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Ten purple projects that range from deep violet to light lilac

December 17, 2021 Alice Finney 0
A woman modelling a purple latex suit

From a playful furniture collection to a collapsible dress, we’ve rounded up 10 of the best purple projects from Dezeen’s archive that recall Pantone’s latest colour of the year. Last week, colour company Pantone named Very Peri as its colour of the year for 2022. Made from a combination of violet-red undertones and shades of

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Six purple interiors that nod to Pantone’s 2022 colour of the year

December 11, 2021 Alice Finney 0
Cafe Krujok

Colour company Pantone claims that its 2022 colour of the year is a shade of blue, but most people see purple. In this lookbook, we round up six interiors from around the world that are definitely purple. Described by Pantone as a “periwinkle blue,” the colour of the year – called Veri Peri – marries the “constancy” of

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Adjaye set to create memorial to West African slaves in Barbados

December 7, 2021 Alice Finney 0
A rendering of the Newton Enslaved Burial Ground Memorial by David Adjaye

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has designed a memorial on a rammed-earth mound, museum and research institute focused on the impact of slavery for Bridgetown, Barbados. The studio, which is led by RIBA Royal Gold Medalist David Adjaye, designed the Barbados Heritage District to address the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on the island, which recently became a republic. “Drawing

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Lanza Atelier fills Re-Source exhibition with demountable furniture for visitors to take home

November 28, 2021 Alice Finney 0
The interior of Re-source exhibition at Storefront for Art and Architecture gallery with row of bright green tables by Lanza Atelier

Architecture studio Lanza Atelier has lined an art exhibition in New York with plywood tables and stools in varying sizes, which can be disassembled, flat-packed and distributed among visitors at the end of the show. The design for the Re-Source exhibition encompasses 56 pieces of furniture that are lined up to fill the triangular floorplan

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This week we revealed this year’s Dezeen Awards winners

November 27, 2021 Alice Finney 0
Stone Garden - Mina Image Center and Housing by Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture

This week on Dezeen, we revealed the architecture, interiors, design, media projects and studios that won trophies at the Dezeen Awards 2021. This year, 50 winners including studios, individual architects and designers were chosen from more than 4,700 entries from 86 different countries. An apartment block in Lebanon won architecture project of the year, while

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Burberry creates mirrored pop-up store on Jeju Island

November 25, 2021 Alice Finney 0
A mirrored building with a curved facade

British fashion brand Burberry has installed a pop-up store that reflects a surrounding mountain range on Jeju Island, South Korea, for its latest outerwear clothing collection. Nestled at the foot of the Halla mountains on Jeju Island, The Imagined Landscapes Jeju is part of a series of Burberry outerwear pop-ups around the globe. Made from

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Bicycle Garage The Hague provides 8,000 cyclists with room to park in “museum-like” space

November 20, 2021 Alice Finney 0
A man cycling next to a bike rack

Dutch design studio Silo has completed one of the world’s largest parking garages for bicycles, with nearly 8,000 underground parking spots next to a busy railway station. Silo worked in collaboration with Studio Marsman to create the public garage in front of The Hague Central Station in the Netherlands. “What if a functional underground space,

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This week Hyundai released an electric version of a 1980s car

November 20, 2021 Alice Finney 0
Heritage Series Grandeur by Hyundai

This week on Dezeen, Korean car company Hyundai launched the Heritage Series Grandeur, an all-electric version of its 1980s saloon car. While the new version has the same boxy shape as the original Grandeur, it now also features pixel-style LED headlights and taillights and has been given a luxury interior makeover. Dezeen readers were appreciative of

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Conran and Partners designs open-plan office in Clerkenwell for its own headquarters

November 16, 2021 Alice Finney 0
The interior of Conran + Partners head office in London

Architecture studio Conran and Partners has moved its headquarters into an office in Clerkenwell, central London, that caters to the needs of post-pandemic working. The British studio, which was founded by the late designer Terence Conran, transformed an existing two-storey workspace in a building on Great Sutton Street into its new workspace. The studio’s new location

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This week Foster + Partners’ Tulip tower was rejected by the UK government

November 13, 2021 Alice Finney 0
An appeal has been launched for The Tulip by Foster + Partners

This week on Dezeen, the UK housing secretary dismissed planning proposals for a 305-metre-tall tourist attraction in the City of London over concerns about embodied carbon and the quality of its design. A letter published on Thursday by the UK government stated that the Tulip tower would cause damage “to the significance of designated heritage assets”.

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