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Material Cultures and Studio Gil use biomaterials for London community hub

Design studio Material Cultures and architecture practice Studio Gil have used a mix of local, bio-based and recycled materials to create a home...

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PDM designs paving stone flip flops to "surprise and delight"

Design brand PDM has created a pair of flip flops that look like the zigzag, concrete paving stones found across Thailand. Set to...

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M&line Edge vanity unit by VitrA Bathrooms

Dezeen Showroom: generous storage meets a refined aesthetic in the M-Line Edge vanity unit, created by Turkish bathroom brand VitrA. Elegantly floating off...

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Spacon brings digital behaviour into architecture in Meet Me Here exhibition

Copenhagen studio Spacon has unveiled an exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center which translates digital actions, from waving to commenting, into architectural space....

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Fōntego Architettura converts rural Florentine barn into space&efficient home

Italian studio Fōntego Architettura has converted a former barn near Florence into Fienile N, a compact house with geometric window screens and mint-green cabinets....

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"That kitchen counter and backsplash are literally bonkers" says commenter

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a 1960s bungalow in Bath by UK studio Forgeworks. Aptly named A...

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Poundbury planner Léon Krier dies aged 79

Luxembourgish architect and theorist Léon Krier, who was a key driver of New Urbanism and well-known critic of modernism, has passed away aged...

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Nine designers revisit the Renaissance with works in bronze and marble

Designers Andrés Reisinger, Helle Mardahl and Laurids Gallée are among the contributors for Project Materia, a 3 Days of Design exhibition that pays...

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Henning Larsen launches chair designed for Denmark's newest church at 3 Days of Design

Architecture studio Henning Larsen has collaborated with furniture brand Brdr Krüger to release the Ekko Chair, which was designed for the recently completed Højvangen...

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Overhanging roof shelters black&timber Senior Shelter in the Netherlands

A large gable roof with white-painted rafters sails over Senior Shelter, a house cloaked in black timber by Dutch studio i29 for an...