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CAN WE GET TO ZERO" 

CAN WE GET TO ZERO" 
/Architecture/can-we-get-to-zero-quot BY STEVE AUSTIN, ASLA Landscape architecture can mitigate carbon emissions, but it is also implicated amoung the causes. This week, LAM is joining more than 250 media outlets for Covering Climate Now, flooding the zone, as it were, with climate...
16-09-2019 21:52 - ( Architecture )
Strike on Saudi Arabian oil supply demonstrates destructive potential of drones

Strike on Saudi Arabian oil supply demonstrates destructive potential of drones

A reported drone strike has set fire to two oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia, in the latest example of drones being used to cause disruption. On Saturday 14 September an oil production facility in Abqaiq and the Khurais oilfield, both run...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )


Sella Concept creates "grown-up" interiors inside London co-working space Public Hall

Sella Concept creates "grown-up" interiors inside London co-working space Public Hall

London design studio Sella Concept used plush furnishings, grandiose light fixtures and a "sophisticated" colour palette to ditch the stereotypical aesthetic of startups inside this central London co-working space. Public Hall is set within a...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Molo House by Gosplan Architects

Molo House by Gosplan Architects

Located in Brescia, Italy, this inspiring two-floor apartment has been designed in 2018 by Gosplan Architects. Photography by Mattia Aquila Visit Gosplan Architects
16-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
East Port Properties Warehouse Awarded Zero Carbon Building ? Design Certification

East Port Properties Warehouse Awarded Zero Carbon Building ? Design Certification

Photo Courtesy of eastportproperties.ca East Port Properties? 355 Wilkinson building? part of the Wilkinson Warehouses in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia ? has achieved the Zero Carbon Building ? Design certification from the Canada Green...
16-09-2019 21:52 - ( Architecture )
Lobnan

Lobnan

16-09-2019 21:54 - ( architecture TV )
Kathrine Barbro Bendixen uses cow intestines to create sculptural lights

Kathrine Barbro Bendixen uses cow intestines to create sculptural lights

Discarded cow intestines are given a new life in the intricate lighting installations of Danish designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen. The Studio KBB founder cleans and reinflates the intestines, creating translucent tubes that naturally twist around...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )


Preservation easement will protect architect Eliot Noyes' family home in New Caanan

Preservation easement will protect architect Eliot Noyes' family home in New Caanan

The family of mid-century architect Eliot Noyes, who was a member of the Harvard Five, has agreed to place his Connecticut home into an easement to ensure its longterm survival. The Noyes House II is located in New Canaan, a town well known for...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Five exciting roles on Dezeen Jobs this week including positions at Snøhetta and Terry Farrell's studio

Five exciting roles on Dezeen Jobs this week including positions at Snøhetta and Terry Farrell's studio

Dezeen Jobs has a number of promising architecture and design opportunities right now, including positions at architecture firm Snøhetta and British studio Farrells. Proposal coordinator at Snøhetta Snøhetta is seeking a proposal coordinator...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
SoHo Loft by Studiolav

SoHo Loft by Studiolav

This inspiring loft apartment located in SoHo, New York, has been recently designed by Studiolav. Description As citizens of the world, we live and experience the whole world as our home. We carry our identities and value...
16-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
Discover NYC’s Architecture and Design Scene During Archtober 2019

Discover NYC’s Architecture and Design Scene During Archtober 2019

Get ready, New York. The annual Archtober festival, now in its ninth year, is just around the figurative and architectural corner. Organized by the Center for Architecture, this month-long event celebrates NYC?s architecture and design with 31 days...
16-09-2019 21:52 - ( Architecture )
Dr rakhshanfar

Dr rakhshanfar

16-09-2019 21:54 - ( architecture TV )


Dara Huang to speak about being an entrepreneur at Dezeen Day

Dara Huang to speak about being an entrepreneur at Dezeen Day

Architect Dara Huang is the latest Dezeen Day speaker to be unveiled. She will talk about building her own brand on our panel about entrepreneurialism. Huang, 36, is the founder of architecture studio Design Haus Liberty, which launched in 2013 and...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
$5 million solid gold toilet stolen in "surreal" Blenheim Palace heist

$5 million solid gold toilet stolen in "surreal" Blenheim Palace heist

A solid gold toilet artwork has been stolen from an exhibition at Blenheim Palace, forcing the artist Maurizio Cattelan to deny that the theft was a Banksy-style hoax. The artwork, reportedly worth between $5 million and $6 million, was part of a...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
LDF2019 leading trade destinations: the best of designunction, 100% Design, London Design Fair and Focus/19

LDF2019 leading trade destinations: the best of designunction, 100% Design, London Design Fair and Focus/19

A bioknit pavilion, a global journey in collectable design and natural materials promoting circular economy. What to see at London Design Festival, LDF2019 leading trade destinations.The post LDF2019 leading trade destinations: the best of...
16-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
"We made consumers think differently about low-energy lighting" says Plumen's Nicolas Roope

"We made consumers think differently about low-energy lighting" says Plumen's Nicolas Roope

Lighting brand Plumen is to cease production of its award-winning light bulbs, and is looking for a buyer. Co-founder Nicolas Roope spoke to Dezeen about the brand\'s journey. The move comes twelve years after the design-led brand first unveiled...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Fitzroy Terrace House by Taylor Knights

Fitzroy Terrace House by Taylor Knights

Redesigned and extended in 2018 by Taylor Knights, this beautiful residence is located in Fitzroy, Australia. Description The project is a highly detailed and resolved alteration and addition to a previously run-down...
16-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
Stamba Hotel in Tbilisi by Adjara Group | Interiors | Dezeen

Stamba Hotel in Tbilisi by Adjara Group | Interiors | Dezeen

Hotelier Valeri Chekheria explains how his team transformed the headquarters of a Soviet printing press in Tbilisi into the Stamba Hotel in this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. Stamba opened in May in Tbilisi\'s emerging...
16-09-2019 21:54 - ( architecture TV )
Call for entries to AHEAD Asia awards 2020

Call for entries to AHEAD Asia awards 2020

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Asia can now submit their hotel projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards. Recognising striking hospitality projects from across the world, the AHEAD awards looks at projects from...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Sam Jacob looks to a future when ocean plastic outnumbers fish

Sam Jacob looks to a future when ocean plastic outnumbers fish

Sam Jacob has reimagined a famous Eames textile for his London Design Festival installation Sea Things, to highlight the threat ocean plastic poses to marine life. The architect has used motion graphics to create a cartoon-style animation, which is...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Taipa Island House by Millimeter Interior Design Limited

Taipa Island House by Millimeter Interior Design Limited

This 11,000 square-feet house is located on Taipa Island in the Southern side of Macau. It has recently designed by Millimeter Interior Design Limited. Description The owners live with one elderly and three children....
16-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
Patagonia EcoCamp Sets Sustainability Standards for Ecolodges Around the World

Patagonia EcoCamp Sets Sustainability Standards for Ecolodges Around the World

Anyone who’s visited Patagonia before is likely to appreciate the natural beauty and epic wonder the area has to offer. It?s essentially a protected outdoor playground for climbers, hikers, bikers, and other nature enthusiasts who want to...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
033: Taking the Architectural Registration Exam

033: Taking the Architectural Registration Exam

Taking the architectural registration exam is a crucial step in the process of becoming an architect. The test is long, difficult, and stressful, but it is an absolute necessity if you want to be an architect. Continue reading 033: Taking the...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Adele Weder wins Italian journalism award

Adele Weder wins Italian journalism award

Vancouver-based architecture journalist Adele Weder has won an honourable mention in the 2019 Ceramics of Italy Journalism awards. Her wining article, Sincere Forms of Flattery, appeared in Canadian Architect’s  February 2019 issue. It describes...
16-09-2019 21:52 - ( Architecture )
Emad

Emad

16-09-2019 21:54 - ( architecture TV )
PriestmanGoode shakes up air travel to eliminate single-use plastic

PriestmanGoode shakes up air travel to eliminate single-use plastic

Industrial design studio PriestmanGoode swaps single-use plastic for ground coffee beans and rice husk in its overhaul of throwaway cabin service goods from meal trays to toiletries. Developed as part of a new exhibition at London\'s Design...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Adding Extra Space at Home: 3 Ways to Take Your Inside Outside

Adding Extra Space at Home: 3 Ways to Take Your Inside Outside

Make a better use of your property outdoor spaces. Read the full article Adding Extra Space at Home: 3 Ways to Take Your Inside Outside on Adorable Home.
16-09-2019 21:24 - ( Architecture )
Neri Oxman apologises to students over $125,000 donation from Jeffrey Epstein

Neri Oxman apologises to students over $125,000 donation from Jeffrey Epstein

Designer Neri Oxman has apologised to her students at MIT Media Lab for accepting funds from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The American-Israeli professor confirmed that her Mediated Matter Group received $125,000 from Epstein...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Industrial shed converted into skinny house and studio in Amsterdam

Industrial shed converted into skinny house and studio in Amsterdam

Parts of an industrial shack in Amsterdam have been incorporated into the 5-metre-wide Huis M&M, a residential conversion by NEXT Architects and architect Claudia Linders. The original steel roof trusses of the shed have been reused to create the...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Ben Ditto creates "dystopian" campaign to launch People by The 1975

Ben Ditto creates "dystopian" campaign to launch People by The 1975

Surveillance culture and climate change are the focus of the campaign for band The 1975\'s latest release, which features augmented reality, neural networks and glitchy graphics. Creative director Ben Ditto worked with a group of designers and...
16-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
The S2 House Is One Of The Finest Examples Of Modern Architecture

The S2 House Is One Of The Finest Examples Of Modern Architecture

So few of us are lucky to live in a house that?s Architectural Digest chic. The S2 House is one example of a magazine-worthy abode. The post The S2 House Is One Of The Finest Examples Of Modern Architecture appeared first on Men's Gear.
15-09-2019 21:23 - ( Architecture )
Paint the town red with our colourful Pinterest boards

Paint the town red with our colourful Pinterest boards

In light of the cool-green shade Dulux has named its colour of the year 2020, we\'re showing our true colours with this week\'s Pinterest boards, featuring candy-coloured pastel interiors, colour-block walls and designs to tickle you millennial...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
New FORM exhibition highlights the alchemy of Aboriginal fibre art in Australia

New FORM exhibition highlights the alchemy of Aboriginal fibre art in Australia

From ghost net sculpture to body amour, new FORM fibre art survey show The Alchemists draws together diverse contemporary weaving practice from Aboriginal artists and art centres from across Australia. Opening at The Goods Shed, Claremont on...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Lush courtyards surround 1 Hotel West Hollywood in Los Angeles

Lush courtyards surround 1 Hotel West Hollywood in Los Angeles

The Hollywood Hills\' hiking trails informed the verdant gardens and earthen interiors of this hotel along Los Angeles\' Sunset Strip. Called 1 Hotel West Hollywood, the property spans two towers formerly occupied by the Jeremey Hotel. A...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
POWER PLAY 2050

POWER PLAY 2050

BY MICHAEL DUMIAK A Dutch vision of clean energy in northern water. Does it have a chance" This week, LAM is joining more than 250 media outlets for Covering Climate Now, flooding the zone, as it were, with climate coverage in the run-up to the...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Spaces should be better designed for people with disabilities, says Ross Atkin

Spaces should be better designed for people with disabilities, says Ross Atkin

Streets need to be designed to consider people with disabilities, says Emerging Design Medal winner Ross Atkin. Dezeen spoke to him about four of his best tech-led works for people whose environments are "letting them down". London-based engineer...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Design Workshop

Design Workshop

Art & Architecture work shop 2019
15-09-2019 21:54 - ( architecture TV )
Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects pare back Tokyo apartments

Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects pare back Tokyo apartments

Concrete walls, wooden floors and simplistic furnishings form "transparent" living spaces within this pair of formerly light-starved Tokyo apartments renovated by Norm Architects and Keiji Ashizawa Design. Constructed in the 1980s, the 36-unit...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Five standout hotel interiors designed by Studio Tack

Five standout hotel interiors designed by Studio Tack

From a mid-century-inspired motel in California to a cosy guest lodge in the Catskills, Dezeen has selected five of the best hotels designed by Brooklyn-based Studio Tack ? each featuring a mix of modern and vintage details. Sound View A...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
7 must-see exhibitions at London Design Festival 2019

7 must-see exhibitions at London Design Festival 2019

Explore galaxy-like formation of precious stones, discover micro-architectures for urban birds and insects and more. We have picked 7 must-see exhibitions at London Design Festival 2019.The post 7 must-see exhibitions at London Design Festival 2019...
15-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Folding timber shutters open Mountain Bar & Restaurant to the air in China

Folding timber shutters open Mountain Bar & Restaurant to the air in China

Mountain Bar and Restaurant in Guizhou Province, China by ZJJZ Atelier has sliding glass doors and a screen of wooden louvres that can be folded back. The restaurant occupies a sloping site next to a bamboo forest. The bar sits at at ground level...
15-09-2019 21:53 - ( Architecture )
Porto, Portugal: A Rising Star of Modern Architecture

Porto, Portugal: A Rising Star of Modern Architecture

The city of Porto, Portugal is still best known for its brightly-painted traditional architecture, which comes in a rainbow of hues. But in the midst of all that terra-cotta tile and baroque embellishment is a rising wave of modern architecture with...
14-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
Kengo Kuma combines bamboo with carbon fibre to create "material for the future"

Kengo Kuma combines bamboo with carbon fibre to create "material for the future"

Bamboo and carbon fibre can be used together to build earthquake-proof architecture, says Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, whose Bamboo Ring is installed at the V&A for London Design Festival. Kuma has combined the two materials to create an...
14-09-2019 21:55 - ( Architecture )
NBBJ designs Bark?s Ohio office for both humans and dogs

NBBJ designs Bark?s Ohio office for both humans and dogs

Bunkbed-style seating nooks and an indoor play area are among the features at this Columbus office, which was designed by architecture firm NBBJ for a company that creates dog toys and treats. The Bark office is located in the Ohio city\'s...
14-09-2019 21:55 - ( Architecture )
8 designers? installations at London Design Festival 2019

8 designers? installations at London Design Festival 2019

From Tom Dixon?s multi sensory explorations to Lara Bohinc lunar showcase and urban interventions by Paul Cocksedge, Camille Walala and more. We have picked 8 designers? installations at LDF2019.The post 8 designers? installations at London Design...
14-09-2019 21:50 - ( Architecture )
Wedding chapel by Wilson Architects will slowly become overgrown with vines

Wedding chapel by Wilson Architects will slowly become overgrown with vines

Creeping plants will eventually overtake the hollow timber walls of this chapel by in Queensland by Wilson Architects, so it looks like a ruin amid a landscape of lavender fields. The non-denominational Kooroomba Chapel was built for the Kooroomba...
14-09-2019 21:55 - ( Architecture )
This week, museums in Turkey and Germany welcomed their first visitors

This week, museums in Turkey and Germany welcomed their first visitors

This week on Dezeen, Kengo Kuma\'s Odunpazari Modern Museum in Turkey and the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau by Addenda Architects opened their doors to the public. Located in Odunpazari ? meaning firewood market in Turkish ? the town\'s history as a...
14-09-2019 21:55 - ( Architecture )
Project Submission: The Architect?s Newspaper Best Of Design Awards

Project Submission: The Architect?s Newspaper Best Of Design Awards

Photo Courtesy of archpaperawards.com Submissions for the Seventh Annual Best Of Design Awards by The Architect?s Newspaper are approaching its October 4th, 2019 deadline. With 50 categories to choose from, the project-based awards program...
14-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
This Hamptons House Opens Up To An Expansive Yard With A Swimming Pool

This Hamptons House Opens Up To An Expansive Yard With A Swimming Pool

Photography by Matthew Carbone Architecture firm Studio 1:1 together with development firm Dubrow Group, have completed a new and modern house in East Hampton, New York. The house is set on 3 acres, and has a wood siding exterior that helps the...
14-09-2019 21:55 - ( Architecture )
Weathering steel PedX bridge connects Northeastern University campus with science block

Weathering steel PedX bridge connects Northeastern University campus with science block

Architecture firm Payette has created a pedestrian bridge at Northeastern University in Boston with tall metal walls and slender glazed openings that offer a glimpse of passing trains. Designed by local firm Payette, the Northeastern University...
14-09-2019 21:55 - ( Architecture )
30 Fantastic Ideas To Cozy Your Home With Farmhouse Fall Decor

30 Fantastic Ideas To Cozy Your Home With Farmhouse Fall Decor

If you have not already started decorating for your home for the fall season, it is time to start getting into the spirit and we have some fabulous inspiration to share with you. Last week we had some amazing ideas for beginning your fall decorating...
14-09-2019 21:54 - ( Interior Design )
Six designs that protect your digital data

Six designs that protect your digital data

As technology and artificial intelligence become more integrated into our lives and homes designers have invented ways to avoid surveillance and keep data private. Dezeen assistant editor India Block picks out six of the most...
14-09-2019 21:55 - ( Architecture )
Kinuta Terrace

Kinuta Terrace

Kinuta Terrace is a beautiful and minimalist space located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Keiji Ashizawa in collaboration with Norm Architects featuring furniture from Karimoku Case Study. Emerged from shared design values, the collaboration between...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Tory Announces New Design-First Initiatives at Toronto Urban Design Awards

Tory Announces New Design-First Initiatives at Toronto Urban Design Awards

Every other year, the City of Toronto hosts the Toronto Urban Design Awards to acknowledge the contribution that architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, design students and city builders make to the city. Members...
13-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
Kaan Architecten designs stacked glass Eurartisanat headquarters in Lille

Kaan Architecten designs stacked glass Eurartisanat headquarters in Lille

A stack of low, glazed forms house the Eurartisanat Chambre de Métiers et de l\'Artisanat des Hauts-de-Franc in Lille, France, designed by Dutch architecture firm Kaan Architecten. Called the CMA for short, the building is the new headquarters...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
White Red Architects completes members-only study room in The British Library

White Red Architects completes members-only study room in The British Library

White Red Architects has completed a study room for the members-only area of central London\'s The British Library, with interiors informed by the building\'s aesthetic. The new room is located up on The British Library\'s second floor and...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
SilentLab unveils collection of standalone MicroOffices to shield workers from "excessive noise"

SilentLab unveils collection of standalone MicroOffices to shield workers from "excessive noise"

Dezeen promotion: SilentLab will be showcasing its range of self-contained private workspaces at this year\'s London Design Fair. Described as a "revolution in the work environment", the collection of enclosed workspaces can be installed in any...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Two Apartments Were Merged To Create One Large Enough For A Family Of Three

Two Apartments Were Merged To Create One Large Enough For A Family Of Three

Photography by Andrey Bezuglov Nelly Prodan Design has recently completed a modern apartment for a family of three, that was once two separate dwellings. By knocking down a few walls, the apartment was able to have a large great room that combines...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Apartment in Turin by Studio Doppio

Apartment in Turin by Studio Doppio

Located in Turin, Italy, this modern industrial apartment has been designed in 2019 by Studio Doppio. Description While Wilde?s statement is a valid one for writing, it is also suitable when talking about architecture and...
13-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
Carlo Ratti's sustainable orange squeezer serves juice in bioplastic cups made from the peel

Carlo Ratti's sustainable orange squeezer serves juice in bioplastic cups made from the peel

Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has developed an orange squeezer that turns the waste fruit peel into 3D-printed bioplastic cups to drink the juice from. Created for global energy company Eni, Feel the Peel is a prototype orange squeezing...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( architecture TV )
Sebastian Weiss captures Beijing landmarks against scenic skies for Chinese Blue series

Sebastian Weiss captures Beijing landmarks against scenic skies for Chinese Blue series

Photographer Sebastian Weiss has captured Beijing\'s white and silver architectural highlights by studios including Zaha Hadid Architects and OMA set against blue skies, for his latest photo series. Named Chinese Blue to reflect the contrast...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Brick office block by Gensler echoes Williamsburg's industrial past

Brick office block by Gensler echoes Williamsburg's industrial past

Gensler has completed an irregularly stacked office block with a brick facade in New York that echos the factories and warehouses of its Williamsburg waterfront location. Called 25 Kent, the eight-storey office complex is split in two. Dual red...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
TBWA creates "soothing and hypnotising" animations of McDonald's Egg McMuffins

TBWA creates "soothing and hypnotising" animations of McDonald's Egg McMuffins

To celebrate the Egg McMuffin being available all day in McDonald\'s restaurants in France, TBWA has created 15 satisfying animations of the deconstructed breakfast item coming together. Advertising agency TBWA created the looping animations to...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
7 Tips to Help Your Furnace Work Better

7 Tips to Help Your Furnace Work Better

Furn????, l?k? ?n? ?th?r m??h?n?, r?qu?r? r?gul?r m??nt?n?n?? ?nd ?l??n?ng. Here\'s how to improve its efficiency. Read the full article 7 Tips to Help Your Furnace Work Better on Adorable Home.
13-09-2019 21:22 - ( Architecture )
37FC House by ONG&ONG

37FC House by ONG&ONG

This semi-detached multi-generational house located in Singapore has been designed in 2018 by ONG&ONG. Description 37FC-House lies secluded within a residential pocket, siting on land that once contained a semi-detached...
13-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
Hana armchair by Simone Bonanni for Moooi | Design | Dezeen

Hana armchair by Simone Bonanni for Moooi | Design | Dezeen

Italian designer Simone Bonanni explains how he went from doodling in the margins of his notebooks to designing pieces for Moooi, in our latest Design Dreams video for the Dutch brand. Bonanni, who heads Simone Bonanni Studio in Milan, has...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( architecture TV )
How to decipher (and protect yourself from) the tricky wording of RFPs

How to decipher (and protect yourself from) the tricky wording of RFPs

Earlier this summer, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) launched a Practice Tip to help architects decipher the language of RFPs and client-architect contracts. In recent years, architects have been under pressure to sign agreements...
13-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
Ariostea designs tile collection inspired by iridescent onyx stones

Ariostea designs tile collection inspired by iridescent onyx stones

Dezeen promotion: Italian ceramic tile manufacturer Ariostea has released a collection of tiles that mimic the iridescent quality of precious onyx stones. The collection, called Ultra Onici, was born from a desire to combine the unique beauty of...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
"Toxic philanthropy" hits architecture and design institutions

"Toxic philanthropy" hits architecture and design institutions

The resignation of Joichi Ito for accepting donations from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is the latest in a wave of departures, protests and torn-up sponsorship deals dubbed "toxic philanthropy". His departure follows similar storms at the Design...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Design "turns art into something practical" says Simone Bonanni

Design "turns art into something practical" says Simone Bonanni

Italian designer Simone Bonanni explains how he went from doodling in the margins of his notebooks to designing pieces for Moooi, in our latest Design Dreams video for the Dutch brand. Bonanni, who heads Simone Bonanni Studio in Milan, has designed...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Take A Look Inside This Unique Tiny House In Guatemala

Take A Look Inside This Unique Tiny House In Guatemala

Kaylee of The Nomadic Movement, has made a video of a unique tiny house that she visited in Antigua, a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The house has a white exterior that kind of looks like a corrugated metal log. The interiors features...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Bio-Customized 3D-Printed Sushi is Here, and It’s Weird

Bio-Customized 3D-Printed Sushi is Here, and It’s Weird

Earlier this year, a company called Open Meals caused a bit of a ruckus on the internet when it announced a new sushi technology that custom-crafts recipes according to each customer?s biology. To dine at Tokyo’s Sushi Singularity, you don?t just...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Maayan Zusman retrofits Tel Aviv apartment for tall sporty couple

Maayan Zusman retrofits Tel Aviv apartment for tall sporty couple

Tel Aviv designer Maayan Zusman has renovated a two-bedroom apartment in the city, with a range of custom details for its tall inhabitants. The 1940s apartment was renovated for an athletic couple whose tall heights led the local designer to create...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Guard Dog's bulletproof backpacks for kids are a "proactive" measure

Guard Dog's bulletproof backpacks for kids are a "proactive" measure

Buying bulletproof backpacks for your children should be like setting up security systems in your home, says CEO of self-defence brand Guard Dog Security, whose gun-resistant products are sold across the US. The Proshield collection of...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( architecture TV )
PechaKucha founders Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham to champion "world-changing" ideas at Dezeen Day

PechaKucha founders Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham to champion "world-changing" ideas at Dezeen Day

Architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo studio Klein Dytham Architecture will host a special edition of their rapid-fire presentation format PechaKucha at Dezeen Day, and are calling for designers with world-improving ideas to pitch for...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Montauk hotel takes its sand-coloured palette from its beachy surroundings

Montauk hotel takes its sand-coloured palette from its beachy surroundings

Hospitality company Bridgeton and Studio Tack have collaborated to renovate the Marram hotel in Montauk, New York, influenced by the colours and textures of the sand that covers the neighbouring landscape. Marram, which is named after the wild...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
What is the Burning Man and Why should we know about it"

What is the Burning Man and Why should we know about it"

Have you been coming across the headline of the ?Burning Man? without the faintest idea of what it is and why it is such a big event, well fear not, we have put together everything you need to know in this article. The Burning Man is an annual...
13-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
BPN Architects designs Ghost House to have "ethereal presence"

BPN Architects designs Ghost House to have "ethereal presence"

BPN Architects has built a partially sunken house "purely from concrete" in the village of Moreton Paddox, Warwickshire. Named Ghost House "on account of its ethereal presence on the site", the home is embedded into the ground so that it is...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Victorian Design Challenge 2020: The E-Waste Challenge

Victorian Design Challenge 2020: The E-Waste Challenge

Creative Victoria and NGV are offering a $20 000 major prize for professionals and $5000 for tertiary students who present the best design idea addressing one of Australia?s fastest growing waste problems ? e-waste. As part of Melbourne Design...
13-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
São Paulo’s Piracaia Residence Takes the Interior Outdoors

São Paulo’s Piracaia Residence Takes the Interior Outdoors

Located in Piracaia, São Paulo, Brazil, the Piracaia Residence was built into the sloped terrain allowing a concrete basement to be mostly hidden underground with access to the garage and service areas. Nitsche Arquitetos designed the home with an...
13-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
201 Palm Island Home by One D+B Miami

201 Palm Island Home by One D+B Miami

Situated in Miami, Florida, this contemporary two-story residence has been designed in 2018 by One D+B Miami. Description The Clients requirement was a contemporary residence that represented their family?s personality,...
13-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
Highly optimised robo-fish represents speediest form of swimming tech

Highly optimised robo-fish represents speediest form of swimming tech

TU Delft student Sander van den Berg has created a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic fish that can move through water faster than any other. The Industrial Design Engineering masters student created the high-speed underwater drone as his...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( architecture TV )
Fourth Edition of POP // CAN // CRIT 2019 Returns to Toronto

Fourth Edition of POP // CAN // CRIT 2019 Returns to Toronto

This year?s edition of Canada?s national architecture symposium ? POP // CAN // CRIT ? is headed to Toronto in October with a focus on the experiences of architecture students, interns, and emerging professionals. POP // CAN // CRIT 2019: Education...
13-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
Designers create personal wooden furniture for leaders of London's creative institutions

Designers create personal wooden furniture for leaders of London's creative institutions

Creative leaders of London\'s cultural institutions have collaborated with 10 designers to create an object of personal relevance to them from American red oak wood for London Design Festival. The designers, including Jasper Morrison and Martino...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Heliotrope Architects creates secret room inside Seattle?s Cortina restaurant

Heliotrope Architects creates secret room inside Seattle?s Cortina restaurant

Local studio Heliotrope Architects has designed an upscale Italian eatery in downtown Seattle with clean lines, various tones of wood and a secret room tucked behind a one-way mirror. Cortina is located at the base of Two Union Square, a...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
12 exhibitions, events and installations to take in at London Design Festival 2019

12 exhibitions, events and installations to take in at London Design Festival 2019

As London Design Festival approaches, Dezeen\'s Jennifer Hahn picks the 12 highlights to see and do during the week-long event, from a circular bamboo nest by architect Kengo Kuma to grow-it-yourself couture. Between the 14 and 22 September, the...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
Crane residence by Joris Verhoeven Architectuur

Crane residence by Joris Verhoeven Architectuur

Designed by Joris Verhoeven Architectuur, this modern home is located in a rural expansion area near Tilburg in the Netherlands. Description This modern home is located in a rural expansion area near Tilburg. A quiet place...
13-09-2019 21:21 - ( Architecture )
Ancient Greek Architecture Graces Shanghai’s New Hellas House

Ancient Greek Architecture Graces Shanghai’s New Hellas House

When one Greek expatriate commissions another to create a cultural center in Shanghai to celebrate their homeland?s culture, it becomes an obsession, and a goal that must impeccably deliver the vision at hand. That was the task taken on by architect...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( Architecture )
TBWA creates "soothing and hypnotising" animations to promote McDonald's Egg McMuffin

TBWA creates "soothing and hypnotising" animations to promote McDonald's Egg McMuffin

To celebrate the Egg McMuffin\'s being available all day in McDonald\'s restaurants in France, TBWA has created 15 satisfying animations of the deconstructed breakfast item coming together. Advertising agency TBWA created the looping...
13-09-2019 21:49 - ( architecture TV )
Steven Holl tops subterranean extension to Kennedy Center with trio of geometric pavilions

Steven Holl tops subterranean extension to Kennedy Center with trio of geometric pavilions

Steven Holl Architects has nestled "much-needed" performance spaces for the Kennedy Center in Washington DC under a grassy slope topped by three white-concrete pavilions. Named the Reach, the expansion to the John F Kennedy Performing Arts Center...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
Peter Saville designs Pornhub Awards to celebrate sexuality without being a cliche

Peter Saville designs Pornhub Awards to celebrate sexuality without being a cliche

British graphic designer Peter Saville has created a bright orange trophy based on the shape of sex hormones, for this year\'s Pornhub Awards. Saville wanted to design an award for video-streaming website Pornhub that celebrated sexuality in a...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
A’ Design Awards & Competition | Call for Entries

A’ Design Awards & Competition | Call for Entries

With brilliantly designed products and new ideas, link.  The market is flooded with different design contests, but the A? Design Award stands out from the crowd with more than 100 design categories. Along with separate categories for Architecture,...
12-09-2019 21:48 - ( Architecture )
End of an era as Giorgio Busnelli leaves B&B Italia

End of an era as Giorgio Busnelli leaves B&B Italia

Giorgio Busnelli is to step down as chairman of B&B Italia and leave the business, ending his family\'s link to the luxury furniture brand his father founded over 60 years ago. Busnelli, 67, has been replaced by a new senior management team...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
portal 92 incorporates the dynamics of a rural village into trendy rooftop cafe in india

portal 92 incorporates the dynamics of a rural village into trendy rooftop cafe in india

the textures and volumes of the space have been designed to reference an experience, reminiscent of rural indian settlements. The post portal 92 incorporates the dynamics of a rural village into trendy rooftop cafe in india appeared first on...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
LEFT architects sites the ?house of many vaults? on a mountaintop in lebanon

LEFT architects sites the ?house of many vaults? on a mountaintop in lebanon

the residence is a reinterpretation of the cross-vaulted houses that dotted the local landscape at the turn of the century. The post LEFT architects sites the ‘house of many vaults’ on a mountaintop in lebanon appeared first on...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
CAFÉ consultations launch across Canada

CAFÉ consultations launch across Canada

The Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Architecture Forums on Education (CAFÉ), a series of consultations at architecture schools aimed at informing an Architecture Policy...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
Fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester moves into homeware with debut collection

Fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester moves into homeware with debut collection

Belgian fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester has produced her first homeware and lighting collection, which launched at Maison&Object furniture fair in Paris this week. Ann Demeulemeester ? who until six years ago headed up her eponymous fashion...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
Before & After ? Living Room Renovation With A Recessed TV Above A Fireplace

Before & After ? Living Room Renovation With A Recessed TV Above A Fireplace

Seattle-based interior design firm ULLEstudio, has recently completed the renovation of a living room and dining room. They were asked by their clients to transform a dark and outdated space into a practical, warm, and cozy space for a young family...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
3D printing meets felt in new additive manufacturing technique

3D printing meets felt in new additive manufacturing technique

Acoustic panels and other architectural elements can be made in complex 3D forms using a robotic needle felting process developed by researchers at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in the US. Wes McGee, Tsz Yan Ng and Asa...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
Three Design Firms Present Their Visions for L.A’s La Brea Tar Pits

Three Design Firms Present Their Visions for L.A’s La Brea Tar Pits

Right in the middle of urban Los Angeles, black tar bubbles up from the ground, often covered in fallen leaves. A registered National Natural Landmark, the La Brea Tar Pits are a rich source of paleontological treasures, having trapped thousands...
12-09-2019 21:54 - ( Architecture )
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