Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area’s traditional wooden villas. Located in a former… Read More »AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs
Designer Harry Nuriev of Crosby Studios has transformed India Mahdavi‘s Paris gallery into a silver-coloured space where visitors can play table tennis in the lead-up to the 2024 Olympic Games. The Match Point installation is the… Read More »India Mahdavi and Crosby Studios create reflective ping pong parlour in Paris
Dezeen Showroom: Australian manufacturer Kaolin Surfaces has introduced a new Next Generation finish for its stone-look tiles, replicating the texture of veins and cracks. The Next Generation finish has a three-dimensional surface that recreates the grooves… Read More »Next Generation tile surface by Kaolin Surfaces
Women sick of feeling unsafe in their cities may need to consider disruption as a means of effecting change, writes Helen Parton. When women would rather be stuck in a forest with a bear than… Read More »“Design can do more to reduce the built environment’s capacity for enabling misogyny”
Set designers Shirin Naveed, Shankho Chaudhuri and Esha Sikander designed a mini-nightclub for this year’s Glastonbury festival that only played music from South Asian artists. Arrivals is Glastonbury‘s first dedicated South Asian stage, envisioned by… Read More »Pulp sci-fi and tropical modernism inform Glastonbury’s first dedicated South Asian stage
There is just one week left to save 20 per cent on entry fees for Dezeen Awards China 2024 in partnership with Bentley! Early entries close 16 July at 23:59 Beijing time. The entry period… Read More »One week left to save 20 per cent on your Dezeen Awards China entry