Hanczarstudio designs migraine treatment centre to be « devoid of stimuli »
From a muted colour palette to lights that are rarely switched on, the MIGREÂ treatment centre by Hanczarstudio in Wroclaw, Poland, was designed to help alleviate discomfort. Read more
Blue Bottle Coffee Qiantan references greenhouses and Shanghai’s brick architecture
Architect Keiji Ashizawa has created a Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai‘s Qiantan area with a glazed facade and interiors in a hue that nods to the city’s brick buildings. Read more
California limits embodied carbon in statewide building code
The state of California has recently adopted changes to its building code that will limit embodied carbon emissions in commercial and school buildings. Read more
Elkus Manfredi cuts openings into 1950s “concrete bunker†in Washington DC
A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. Read more
Five design projects by graduates at Institute of Design
Dezeen School Shows: a gadget that filters distracting notifications from mobile devices is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology. Read more
Rashid Ali Architects creates chequered garden tea room in Somaliland
Somaliland- and London-based Rashid Ali Architects has created a chequered timber garden pavilion that can be illuminated as a « glowing lantern » in Hargeisa. Read more
Bak Gordon inserts green-tiled concrete house on sloping street in Lisbon
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on a narrow plot in Lisbon. Read more
Seeded toilet paper encourages plants to grow with human-waste fertiliser
Industrial design student Avia Revivi has designed a biodegradable toilet paper named O-SOW, which integrates seeds to encourage plant growth. Read more
Generative AI boom « could come to a fairly swift end »
Predictions about the potential impacts of generative AI may be overblown due to « many serious, unsolved problems » with the technology according to Gary Marcus, one of the field’s leading voices. Read more
Ten modern barn houses from Dezeen’s Pinterest
Dezeen’s Pinterest followers searched for « modern barn house » 13 times more than normal in the last few weeks. We round up 10 of the most popular barn conversions and houses informed by barns from Pinterest. Read more
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