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News and views (gay or not!) on earth, in heaven, left or right, from Geneva, London or elsewhere

Taste-Adjusting Chopsticks makes food taste saltier without adding salt

Japanese food and beverage company Kirin Holdings and researchers at Meiji University have developed a wearable device connected to a chopstick that uses an electric current to simulate food tasting salty. Read more

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Where to Look for Home Decor Inspirations?

Your individual interior style might be difficult to define. Do you like minimalistic or bohemian spaces? Lots of colours or a monochromatic look suits you more? Do you have a love for antiques or modern furniture design? The truth is that to find the answers to those questions, you might need to look for some …

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Studio Dlux converts industrial buildings into Red House School in São Paulo

Brazil-based Studio Dlux has added playful elements to an international school in São Paulo that is housed within former warehouses. Read more

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Álvaro Siza completes limestone-clad skyscraper in Manhattan

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has revealed the 611 West 56th Street skyscraper in Manhattan, which is the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect’s first building in the United States. Read more

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« The death of George Floyd has become a catalyst for social change and urban redevelopment »

A promising new future for Minneapolis is emerging from the trauma of George Floyd‘s murder by a police officer two years ago, writes his friend and local architect James Garrett Jr. Read more

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USGBC Live to present talks exploring the future of buildings and cities

Promotion: the US Green Building Council is hosting a live event from 7-10 June in Washington DC featuring insightful talks about the future of buildings, communities and the climate. Read more

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Soft lamp by Terence Woodgate for Case Furniture

Dezeen Showroom: designer Terence Woodgate has created the ambient Soft light for Case Furniture, which translates the shape of the traditional fabric lampshade into opal glass. Read more

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Starck by Philippe Starck for Axor

Dezeen Showroom: designed by Philippe Starck for Axor, the classic Starck tapware collection has a reduced form intended to reference simple hand pumps. Read more

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BIG completes « world’s most environmentally-friendly furniture factory » in Norway

Architecture firm BIG has constructed a mass-timber Passivhaus factory in a Norwegian forest for outdoor furnituremaker Vestre, which features a green roof and solar panels as well as an exterior slide. Read more

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« Story of deconstructivism was never told fully or even accurately » says creator of term

Architecture critic Joseph Giovannini, who coined the term deconstructivism, sets the record straight about its meaning in this interview as part of our series on the style. Read more

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