South Korean studio Niceworkshop has designed a pared-back interior for a cafe in Seoul, where concrete walls and stainless-steel furnishings are finished to mimic wood. Set in the city’s multicultural Itaewon district, HaHouse Cafe operates… Read More »Niceworkshop applies artificial wood grain texture to Seoul cafe interior
Architecture studio Akb Architects has created a cluster of silvered cedar buildings on a remote archipelago in Ontario, Canada, as a summer home for a kite surfer. The freshwater landscape of Pointe Au Baril, three… Read More »Whistling Wind Island by Akb Architects is “surrounded by open waters and expansive sky”
Dezeen School Shows: a project exploring the possibilities of urbanism in deserts is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at the University of Southern California. Also included is a shared living complex with… Read More »Ten architecture projects by students at University of Southern California
Bangkok studio Touch Architect has created French Kitsch III, a patisserie in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with a design that references French cathedrals and pastries. The 360-square-metre board-marked concrete building was informed by an idea of… Read More »Touch Architect shapes French patisserie like “the curve of a croissant”
From simple spherical hanging lights to lighting sculptures by designers Isamu Noguchi and Ingo Maurer, this lookbook rounds up living rooms enhanced by the organic texture and warm glow of paper lamps. The versatile appearance… Read More »Eight cosy living rooms illuminated by paper lamps
July’s Dezeen In Depth newsletter explores concerns that rammed earth’s carbon impact is misunderstood and features an interview with an architect involved in the Paris Olympics as part of our new Olympic Impact series. “People are using rammed… Read More »Dezeen In Depth scrutinises rammed earth’s carbon impact