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Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to 3 Days of Design 2023

Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to the 10th edition of 3 Days of Design, the design festival in Copenhagen that runs from 7 to 9 June 2023. Read more

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Time Space Existence show in Venice spotlights solutions for a planet under pressure

Promotion: prefabricated folding pods for housing displaced people and lightweight « filigree » concrete components for construction are among the projects on display at the European Cultural Centre’s (ECC) biennial architecture exhibition that opened in Venice this month. Read more

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Turkey presents Ghost Stories of abandoned buildings at Venice Architecture Biennale

The Turkey pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale aims to draw attention to the numerous and varied abandoned buildings in the country and suggest ways in which they can be transformed. Read more

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Water shortage concerns influence design of Rain Harvest Home in Mexico

Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. Read more

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The Secret Garden Flat named London’s best new home renovation

A renovated flat by studio Nic Howett Architect that « feels like an oasis » has been named London’s best new home improvement project by Don’t Move Improve! 2023. Read more

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Ten interiors with textured wall finishes by Clayworks that create visual interest

Promotion: an office with plaster walls that looks like rammed earth and a hotel bar with ombre walls, which fade from fiery red to burnt orange feature in this roundup of interiors finished in custom plaster walls by British brand Clayworks. Read more

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Zeus bed frame by Wooliv

Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese furniture brand Wooliv has launched the Zeus bed frame, which has a deliberately simple form crafted from wood. Read more

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Lives Post + Beam workspace by Okamura

Dezeen Showroom: Japanese office furniture brand Okamura has designed a flexible workspace named Lives Post + Beam, which includes a frame with sliding wall panels. Read more

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FLORA is a mass-timber research pavilion in Barcelona’s forest canopy

A team of students and researchers from Barcelona’s Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has built a hillside timber pavilion with hanging walkways nestled in the trees. Read more

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Reflective hemispherical theatre enlivens French pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

The French pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale takes the form of the Ball Theater – a hemispherical stage that is intended to « reawaken our desires for utopia ». Read more

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