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  • Door of The Blooming Shed by Bat Studio

    BAT Studio unveils garden room with walls that move back and forth

    Architecture practice BAT Studio has completed The Blooming Shed in north London, which has a facade that opens and closes like a set of drawers. More about BAT Studio unveils garden room with walls that move back and forth

    Amy Frearson | 6 May 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Pink, orange and green rotating partition walls in a concrete apartment by AB Rogers

    Rotating fluorescent panels define zones in "co-being space" by Ab Rogers Design

    Ab Rogers Design has completed an artist's studio and residence in Kanazawa, Japan, featuring a series of fluorescent partition walls that can be rotated to transform how the space is used. More about Rotating fluorescent panels define zones in "co-being space" by Ab Rogers Design

    Alyn Griffiths | 9 February 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Mumokuteki Concept Bookstore by LUO Studio

    LUO Studio uses rotating walls to create flexible Beijing bookshop

    Translucent rotating walls pivot to transform the interior of this bookshop in Beijing by Chinese architecture firm LUO Studio. More about LUO Studio uses rotating walls to create flexible Beijing bookshop

    Ali Morris | 20 June 2021 | Leave a comment
  • "The whole thing feels quite magical" says commenter

    In this week's comments update, readers are enchanted by a pop-up synagogue in Ukraine and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "The whole thing feels quite magical" says commenter

    Karen Anderson | 27 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Manuel Herz Architects creates synagogue that opens like a pop-up book

    Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects has created a pop-up synagogue at Babyn Yar in Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of a massacre that took place during the Holocaust. More about Manuel Herz Architects creates synagogue that opens like a pop-up book

    Tom Ravenscroft | 23 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Caspar Schols develops Cabin ANNA from the garden shed he built for his mother

    Architectural designer Caspar Schols has developed the design for a garden shed with moving walls that he built for his parents into a flat-pack cabin for living and for working. More about Caspar Schols develops Cabin ANNA from the garden shed he built for his mother

    Eleanor Gibson | 27 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 8-23-VI Pavilion by Medium

    Pivoting red metal panels form walls of neighbourhood pavilion in Tbilisi

    Design collective Medium has completed 8-23-VI, a pavilion with moving walls that creates a new public place for residents of the Gldani neighbourhood in Tbilisi, Georgia. More about Pivoting red metal panels form walls of neighbourhood pavilion in Tbilisi

    India Block | 20 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Point Lonsdale House by Edition Office

    Timber walls pivot to open holiday home to the outdoors in Australia

    Moving walls and decked terraces connect the four interlinked pavilions of a holiday home in Point Lonsdale on Australia's southern coast by Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year. More about Timber walls pivot to open holiday home to the outdoors in Australia

    Jon Astbury | 11 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Cody Dock rolling bridge

    Our new Pinterest board ties down buildings and furniture that are on the move

    Keep your eye on architecture and design projects that twist and turn on this week's new Pinterest board, including animated houses, spinning walls and furniture that pulls down from ceilings. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Our new Pinterest board ties down buildings and furniture that are on the move

    Semi Han | 11 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Operable Interactive Village Hut by Weiguo Xu

    Operable Interactive Village Hut opens and closes depending on the temperature

    A system of hydraulics opens and closes three panels of this visitor centre in Xiahuayuan Village, China, depending on the temperature outside. More about Operable Interactive Village Hut opens and closes depending on the temperature

    Jon Astbury | 10 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • House in Sonobe by Tato Architects

    Huge sliding door reveals courtyard at House in Sonobe by Tato Architects

    Japanese studio Tato Architects has built a house in the town of Sonobe, Japan, with a sunroom that can be opened up to the garden by sliding open a huge corrugated polycarbonate wall. More about Huge sliding door reveals courtyard at House in Sonobe by Tato Architects

    Alyn Griffiths | 24 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Ballet Mecanique by Manuel Herz Architects

    Ballet Mécanique apartment block has walls that unfold to form balconies and sunshades

    Manuel Herz Architects has completed a housing block in Zurich, with dynamic facades that transform into balconies for its five apartments. More about Ballet Mécanique apartment block has walls that unfold to form balconies and sunshades

    Tom Ravenscroft | 3 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Modulofts by Fouad Samara Architects

    Sliding walls animate the facade of Fouad Samara Architects' Modulofts apartments

    Fouad Samara Architects has completed a tower in Beirut, which features huge steel panels that can slide out from reconfigurable apartments and be stored outside the building. More about Sliding walls animate the facade of Fouad Samara Architects' Modulofts apartments

    Alyn Griffiths | 10 June 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Cabin on the Border by So? Istanbul

    Cabin on the Border is an off-grid shelter with walls that open on pulleys

    A system of pulleys are used to raise and lower sections of the walls of this prefabricated cabin on the border between Turkey and Greece, allowing the holiday home to open up to the outdoors or be completely closed during bad weather. More about Cabin on the Border is an off-grid shelter with walls that open on pulleys

    Alyn Griffiths | 21 May 2018 | Leave a comment
  • DoepelStrijkers Circl Pavilion

    DoepelStrijkers applies circular economy principles to Circl pavilion

    Dutch studio DoepelStrijkers incorporated a variety of innovative sustainable concepts into this multipurpose space at the offices of a bank in Amsterdam. More about DoepelStrijkers applies circular economy principles to Circl pavilion

    Alyn Griffiths | 25 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Reconfigurable apartment allows residents to transform their living spaces

    The next instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an experimental apartment by Swedish firm White Arkitekter, which can be reconfigured according to the needs of its residents. More about Reconfigurable apartment allows residents to transform their living spaces

    Sebastian Jordahn | 15 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • House in Healdsburg by Arterra Landscape Architects

    Feldman Architecture incorporates garage-door windows into California home

    Glazed garage doors surround this wood-clad residence by US firm Feldman Architecture in California's Sonoma Valley, an area that was recently devastated by wild fires. More about Feldman Architecture incorporates garage-door windows into California home

    Bridget Goldberg | 19 October 2017 | 8 comments
  • La Seine Musicale by Shigeru Ban

    Shigeru Ban's La Seine Musicale incorporates a wall of moving solar panels

    Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed a music complex near Paris, featuring an egg-shaped auditorium and a wall of solar panels that move to follow the path of the sun. More about Shigeru Ban's La Seine Musicale incorporates a wall of moving solar panels

    Alyn Griffiths | 4 October 2017 | 4 comments
  • Baitasi House of the Future by dot Architects

    Baitasi House of the Future features moving walls controlled by a smart TV

    Chinese studio Dot Architects has completed a futuristic home in a traditional Beijing hutong, featuring moveable furniture modules and an extension constructed using the WikiHouse open-source architecture platform. More about Baitasi House of the Future features moving walls controlled by a smart TV

    Alyn Griffiths | 23 September 2017 | 3 comments
  • House in Chau Doc by Nishizawa Architects

    Nishizawa Architects adds movable walls to multi-family home in southern Vietnam 

    Nishizawa Architects has replaced the facade and interior walls of this residence in Vietnam's An Giang province with moveable corrugated metal panels to create a "half-outdoors" dwelling for three families. More about Nishizawa Architects adds movable walls to multi-family home in southern Vietnam 

    Natasha Levy | 3 September 2017 | 15 comments
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