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Rudy Guénaire draws on American modernism for Matsuri restaurant interior

July 21, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

French designer Rudy Guénaire has created the interiors of Japanese restaurant Matsuri in Paris, combining wooden furniture covered in lacquer with pastel-coloured domes informed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, the 200-square-metre restaurant was given a full redesign by Guénaire. As the menu focuses on “Japanese sushi from a Californian angle”, Guénaire

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KPF set to cut terraces into Foster + Partners’ HSBC skyscraper

July 19, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio KPF has unveiled plans to turn the Foster + Partners-designed HSBC tower in Canary Wharf, London, into “a blueprint for the highly sustainable, mixed-use building of the future”. Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) will turn the office building at 8 Canada Square, which is owned by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) into a mixed-use development

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MAD adds giant bubble to century-old Japanese house

July 17, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Chinese studio MAD has created Ephemeral Bubble, an installation designed to resemble a bubble being blown by a century-old wooden house, for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan. Located in the Murono Village in the Japanese countryside, the installation forms part of the old house named China House Huayuan, which is used to showcase Chinese

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Max Radford Gallery opens London showroom to get people “in front of real objects”

July 2, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Max Radford Gallery has opened a permanent space in east London that shows collectible designs from its past shows, including pieces by Carsten in der Elst and Amelia Stevens. Located in Hackney Downs, the showroom displays works that the gallery first showed at Belgium’s Collectible design fair, as well as pieces from earlier exhibitions. By

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Eight gallery-like living rooms with sculptural furniture pieces

June 30, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected living rooms that feature sculptural furniture in homes from São Paulo to London. An undulating sofa, a lamp made from towering columns and a wiggly chair are among the sculptural furniture pieces in this lookbook, which showcases how they can be used to add more interest to living rooms.

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This week we asked if its time for architecture studios to walk away from Neom

June 29, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we investigated how architecture studios working on the Neom mega project are maintaining their silence over human rights concerns. Dezeen’s editor Tom Ravenscroft spoke to human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and ALQST, which said that architecture studios “can’t ignore” abuses connected to Neom anymore and must “urgently reflect” on their

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PlayLab designs “scenically sculpted” Sacré Cœur skatepark to resemble stone

June 26, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

LA studio PlayLab and construction company California Skateparks have created Checkered Future, a temporary skate bowl in front of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris for footwear brand Vans. The two-part installation spans the hill of Montmartre, where the Sacré Cœur is located, and comprises a large skate bowl at the bottom of a set of

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3XN designs “simple and poetic” nature centre in Danish harbour

June 24, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio 3XN has unveiled designs for the Danish Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing, an oval building with a tiled roof that will be located in Assens, Denmark. The two-storey wooden building will have a tiled roof and hold three exhibition spaces focused on the impact of humans and climate change on the

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3XN designs “simple and poetic” nature centre in Danish harbour

June 24, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio 3XN has unveiled designs for the Danish Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing, an oval building with a tiled roof that will be located in Assens, Denmark. The two-storey wooden building will have a tiled roof and hold three exhibition spaces focused on the impact of humans and climate change on the

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Unknown Works constructs The Armadillo pavilion from eucalyptus wood

June 21, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio Unknown Works has designed The Armadillo, a half-moon-shaped pavilion constructed from stepped timber arches, which is on show as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Located at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London, the pavilion has a curved shape constructed from 42 prefabricated cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The panels are made from eucalyptus

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