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20 Award Winning Architectural Designs From A Design Award & Competition

October 15, 2024 Erin 0

This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts around the world, and showcasing award winners from 114 different design disciplines. A’ Design Award winning works are translated to all major languages in order to connect design […]

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Germane Barnes redesigns classical columns around African diasporic themes

October 14, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

American architect Germane Barnes aims to illustrate aspects of the African Diaspora by reimagining the three classical columnar orders at her Columnar Disorder exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Named Columnar Disorder, the show comprises a series of models and drawings developed by Barnes around three aspects of the African experience during the Diaspora, especially

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Women’s contribution to mid-century modern design is “not challenged as much now” says Pat Kirkham

October 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Many female designers from the mid-century modern movement are more celebrated now than when they were producing work, says design historian Pat Kirkham in this interview for our mid-century modern series. US designer Ray Eames, French designer Charlotte Perriand and architect Lina Bo Bardi are some of the women recognised today for their contributions to

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Tell Dezeen about your experience of working in architecture and design

October 14, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Dezeen is conducting research about people’s experiences of working in architecture and design and we need your help! Click here to fill in our short survey. We have launched a survey that is open to anyone working in architecture or design, or who has worked in the field in the last five years. The survey

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ETH Zurich explores novel fabrication method for light and reusable concrete staircase

October 14, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Material-saving and reversible construction approaches are showcased in the spine-like Cadenza concrete spiral staircase, created by researchers at technology university ETH Zurich working with ROK Architects. The Cadenza staircase is the latest contribution to the NEST building, a laboratory for experimental fabrication techniques that ETH Zurich shares with other research institutes in the Swiss city

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Bernadotte & Kylberg unveils own-label furniture in nature-inspired Arken hotel

October 13, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

The design duo of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Oscar Kylberg have designed landscape-like interiors for a hotel in a Swedish nature reserve, featuring their first own-label furniture collection. The Bernadotte & Kylberg founders have created three unique suites at Arken, part of the Eriksberg Hotel and Nature Reserve in Blekinge, southern Sweden, which

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Dezeen Awards 2024 reveals 35-strong sustainability shortlist

October 10, 2024 Jessica Smee 0

Dezeen has announced the sustainability shortlist for this year’s Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Mater, Tengbom, Kvadrat and Kirkby Design. The 35 shortlisted studios, in the running for awards in six different sustainability project categories, are located across 19 countries, including Brazil, Thailand, Spain, Poland and Switzerland. Shortlisted projects include a modular seating system

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Dezeen’s Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration

October 10, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen’s Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai Taking place during the World Design Cities Conference (WDCC) in Shanghai last month, Global China: Connecting The World Through Design showcased work

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The organic designs of Eero Saarinen went “beyond the measly ABC” of modernism

October 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

We continue our series on mid-century modern design with a profile of Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect and industrial designer whose creations were adopted as the optimistic symbols of a new post-war age. “We have chairs with four legs, with three and even with two, but no one has made one with just one leg,

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Japanese food replicas “trigger your memory and stimulate your appetite”

October 2, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Gleaming sushi and an “earthquake-proof burger” are among the hyperrealistic food models on display at Japan House London as part of the exhibition Looks Delicious! Exploring Japan’s Food Replica Culture. Opening today, the show documents Japan’s history of food replicas, known as food samples or shokuhin sampuru in Japanese, which dates back to 1923 and

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