Plants donated by local residents cover undulating facade of SOIL Nihonbashi
Rust-red panels of corrugated steel curve around this narrow 14-room hotel in central Tokyo, designed by Kiyoaki Takeda Architects and Staple Studio to reflect the neighbourhood’s longstanding culture of « alleyway gardening ». Read more
Eight architecture and design events in March from Dezeen Events Guide
Perth Design Week, the International Mass Timber Conference and Nairobi Design Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this March. Read more
Soviet-era architecture informs Kazakhstan cafe by AT Interiors
Bespoke furniture and details, including a colourful swan mosaic, help to evoke the atmosphere of a 1960s pavilion that previously occupied the site of this cafe in Almaty, Kazakhstan, designed by local firm AT Interiors. Read more
Listening as Alchemy
“To listen is to place oneself in relation with uncertainty, with not-knowing, with the unknowable. Alchemists knew this well: the process could not be rushed, outcomes could not be guaranteed. Listening likewise resists certainty. It asks for a suspension of control, a willingness to not know in advance what will emerge. This is why listening …
Melina Romano fills São Paulo show apartment with Brazilian furniture and art
Brazilian practice Studio Melina Romano has used Portinari tiles and works by Brazilian artists and designers to outfit a residential-style showcase in São Paulo. Read more
Purcell fronts museum for shoemaking with zigzagging brick facade in Somerset
A faceted brick extension links a manor house and a 17th-century barn to form the Shoemakers Museum in Somerset, England, designed by UK studio Purcell. Read more
Eight heavenly home interiors that embody monastic minimalism
Natural materials, vaulted ceilings and utilitarian furniture feature in this lookbook of monastic interiors, where every room is a sanctuary for minimalist devotees. Read more
Lionel Jadot converts former military barracks into Jam Hotel Ghent
Studio Lionel Jadot has transformed a former military barracks in Ghent, Belgium, into a hotel featuring peeling plaster on the walls and furniture made from reclaimed materials. Read more
Charlap Hyman & Herrero converts factory into cavernous Pocketbook Hudson hotel
US studio Charlap Hyman & Herrero has transformed a former pocketbook factory in Hudson, New York, into a hotel that riffs on the industrial aesthetic and includes multiple artist commissions. Read more
Curving metal terrace for potted plants fronts home in Tokyo by HOAA
Japanese studio HOAA has completed House in Nakano, a timber-lined home in Tokyo that is buffered from the street by an elevated, looping metal terrace for potted plants. Read more
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