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Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Beijing Art Centre evokes the site’s granary history

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a multi-functional art centre in Beijing, referencing the shape of a granary that once occupied the site. Read more

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Atelier L’Abri renovates trio of apartments for a family in Montreal

Montreal design-build studio Atelier L’Abri has overhauled a triplex residence in the city’s Petit Laurier neighbourhood, using a stark white palette inside to contrast the building’s burgundy exterior. Read more

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Studio Acht adds « strict yet delicate » additions to historic Czech provostry

Czech practice Studio Acht has renovated the 19th-century provostry at St Vitus Cathedral in Prague, combining careful restoration with modern interventions. Read more

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Eight contemporary living rooms with sculptural coffee tables

Block-shaped, curved and wavy tables are among the unusual designs in this lookbook, which features sculptural coffee tables from around the world. Read more

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This week on Dezeen the Grenfell Tower Inquiry concluded

This week on Dezeen, the architecture studio behind the Grenfell Tower refurbishment was excoriated in the final report of the public inquiry into the devastating 2017 fire. Read more

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MSCHF investigates radical roots of design by revealing the « innards » of Pratone chair

Art collective MSCHF has sliced off the tips of Italian furniture company Gufram‘s popular Pratone chair to highlight the « revolutionary » roots of contemporary design objects for a New York exhibition. Read more

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Clemson University spotlights ten architecture student projects

Dezeen School Shows: a waterfront redevelopment that aims to mitigate flooding in Colombia is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Clemson University. Read more

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Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls

Mexico-based Garza Studio has created a solid aluminium bench topped with two seating plates that move on top of a plane of steel bearing balls for the Collectible design fair in New York City. Read more

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The In Between

“I don’t think we talk enough about the in betweens. The part when you know you want to change something but don’t yet know how, don’t yet feel strong enough, don’t yet know what your first step is. So to the people in the in betweens, don’t be disheartened, don’t give up. You’ve done the …

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Artchoke

Thank you for sharing this, Ella.

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