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Karimoku opens Kyoto showroom informed by traditional houses and temple gardens

Designer Keiji Ashizawa has created the interior of Japanese furniture brand Karimoku‘s second showroom, which features a combination of its own wooden furniture and pieces by local artists and artisans. Read more

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Formafatal creates series of rammed earth structures in Costa Rica

Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica that open to the Pacific Ocean with expansive frameless glass. Read more

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Nine student design projects that aim to enhance children’s learning, play and health

Dezeen School Shows: we’ve picked nine design projects featured in Dezeen School Shows that explore new ways for children to learn and play in addition to projects that aim to improve mental and physical health. Read more

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Twelve highlights from Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023

Promotion: the world’s largest platform for Scandinavian design, Stockholm Furniture Fair returns for 2023, and will see more than 400 exhibitors from 31 countries take part in the event. Read more

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Juri Troy Architects uses timber and straw for holiday cabin in Austrian village

Austrian studio Juri Troy Architects has completed Straw Flea House, an angular cabin in the historic village of Murstetten built using locally-sourced timber and straw. Read more

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Architects need to « take responsibility for shaping the world » says Thom Mayne

Morphosis founder Thom Mayne, who is reportedly working on Saudi megacity The Line, explained his desire to work on complex, city-scale projects in a talk in New York City. Read more

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Tate Modern loses privacy feud with Neo Bankside residents over viewing platform

Residents of the luxury Neo Bankside flats live as though they are « on display in a zoo » because of the Tate Modern‘s Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension, the supreme court has ruled. Read more

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« An architect who only designs buildings is like a doctor who only prescribes paracetamol » says ProxyAddress founder

Architects have a duty to use their skills to help solve societal problems even if it means thinking beyond designing buildings, ProxyAddress founder Chris Hildrey tells Dezeen in this interview. Read more

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Five unembellished furniture designs by Saltzman Prize-winner Marco Campardo

London’s Design Museum has crowned Marco Campardo the winner of its annual Ralph Saltzman Prize for emerging designers. Here, the Italian designer walks us through five of his key projects and explains why he is « not a very decorative guy ». Read more

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Domhnall Nolan designs modular sex furniture for « any kind of person »

Irish designer Domhnall Nolan has created the Play Pieces range of modular sex furniture that takes cues from retro gym equipment and aims to be gender-inclusive. Read more

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