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Architects and designers moving into UX, say recruiters

November 25, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Increasing numbers of architects and designers are moving into UX design in search of better pay and working conditions, we report as part of our Performance Review series. Recruiters specialising in the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) fields, which typically focus on app and website design, told Dezeen they are seeing significant interest

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This week we begun our architecture and design Performance Review

November 22, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we launched our latest series, Performance Review, which will explore the multitude of issues plaguing the architecture and design industry. To kick off the serious architecture critic Edwin Heathcote set out 12 things wrong with architecture, which created a fervent debate in the comment section. We also looked at how architecture

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This week we begun our architecture and design Performance Review

November 22, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we launched our latest series, Performance Review, which will explore the multitude of issues plaguing the architecture and design industry. To kick off the serious architecture critic Edwin Heathcote set out 12 things wrong with architecture, which created a fervent debate in the comment section. We also looked at how architecture

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Ten diverse materials that express black as the “ultimate colour”

November 21, 2025 Max Fraser 0

Born from his obsession with the colour black, The Black Book is architect Paul Cournet’s in-depth investigation into 100 black material samples. Here, he highlights 10 of his favourites. The book features materials ranging from charcoal, lava stone, carbon fibre and coal to vegan leather, charred wood, recycled plastics and ‘the blackest black’, accumulated by

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Shibanee & Kamal Architects design green-roofed housing community in Texas

November 19, 2025 Sonia Singh 0

Architects Shibanee Sagar and Aadi Sagar explain how they introduced green-roofed suburban housing to foster daily contact with nature in this Texas community, as shown in this exclusive video by Dezeen. Called Tapestry, the 121-home community in Frisco, Texas, was designed by Bangalore-based architecture firm Shibanee & Kamal Architects and was built by its construction

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Design and architecture are overdue for a Performance Review

November 17, 2025 Nat Barker 0

With design and architecture seemingly in crisis, our Performance Review editorial series will interrogate the multitude of issues plaguing the industry. Though people don’t say it very often, everyone knows it: design and architecture are broken. In most countries with well-established creative industries, many working architects and people in related roles are exasperated by measly earnings,

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Dubai courtyard installation examines how “architecture evolved in the region”

November 11, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year’s Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. Titled When Does a Threshold Become a Courtyard?, the installation was positioned in the Dubai Design District and created by studio

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Dubai courtyard installation examines how “architecture evolved in the region”

November 11, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year’s Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. Titled When Does a Threshold Become a Courtyard?, the installation was positioned in the Dubai Design District and created by studio

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Auckland apartment block by Monk Mackenzie integrates Fisher & Paykel appliances

November 11, 2025 Siufan Adey 0

Ergonomic kitchens fitted with Fisher & Paykel appliances feature in this eight-apartment building in Auckland, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen for the luxury kitchen brand. Designed by local architecture studio Monk Mackenzie in collaboration with developer Artifact, Jervois Apartments sits on a ridgeline in the central Auckland suburb of Herne Bay. 

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Auckland apartment block by Monk Mackenzie integrates Fisher & Paykel appliances

November 11, 2025 Siufan Adey 0

Ergonomic kitchens fitted with Fisher & Paykel appliances feature in this eight-apartment building in Auckland, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen for the luxury kitchen brand. Designed by local architecture studio Monk Mackenzie in collaboration with developer Artifact, Jervois Apartments sits on a ridgeline in the central Auckland suburb of Herne Bay. 

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