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Ukrainian studios “doing what we can, and sometimes what we can’t” after two years of war

February 23, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, architecture and design studios in Ukraine are adapting to support the war effort while also ensuring they stay in business. Casualties in the war now number around 500,000, including more than 10,000 civilian deaths. With Saturday marking two years since Russia’s troops crossed the Ukraine border, Dezeen spoke to

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A New Home Inspired By The Verticality Of Neighboring Victorian Houses

February 21, 2024 Erin 0

NEO Architecture Inc. has shared photos of a contemporary home they completed in Ontario, Canada, whose design was inspired by the verticality of neighboring Victorian homes. The extruded gable form is a tribute to the architectural motifs of the past while blending it with modern elements to create something for today’s living standards. The recessed […]

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Five US-based architecture and design events from Dezeen Events Guide

February 20, 2024 Sophie Chapman 0

Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980 and Theaster Gates: Wonder Working Power are among the current and upcoming architecture and design events taking place in the US that are featured in Dezeen Events Guide. Other events taking place during the month include festivals Anchorage Design Week, Open House Miami and Modernism Week. Theaster Gates:

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A New Bunkhouse Provides Additional Accommodation For A Family’s Cabin On An Island

February 19, 2024 Erin 0

SHED Architecture & Design has shared photos of a two-story bunkhouse on Guemes Island in Washington State, that provides additional sleeping accommodations for a family’s cabin. The Original Structures The bunkhouse sits less than ten feet uphill from the property’s 100-year-old log cabin, approximately 150 feet up the sloping lot from the shore. The cabin, […]

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There’s still time to feature in Dezeen’s digital guide to Milan design week 2024

February 19, 2024 Sophie Chapman 0

You can still be listed in Dezeen Events Guide’s digital guide to Milan design week, which spotlights the key events from the 2024 edition of the festival. Milan design week is the largest design festival in the world. It returns from 15 to 21 April 2024, hosting open showrooms, installations, exhibitions, talks, tours and workshops

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Design Space AlUla launches with exhibition on local architecture, graphics and jewellery

February 16, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The Design Space AlUla gallery is set to open this weekend in a Corten steel-latticed building designed by Italian architects Giò Forma Studio in the town of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Situated in a low-lying complex, Design Space AlUla was established by the government-led Royal Commission for AlUla as a place to showcase works from around the

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A New Building In Shanghai Inspired By A Forest Of Trees

February 15, 2024 Erin 0

Photography by Eiichi Kano Koichi Takada Architects has designed a retail building in Shanghai, China, that’s described as an ‘architectural forest’ of 32 trees. Photography ZY Architectural Photography Situated on a site that only four decades ago was densely forested, Solar Trees Marketplace is the first step in returning green to greater Shanghai and mitigating […]

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“The allure of the ‘bio’ prefix must be taken with some healthy scrutiny”

February 15, 2024 Sioban Imms 0

Biomaterials have the potential to significantly cut carbon emissions but designers should approach them with caution to avoid creating a whole new set of problems, warns Sioban Imms. The vision of a civilisation based on biomaterials is compelling: products, clothes and buildings made from materials that have been “grown”, rather than derived from polluting, extractive

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Bijoy Jain creates bamboo hut and stone furniture for Paris exhibition

February 15, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Bijoy Jain, founder of Indian architecture practice Studio Mumbai, has created a series of structures and furniture made from natural materials for the Breath of an Architect exhibition at Paris’s Fondation Cartier gallery. Most of the pieces on display in the Jean Nouvel-designed building were designed by Jain specifically for the exhibition and made in

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The Dezeen guide to stone in architecture, interiors and design

February 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, we’re republishing our stone guide that includes 15 popular types of natural rock, some of which can be used for architectural structures. Alabaster Alabaster is a soft, fine-grained stone that has been used for centuries to carve elaborate forms and ornaments. However, its solubility in water means

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