Dezeen Showroom: this cocooning lounge chair was created by British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer for Spanish furniture brand Andreu World. Designed for both the home and corporate settings, the Calma lounge chair has an embracing shape with soft padding to envelop the sitter. The Calma lounge chair wraps around the sitter Unlike […]
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A medical device to support a newborn’s body during resuscitation and a pregnancy test feature in this roundup of the curators’ favourite pieces from the Designing Motherhood exhibition. Opening on 4 October at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), the travelling exhibition Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births explores the […]
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Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year’s Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. In total, 120 projects by studios from 30 different cities are in the running to win awards in 23 categories spanning architecture, […]
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Students from London’s Architectural Association have developed a low-cost and easily repeatable way to build with tree forks – a type of timber that is usually discarded as waste even though it is unusually strong. The project, titled A Forest Datum, saw the students design and build an elevated forest walkway by cutting the tree […]
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Identical shipping container-style units make up this hotel, where guests feel as though they are “on Mars” at the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, designed by Benjamin Uyeda, Adam Wininger and Gry Space. Located in Twentynine Palms, Reset Hotel comprises 65 guest rooms spread across modular cabins that are based on the appearance and […]
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London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. Located near the town of Eye, the existing Grade II-listed dwelling was originally built as two 18th-century labourers’ dwellings, which were then conjoined in […]
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A chicken-shaped observation deck and a geometric classroom were among the playful installations on show at Cabin Fever 2025 in the Czech Republic. Organised by Hungarian architecture studio Hello Wood in collaboration with window company Velux, Cabin Fever 2025 comprises an annual festival and international architecture summer school held in the town of Česká Kamenice. […]
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Toronto studio LGA Architectural Partners has created a shelter for Indigenous women affected by domestic violence, ensuring the building and interiors honour their traditions. The Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter arose from a partnership between LGA and Anduhyaun, the owner and operator of Toronto’s only Indigenous Violence Against Women shelter. From the entrance to the Anduhyaun Emergency […]
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Prefabrication specialist Blok Modular has worked with Australian architecture studio Vokes and Peters to create Blok Three Sisters, a trio of prefabricated holiday homes on North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. The row of houses was designed by Vokes and Peters for three sisters who spent childhood holidays on the site near Brisbane, and wanted to […]
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Autumn is well on its way in the northern hemisphere. To mark the seasonal shift, we’ve compiled a lookbook of eight open-plan living rooms cosied up with warm, earthy tones. From mountainous India to the Scottish coastline, these living spaces combine finishes and soft furnishings that nod to the colours of autumn leaves with views […]
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