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Johnston Marklee positions New York Vipp guesthouse as "portal into nature" thumbnail
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Johnston Marklee positions New York Vipp guesthouse as "portal into nature"

Architecture studio Johnston Marklee has included skylights in Vipp Pavilion in Upstate New York, the first ground-up structure for Danish furniture brand Vipp...

OMA unveils "incubator of both food and community" in Casa Wabi Mushroom Pavilion thumbnail
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OMA unveils "incubator of both food and community" in Casa Wabi Mushroom Pavilion

The New York office of OMA has created an incubator for mushroom production on the campus of arts organisation Fundación Casa Wabi in...

Perforated floors cast dappled light through London extension by ConForm Architects thumbnail
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Perforated floors cast dappled light through London extension by ConForm Architects

Perforated metal floorplates allow sunlight to filter deep into the interiors of Komorebi, a terraced home in London renovated by local architecture studio...

Exhibition of Maggie's Centres at V&A Dundee shows "how buildings can care" thumbnail
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Exhibition of Maggie's Centres at V&A Dundee shows "how buildings can care"

An exhibition of the 30-year history of charity Maggie’s and its cancer care centres has opened at the V&A Dundee, displaying original models...

Honor's Robot Phone is a smartphone with an articulating arm thumbnail
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Honor's Robot Phone is a smartphone with an articulating arm

Chinese electronics company Honor has previewed a smartphone with an articulating robot arm at this week’s Mobile World Congress. Described by Honor as “a...

Formafantasma creates "intentionally banal" set for Marni's Milan Fashion Week show thumbnail
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Formafantasma creates "intentionally banal" set for Marni's Milan Fashion Week show

An office chair, a lighter and a close-up of a PDF on a laptop are among the everyday scenes hand-painted on canvases by...

Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead thumbnail
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Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead

British architecture studios Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio plan to renew the Barbican Centre have received planning approval from the City...

AB+AC Architects uses natural materials and sculptural furniture for House of Green Patios thumbnail
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AB+AC Architects uses natural materials and sculptural furniture for House of Green Patios

Lebanese-Italian studio AB+AC Architects has created an “urban retreat” with terracotta floors in Lisbon, Portugal, for clients who wanted to feel like they...

Madras Spaces creates rural Indian home using "only what was necessary" thumbnail
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Madras Spaces creates rural Indian home using "only what was necessary"

Indian studio Madras Spaces has completed The Threshold House, a farmhouse in Tamil Nadu built using a locally sourced palette of repurposed brick,...

Charlap Hyman & Herrero converts factory into cavernous Pocketbook Hudson hotel thumbnail
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Charlap Hyman & Herrero converts factory into cavernous Pocketbook Hudson hotel

US studio Charlap Hyman & Herrero has transformed a former pocketbook factory in Hudson, New York, into a hotel that riffs on the...