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Jonas Bohlin and Christine Ingridsdotter create reusable Underbar as a « landscape of dreams »

Interior architect Jonas Bohlin has designed a bar featuring a wall made from dress shirts and a ceiling decorated with emergency blankets at Stockholm Furniture Fair. Read more

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A Good used Book

A Good Used Book is a pop-up book store specializing in sharply packaged vintage paperbacks. My daughter is a fan. And we both agree, they have the most adorable branding. You can read an LATimes article about them here.

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Car lift allows residents to drive into all apartments in Bentley’s Miami Beach skyscraper

Sieger Suarez Architects and Dezer Development have released footage detailing the design of a lift that will allow residents to drive vehicles directly into apartments on all levels of the 61-storey skyscraper in Miami Beach. Read more

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Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex

Local studio Office of Charles F. Bloszies has completed an extension and renovation of the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco. Read more

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Studio8 transforms 1930s Hangzhou villa into hotpot restaurant

Promotion: Chinese architecture practice Studio8 has renovated the interior of a 1930s villa in Hangzhou, China, transforming it into a hotpot restaurant and cocktail bar that celebrates the building’s history. Read more

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Mathew & Ghosh Architects encloses Bangalore art museum in stainless steel « water tank »

Local studio Mathew & Ghosh Architects has completed the Museum of Art & Photography in Bangalore, India. Read more

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« Earthquakes don’t kill people, bad buildings do »

Architects should play a major role in the recovery after disasters like the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, but egotistical posturing will not help anyone, writes Cameron Sinclair. Read more

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Eight-metre-high clothing towers rise above Marine Serre’s Autumn Winter 2023 runway

French creative studio Matière Noire used 1.3 tonnes of vintage clothing, compressed into three rectangular towers, to decorate the runway of Marine Serre’s Autumn Winter 2023 show at Paris Fashion Week. Read more

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Om chair by Johan Ansander for Blå Station

Dezeen Showroom: Swedish designer Johan Ansander has designed a chair for furniture brand Blå Station that is lightweight and made entirely from timber. Read more

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« Does this ruling only apply to the ultra-wealthy? » says commenter

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the outcome of Tate Modern’s supreme court privacy case and debating Formafatel’s pair of rammed-earth villas in Costa Rica. Read more

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