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Dezeen's A to Z of art deco thumbnail
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Dezeen's A to Z of art deco

Today marks 100 years since the opening of the Paris exposition that introduced art deco to the world. Drawing on our recent Art...

"Sculptural and brutalist" exterior wraps South Yarra House by Pandolfini Architects thumbnail
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"Sculptural and brutalist" exterior wraps South Yarra House by Pandolfini Architects

A windowless concrete facade overhangs a glazed entrance foyer at this house in Melbourne, designed by Australian studio Pandolfini Architects. Named South Yarra...

Erosion tiles by Apavisa thumbnail
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Erosion tiles by Apavisa

Dezeen Showroom: designed by Spanish brand Apavisa, these tiles are decorated by metallic gold accents that simulate the natural patina created by oxidisation on...

DWR and Paul Smith outfit historic Wave House with striped and plaid furniture thumbnail
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DWR and Paul Smith outfit historic Wave House with striped and plaid furniture

US brand Design Within Reach has enlisted British fashion designer Paul Smith to furnish an iconic mid-century home in Palm Desert that can...

Embroidered wooden furniture decorates Nullus Locus installation thumbnail
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Embroidered wooden furniture decorates Nullus Locus installation

Architect Massimiliano Locatelli and former Prada design director Fabio Zambernardi have developed a method for “embroidering the impossible” – using hacked sewing machines...

ROAR Architects and Nina+Co swaddle London house with cork cladding thumbnail
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ROAR Architects and Nina+Co swaddle London house with cork cladding

London practice ROAR Architects and design studio Nina+Co have wrapped a 1970s house in Tottenham in cork, turning a “passive facade into a community...

US embassy in Tokyo among architectural proposals by students at the University of Kansas thumbnail
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US embassy in Tokyo among architectural proposals by students at the University of Kansas

Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a US embassy in Tokyo, Japan, which addresses the city’s natural hazards, is among the projects by...

Odami reinvents the "old&world apothecary" at Toronto's Living Beauty thumbnail
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Odami reinvents the "old&world apothecary" at Toronto's Living Beauty

Terracotta-toned tiles fan out across the floor of this spa and retail space, which Canadian studio Odami has completed in a former industrial...

Interior of FUBA bakery in Madrid explores "dialogue between the ancestral and futuristic" thumbnail
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Interior of FUBA bakery in Madrid explores "dialogue between the ancestral and futuristic"

Stainless steel furnishings sit against cave-like walls in this health-conscious bakery in Madrid designed by Spanish studio Isern Serra. FUBA – an abbreviation...

Hé replaces traditional roof of Flemish home with glazed winter garden in Belgium thumbnail
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Hé replaces traditional roof of Flemish home with glazed winter garden in Belgium

Brussels-based architecture studio Hé! has updated a traditional Flemish home in Belgium, inserting a glazed timber and metal volume to form a “new...