AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs
Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area’s traditional wooden villas. Read more
India Mahdavi and Crosby Studios create reflective ping pong parlour in Paris
Designer Harry Nuriev of Crosby Studios has transformed India Mahdavi‘s Paris gallery into a silver-coloured space where visitors can play table tennis in the lead-up to the 2024 Olympic Games. Read more
Next Generation tile surface by Kaolin Surfaces
Dezeen Showroom:Â Australian manufacturer Kaolin Surfaces has introduced a new Next Generation finish for its stone-look tiles, replicating the texture of veins and cracks. Read more
« Design can do more to reduce the built environment’s capacity for enabling misogyny »
Women sick of feeling unsafe in their cities may need to consider disruption as a means of effecting change, writes Helen Parton. Read more
One week left to save 20 per cent on your Dezeen Awards China entry
There is just one week left to save 20 per cent on entry fees for Dezeen Awards China 2024 in partnership with Bentley! Read more
Bunny Christie’s People, Places and Things set symbolises protagonist’s « dislocation with reality »
Designer Bunny Christie created an ambiguous, white-tiled structure that could be a swimming pool, the inside of a TV or a jumbo pill as the set for the play People, Places and Things, which tells the story of a recovering addict. Read more
Domestico Estudio clads house with grey brick in Mexican forest
Domestico Estudio has arranged a double-gabled house clad in grey bricks in a way that preserves the surrounding forest in Hidalgo, Mexico. Read more
« World’s first net-positive energy » botanical garden completed in Florida
US architecture studios Olin and Overland have completed the « world’s first net-positive energy » botanical garden in Florida, which is powered by a rooftop array of 2,158 solar panels. Read more
Lucerne School of Art and Design presents 15 textiles design student projects
Dezeen School Shows: a collection of accessories crafted from reclaimed materials that explores body image is included in this school show by Lucerne School of Art and Design. Read more
Shakti Design Residency will connect emerging designers with « artisanal » Indian practices
Promotion: interior architect Shalini Misra has announced the inaugural and free-to-enter Shakti Design Residency, a month-long creative programme in India with a strong emphasis on craft. Read more
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