A202 Arhitekti adds pitched-roof wooden extension to renovated brick house in Slovenia
Slovenian architecture studio A202 Arhitekti has added a timber-lined extension and mezzanine bedroom to a derelict house in the town of DomĹľale, Slovenia. Read more
« Reports of modernism’s death turned out to be greatly exaggerated »
On the 50th anniversary of Pruitt-Igoe’s demolition, it’s clear that Charles Jencks declaration that modernism had died was a self-serving myth, writes Catherine Slessor. Read more
Vitra relocates Kazuo Shinohara’s « geometric » Umbrella House from Tokyo to Germany
Vitra Design Museum has collaborated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to relocate one of Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara’s last remaining homes from Tokyo to its architecture park in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Read more
Fost Bulb PET felt acoustic lamp by De Vorm
Dezeen Showroom: with an enveloping shape that invites the user to sit under it, De Vorm‘s Fost Bulb PET felt acoustic lamp provides both sound dampening and illumination. Read more
MVRDV repurposes neglected land beneath Mumbai flyover as public space
One Green Mile is a community landscape in Mumbai, India, which Dutch studio MVRDV and local practice StudioPOD have created from disused space beneath a concrete flyover. Read more
Notre-Dame visitor centre set to be built in underground car park
Landscape architecture studio Bureau Bas Smets is set to revive the square facing Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris and transform an abandoned underground car park beneath it into a visitor centre that opens onto the river Seine Read more
Studio Noju creates intimate colourful spaces within open-plan Seville apartment
A pop-up guest bedroom features in this open-plan apartment by Studio Noju, which was renovated to create the illusion of having separate spaces and dressed in colours that nod to its Seville location. Read more
Ece Tan designs sex toys for cows to make farming practices more pleasurable
An insemination dildo and an udder massager feature in the Happy Cow collection of conceptual sex toys, which Central Saint Martins graduate Ece Tan has developed for bovines based on common farming tools. Read more
A Wearable Blanket
I am totally into this wearable blanket by Rumpl.
Estudio MMX tops gabled Mexican holiday home with dramatic skylight
Estudio MMX used a strategy of « stylistic hybridization » to conform to local building guidelines for a four-gabled holiday home with a central skylight in Mexico. Read more

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