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Six material innovations aimed at slashing concrete’s outsized carbon footprint

October 21, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

After Seratech’s carbon-neutral cement won the 2022 Obel Award, Dezeen has rounded up six ways in which researchers are working to decarbonise concrete – the single most polluting building material in the world. Currently, concrete’s key ingredient cement is responsible for around eight per cent of global emissions, surpassing all other materials except oil, gas

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Victoria Yakusha designs museum to preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage threatened by invasion

October 14, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Architect Victoria Yakusha has revealed plans for a cultural complex in the village of Bolotnya, Ukraine, to house artworks by folk painter Maria Prymachenko that were recently saved from a building destroyed in the Ukraine War. The museum called Maria’s Way would be formed from a row of 15 conical domes clad in textured, white clay in a

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Ten homes that don’t relegate tiles to the bathroom

October 9, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Our latest lookbook rounds up 10 living spaces that take tiling from practical to decorative, applying it to everything from bars and fireplaces to entire statement walls. Tiles in the modern home are often consigned to the bathroom or kitchen, where their durable finish can protect walls from water damage. But a growing cohort of designers

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Right-wing Sweden Democrats using architecture to push “traditional nationalism”, designers say

October 3, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

In the wake of Sweden’s general election, Stockholm design studio Front has expressed concerns that the far-right Sweden Democrats, which is now the country’s second-biggest party, are appropriating the country’s cultural heritage. “They’re very interested in the expression of some kind of traditional nationalism,” Front co-founder Sofia Lagerkvist told Dezeen. “So their thing is all about

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Agrivoltaic solar farms offer “shocking” benefits beyond producing energy

September 30, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Next-gen solar parks that enable energy and food production as well as water conservation to work in synergy on the same plot can help to solve solar’s growing land-use issue, according to the researchers making them a reality. “There is this big debate around using land for solar versus using it for agriculture,” said Colorado

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Jan Hendzel tracks down “super special” London timbers to overhaul Town Hall Hotel suites

September 23, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Living room of suite 109 in Town Hall Hotel with pink-upholstered sofa and armchair by Jan Hendzel at LDF

Reclaimed architectural timber and wood from a felled street tree form the furnishings of two hotel suites that designer Jan Hendzel has revamped for London’s Town Hall Hotel in time for London Design Festival. Suites 109 and 111 are set on the first floor of the Town Hall Hotel, which is housed in a converted Grade II-listed

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Ten sunny interiors that make use of the Colour of the Year 2023

September 17, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Cafe Banacado, Sweden, by ASKA featuring Dulux Colour of the year 2023 Wild Wonder

For our latest lookbook, we’ve curated 10 interiors decked out in Wild Wonder after paint brand Dulux named the pale yellow hue as its Colour of the Year for 2023. Dulux describes Wild Wonder as a “soft gold with hints of green” that speaks to people’s desire for a closer connection to nature and better

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Ten living spaces with glossy surfaces that create depth and dimension

August 20, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

The Village apartment, Germany, by Gisbert Pöppler with glossy red lacquered wall

Mosaic tiles, red-lacquered wood panelling and sleek resin floors feature in this lookbook of 10 living spaces proving that high-shine surfaces don’t need to feel clinical. Glossy finishes – whether in the form of reflective paint, stone or simple sheet metal – can help to add polish and contrast to living rooms, which are traditionally heavy in

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Ten homes that use colour to turn stairs into statements

July 24, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Matryoshka House, Netherlands, by Shift Architecture Urbanism

A Swedish house with a stairway hidden behind a bookcase and an architect-revamped new build in the Netherlands feature in our latest lookbook of ten homes with colourful staircases that draw the eye. Adding a layer of paint makes it possible to turn even simple stairs into standout architectural features, rather than just functional ones.

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Ten playful pink kitchens that use colour in unexpected ways

July 9, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Pink kitchen in Studio11 office, Belarus, by Studio11

From the bubble-gum-coloured cabinets of a Tokyo apartment to the rosy mosaics found in a modernist Grecian villa, our latest lookbook rounds up 10 pink kitchens from the Dezeen archives. Architects and designers often reach for different shades of pink when they want to add interest and personality to a functional space, such as a

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