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Remembering the architects and designers we lost in 2023

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Our review of 2023 pays tribute to the architects, designers and innovators who died in this year, including Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Viñoly and fashion pioneer Mary Quant. Balkrishna Doshi Indian architect and educator Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi passed away on 24 January aged 95. Described by Architectural Digest India

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Frankey installs “world’s tallest canal bridge” between two Amsterdam buildings

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Dutch street artist Frankey has linked the upper floors of two Amsterdam buildings with a structure designed to look like one of the city’s historic canal bridges. Frankey, whose real name is Frank de Ruwe, installed his cartoonish Canal Skybridge between a pair of buildings on Rokin, a major street in central Amsterdam. Located 10

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Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with “illusionary infill facade”

December 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. Robocoop designed a facade of arches, columns and sculpture and printed it onto a PVC plastic banner, stretching it across scaffolding measuring ten metres tall and 11 metres wide. It was

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Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with “illusionary infill facade”

December 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. Robocoop designed a facade of arches, columns and sculpture and printed it onto a PVC plastic banner, stretching it across scaffolding measuring ten metres tall and 11 metres wide. It was

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Eric Owen Moss describes design approach to (W)rapper high-rise in exclusive film

December 18, 2023 Sonia Singh 0

Architect Eric Owen Moss describes the design and engineering approach to constructing the (W)rapper office building in Los Angeles in this exclusive film produced by Dezeen in collaboration with MATT Construction. Named for the structural support system that covers its facade, the 235-foot office tower sits along the Pacific Electric light rail line, which connects

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This week we revealed the Dezeen Awards China 2023 winners

December 16, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we revealed the winners of the inaugural Dezeen Awards China in the architecture, interiors, design and Designers of the Year categories. The winners were crowned at an awards ceremony at The Sukhothai hotel in Shanghai. The Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School was named the Dezeen Awards China 2023 architecture project of the year, while

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Get listed in Dezeen’s digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2024

December 14, 2023 Sophie Chapman 0

If you’re hosting an event during Stockholm Design Week, you can get listed in Dezeen Events Guide’s digital guide, which highlights the key events taking place during the week. Stockholm Design Week runs from 5 to 11 February 2024 and includes exhibitions, installations, talks, fairs and open showrooms. One of the largest events taking place

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Australia bans engineered stone due to silicosis risk

December 14, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following rising cases of silicosis among workers who handle the material. The ban was agreed at a meeting of Australian federal and state workplace ministers on Wednesday, and will come into place across the country from 1 July 2024. The ban targets

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JEB acoustic partitions and furniture create modern campus for UOW College Hong Kong

December 14, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: acoustic partitions and furniture brand JEB have provided interior solutions for the University of Wollongong’s new Tai Wai campus in Hong Kong, which aims to create an adaptable learning environment. The University of Wollongong (UOW) College Hong Kong campus in Tai Wai covers 15,000 square metres and supports 3,300 students with modern facilities including

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The top 10 architecture and design controversies of 2023

December 13, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Continuing our review of the year, Dezeen looks back at the most controversial stories to hit the world of architecture and design in 2023. The Sphere planning battle This year saw the world’s largest spherical building open in Las Vegas – the MSG Sphere, a concert venue designed by Populous and covered in a gigantic

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