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Eight space-efficient bedrooms with understated yet productive desk spaces

July 29, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up eight bedrooms with desks that provide much-needed workspace while maintaining a peaceful environment. Not every house has the space for a designated office room, so adding a desk to the bedroom is a popular choice for those requiring a place to work or study at home. The examples in

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Carmody Groarke to add children’s pavilion to Dulwich Picture Gallery

July 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

UK architecture studio Carmody Groarke has revealed plans to create a timber pavilion and extend a Grade II-listed cottage as part of its plans to transform London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery. Planning approval and listed building consent was recently granted by Southward Council for Carmody Groarke’s plans, which will be the biggest redevelopment of the Dulwich Picture

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Ballman Khapalova completes “frugal and functional” renovation of New York ranch house

July 6, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Ballman Khapalova has renovated a 1980s ranch house in Saugerties, New York, to make it a contemporary home with maximised views of the surrounding landscape. Ballman Khapalova extended Pine Lane House by 300 square feet and added a steel standing seam roof, external wood cladding and an outdoor deck. “Since the original house

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Socca restaurant feels like “a pocket of Southern France in Mayfair”

July 6, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Local practice Fabled Studio has designed the interiors for London’s Socca restaurant, adding hand-painted murals informed by the French Riviera. Fabled Studio co-founder Tom Strother describes the eatery as “a pocket of Southern France in Mayfair,” with a playful and whimsical interior that complements the French Mediterranean menu. “Both the menu and the interior are

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“Support is needed to keep queer and trans spaces alive” say LGBTQ+ designers and researchers

June 28, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

With Pride Month drawing to a close, Dezeen spoke with LGBTQ+ designers and researchers about the evolution of queer spaces and how architects can help protect them. Designers are calling for the protection of venues used by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community as safe spaces for people to express their identities.

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Craft Not Carbon pavilion topped with woven bamboo canopy

June 23, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture practice Studio Saar and engineering studio Webb Yates Engineers have unveiled the Craft Not Carbon pavilion in London’s Crystal Palace Park as part of the 2023 London Festival of Architecture. Made in collaboration with timber specialists Xylotek, the pavilion was designed to be a community hub throughout the festival and provide a shaded area

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Asteroid City exhibition immerses visitors in Wes Anderson’s Americana film sets

June 23, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

An exhibition of the 1950s sets, props, miniature models, costumes and artwork used in Wes Anderson’s latest film Asteroid City has opened at 180 The Strand in London. The exhibition was designed to immerse visitors in the film’s fictitious world – a desert town in 1950s America famous for its meteor crater and celestial observatory.

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Eight bedrooms with bathtubs that make a lavish statement

June 11, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

A steel bathtub in a grey carpeted bedroom and a marble bath positioned on a wooden plinth are included in Dezeen’s latest lookbook, highlighting luxurious bedrooms with bathtubs. Typically confined to bathrooms with splash-safe surfaces, a bathtub in a bedroom has an air of grandiosity and indulgence. It is often seen as an impractical design

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Five luxury residential projects designed by luxury car brands

June 7, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Luxury car brands including Bentley, Bugatti, Aston Martin and Porsche are making the move into high-end homes. Here are five houses and skyscrapers designed by car companies. Last month Bugatti unveiled its first residential development in Dubai. The tower is the latest foray into real estate by luxury car brands, which are now developing numerous high-end apartments and houses. Each of the

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Lina Ghotmeh unveils Serpentine Pavilion as “an invitation to dwell together”

June 5, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has created a glulam structure named À Table for the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion in central London, which was informed by table discussions and the surrounding tree canopy. Ghotmeh designed the 300-square-metre pavilion structure to enclose a trio of scalloped-shaped tables, which wee also designed by the architect, creating a gathering space that

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