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Van Laethem Architecten uses hempcrete for own garden studio in Belgium

Belgian studio Van Laethem Architecten used natural materials including hempcrete and cedar shingles to create this small garden studio for its staff in Alken. Read more

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Eight bedrooms wrapped in tactile wood panelling

For our latest lookbook, we’ve selected eight homes with bedrooms clad in wood panelling, ranging from a mid-century house in London with a « horror film » feel to a redwood-clad house with a curved roof in California. Read more

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Dezeen In Depth probes the developing field of space architecture

This month’s Dezeen In Depth newsletter reports on the developing field of space architecture and features an interview with Stirling shortlisted Clementine Blakemore. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth today! Read more

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This week construction began on the world’s largest building

This week on Dezeen, work started on the 400-metre-high cube-shaped Mukaab skyscraper in Riyadh, which is set to be the world’s largest building. Read more

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Fernanda Canales creates perforated-brick circular community centre

Architecture studio Fernanda Canales has created a semi-open community centre for the elderly in Mexico, using a circular form and simple materials Read more

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Ten textile design projects by students at Loughborough University

Dezeen School Shows: an exploration into natural materials such as hemp and flax for use in the textile industry is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Loughborough University. Read more

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Eleven productivity-inducing furnishings for workspaces

Dezeen Showroom: from a modular seating system that connects using magnets to seating informed by skateboard ramps, the following workplace products listed on Dezeen Showroom enhance focus and wellbeing. Read more

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KLG Architects uses thick walls for coastal « sanctuary » in South Africa

Textured plaster intended to mimic nearby rocky outcrops coats the thick walls of Hytte Riverview, a house overlooking an estuary in South Africa by local studio KLG Architects. Read more

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Ten record-breaking buildings from the skinniest to the heaviest

Following the news that construction has begun on the world’s largest building in Saudi Arabia, we have rounded up 10 record-breaking structures, including the tallest, the narrowest and the heaviest. Read more

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The Chandigarh Chair « problematises standard notions of revival »

The popularity of the Chandigarh chair, created by a team led by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret, has shone a light on the erasure of local designers in the mid-century modern design narrative. Read more

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