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Fourteen homes where exposed cross-laminated timber creates cosy interiors

Our latest lookbook features cross-laminated timber interiors, including a colourful German vacation home and a tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh, and is part of Dezeen’s Timber Revolution series. Read more

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This week we kicked off the Timber Revolution

This week on Dezeen, we launched our latest series called Timber Revolution, which will investigate the potential of mass timber. Read more

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New York designers create garden structure from repurposed architectural mockup

New York design studio New Affiliates and architect and historian Samuel Stewart-Halevy have created a prototype of their Testbeds project, which repurposes architectural models used for large projects. Read more

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Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78

Breaking news: Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, who designed hundreds of projects including skyscrapers 432 Park Avenue and the Walkie Talkie, has passed away aged 78. Read more

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Tampa « about to explode » as a destination, says Edition hotels founder Ian Schrager

American entrepreneur Ian Schrager‘s hospitality group The Edition has opened the first five-star hotel in Tampa, Florida, which includes a « jungle » lobby and a party room with 350 disco balls. Read more

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Woodbury University spotlights ten student design projects

Dezeen School Shows: a wellbeing centre based on a poem about grief and an algorithmic programme that dictates the design of knitted jumpers are included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Woodbury University. Read more

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Clouds AO wraps Japanese cultural hub in sweeping steel panels

A spiralling facade of stainless steel panels wraps this cultural centre in Fukuoka, Japan, which has been designed by Clouds AO in collaboration with NKS2 Architects and Takumi Nakahara Architects. Read more

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Charles Holland Architects creates « playful and exuberant » terraced house extension

UK studio Charles Holland Architects has created an unconventional, colourful extension to a Victorian terraced house in east London. Read more

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« Timber is being abused » says architect Hermann Kaufmann

Sloppiness and misinformation are threatening to prevent large-scale wood construction from reaching its full potential, argues Hermann Kaufmann – the « grandfather of mass timber » – in this interview as part of our Timber Revolution series. Read more

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Emily Sandstrom builds Sydney home extension from recycled materials

Australian architect Emily Sandstrom has transformed a run-down 1930s bungalow in Sydney by adding an extension that was partly built from demolition materials. Read more

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