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Cake Houses is an “architectural recipe” to create wooden homes in the Czech Republic

October 11, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Presented at this year’s Designblok festival in Prague, Cake Houses is a modular home concept that allows clients to design bespoke homes via an online configurator. Founded by Matyáš Švejdík, Pavel Špringl and Šimon Marek, the team behind the Cake Houses project describes it as an “architectural recipe for modular wooden houses”. The project was conceptualised

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“Our built environment embodies violations against human beings”

October 11, 2023 Talia Radford 0

Designers and architects must start taking human-rights violations in the supply chain more seriously, writes Talia Radford. Designers and architects must start prioritising human rights in their work. Upcoming human-rights due diligence laws mean that European companies will finally be held accountable for human-rights violations along the supply chain. This will directly link our design

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“Giant of radical thinking” Andrea Branzi dies aged 84

October 10, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian architect and designer Andrea Branzi, who was one of the founders of influential studio Archizoom Associati and the Domus Academy, has died aged 84. Over a six-decade career, Branzi created numerous avant-garde designs along with his work as an educator, first at the Domus Academy and then at the School of Interior Design at

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MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard

October 3, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2 featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin, artist John Gerrard and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen. Designed by architecture studio Populous and completed in July, the entertainment venue is billed as the world’s largest spherical structure,

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Seven architecture and design events in October from Dezeen Events Guide

September 29, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Design Miami’s first event in Paris and the month-long Archtober festival in New York City are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Other events taking place in October include an exhibition on how design can help social and environmental peace, and design weeks in Eindhoven, Prague and Barcelona.

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You Can Sit With Us aims to open doors that “were firmly closed to us” says 2LG Studio

September 28, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe of 2LG Studio have curated You Can Sit With Us, a London Design Festival show that offered “a seat at the table” to a diverse mix of emerging designers. The 2LG Studio founders invited 13 designers from a mix of nationalities, races, genders and backgrounds to be a part of

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SOM creates spiral of algae bricks for Chicago Architecture Biennial installation

September 27, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

In collaboration with Colorado-based Prometheus Materials, architecture studio SOM has created a spiral installation made of bio-bricks for the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial. The installation was made using the Bio-Block building material developed by Colorado-based material company Prometheus Materials, a masonry block created from micro-algae and aggregate that offers an alternative to standard concrete. “Extending

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Chair of Virtue presents experimental seating at London Design Festival

September 26, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Digitally shrink-wrapped skin, armrests salvaged from parks and “frozen” resin featured in Prototype/In Process, an exhibition of seating presented by virtual magazine Chair of Virtue during London Design Festival. Displayed under a railway arch at Borough Yards, Prototype/In Process was made up of 1:1 scale prototypes of chairs, as well as chairs that are still

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“Emerging talents require nurture” says Jan Hendzel

September 21, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

More can be done to support emerging designers in London says Jan Hendzel, who curated an exhibition focused on emerging talent at this year’s London Design Festival. Jan Hendzel Studio curated the 11:11 exhibition, which paired 11 established designers with 11 emerging designers, to draw attention to interesting south London designers. “Our emphasis was on creating

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Detroit Month of Design highlights initiatives and reuse projects “for a better Detroit”

September 19, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

This year’s edition of Detroit Month of Design features a number of adaptive reuse projects, including furniture made from recycled bulletproof glass and religious buildings converted into art spaces. The yearly festival, put on by local NGO Design Core Detroit, creates programming to celebrate design projects and initiatives in the city. It highlights a number

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