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Eight imaginative home interiors created on a budget

November 19, 2023 Nat Barker 0

In this lookbook, we collect eight residential interiors that were put together with limited funds but still have a certain richness. Featuring exposed structures, simple materials and sparing use of finishes, these budget interiors prove that adventurous design doesn’t have to be reserved for the very wealthy. This is the latest in our lookbooks series,

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Tredje Natur proposes floating car parks to prevent urban flooding

November 15, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Next in our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Pop Up, Danish studio Tredje Natur’s bold proposal for cities to build floating car parks on top of flood-preventing reservoirs. Pop Up is a response to the fact that dense cities, notably Tokyo, are building enormous underground cavities to defend against flooding, while at street level

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Architects “could be very important” to Africa’s Great Green Wall says Elvis Paul Tangem

November 9, 2023 Nat Barker 0

The coordinator of the mammoth Great Green Wall project to heal land in Africa’s Sahel region, Elvis Paul Tangem, calls for help from architects in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen’s Designing for Disaster series. One of the world’s most ambitious climate initiatives, the Great Green Wall is targeting around 780 million hectares of

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Disasters “very rarely not a design failure” says expert Lucy Easthope

November 1, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Emergency planner Lucy Easthope explains why she gets “chills at the back of the neck” when hearing that architects are working pro bono on disaster recovery in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen’s Designing for Disaster series. Easthope is the UK’s leading disaster expert, having advised the government and the military on responses to

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Disaster is well and truly upon us

November 1, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Our latest series looks at how designers and architects can help manage natural hazards. Dezeen features editor Nat Barker explains why it’s time to start Designing for Disaster. This year, as in previous years, the world shook, then burned, then flooded, then did it all again. The February earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria claimed so

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Ten rustic Italian interiors that evoke the history of the Mediterranean

October 29, 2023 Nat Barker 0

This lookbook collects 10 interiors in Italy with a distinctly rustic feel, including homes and hotels replete with wooden beams, cool stone and other rich textures. As well as being known for its contemporary furniture and lighting design, Italy is home to some of Europe’s oldest buildings and has numerous historic cities and villages. From

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Nine Black designers who left their mark on the past 100 years

October 26, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Charlene Prempeh’s Now You See Me book celebrates the work of Black designers during the past century – from the widely lauded to the chronically overlooked. Here, she selects nine that have had a particularly significant impact. Titled Now You See Me: An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design, the book features architects, fashion designers

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“I don’t want to make crazy buildings” says Junya Ishigami

October 24, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Known for a string of boundary-pushing projects, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami discusses his unusual approach to designing buildings in this exclusive interview. Ishigami’s surreal work often challenges fundamental ideas of what a building is – such as his mud-covered underground house and restaurant in Ube, which was one of the most popular projects published on

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Giant novelty structures at Disney hotel captured in Arnau Rovira Vidal photos

October 16, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Disney’s weird and nostalgic Pop Century Resort hotel in Florida has been captured by Arnau Rovira Vidal in this photography series. Rovira’s Fantasia Resorts photography project pictures holidaymakers and workers among the fantastical, retro-themed structures at the entertainment conglomerate’s Walt Disney World near Orlando. Opened in 2003, the 2,880-room hotel is themed on American pop

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