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Eight airy interiors that draw on Mediterranean living

July 23, 2023 James Parkes 0

With summer in full flow, we have gathered eight residential and hotel interiors for our latest lookbook that each has a breezy and cooling Mediterranean style. Mediterranean interiors can often be defined by their minimal, paired back aesthetic that focuses on creating bright, airy and cool living spaces that offer an escape from the heat

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Marks & Spencer’s Oxford Street flagship saved from demolition in “huge victory for heritage”

July 20, 2023 James Parkes 0

British Secretary of State Michael Gove has rejected Marks & Spencer’s plans to demolish its Art Deco flagship store on Oxford Street in London and replace it with a building designed by Pilbrow & Partners. A 127-page report was released today by the Department of Housing & Communities to announce Gove’s decision. His rejection of the plans

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RIBA names UK’s best affordable housing of 2023

July 14, 2023 James Parkes 0

Four housing projects, including an apartment complex in east London and a development for the elderly in Yorkshire, have been shortlisted for RIBA’s 2023 Neave Brown Award for Housing. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced that A House for Artists by Apparata Architects, New Lodge Community by PRP, Agar Grove Phase 1b by Mae

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Dorte Mandrup reveals plans for Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada

July 10, 2023 James Parkes 0

Danish architecture studio Dorte Mandrup has revealed plans for the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada, a sweeping, partly underground structure with a form based on patterns found in the snow. Set to be built in Iqaluit, a city in the northern territory of Nunavut, Dorte Mandrup’s proposal was informed by the landscape and the patterns

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Eight interiors that strike a balance between rustic and contemporary

July 9, 2023 James Parkes 0

For our latest lookbook, Dezeen has selected eight examples of rustic yet contemporary interiors, including but not limited to an apartment in Sao Paulo and a Tuscan boutique hotel. Rustic interiors have a strong focus on natural and aged materials as well as traditional wooden or stone furnishings. These material choices are often used to

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Ten Foster + Partners-designed Apple Stores

June 29, 2023 James Parkes 0

With Apple opening its latest Foster + Partners-designed store in the newly renovated Battersea Power Station, our latest roundup spotlights 10 Apple Stores designed by the British architecture studio. Apple has been working with Foster + Partners since 2014, when the technology company and architecture studio initiated its almost decade-long relationship to complete a retail location

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Eight homes with pergolas where residents can make the most of summer

June 18, 2023 James Parkes 0

An oak pergola that protrudes from a glazed extension in a conservation area and a concrete pergola covered in shrubbery are included in our latest lookbook. A pergola is a structure that is attached to a home to protect and shelter it from the elements. Pergolas can provide shade to the interior or outdoor area

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Saint Laurent stages menswear show at Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie

June 15, 2023 James Parkes 0

Fashion house Saint Laurent presented its Spring Summer 2024 menswear collection at Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which was recently overhauled by David Chipperfield Architects. The Saint Laurent show took place on 12 June in the stone-clad exhibition hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie. The museum, which is located in the Tiergartenviertel neighbourhood

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Christian + Jade explores the Weight of Wood with exhibition at 3 Days of Design

June 7, 2023 James Parkes 0

Danish design studio Christian + Jade has created an exhibition in collaboration with wood flooring manufacturer Dinesen that explores the density of wood and its significance and history as a commodity. The Weight of Wood exhibition, which takes place at the Dinesen showroom as part of Copenhagen festival 3 Days of Design, was the result

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Eight cherry red interiors that make colour their primary focus

June 4, 2023 James Parkes 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve picked eight interiors that are blanketed in shades of red that include an office in Belgium, a bar toilet in London and a mansion in Mexico. The colour red is most commonly associated with activity, passion, sexuality, love and joy. In this lookbook Dezeen has highlighted ways in which interior

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