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“The approach should be to minimise the use of concrete and steel” says Lasse Lind

March 27, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Mass timber could become a key tool in reducing waste from the construction industry, GXN partner Lasse Lind tells Dezeen in this interview for our Timber Revolution series. GXN was founded in 2007 as the research arm of Copenhagen-based architecture studio 3XN. GXN looks at circular and low-carbon design, behavioural design – including the social

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Eight inspirational bathrooms with tranquil sunken baths

March 26, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected eight bathrooms with decorative sunken baths that create a relaxing atmosphere. Sunken baths are bathtubs that have been sunk into the bathroom floor, decks or patios. They can help to save space in the bathroom and to create a luxurious spa-like feeling. In this lookbook, we’ve gathered inspirational sunken

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Studio Giancarlo Valle transforms historic Stockholm cinema into tactile rug showroom

March 23, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design firm Studio Giancarlo Valle has turned an early 20th-century cinema in Stockholm into a showroom for rug company Nordic Knots, restoring its original stone details and adding warm wood and brushed steel. Mottled green marble covers the walls of the 150-square-metre showroom, which is located in the central Östermalm area of Stockholm. As

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Heatherwick set to turn Saudi Arabian desalination plant into museum

March 21, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s studio is designing the Jeddah Central Museum in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which will be located in a former desalination plant by the Red Sea. Part of a new waterfront district with a focus on art and craftsmanship, the Jeddah Central Museum will see Heatherwick convert the desalination plant into a souk

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Citizens Design Bureau adds “volcanic colours” to arts and circus space in former church

March 20, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

UK studio Citizens Design Bureau has given a colourful retrofit to Jacksons Lane, an arts and circus centre in an old church in London, with the aim of decluttering and simplifying its interior. The studio aimed to improve the functionality of the grade II-listed building, which used to be a church but has been a

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Glenn Howells Architects to turn Typhoo tea factory into BBC Birmingham HQ

March 17, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

British studio Glenn Howells Architects has unveiled its design for the BBC headquarters in Birmingham, which will be located in the historic Typhoo Factory in the Digbeth area. The shell of the nearly-century-old building will be retained, with Glenn Howells Architects adapting its interior to create a purpose-built workplace. The studio aims to preserve as

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Tadao Ando chosen to design MPavilion 2023 in Melbourne

March 15, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has been named as the designer of this year’s MPavilion in Melbourne, which will mark his first project in Australia. The annual architecture commission, which is chosen by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, will see Ando design a pavilion for the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne’s Southbank Arts Precinct. Japan-based

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Mjölk Architekti creates gabled wooden headquarters for Czech timber company

March 15, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Czech studio Mjölk Architekti has created a mass-timber building with a gabled solar-panelled roof for the headquarters of timber and forest management company Kloboucká lesní in the Czech Republic. With its oversized timber gable, the four-storey structure in Brumov-Bylnice nods to traditional architectural forms. But the studio also wanted to underline the possibilities of timber

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Shigeru Ban Architects creates cardboard shelters for victims of Turkey-Syria earthquake

March 13, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has provided his Paper Partition System, made from cardboard tubes and fabric, to evacuation centres housing victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake. The Paper Partition System (PPS) is constructed using cardboard tubes, which function as a structure that holds up textile partitions. Ban provided the shelters, which take three people just five

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MAD unveils design for Danshuis and images of gigantic spiral staircase in Rotterdam

March 9, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Chinese studio MAD has revealed visuals of its design for the Rotterdam Center for Dance in the Netherlands, as well as photos of the spiral staircase being constructed for its museum next door. Called Danshuis, the building will see an old riverfront warehouse named Provimi turned into a cultural destination that will hold dance studios,

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