Rafael Viñoly updates NEMA Chicago skyscraper design

March 18, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
NEMA Chicago by Rafael Viñoly

New York firm Rafael Viñoly Architects has revealed an updated version of a residential skyscraper for Chicago in new images and a short movie, in which the studio’s founder describes his ideas for the project. Rafael Viñoly Architects released a short film, and exterior and interior renderings of NEMA Chicago, designed for developer Crescent Heights

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Narrow House designed as prototype for building on unusual plots

March 11, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0
Narrow House by Only If Architecture was designed as a prototype for building on small plots

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features an extremely narrow house designed for a 3.9-metre-wide plot in Brooklyn. Designed by New York studio Only If Architecture, the house will make use of an unused plot of land between a pair of apartment blocks in Brooklyn. Only If co-founders Karolina Czeczek and Adam Snow Frampton

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Contemporary hotel design “about authenticity” say AHEAD Global awards judges

March 7, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0

The best hotels around the world offer guests an authentic local experience, say AHEAD Global awards jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. The winners of the AHEAD Global awards were announced in January at simultaneous ceremonies at Ham Yard Hotel in London and Crosby Street Hotel in New York, linked by

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Sigurd Larsen proposes modular village on apartment block roof

March 1, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0

In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video, we explore a proposal by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen to house Berlin’s growing population on the roof of an existing apartment building. Larsen’s proposal would add dwellings set amongst a tree-lined linear park to the roof of a 270-metre-long apartment building located between the neighbourhoods of Kreuzberg

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AHEAD Global awards winners announced at London ceremony

February 28, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0

The winners of the AHEAD Global awards discuss their projects in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the hotel awards programme at the London prize-giving ceremony. The winners of the AHEAD Global awards were announced at simultaneous ceremonies at New York’s Crosby Street Hotel and the Ham Yard Hotel in London, with a live video feed

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3D-printed Gaia house is made from biodegradable materials

February 27, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a sustainable 3D-printed house made with soil and agricultural waste. Italian 3D-printing technology developer WASP, built the house to showcase the abilities of Crane Wasp, a modular 3D-printer that can create homes in a variety of formats and sizes. Called Gaia, the 30-square-metre house has a

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Studio Drift deconstructs everyday objects for Materialism series at Frieze LA

February 21, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Materialism by Studio Drift

Amsterdam-based Studio Drift “de-produced” a bicycle and a pencil into the chunks of the materials used to make them for an exhibit at the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles. The studio deconstructed the manmade items to highlight the amount of natural resources and effort involved in the extraction, labour and manufacturing of their

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Modular housing system by Arana & Suasnabar Architects allows you to add rooms to your home

February 20, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a concept for a modular housing system that allows residents to easily add extra rooms around the outside of their homes. Designed by Peruvian architecture studio Arana & Suasnabar Architects, the design allows users to convert adjoining terrace space into additional rooms, according to their

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Cocoon BioFloss would enable people to grow their own micro homes

February 8, 2019 Siufan Adey 0

The latest movie in our Dezeen x MINI Living series explores architect Maria Vergopoulou’s concept for self-build micro homes made of bioplastic, which came third in the Dezeen x MINI Living Future Urban Home Competition.  The proposal, called Cocoon BioFloss, features clusters of pod-like homes made from thin bioplastic fibres, which resemble strands of candy floss. The

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