Un Swissroll RSS

Webmix

Commentaire de l'actualité (gaie ou non!) sur terre, au ciel, à gauche, à droite, de Genève, de Londres ou d'ailleurs
News and views (gay or not!) on earth, in heaven, left or right, from Geneva, London or elsewhere

SCI-Arc spotlights ten architecture and design projects

Dezeen School Shows: a « living machine » that conserves the water runoff from surrounding cities and a project that explores the application of AI to create new ways of designing landscapes are included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at SCI-Arc. Read more

Voir sur le site

Eterble fabric tablecloths by Eterble

Dezeen Showroom: Japanese tableware brand Eterble has released a range of tablecloths made from the brand’s own recycled fabric and sustainable cotton. Read more

Voir sur le site

Rosa Persia tiles by Arklam

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish manufacturer Arklam has released Rosa Persia, a range of « easy to live with » tiles that can be used to cover everything from floors to counters and entire facades. Read more

Voir sur le site

Hayhurst & Co designs London school with a « landscape sensibility »

London studio Hayhurst & Co has completed the Edith Neville Primary School near King’s Cross, with pockets of landscape and external play spaces wrapped by a filigree screen of white aluminium mesh. Read more

Voir sur le site

Foster + Partners’ supertall 50 Hudson Yards skyscraper opens in NYC

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed a supertall skyscraper in New York City as part of the Hudson Yards development in Midtown Manhattan. Read more

Voir sur le site

Jim Clay’s set design aims to create the right « psychological climate » for House of the Dragon

British production designer Jim Clay created a dragon skull that « could appear in the Natural History Museum » for the set design of TV series House of the Dragon, which also draws on the Wolf Hall trilogy to give the interiors a « Machiavellian feel ». Read more

Voir sur le site

Snøhetta to restore and renovate Lille’s 19th-century Natural History Museum

Architecture studio Snøhetta has announced its plans to restore and modernise The Natural History Museum of Lille by adding a public-oriented extension that references the city’s traditional architecture. Read more

Voir sur le site

DC10 chair by Inoda + Sveje for Miyazaki Chair Factory

Dezeen Showroom: design duo Inoda + Sveje and Japanese furniture manufacturer Miyazaki Chair Factory have collaborated to create a lightweight chair with a curved wooden shape. Read more

Voir sur le site

« Maximalism is a manifestation of a desire for a different world »

A return to the frivolous aesthetics of the British Empire tells us that all is not right in the world, writes Samuel Johnson-Schlee, author of the book Living Rooms. Read more

Voir sur le site

Dezeen Awards 2022 studio public vote winners include Australian practice Alexander & Co

After more than 6,400 votes, Dezeen readers have chosen Zooco Estudio, Alexander & Co, Objects of Common Interest and three other studios as the winners of this year’s Dezeen Awards public vote in the studio categories. Read more

Voir sur le site