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Scalloped facade ensures "strong civic presence" for London housing block thumbnail
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Scalloped facade ensures "strong civic presence" for London housing block

A scalloped facade of white brickwork overlooks a public square at Albion Street, a housing block in east London by local architecture studio...

"In the rush to draw a line under the age of the starchitect, we're at risk of losing more than we think" thumbnail
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"In the rush to draw a line under the age of the starchitect, we're at risk of losing more than we think"

The starchitect era is coming to an end but, like it or not, architecture still needs powerful individuals, writes Owen Hopkins. The age...

Quake Brutalist Jam lets gamers design their own playable concrete worlds thumbnail
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Quake Brutalist Jam lets gamers design their own playable concrete worlds

Cathedral-like concrete halls, menacing bunkers and monumental sculptural buildings were among the settings designed by Quake players for a brutalist-informed collective gaming event....

Jihyun Kim uses gloop glaze to create "gravity-defying" Salty Fairy Ring ceramics thumbnail
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Jihyun Kim uses gloop glaze to create "gravity-defying" Salty Fairy Ring ceramics

South Korean ceramic designer Jihyun Kim combines elements of myth and magic in her multi-coloured vessels, which she is showing at the Collect...

Eight interiors where translucent shoji screens let the light in thumbnail
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Eight interiors where translucent shoji screens let the light in

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected homes, offices and shops where Japanese shoji screens were used to create practical and beautiful sliding doors...

Australian sheds inform compact mobile cabin by Hayley Pryor thumbnail
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Australian sheds inform compact mobile cabin by Hayley Pryor

Architect Hayley Pryor has created The Oculus, a tiny moveable cabin in Byron Bay that was designed to resemble a typical Australian shed....

Harry Nuriev presents Designer of the Year installation at Maison&Object thumbnail
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Harry Nuriev presents Designer of the Year installation at Maison&Object

Maison&Objet‘s Designer of the Year Harry Nuriev applied his signature silvering effect to antique furniture presented as part of a futuristic installation at...

Studio Valle de Valle contrasts zinc and cedar at Stars wine bar in New York thumbnail
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Studio Valle de Valle contrasts zinc and cedar at Stars wine bar in New York

Local outfit Studio Valle de Valle has worked with seasoned New York restaurateurs to create a wine bar in a single room with...

Space&Matter nestles timber housing blocks into a Dutch woodland thumbnail
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Space&Matter nestles timber housing blocks into a Dutch woodland

A series of “forest rooms” draws pockets of the surrounding woodland into Common Woods, a housing development in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, by Dutch...

Templeton Ford builds multigenerational home that reinterprets archetypal Sussex houses thumbnail
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Templeton Ford builds multigenerational home that reinterprets archetypal Sussex houses

A curvy three-tiered roof tops the red brick and tile walls of Clay Rise, a house designed and built by the founders of...