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Dezeen named editorial brand of the year by the International Building Press

November 21, 2022 Benedict Hobson 0

Dezeen has been named editorial brand of the year for its “compelling content” and “hugely impressive” audience engagement at the annual journalism awards organised by the International Building Press. The judges also praised Dezeen’s website and the quality of the magazine’s brand collaborations over the past 12 months. “It’s challenging to partner with a company

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Seven current and upcoming architecture and design exhibitions in London

November 18, 2022 Sophie Chapman 0

We’ve selected seven current and upcoming design and architecture exhibitions taking place in London, including Tomorrow’s Tigers, Parables for Happiness and The Gingerbread City. Also included are Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 – Today and The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art And Fashion. Parables for Happiness 15 September 2022 to 25 June 2023,

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Shezad Dawood makes playful versions of 1980s Qatari buildings for Doha Modern Playground

November 17, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Artist Shezad Dawood has created an architectural playground in Doha that features miniature versions of four well-known buildings in the city. Dawood worked closely with local architect and architectural historian Fatma Al Sahlawi to choose the buildings for Doha Modern Playground – the Sheraton Hotel by William Pereira, the National Theatre and Ministry of Information

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Kengo Kuma’s whisky for The Dalmore is “a kind of cultural exchange”

November 11, 2022 Calum Lindsay 0

In this talk filmed by Dezeen at V&A Dundee for The Dalmore, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma explains how creating a whisky with the Scottish distillery led him to find an affinity between architecture and whisky. During the talk, which was moderated by Yoko Choy, China editor for Wallpaper*, Kuma described the similarities between the two

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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Leo Villareal “enliven the atmosphere of Thames” with Illuminated River installation

November 9, 2022 Nicole Rambla 0

Architecture studio Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has collaborated with New York artist Leo Villareal to create a light installation that spans nine bridges in London. Shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category at this year’s Dezeen Awards, the LED installation was installed across nine bridges on a 3.2-mile stretch of the River Thames in central London. Commissioned by the Illuminated

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Ginza Ecological Map designed by Hakuten presents the “hidden story of Ginza”

November 8, 2022 Anna Marks 0

Design studio Hakuten has created a three-dimensional map of Ginza, Tokyo, that presents the ecology that exists in the district. The Ginza Ecological Map, which was featured in the Japanese makeup brand Shiseido’s Hakuten’s window, was designed to “carefully express the impression of the location and the history of the city, with a hidden story

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This week we revealed an angular retreat designed by Norman Foster

November 5, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

This week on Dezeen, we showcased a wood-and-steel retreat by architect Norman Foster in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, which he created as a holiday home for his friends and those of the Norman Foster Foundation. Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Foster built the mono-pitch-roofed building, called Foster Retreat, opposite his US home. It features a design informed by

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Solar Pavilion is a canopy topped with 380 colourful solar panels

November 3, 2022 Amy Peacock 0

Multicoloured solar panels act like roof tiles on top of the Solar Pavilion, a gathering space at this year’s Dutch Design Week created by local firm V8 Architects and design practice Marjan van Aubel Studio. The pavilion was designed to resemble a giant beach chair, in a nod to the fact that the pavilion offers

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Journey of the Pioneers exhibition presents the world in 2071

November 3, 2022 Anna Marks 0

German studio Atelier Brueckner has created an immersive exhibition at the Museum of the Future in Dubai that aims to investigate the world in 2071. Named Journey of the Pioneers, the permanent exhibition was created for the recently opened Museum of the Future, which was designed by local studio Killa Design. Atelier Brueckner split the exhibition, which was shortlisted for

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Beijing Leuchte Lighting Design clads immersive theatre venue in luminous tiles

November 1, 2022 Alice Laycock 0

Beijing Leuchte Lighting Design has orchestrated a lighting scheme for an open-air theatre complex in Emeishan City, China, centred on a pavilion encrusted with 50,000 illuminated tiles. The venue, named Unique Mount Emei Land of Dramas, spans 78,000 square metres and three distinct locations, including the main tile-clad pavilion, an outdoor courtyard area and a

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