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SelgasCano’s sprawling Second Home Hollywood revealed in Dezeen video

December 3, 2019 Siufan Adey 0

Second Home Hollywood, the first US location from the British co-working company, is revealed in this captioned video produced by Dezeen for Second Home. Spanish architecture practice SelgasCano transformed a former Hollywood parking-lot into a sprawling co-working complex that will house 250 companies. It has previously worked with Second Home to create other spaces in

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AHEAD MEA winners create “specific experience without feeling like an amusement park”

November 29, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
Gorgeous George Hotel

The best new hotels in the Middle East and Africa take ownership of their unique contexts, say the judges of this year’s AHEAD Middle East and Africa Awards, in this video produced by Dezeen. The AHEAD MEA awards, which had its ceremony earlier this month at Caesars Bluewater in Dubai, celebrated the best in hotel

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Foster + Partners completes luxury Principal Tower in London

November 28, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Principal Tower by Foster + Partners in Principal Place, London, UK

Architect Foster + Partners has completed its first residential skyscraper in London, which contains 299 luxury apartments. Named Principal Tower, the 50-storey building marks the completion of Principal Place, which is a mixed-use development positioned between Shoreditch and the capital’s financial district. As part of the development Foster + Partners also designed a 15-storey office for

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Architecture project of the year goes back to “core of architecture” says Dezeen Awards judge

November 27, 2019 Olivia Ladanyi 0
A room for archaeologists in Peru

A wooden pavilion designed to provide shelter for archaeologists shows that architecture “does not need to be complicated”, says Dezeen Awards judge and architect Lyndon Neri in this movie. Titled A Room for Archaeologists and Kids, the project won the prestigious architecture project of the year award, as well as being named small building of

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AHEAD Europe hotel awards winners are “understated but rich”

November 20, 2019 Calum Lindsay 0
The third AHEAD Europe awards, which took place in London on November 18, celebrated the best in hotel and resort design across the continent

The best new hotels in Europe combine rich experiences with a subtle approaches to design say the judges of this year’s AHEAD Europe awards, in this video Dezeen produced for the awards programme. The AHEAD Europe awards, which had its ceremony in London on November 18, celebrated the best in hotel and resort design across

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Bêka & Lemoine’s latest film shows Venice’s worst flood in half a century

November 19, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Homo Urbanus by Bêka & Lemoine shows Venice flooding

Architectural filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have released footage from a film, showing the impact of flooding in Venice. The duo, known for films including Koolhaas Houselife and Moriyama-San, have released a two-minute trailer for their latest movie. It contains recent footage showing the streets of Venice under water, including the whole of Piazza San Marco.

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Euroboden reveals design of “brutalist” Hammerschmidt office in Munich

November 15, 2019 Dezeen staff 0
Hammerschmidt office block by Euroboden in Switzerland

Dezeen promotion: Euroboden has revealed visuals of a concrete office building near Munich, Germany, designed by Arno Brandlhuber and Muck Petzet. Named Hammerschmidt, the linear “brutalist structure” will measure 16,000 square-metres and contain a series of customisable workspaces available to rent by businesses of any kind. Working in collaboration with architects Brandlhuber and Petzet, who recently

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Watch our talk with Knauf about women in architecture live from London

November 14, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Leading and emerging women working in architecture and construction will discuss the experience of working in both fields at a talk held in Knauf’s London showroom. Tune in here live from 7pm UK time. The livestream has not started yet. You can watch the talk here from 7:00pm UK time. Moderated by Dezeen’s assistant editor

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Heatherwick Studio’s Pier 55 renamed Little Island

November 13, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Little Island Pier 55 Hudson River Park

Thomas Heatherwick’s Pier 55 park within New York’s Hudson River has been renamed Little Island, as visuals and a video detailing the project’s construction are released. Updated details of the project were revealed today by the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, which is funding the project. Now called Little Island, the project is currently taking shape

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