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Chinese architects and designers can “bring something different to the world” say Dezeen Awards China judges

July 6, 2023 Benedict Hobson 0

Architects and designers in China are poised to have a greater global influence as the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Dezeen Awards China judges at a talk at Design Shanghai. Hosted by Dezeen’s co-CEO Benedict Hobson, the panel discussion marked the launch of Dezeen’s new regional edition of Dezeen Awards to celebrate

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Dezeen launches China edition of Dezeen Awards in partnership with Bentley

June 12, 2023 Benedict Hobson 0

Dezeen has launched a new edition of Dezeen Awards to celebrate the best architecture, interiors and design in China. Start your entry today! Dezeen Awards China is the first regional edition of Dezeen Awards, which has grown rapidly to become one of the most entered awards programmes on the planet and is a benchmark for

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Kengo Kuma and Edition hotels create “oasis at the heart of the city” in Tokyo

December 7, 2022 Benedict Hobson 0

Hospitality brand Edition has teamed up with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to create a luxury hotel filled with plants in the Toranomon district of Tokyo, Japan. Occupying the upper floors of a high-rise building in the Tokyo business district of Toranomon, the 206-room hotel is the first outpost in Japan for the Edition brand, which

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Dezeen named editorial brand of the year by the International Building Press

November 21, 2022 Benedict Hobson 0

Dezeen has been named editorial brand of the year for its “compelling content” and “hugely impressive” audience engagement at the annual journalism awards organised by the International Building Press. The judges also praised Dezeen’s website and the quality of the magazine’s brand collaborations over the past 12 months. “It’s challenging to partner with a company

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“We’re living through an epidemic of boringness” says Thomas Heatherwick

September 21, 2022 Benedict Hobson 0

British designer Thomas Heatherwick has railed against the “characterless buildings” he believes dominate new urban developments and called for architecture with more “emotion” in a talk at Singapore Design Week. “I want to talk about streets with the new buildings on and the problem that we all know exists in our towns and cities around

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Fernando Donis’ Frame City proposal to “combine city and countryside” wins Redesign the World contest

November 19, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0

Fernando Donis’ proposal to create new habitable topographies in which humanity and nature coexist has won first place in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Donis’ Frame City concept aims to undo the damage to nature and people’s wellbeing caused by a century of rapid urbanisation. Each high-density city, which is designed to

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Oliver Salway calls for people to “redesign their lives” instead of redesigning the planet

November 15, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0

A short film by Oliver Salway that imagines a future where humanity has chosen to embrace a simpler existence to avert climate catastrophe has been highly commended by the judges of Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Salway’s film, which was generated using architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion and then cut together using video

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Mando Xie proposes green floating cities to enable “human civilization to continue” on the ocean

November 5, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0

Mando Xie imagines humanity moving into ship-like floating cities covered with trees to escape rising sea levels in this proposal, which is a finalist in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Xie imagines converting aircraft carriers to create the floating cities in his proposal, which is called Titan Art 2100. Almost half of

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Justinian Khoo envisions networks of floating cities “to provide freedom for nature on land”

November 2, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0

The Whales floating cities by Justinian Khoo

The second finalist in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Justinian Khoo, who has proposed moving humanity into sustainable floating cities so that nature can reclaim the land. Called The Whales, the clusters of cities, which Khoo designed to resemble pods of the large marine mammals, would be powered entirely by renewable

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Pawel Rymsza proposes domed cities with algae lakes “to make big reductions in atmospheric carbon”

November 1, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0

Pawel Rymsza’s proposal to house humanity in a network of ring-shaped structures built around huge algae-rich lakes is the first of 15 visionary projects selected as finalists for Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Called Carbon Neutral Rings, Rymsza’s proposal is to create a network of enclosed carbon-neutral cities for humanity to live

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