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Material & Memory exhibition responds to “raw materiality” of Brinkburn Priory and Manor

August 25, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Tutors and researchers from Northumbria University have filled a derelict manor house, nestled in a curve of the River Coquet in Northumberland, with objects informed by the site’s rich history and materiality. The exhibition titled Material & Memory is being held at Brinkburn Priory and Manor, a former 12th-century monastery that fell into ruin and

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

August 23, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Painted on with a roller, yoghurt dries quickly and creates a fritted glass-like effect that Greenhill says should reflect light and heat in much the same way as other energy-efficient

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Dezeen Awards China 2024 entries close tonight at 23:59 Beijing time

August 23, 2024 Harry Cruttenden 0

Today is the last day you can enter Dezeen Awards China 2024 before the entry deadline tonight 23 August at 23:59 Beijing time! There are 19 project categories open for entry across architecture, interiors and design. This year we’ve introduced three new awards. One rewards excellence in landscape and urban design, celebrating standout landscape design,

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Glamping Tents Designed By Architects

August 21, 2024 Erin 0

Architects Julio Cano and Barbara Bardin of Canobardin, have sent photos of the TipiTop Tents they designed for the Costa del Sol Glamping Village in Spain. Each tent’s structure is made entirely of laminated pine wood, with a volume formed from three porticoes that support the tarpaulins and give the tent shape. The materials, all […]

Last chance to feature in Dezeen’s guide to London Design Festival 2024

August 12, 2024 Sophie Chapman 0

Dezeen Events Guide has announced the final call to feature in its digital guide to London Design Festival 2024, which takes place from 14 to 22 September. The guide highlights the activities taking place across the city’s 11 participating districts, including exhibitions, talks, open showrooms and product launches. Visitors can explore different design disciplines, including

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Marie & Alexandre takes over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse

August 12, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

French designers Marie Cornil and Alexandre Willaume have filled an apartment in Le Corbusier’s iconic Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille with custom furniture, including a leather-and-metal armchair informed by the architect’s work. Marie & Alexandre is the latest design studio to create a scenography within Appartement N°50 after it was restored to its original

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Lucia Moholy’s photographs provide a different perspective on the Bauhaus

August 9, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

An exhibition at Prague’s Kunsthalle explores the life and work of Lucia Moholy, whose photographs helped to bring the Bauhaus to international attention. Here, curator Meghan Forbes picks five images that illuminate her often-overlooked legacy. Born in Prague in 1894, Lucia Moholy was an innovative and prolific photographer, documentalist and writer, best known for her

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Airbnb creates life-size Polly Pocket house in Massachusetts

August 8, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

As part of its ongoing Icons series, Airbnb has created a life-size rental version of a Polly Pocket compact toy, which includes mock-up versions of clothing and oversized furniture. Located in Littleton, Massachusetts the rental was created to resemble a full-scale version of a Mattel Polly Pocket toy, a series of small plastic compacts that

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Walker Warner Architects includes recycled-plastic thatch in Hawaii hut resort

August 6, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Winding pathways and thatched roofs made of recycled plastic are among the features at the Kona Village resort in Hawaii, which Walker Warner Architects designed to replace a 1960s hotel destroyed by a tsunami. Located on Hawaii’s Big Island, the property replaces a resort of the same name that was decimated by a 2011 tsunami. The

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Orange floors create “golden afterglow” in Aranya fashion store by Say Architects

August 4, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Chinese studio Say Architects has designed a concept store for fashion brand Nice Rice in the seaside resort of Aranya, featuring bright-orange tiles and furniture intended to evoke the colour of a sunset. Having previously designed stores for Nice Rice in Shenzhen, Chengdu and Shanghai, Say Architects conceived the interior as a response to the

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