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Architectural Wise

MAD installs draping Chinese Paper Umbrella at Venice Architecture Biennale

Architecture studio MAD has created a canopy that reinterprets traditional Chinese oil-paper umbrellas at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Appropriately named Chinese Paper...

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Ennead Architects creates US consulate with "monumental diplomatic presence"

Architecture studio Ennead Architects has completed a US consulate at the Arizona–Mexico border that features metal roofs informed by traditional southwestern structures. Located...

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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....

Jurumirim House by Nitsche Arquitetos features wall of perforated green blocks thumbnail
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Jurumirim House by Nitsche Arquitetos features wall of perforated green blocks

A corridor of decorative ceramic blocks connects the rooms of Jurumirim House, a vacation home designed by Nitsche Arquitetos on the edge of...

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Interior Digest

Connection&making app among projects from Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dezeen School Shows: a redesign of the Bumble dating app, which prioritises friendships, is among the projects from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Also...

Smoking Diaries exhibition reimagines the ashtray 17 different ways thumbnail
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Smoking Diaries exhibition reimagines the ashtray 17 different ways

A group of emerging designers created their own iterations of the humble ashtray for a one-day exhibition as part of 3 Days of...

Material Cultures and Studio Gil use biomaterials for London community hub thumbnail
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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....