Tile-clad Japanese buildings inform self-designed office in Valencia
Architect Paloma Bau and creative director Ausiàs Pérez have collaborated on designing their shared office in Valencia, Spain,…
Raúl Sánchez splashes old sailor’s home with modern details
Spanish practice Raúl Sánchez Architects has renovated a home in Mataro, Spain, which belonged to a sailor in…
DJ Louise Chen’s Paris apartment designed to feel like a boat
Architect Cyrus Ardalan felt like he was “standing at the prow of a ship” on a visit to…
Japanese and modernist design informs Studio Hagen Hall house
Studio Hagen Hall has modernised a Georgian terraced house in north London, using a pared-back material palette including…
Five carefully renovated machiya houses in Kyoto
Kyoto‘s historic townhouses, machiyas, are increasing being renovated and turned into everything from hotels to perfume stores. Here,…
Keiji Ashizawa transforms 120-year-old townhouse into rental home
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has created the Toune holiday home in a 120-year-old machiya, preserving its original…
SO-IL completes “precise, audacious” Issey Miyake store in NYC
Brooklyn architecture studio SO–IL has transformed a cavernous space inside the neo-gothic New York Life building into a…
Traditional townhouses inform interiors of Capella Kyoto hotel
The unique “rhythm and progression” of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this…
Concrete staircase anchors Purple Brand studios by Scott & Scott Architects
A staircase of raw board-formed concrete curves up the centre of this workspace for denim fashion label Purple…
Bruzkus Greenberg adds multifunctional “blue box” to apartment
Local practice Bruzkus Greenberg has redesigned a penthouse apartment in Berlin, adding a blue-stained wooden core that contains…
Thomas-McBrien Architects designs Flatiron WatchHouse
UK studio Thomas-McBrien Architects has taken cues from minimalist artist Donald Judd when designing the interiors for a…
Britt Moran and Benni Allan announced as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges
Architect Aziza Chaouni, interior designers Britt Moran and Benni Allan and designer Felicia Hung, have joined the judging…