “one of the largest contemporary wood structures in Denmark”

November 25, 2021 James Parkes 0

Danish architecture practice Henning Larsen and engineering company Ramboll have designed an eight-storey stepped wooden building for the Nordhavn waterfront on the eastern edge of Copenhagen. The proposed mixed-use commercial building, called Marmormolen, would measure 28,000-square metres and be constructed entirely using solid timber. Marmormolen was designed for Danish pension fund AP Pension and will

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Max Radford and Cake Architecture design curtain-wrapped speakeasy in Soho

November 24, 2021 James Parkes 0

Cake Architecture and interior designer Max Radford have decorated a cocktail bar in London’s Soho with colours borrowed from Indian artwork, as an interpretation of the subterranean speakeasy. Situated near Central London’s Picadilly Circus, on a side street in Soho, SOMA is a basement cocktail bar that takes design cues from the “spirit of India” and

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Foster + Partners-designed Lusail Stadium among eight completed FIFA World Cup venues

November 23, 2021 James Parkes 0

Tournament venues designed by Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects feature among the completed stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Construction has now completed on Lusail Stadium, which was designed by British studio Foster + Partners and will host the final game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. With Lusail, the largest

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Ten striking fireplaces at the heart of the home

November 20, 2021 James Parkes 0

As winter is approaching in the northern hemisphere, for our latest lookbook we have rounded up ten unusual fireplaces that add both visual interest and warmth to their surroundings. Included in the roundup is a fireplace that doubles as a staircase, a fireplace that took its design cues from a Venetian tomb and a campfire-inspired

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