Schiller Projects turns former carriage house into mass-timber residence
New York-based studio Schiller Projects has converted a former Brooklyn carriage house into a single-family residence using mass-timber construction and re-purposed materials. Read more
Esrawe + Cadena installs spinning chairs at FORMAT Festival in Arkansas
Woven spinning chairs by Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, and a hidden stage with entrances made from portable toilets were some of the highlights of FORMAT Festival in Arkansas. Read more
Heryco blends « history and modernity » in renovation of pink apartment block
Local studio Heryco has completed a renovation of a pink apartment building with arches influenced by the form of aqueducts in the city of Querétaro, México. Read more
« My early designs were so ugly, so unfunctional and so dangerous, » says Tom Dixon
Promotion: world-renowned designer, Tom Dixon, took to the stage at C-Next Designers Europe, one of the continent’s largest design conferences, to talk about his latest installation that challenges bathroom conventions. Read more
Palm X chair by Jean-Michel Wilmotte for Parla
Dezeen Showroom: French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte has designed a sleek dining chair for Parla with a tubular metal frame that casts graphic shadows onto its surroundings. Read more
Kennedy Nolan covers L-shaped coastal home in charred timber
Rich hues and curving geometries feature throughout Somers House, an L-shaped coastal home that Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has added to a coastal site in Victoria. Read more
MVRDV transforms Shenzhen skyscraper into colourful women and children’s centre
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a colourful gridded facade to a skyscraper in Shenzhen, to create a hotel and centre dedicated to the welfare of women and children. Read more
« Tradition has to evolve or it dies » says Ozwald Boateng
British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng says there is « definitely an opportunity » to disrupt the furniture industry in the same way he shook up the tailoring traditions of London’s Savile Row in this interview. Read more
« Icons come, icons go » says commenter
In this week’s comments update, readers discussed an underground house in the Netherlands and debated conservation groups’ calls to save a 1960s stadium in Ahmedabad, India. Read more
A lesson in branding by SomeOne with its work for the National Youth Orchestra
Founded in 1948, the National Youth Orchestra is an institution in the UK with generations of musicians who have learned to practice their craft there. Currently, there are 160 teenagers in the orchestra and many more in the NYO Open program. In order to keep the flame alive and attract new talent, the Orchestra reached …
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