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Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns thumbnail
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Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns

Local practice Studio Font has completed Casa Diez Pies, a home in Mexico that steps down a lush coastal cliff supported in 10...

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Toad Bakery designed to "avoid the bottleneck of choice paralysis" between pastries

Carpenter Nick Tudor has crafted an elongated, curved counter for the second branch of the popular Toad Bakery in southeast London, in response...

Planned demolition of Tbilisi concert hall "a significant cultural setback" says Studio Fuksas thumbnail
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Planned demolition of Tbilisi concert hall "a significant cultural setback" says Studio Fuksas

Italian architecture practice Studio Fuksas has called for the ordered demolition of its Rike Concert Hall to be halted and an alternative use...

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US approves deployment of giant space mirror to illuminate Earth after dark

California startup Reflect Orbital has received permission from the US federal government to test a controversial satellite bearing a 18-metre-wide mirror, which the...

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RIBA unveils Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist

The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced the six-strong shortlist for this year’s Stirling Prize, which includes Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s cube-shaped...

Essence Cannetté tiles by Casalgrande Padana thumbnail
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Essence Cannetté tiles by Casalgrande Padana

Dezeen Showroom: completing Italian tile manufacturer Casalgrande Padana‘s Essence line of wood-inspired tiles, Essence CannettĂ© has a slatted, dimensional surface to bring texture...

Roberts Gray Architects tops New Zealand sand dune with rammed-earth home thumbnail
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Roberts Gray Architects tops New Zealand sand dune with rammed-earth home

New Zealand studio Roberts Gray Architects has completed a coastal home near Aukland, wrapping two contrasting courtyards with low-slung volumes of rammed earth....

Studio Fuksas-designed Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi set to be demolished thumbnail
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Studio Fuksas-designed Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi set to be demolished

The unopened Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, designed by Italian practice Studio Fuksas, is set to be demolished less than 15 years after...

Studio Libeskind designs cluster of Seoul skyscrapers as "a living work of art" thumbnail
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Studio Libeskind designs cluster of Seoul skyscrapers as "a living work of art"

Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has unveiled designs for six skyscrapers set to form a residential complex in Seoul‘s Gangnam district. Studio Libeskind collaborated with...

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IKEA releases portable furniture designed to be moved without a car

Swedish brand IKEA has unveiled its Kompishäng collection for short-term renters, featuring a £7 wardrobe organiser that doubles as a backpack and a...