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Ma Yansong decorates abandoned building with colourful fishing-net installation

March 20, 2023 James Parkes 0

Architect Ma Yansong has created Timeless Beacon, an installation constructed from multicoloured fishing nets and reflective film that covers an abandoned market building in China. The installation envelops an abandoned three-storey waterfront market building in Taiping Xu in the Guangdong province of China, which was once a bustling commercial area for trading. The structure’s lower

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Shahed Saleem creates mosque pavilion as a “reconstruction of migrant histories”

March 16, 2023 Alice Finney 0

London-based architect Shahed Saleem has created a colourful pavilion in the shape of a mosque, which has been erected at the V&A museum as part of this year’s Ramadan Festival. Saleem, who is of Indian heritage, designed the pavilion for the Ramadan Tent Project’s annual festival, which celebrates the holy month of Ramadan. He drew

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Balbek Bureau creates Ukrainian “home away from home” in Antarctica

March 14, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Kyiv-based studio Balbek Bureau has converted a defunct fuel tank into a depiction of a typical Ukrainian home at the country’s research base in Antarctica. Named Home Memories, the installation at the Vernadsky research base on Galindez Island in Antarctica was designed to evoke memories of home for those stationed at the base and tourists visiting.

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Get listed in Dezeen’s digital guide to the NYCxDesign 2023

March 14, 2023 Sophie Chapman 0

Hosting an event as part of NYCxDesign 2023? Dezeen is launching a digital guide to the annual NYCxDesign festival, which runs from 18 to 25 May 2023. This year the design festival celebrates its 11th anniversary, hosting hundreds of events including exhibitions, installations, trade fairs, talks and open studios across five boroughs in New York.

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Dezeen Debate features a “charmingly odd” lake house in Southern Chile

March 9, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a lake house in Chile by Izquierdo Lehmann. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Santiago-based studio Izquierdo Lehmann created a round lakeside home near Lago Ranco in southern Chile. The home two-storey was wrapped in glass with a series of wood-clad boxes overhanging from its sides. Commenters were infatuated

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Five key projects by Italian architect and Dezeen Awards judge Paola Navone

March 9, 2023 Elisa Barkan 0

Italian architect Paola Navone has joined Dezeen Awards 2023 as a judge. Here she selects five projects that best reflect her studio’s work. Navone says she has “a free and nomadic nature”, which informs her practice, ranging from interior, furniture, graphic and accessory design to creative direction. “I’m a dreamer, instinctive and always curious about

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A Small Cabin-Like Structure That Can Be Compressed When Not In Use

March 8, 2023 Erin 0

Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small cabin-like room that expands when needed. Designed and patented in Ecuador, IWI is a space that can be extended or compressed, depending on the needs of the user. When compressed, it behaves like a piece of furniture or a […]

Twenty-five women architects and designers you should know

March 8, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

To mark International Women’s Day, we asked our current and former Dezeen Awards judges to nominate a woman in architecture and design who should have greater recognition. Each of the prominent architects and designers who are judges for this year’s Dezeen Awards, which launched last month, or from previous years, select a woman in the industry

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You can still be listed Dezeen’s guides to Salone del Mobile and Milan design week 2023

March 7, 2023 Sophie Chapman 0

As Milan design week approaches, there’s still time to be featured in our upcoming digital guides to this year’s festival and the Salone del Mobile fair. Milan design week takes place from 17 to 23 April 2023, hosting hundreds of events across the city, including exhibitions, installations, workshops, product launches and talks collectively known as

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Dezeen Debate features Anish Kapoor’s “utterly irrational” New York sculpture

March 2, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features newly released images of artist Anish Kapoor’s mirrored New York artwork. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Photographer Iwan Baan has released images of Kapoor’s highly-anticipated balloon-like sculpture, which sits at the base of Herzog and de Meuron’s 56 Leonard Street skyscraper and is the artist’s first permanent sculpture

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