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Video reveals Michael Hsu’s organic approach to interiors of Austin high-rise

December 8, 2023 Sonia Singh 0

Texas studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has designed the common areas for a 50-storey residential high-rise building in Austin, as shown in this exclusive video captured by Dezeen. Called 44 East, the building is located east of downtown Austin in the Rainey Street Historic district. The firm designed the interiors of the building’s common

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“It’s fine to be useless, totally fine” says Christian Louboutin

December 7, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Following the opening of his first hotel in Portugal, French designer Christian Louboutin, famous for his red-soled shoes, discusses creativity and sustainability in this exclusive interview. “The secret to good design – and it’s a very basic answer – is to be true to yourself,” Louboutin told Dezeen. “You can take advice from people but

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Diébédo Francis Kéré named among Time’s 100 most influential climate leaders

December 4, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

Several architects and designers have made it onto the inaugural Time100 Climate list, which recognises “true changemakers” who are making “measurable, scalable” progress in fighting climate change. Compiled by Time magazine in collaboration with a panel of 10 prominent climate experts, the list includes business leaders across different industries ranging from singer Billie Eilish to

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This week we announced the Dezeen Award 2023 winners

December 2, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, we announced all 50 of the winners of this year’s Dezeen Awards, including the overall project winners and six Designers of the Year. At the awards ceremony in London Simba Vision Montessori School by Architectural Pioneering Consultants (above) was named architecture project of the year, Restaurant Xokol by Ruben Valdez Practice

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The biggest architecture and design stories of 2023

December 1, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

To kick off our review of 2023, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year’s top architecture and design stories. January – Energy savings from home insulation “vanishing” after four years The year began with news that a University of Cambridge research study had found that energy savings initially achieved by insulating UK homes

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Five architecture and design events in December from Dezeen Events Guide

November 30, 2023 Sophie Chapman 0

Miami art week 2023, retrospective exhibition Tom Dixon: Metalhead and architecture conference Everything Architecture 2023 are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Other events taking place in December include Taiwan Design Week 2023 and Dezeen talk Good Design is for Everyone: a Fireside Chat with PepsiCo. Tom Dixon:

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Dezeen Awards 2023 winners announced at ceremony in London

November 28, 2023 Elisa Barkan 0

All 50 Dezeen Awards 2023 winners have been announced at this evening’s ceremony in central London. The winners were revealed at a party at Shoreditch Electric Light Station attended by shortlisted studios along with Dezeen Awards judges past and present including Nelly Ben Hayoun, Omar Gandhi, Patricia Urquiola, Sumayya Vally and LionHeart. All Dezeen Awards

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Es Devlin reveals “miniature parallel practice” for New York exhibition

November 28, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Student drawings, scale models, and a life-size recreation of set designer Es Devlin’s London studio are on display at an exhibition exploring the designer’s 30-year archive at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Presented in conjunction with her debut monograph, An Atlas of Es Devlin, both exhibition and publication showcased sketches, paintings, small-scale work and

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Light Bureau subtly illuminates fjord-side rest stop in Norway

November 28, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Scandinavian studio Light Bureau has introduced minimal lighting to this rest-stop toilet along the Norwegian Scenic Routes so as not to distract visitors from the surrounding landscape. Espenes Rest Stop accompanies the Hardanger stretch of the Norwegian Scenic Routes – 18 roads that offer picturesque drives across the country. The structure itself was designed by

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Mexican design and architecture undergoing a “renaissance” says Héctor Esrawe

November 27, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Mexico is experiencing a “renaissance” in architecture and design because of its embrace and promotion of artisanal practices, says designer Héctor Esrawe in this exclusive interview. According to Esrawe, who runs a studio in Mexico City, the last 10 years have seen Mexican creativity being taken more seriously at home and abroad. “There is this

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