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General Assembly creates “comforting and quiet palette” for Manhattan apartment

August 15, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Design studio General Assembly has used a wide material palette to transform an apartment on New York City’s Upper West Side, decorating it with marble and travertine stone and adding wood for a lighter feel. The studio completely transformed the layout of the 3,050-square-foot (284 square metres) flat, which was designed for a young family.

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Bofink Design Studio creates “beefy” interior for members’ club in Stockholm meatpacking district

August 9, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Stockholm-based Bofink Design Studio has turned the Börshuset cattle-auction building into a members’ club, updating its Jugend interior with plywood panels that evoke animal skins. Located in Stockholm’s historic meatpacking district Slakthusområdet, the 1912 building had its interior extensively renovated in the 1980s but Bofink Design Studio’s refurbishment has revealed its original details. “Hidden behind all

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RMGB decorates Versailles townhouse with custom and vintage furniture

August 5, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design studio RMGB has redesigned a 19th-century townhouse opposite the Chateau de Versailles, using marble and steel to modernise it while “preserving French heritage”. The home’s new owner recently sold his apartment in Paris to move back into the townhouse, which had been his childhood home, and asked for a careful renovation to take

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Xisui Design models metal pavilion on birds’ nests and eggshells

August 4, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Shanghai studio Xisui Design drew on natural shapes for the minimalist Thin-Shell Metal Woven Pavilion, which was designed as a sunken resting space on a pond in China. The ovoid metal pavilion was made to be lightweight, wind-resistant and provide shade from the sun, while also letting some light in. “We drew inspiration from the

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RSHP designs 1.7-kilometre-long convention centre in China

August 2, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British studio RSHP has unveiled its design for The Zhongyuan International Convention Centre, which will have an almost two-kilometre-long elevated floor plane and include 16 exhibition halls. Located within the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone (ZAEZ) in Henan, China, the Zhongyuan International Convention and Conference Centre complex was designed by RSHP and architecture studio TJAD. The

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Henkai Architekti clads mountain visitor centre in wooden shingles

July 31, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Local studio Henkai Architekti has created Pustevny Gateway, a wood-clad visitor centre with a matching bell tower on the Beskydy Mountains ridge in the Czech Republic. Designed to replace an existing service building, the visitor centre and viewpoint are built on micro-piles and topped by a green roof with a diagonal ridge. The structure is

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Tutto Bene uses silk and glass details to create “artist’s loft” Cubitts store

July 30, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Design studio Tutto Bene looked to surrealist artworks and Italian modernist exhibition design when creating the interior for this eyewear store in Islington, north London. Set in the Angel area, the 60-square-metre store belongs to eyewear brand Cubitts and features an interior concept conceived by Tutto Bene based on the architecture of the space itself. “It’s a

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Eight stylish living rooms where board-marked concrete adds character

July 28, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected eight living rooms from Dezeen’s archive where architects have used board-marked concrete walls and ceilings to add textural interest. As its name suggests, board-marked concrete, or board-formed concrete, is concrete that has been created using timber boards in its casting. This imprints the pattern of the wood onto the

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Touch Architect shapes French patisserie like “the curve of a croissant”

July 27, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Bangkok studio Touch Architect has created French Kitsch III, a patisserie in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with a design that references French cathedrals and pastries. The 360-square-metre board-marked concrete building was informed by an idea of Frenchness that drew on many different sources, including religious architecture. “French cathedrals have an architectural identity dating back to ancient

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This week we launched our Olympic Impact series

July 27, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we introduced Olympic Impact, our latest editorial series that investigates whether the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games can be the blueprint for sustainable major sporting events. The series, which will examine the carbon-reducting measures taken by the games, was explained by Dezeen features editor Nat Barker. As part of Olympic Impact,

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