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Escapist restaurant interiors could be “lasting design legacy of the pandemic” says Roar trends report

May 7, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0

Coronavirus will lead to a rise in escapist restaurant interiors, while physical menus, cash payments and buffets will largely be abandoned, according to a trends report by Dubai-based studio Roar. Roar, which is led by Pallavi Dean, worked with 170 industry professionals, as well as a focus group of nine experts, to predict ways that the Covid-19

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M-Rad designs mobile Covid-19 testing unit concept from “virus-destroying” copper

May 7, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0

California-based design and architecture studio M-Rad proposes using the natural antimicrobial properties of copper alloy to create a travelling Covid-19 testing unit. Designed to carry out both Covid-19 tests and antibody tests, M-Rad’s concept for a portable testing unit features a body clad in copper alloy. Chosen for its antimicrobial properties, the copper exterior would create

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This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast

April 25, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0

This week, BIG completed a spiral-shaped museum in the Swiss mountains and John Pawson discussed the reasoning behind his characteristic minimalism in Dezeen’s latest podcast. Designed to house a collection of watchmaker Audemars Piguet’s timepieces, the curved-glass museum by BIG features a grass-covered roof to offer a lawn in summer and a snowy scene in

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This week, Sweden’s tallest timber building was revealed

February 22, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0

Sweden's tallest timber tower, Kajstaden, by CF Møller

This week on Dezeen, CF Møller revealed photos of Sweden’s tallest timber building and Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman was prevented from entering the United States. Measuring at 8.5 storeys high, the recently completed Kajstaden Tall Timber Building in the city of Västerås is now Sweden’s tallest timber building. The apartment block is constructed entirely

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This week, we looked back on 2019 and forward to 2020

January 4, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0

This week on Dezeen, we looked back at the biggest architecture and design stories of 2019, and looked forward to the upcoming projects of the new year. To bring 2019 to a close, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft rounded up the most popular stories of the past 12 months, which included architects and designers’ alternative proposals

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Haeckels’ Victorian bathing machine warms up winter seaside dippers

December 23, 2019 Natashah Hitti 0

Skincare brand Haeckels has built a traditional wood-burning sauna on the sands of Margate beach, in a bid to “reacquaint the community” with the health-giving properties of their local waters. Located in the town of Margate on Britain’s southeast coast, the bathing machine is constructed from traditional sauna wood planks, with oak wheels attached to

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This week, we unveiled Dezeen Awards shortlists

September 7, 2019 Natashah Hitti 0

This week on Dezeen, we announced the shortlisted architecture, interior and design projects that are in line to win Dezeen Awards in 2019. Now in its second year, Dezeen Awards recognises the world’s best architecture, interior and design projects, as well as the studios and individual architects and designers producing the best work. This week we revealed

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“We all have a stake in the future of food” say curators of V&A’s Bigger than the Plate exhibition

May 16, 2019 Natashah Hitti 0

London’s V&A shows what the future of food could look like in its latest exhibition Food: Bigger than the Plate, which takes visitors through a full food cycle from compost to plate. The show is structured into four parts – compost, farming, trading and eating – in a bid to give visitors a sense of

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Office of the future “will only be a place where people come together” say Barber and Osgerby

May 8, 2019 Natashah Hitti 0

We no longer need desks, say designers Ed Barber and Jay Osgerby, because the office of the future is more of a meeting place than a work environment. Speaking in a talk at the Vitra showroom in London, the Barber & Osgerby founders said that the office is still relevant, but the desk is not and designers

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This week, fire at Notre-Dame caused a state of emergency

April 20, 2019 Natashah Hitti 0

This week on Dezeen, a major fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris dominated headlines, with millions of euros pledged in support and an architectural competition set to launch for a new spire. On the evening of 15 April, Paris’ iconic Gothic cathedral was ravaged by a fire that caused its 90-metre-high spire and parts of the

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