Crowd cheers as white smoke announces new pope at Vatican
White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signalling the election of the 267th pope. Crowds in St Peter’s Square cheered, as they awaited...
Phantom Hands reissues Geoffrey Bawa's tropical modernist furniture
Indian furniture brand Phantom Hands has launched a collection of furniture designed by the late Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, including a sofa...
141 lighting series by Bocci
Dezeen Showroom: clusters of puddle-like glass pieces illuminated by thin LED elements define the 141 lighting series by Canadian brand Bocci. Formed from...
Note Design Studio completes timber home to "withstand time" in Swedish mountains
Swedish firm Note Design Studio used a pared-back palette of local materials to create a house in the mountainous village of Ottsjö, Sweden....
NEXT Architects creates bat-friendly watchtower overlooking Dutch forest
Dutch studio NEXT Architects has completed Watchtower Einderheide, a bat-friendly wooden lookout in the Netherlands with a curved cut-out that reveals a spiral...
Fifteen designer bathrooms with freestanding baths
In this lookbook, we round up 15 dream bathrooms with statement freestanding baths ideal for luxurious bathing, including tubs made from teak, clay,...
Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection references ancient Egyptian gods
A chair shaped like a hooded cobra and a table that evokes a scarab beetle feature in designer Omar Chakil’s Transcendence series. Chakil‘s...
BHDM reinvigorates vintage California hotel with bold colours
New York design studio BHDM has renovated a hotel in Sunnyvale, California, leaning into the retro vibe of the 1960s property and introducing...
Seven unfitted kitchens where freestanding units add character
Our latest lookbook features seven examples of unfitted kitchens with mix-and-match furnishings that ditch a conventional copy-paste style in favour of flexibility and...
Tuckey Design Studio uses concrete ruin as "blank canvas" for Lake Como Villa
The weather-beaten concrete shell of an old villa overlooking Lake Como in northern Italy has been transformed into a modern home by British...