Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards 2020 design longlist announced
The longlist for the Dezeen Awards 2020 design categories has been revealed, with 318 projects selected across 12 categories. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Casa Atibaia designed to be "ideal modernist jungle home"
Creatives Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud took cues from the modernist architecture of Lina Bo Bardi to dream up these renderings of Casa Atibaia, an imaginary home that hides in a São Paulo forest. More
Design
Design
Dewi van de Klomp's foam furniture morphs and sags in response to its contents
Books, plates and glasses are engulfed by the squishy shelves of Dutch designer Dewi van de Klomp's Soft Cabinets, which are made from foam rubber in a bid to bring more attention to the "overlooked" material. More
Architecture
Architecture
Studio Rain erects translucent flat-pack sauna on banks of Yarra River
Australian art and architecture collective Studio Rain has installed a temporary sauna next to Melbourne's Yarra River that is prefabricated and off-grid, so it can be built, disassembled and reused without the use of heavy machinery.
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Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards 2020 interiors longlist announced
The longlist for the Dezeen Awards 2020 interiors categories has been unveiled, with 305 projects selected across 12 categories. More
News
News
Carlo Ratti unveils innovation district extension to Brasília masterplan
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a masterplan for a high-tech innovation district in Brasília that will be an extension to the Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer-designed city. More
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards 2020 architecture longlist announced
The longlists for Dezeen Awards 2020 are being announced this week, starting today with the 302 projects that are in the running for awards in 12 different architecture project categories. More
Design
Design
Green net shades hammocks and bird feeders in Murmuration by SO-IL
Architecture studio SO-IL has built a green-mesh structure with suspended seating in this installation on the Renzo Piano-designed plaza of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. More
Interiors
Interiors
Folding polycarbonate wall reveals earthy interiors of São Paulo wellness space Dois Trópicos
Brazilian studio MNMA has designed a spiral concrete stair and folding polycarbonate doors in this botanical store, yoga classroom and restaurant in São Paulo. More
Interiors
Interiors
The Nest at Sossus guesthouse in Namibia features a thatched facade
South African designer Porky Hefer took cues from the amorphous shape of bird nests to create this off-grid guesthouse on a wildlife reserve in Namibia. More
Design
Design
Camille Walala unveils Les Jumeaux street artwork in colourful New London Fabulous style
Two pedestrian crossings and a building facade in London's White City district have been given a new lick of paint as part of one of Camille Walala's characteristically vibrant public art installations, called Les Jumeaux. More
Highlights
Highlights
Atelier Dau adds kinetic bronze facade to Chimney House extension in Sydney
Architecture studio Atelier Dau has created an infill extension with a perforated bronze facade for the refurbishment of a heritage-listed building in Sydney. More
Design
Design
Coral skeletons crafted from 3D-printed calcium carbonate could restore damaged reefs
Coral Carbonate is a research project that involves 3D printing with calcium carbonate to create sustainable underwater "houses" for coral reefs and marine life to grow. More
News
News
UK government reveals full extent of "radical" planning reform proposals
The UK government has laid out proposals to speed up planning approval for developments, which prime minister Boris Johnson described as "unlike anything we have seen since the second world war". More
Design
Design
Danielle Elsener develops "zero-waste" design system to reform fashion industry
Royal College of Art graduate Danielle Elsener has created a toolkit to help fashion designers reduce waste and save "an insane amount of money" through more efficient pattern cutting. More
Architecture
Architecture
A6A constructs charred-wood off-grid cabin in Ustaritz
Bordeaux studio A6A has created Heva, a black Douglas fir-clad cabin designed for off-grid living, in Ustaritz, south-west France. More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid Architects shares proposal for Shanghai's "greenest building"
Zaha Hadid Architects has shared its design for the CECEP Shanghai Campus in China, which will utilise renewable energy technologies and recycled materials. More
Architecture
Architecture
Renzo Piano unveils replacement for collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa
Renzo Piano's Genoa San Giorgio Bridge, which is the replacement for the Morandi Bridge that collapsed in a storm almost two years ago, has opened in Italy. More
Video
Video
Bell Chair by Konstantin Grcic for Magis costs just €77 and is manufactured in less than a minute
Italian brand Magis has launched Bell Chair, a lightweight, low-cost stackable monobloc chair made of recycled polypropylene. In this exclusive video produced by Dezeen, designer Konstantin Grcic explains how he created a product that is "just over half of the weight of a normal chair". More
Architecture
Architecture
Key Worker Housing by Mecanoo references Cambridge's "architectural inventions over the centuries"
Yellow brick walls with unarranged white windows enclose communal courtyards and timber-lined walkways at the heart of Mecanoo's housing for the University of Cambridge. More