Kvorning Design references salmon scales for ovoid Salmon Eye pavilion
Salmon Eye is a floating exhibition pavilion and aquaculture visitor centre on Norway’s Hardangerfjord, which Kvorning Design created with a facade formed from stainless steel plates designed to mimic fish scales. Read more
Wood screens and green courtyards define apartment block in Mallorca by OHLAB
Sliding panels of thin wooden slats provide shade and ventilation to the interiors of this apartment block in Palma on the island of Mallorca, designed by local architecture studio OHLAB. Read more
Casa Ventura « floats on top of the hill » its built on says Tatiana Bilbao
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao explains how her concrete Casa Ventura house responds to the topography of its hilltop site in the latest instalment of Dezeen’s Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. Read more
Dezeen’s top 10 reuse architecture projects of 2022
To kick off Dezeen’s review of 2022, we round up 10 of the most eye-catching architectural reuse projects of the year, from an art museum in Tehran to a Marcel Breuer-designed hotel. Read more
« Between 400 and 500 » deaths connected to World Cup construction says top Qatar official
The secretary-general of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy has said that at least 400 migrant workers died building the World Cup – a figure that is dramatically higher than FIFA’s official figure of 37 stadium-related deaths. Read more
Coco Wolf launches Tamarindo outdoor furniture collection informed by Costa Rica
Dezeen Showroom: British furniture brand Coco Wolf has released an outdoor furniture collection designed by its co-founder and creative director Rebecca Lorimer and informed by Costa Rica’s tropical setting. Read more
Will Alsop’s upside-down-boat cafe becomes British Isles’ « youngest listed building »
Will Alsop‘s La Frègate cafe in Jersey has been granted Grade II-listed status following a campaign led by architectural charity Twentieth Century Society. Read more
TAA adds contemporary extension to traditional Toulouse chartreuse house
Local architecture office TAA has completed House M in Toulouse, France, featuring a glass-and-concrete extension that contrasts with the existing brick-clad chartreuse-style dwelling. Read more
She Is On her Way
“The system will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling…their ideas, their version of history, their wars…their notion of inevitability. Remember this: We may be many and they be few… Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” – Arundhati …
How to Find a Wonderful Idea
How does OK Go come up with their unique ideas for their music videos? (via Tobias GĂĽnther in Dense Discovery)
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