Alan Prekop Studio turns disused office into apartment for artists
Slovakian architecture firm Alan Prekop Studio turned this former office in Bratislava into a flexible apartment by adding…
Jean Nouvel arranges Fondation Cartier around five giant moving floors
French architect Jean Nouvel has overhauled a 19th-century department store alongside the Louvre in central Paris to create a…
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designs pearlescent opera house in Hanoi
Architecture studios Renzo Piano Building Workshop and PTW Architects have broken ground on the Isola Della Musica opera…
Amia chair by Miniforms among 10 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: a padded, upholstered chair that was “conceived like a sofa” is among 10 new products featured…
Specht Novak designs Austin ADU devoid of windows
Architect Scott Specht has completed an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Austin that is clad entirely in corten…
MAD unveils Breathing Cells sculpture at Seoul Biennale of Architecture
Architecture studio MAD has designed a “giant mattress” at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture that comforts people standing…
Foster + Partners tops Cambodian airport with latticed canopy
British studio Foster + Partners has completed the Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which features a curved…
Windowless facade conceals “quiet grandeur” of Woodend bungalow
Living spaces richly finished with varieties of Italian marble lie behind the opaque facade of this house in…
Roberts Gray Architects wraps SKI House with charred timber
Exposed blockwork walls are contrasted by screens of lightweight steel and blackened timber at SKI House in Wānaka,…
“Understated nostalgia” defines Montreal sandwich shop by MRDK
Bright yellow upholstery and formica pops against a 1970s colour palette inside this sandwich shop in Montreal, designed…
Symbolplus “quietly integrates” natural materials into its own office in Tokyo
Design studio Symbolplus has renovated its office in Tokyo, using earthen plaster and delicate Japanese paper to complement…
“A cathedral of wood” says commenter
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a wood-lined diabetes health centre in Copenhagen created by Danish…