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Glass tubes and curvy roofs play with light in Steven Holl’s Houston arts museum

November 17, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects

Translucent glass tubes meet with curvy roofs “imagined from cloud circles” in this art museum US firm Steven Holl designed for Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Steven Holl Architects’ Nancy and Rich Kinder Building – which forms part of a major campus redesign – is split into segments topped with curved roofs. This creates gaps

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Studio Gang transforms Wisconsin power plant into Beloit College student union

November 16, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

US firm Studio Gang has completed its transformation of a coal-burning power plant into the wellness-focused student union for Beloit College in Wisconsin with a suspended running track looping through the building. The 100-year-old plant building, which is located between the campus of the arts college and Rock River in Beloit, was updated to include

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Cavernous brick vaults define Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum in China

November 16, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Inside the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum by Studio Zhu-Pei

Studio Zhu-Pei housed galleries within vaulted red-brick structures to create the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum in Jiangxi province, China. Located in the city of Jingdezhen, the museum’s sweeping structures each have a unique size, curvature and length, designed by Studio Zhu-Pei to recall the forms of traditional brick kilns. Both Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum’s design

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Frama creates ultra-minimal interiors for Juno the Bakery in Copenhagen

November 16, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Dining area of Juno the Bakery in Copenhagen

Multidisciplinary studio Frama has finished this bakery in Copenhagen with off-white walls and terrazzo floors, allowing the bread loaves and pastries on offer to take centre stage. Juno the Bakery is situated in the city’s Østerbro neighbourhood, taking over the ground floor of a five-storey residential building. The popular bakery was originally located a couple

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Thirty kitchens designed by architects

November 14, 2020 India Block 0

Looking for inspiration for your dream kitchen? Here are 30 architect-designed kitchens from our archives. This roundup is the latest in a series of stories that bring together visual inspiration for the home. See our recent posts showcasing ten colourful kitchen interiors, thirty bathrooms designed by architects and seven bedrooms with statement walls. Home Farm

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Dezeen Awards 2020 architecture public vote winners include Snøhetta and Unparelld’arquitectes

October 19, 2020 Rebecca Grove 0

Projects by Heatherwick Studio, Vo Trong Nghia Architects and 10 other studios have been chosen by Dezeen readers as winners of the Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote for architecture. Other winners include Snøhetta for their cantilevered viewing platform in Austria and A-01 for their prefabricated home in Costa Rica. A total of 62,447 votes were

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C’entro is a fibreglass frame to help people social distance in public parks

May 7, 2020 India Block 0

C'entro by blengini Ghiradelli for coronavirus daily briefing

Design studio SBGA Blengini Ghirardelli has created a concept for social distancing within parks, plus today’s other design-related coronavirus news. C’entro is a modular frame made of colourful fibreglass rods that would snap together to form a circle on the ground for up to two people to sit inside. Spacers between each hoop would show people the

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Scott Brownrigg’s Social Contact Pod would let people visit vulnerable family during pandemic

May 5, 2020 India Block 0

The Social Contact Pod by Scott Brownrigg

Architecture firm Scott Brownrigg has developed a concept for a pod with a transparent divider to allow people to meet vulnerable relatives safely, plus today’s other design-related coronavirus news. Called the Social Contact Pod, the prefabricated structure would allow families with vulnerable relatives to meet without putting each other at risk of transmitting disease. A

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Eight bold bathrooms that make use of more than just white tiles

January 18, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Bold bathrooms: The Siren Hotel by ASH NYC

Bathrooms can easily be dismissed as the dullest room of the house, but there’s plenty of opportunity to play around with material and colour. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy has selected eight striking bathing spaces to learn from. Unit 662 by Rainville Sangaré A statement shower screen adds interest to the otherwise greyscale interior of this

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Eight architect-designed holiday homes available to rent in Europe

January 5, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Urlaub Architektur's Holiday Architecture book roundup: Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær by TYIN Tegnestue Architects and Rental Eggertsson Architects

A timber cabin in arctic Norway and an off-grid dwelling in rural Greece are among some of the architect-designed vacation homes listed in new book Holiday Architecture, and all available to rent this year. Released by Urlaubs Architektur, a website that lists holiday homes and hotels across Europe, Holiday Architecture explores more than 30 vacation properties.

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