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Irregularly stacked cubes form exterior of ODA apartment building in Dumbo

February 2, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
A streetview of the minimalist concrete structured 98 Front Street

Architecture firm ODA has completed a residential building in Brooklyn with a facade formed of irregularly stacked boxes made of concrete and glass. Called 98 Front, the condominium building occupies a corner lot in Dumbo, a waterfront neighbourhood that has seen a flurry of new development in recent decades. Designed by New York-based ODA, the

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First instalment of The World Around virtual summit to feature talks on storytelling

January 30, 2021 Siufan Adey 0
Ya No Estoy Aqui by Fernando Frias

In partnership with The World Around, Dezeen is broadcasting a programme of live talks featuring Ryue Nishizawa, Liam Young, Alice Rawsthorn and more. Watch here from 3:00pm London time (10:00am New York time.) The first instalment of the day-long summit, which will be streamed on Dezeen in three parts, will feature a diverse range of

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AHEAD Global ultimate winner offers “meaningful luxury” in a converted wine factory

January 29, 2021 Siufan Adey 0
Dexamenes Seaside Hotel by K-studio

In this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards, K-studio co-founder Dimitris Karampatakis explains how his firm’s transformation of an abandoned wine factory into the Dexamenes Seaside Hotel offers guests a more meaningful experience. Located on Greece’s western Peloponnese coastline, Dexamenes Seaside Hotel is a 40-suite luxury resort housed within a 100-year-old wine-storage facility.

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Studio Puisto balances black cabin on slender column in Finnish forest

January 27, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A cabin by Studio Puisto clad in black-painted wood

Niliaitta is a black-painted cabin that Studio Puisto has elevated on a single column and hidden within woodland near the Salamajärvi National Park in Finland. The cabin, which forms part of a new resort in Kivijärvi, is an interpretation of an ancient Niliaitta – an elevated wooden hut used by indigenous Samí people to safely

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TP Bennett retrofits a 1970s office building with “Manchester’s largest living wall”

January 26, 2021 Sebastian Jordahn 0

This video produced by Dezeen for TP Bennett reveals how the architecture practice has transformed an old building in Manchester into an “ultra sustainable” mixed-use office building. Called Windmill Green, the office building is a conversion of an unused 1970s structure in the heart of the city that was due to be demolished. The site

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Tarry + Perry captures monastic qualities of concrete house in East Sussex

January 22, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A dining area in Concrete House by RAW Architecture Workshop in East Sussex

Architecture photography studio Tarry + Perry has documented a concrete house hidden within a verdant site in southern England to spotlight its monastic character and unexpectedly warm interiors. The rural dwelling, appropriately named Concrete House, was designed by former office Raw Architecture Workshop for a young family in East Sussex. Tarry + Perry is the

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Sarah Wigglesworth and Piers Taylor discuss straw bale house in Jim Stephenson’s latest film

January 21, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Sarah Wigglesworth and Piers Taylor discuss straw bale house in Jim Stephenson's latest film

Architect Sarah Wigglesworth discusses her career and Stock Orchard Street home with Piers Taylor in architectural photographer Jim Stephenson’s film What Does it Take to Make a Building. Directed by Stephenson, What Does it Take to Make a Building is the second in a series of films aimed at understanding an architect’s work by discussing one of their key buildings.

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“Play can be an act of resistance” says Design of the Year 2020 winner Virginia San Fratello

January 19, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Architect Virginia San Fratello

Following the news that US architecture studio Rael San Fratello has won the Design Museum’s Design of the Year award, here’s another chance to see our exclusive interview with partner Virginia San Fratello in which she discusses the studio’s border-wall straddling see-saw. Speaking to Dezeen in a live interview as part of Dezeen’s Virtual Design Festival last year,

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Saudi Arabia to build 170 kilometres-long city as part of Neom project

January 13, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0
The Line Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for a 170 kilometres-long belt of connected, car-free and artificial intelligence-optimised communities called The Line as part of its Neom project. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans for The Line in a video where he described it as a “civilisational revolution that puts humans first.” The 170 kilometres-long

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Liam Young’s Planet City could tackle climate change by housing 10 billion people in a single metropolis

January 6, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Planet City by Liam Young

The entire population of the earth could live in a giant sustainable city occupying a fraction of the earth’s surface, freeing the rest of the world for rewilding and the return of stolen lands, according to a new movie by architect Liam Young. Young’s fictional Planet City movie proposes a hyper-dense, self-sufficient metropolis housing 10

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