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“Food is one of the main drivers that is shaping the ecology of the planet,” says art duo Cooking Sections

December 6, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Cooking Sections

Turner Prize-nominated duo Cooking Sections is creating a series of architectural installations to draw attention to the impact food production and consumption has on the environment. In this interview, they explain their obsession with food. Spatial practitioners Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe – who operate under the name Cooking Sections – told Dezeen that

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Yinka Ilori unveils brightly coloured temporary skatepark in Miami Beach

December 3, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Yinka Ilori skatepark

British designer Yinka Ilori has applied his trademark colourful style to a demountable skatepark at the Faena District in Miami Beach during Miami art week. Called the Skateable Object Park, Ilori’s temporary installation features salmon-pink ramps on a bright yellow floor and was commissioned by the female-founded “nomadic boutique” Unique Design X Group. It forms

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Dezeen’s top 10 architectural photography projects of 2021

December 3, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Cell tower crosses

Next in our review of 2021 is a roundup of 10 architectural photography projects featured on Dezeen this year, from those capturing the brutalist buildings of Madrid to snaps of American cell phone towers disguised as palm trees. Castelgrande series, Switzerland, by Simone Bossi Architectural photographer Simone Bossi captured the raw forms of Castelgrande, a

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Reflections and shadows define Los Angeles Apple Store by Foster + Partners

November 25, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Apple Store The Grove

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has designed an Apple Store in Los Angeles as “a dynamic hall of illusions” amplified by a mirrored ceiling that reflects rows of indoor trees. The single-level store, which replaces an existing structure, is located at The Grove, one of the city’s prominent shopping centres adjacent to affluent neighbourhoods Beverly

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Eight creative domestic gyms and sports facilities that offer a workout without leaving home

November 14, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Garden Studio Gym by Eastwest Architecture

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected eight projects from Dezeen’s archive that feature home gyms and fitness suites, including an entrance hall that doubles as a basketball court and an exercise space in a garden cabin. Home gyms provide a space exercise without having to leave the house and can offer a convenient solution for

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Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River

November 10, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Swiss architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has released a plans for an earth- and glass-clad building overlooking the Mississippi River that will house the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. The project will see the existing art museum relocated to this new 112,000-square-foot (10,405-square-metre) building that will be located in downtown Memphis and perched on

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CetraRuddy completes art deco skyscraper topped with “sculpted crown” in New York

November 8, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio CetraRuddy has created a skyscraper in New York’s Rockefeller Center with a chevron-patterned facade that pays homage to the surrounding art deco buildings. Called Rose Hill Tower, the 45-storey residential skyscraper climbs to a height of over 600 feet (183 metres) in Manhattan’s NoMad neighbourhood. It is located in the city’s Rockefeller Center, a complex

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Ten homes where exposed brickwork creates textured interiors

November 7, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
St John Street by Emil Eve

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected 10 interior projects from Dezeen’s archive that feature exposed brickwork, from industrial-looking walls to vaulted ceilings. The exposed brickwork lends these interiors a rustic, comforting feel. Rather than covering the interior walls with paint or wallpaper, the designers have left them as they were originally constructed, giving the walls

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