Mimosa Architects shapes Czech cabin from “rock, river and fire”
Burnt wood and black metal define this rural cabin in the Czech Republic, created by local studio Mimosa…
Selldorf Architects set to add subterranean entrances to Louvre
New York studio Selldorf Architects and Paris-based Studios Architecture have won the competition to design the biggest renovation…
YNAS uses canopies to reconnect Japan home with the outdoors
Local architecture studio YNAS has renovated and extended a traditional timber home in southern Japan, opening up its…
Waugh Thistleton builds pavilion for Global Design Forum Istanbul
London studio Waugh Thistleton Architects has constructed a wooden pavilion that is cube-shaped on the outside but spherical…
Nada Debs converts abandoned mosque into Uzbek crafts centre
Lebanese designer Nada Debs has turned the former Okhun Gozar Mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, into an exhibition space where the…
Jetlag Books’ new shop nods to Soviet-style supply store in Beijing
Promotion: bookshop Jetlag Books has opened its latest store in Beijing, designed by architecture firm Studio NOR as…
Sibylla Hartel and Charlot Magayi revealed as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges
Architect Sibylla Hartel, interior designers Alexy Kos and Che Huang and designers Charlot Magayi and Todd Bracher have…
Hadid’s Nordpark stations topped with parametric “ice formations”
As part of our ongoing Parametricism series, we look at the Nordpark Railway Stations, a collection of four…
Kuma&Elsa arranges apartments around translucent “huts”
Architecture studio Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top two floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating enclosures that…
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,…
Atelier Write converts Tokyo warehouse into Unravel hair salon
Japanese studio Atelier Write has transformed a warehouse in Tokyo into a hair salon, suspending mirrors, shelves and…