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Black timber and zinc house with sauna sits next to a Finnish lake

December 23, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
3 Three Square House by Studio Puisto

A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs. Called Three Square House, the house in Southern Savonia is made up of three interlocking volumes, with a central building flanked by two smaller spaces. These auxiliary

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World’s largest 3D-printed building completes in Dubai

December 22, 2019 India Block 0
World's largest 3D-printed building by Apis Cor

Robotic construction company Apis Cor has used its technology to build the world’s largest 3D-printed building, a two-storey office in Dubai. Measuring 9.5 metres high with a floor area of 640 square metres, Apis Cor built the structure for the Dubai Municipality. The company claims it is the largest 3D-printed building ever built. Apis Cor developed

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Gorgeous George hotel in Cape Town is a “showcase for local design”

December 20, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0

Cape Town’s Gorgeous George hotel exhibits the best of local design says interior architect Tristan du Plessis, in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards. Gorgeous George, which was named Hotel of the Year at the 2019 AHEAD Middle East and Africa hospitality awards, is a 36-room renovation of a pair of historic

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Guests “enter into an Archigram world” at Design Trust gala in Hong Kong

December 17, 2019 Benedict Hobson 0
Design Trust gala 2019 designed by Archigram

In this Dezeen movie, architects Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton explain how they drew from the Archigram archive to create the concept for the 2019 Design Trust gala in Hong Kong. The former Archigram members were appointed as creative directors of the fundraising event for the Design Trust, a charity that supports creative projects in

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The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland offers “a better understanding of nature”

December 16, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0
The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland is a 62-room resort hotel embedded in the lava formations and turquoise geothermal pools of Iceland's Blue Lagoon complex

Design Group Italia chief design officer Sigurdur Thorsteinsson explains how The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland immerses guests in nature in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. The 62-room resort hotel is embedded in the lava formations and turquoise geothermal pools of Iceland’s Blue Lagoon complex, which is situated within the UNESCO Global Geopark. The

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Reliance Controls “dissolved traditional boundaries” says Norman Foster

December 13, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
Reliance Controls by Team 4

British architect Norman Foster reflects on his first high-tech building and how it shaped offices to come in this exclusive Dezeen video interview. Named after the electronics manufacturer that commissioned the building, Reliance Controls was an industrial facility located in Swindon in south west England. Completed in 1967, the building was the last project designed by Team

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Rombout Frieling Lab creates interactive Arctic bus stop

December 11, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Station of Being by Rombout Frieling Lab

Architecture studio Rombout Frieling Lab has created the Station of Being as a prototype bus stop for use in the Arctic region, which uses sound and light to alert passengers to approaching buses. The bus stop in Umeå, Sweden, was designed to improve the waiting conditions for passengers using public transport in cold weather conditions within

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Piazza Dell’Ufficio won interior project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019 for teaching children “the power of design”

December 9, 2019 Olivia Ladanyi 0
Piazza Dell'Ufficio office designed by Branch Studio Architects

Piazza Dell’Ufficio by Branch Studio Architects, which was named interior project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019, teaches children about the power of design says judge Eva Jiricna in this movie. Located in a suburb of Melbourne, the renovation of the administration offices of Caroline Chisholm College attempts to reduce visual barriers between staff

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“Demolition is sometimes the best option” says Bartlett professor at Net Zero Carbon talk

December 5, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
Net Zero Carbon talk by Kingspan and NLA

Construction experts discuss the ways that the building industry can move towards having zero carbon emissions in this panel discussion filmed by Dezeen for Kingspan at the Building Centre in London. Called Accelerating the Pathway to Net Zero Carbon Buildings, the event was hosted by architectural facade specialist Kingspan and independent research forum New London

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Watch Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss argue about architecture education at Dezeen Day

December 4, 2019 India Block 0
Watch the education panel at Dezeen Day

Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss clashed over architecture’s long-hours culture at the Dezeen Day conference in October. The movie of the discussion shows Schumacher arguing that protecting students from working too hard would lead to “a kind of socialist world of stagnation”. The panel discussion featured a group of experts and innovators debating whether architecture

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