Sweeping concrete and brick walls wrap a circular, water-filled courtyard at the heart of The Sanctum, a low-slung home in Punjab, India, designed by local architecture studio Renesa. Spread across a three-acre site in Amritsar,… Read More »Courtyard acts as “spatial and emotional nucleus” of Indian house by Renesa
Plans for a 400-metre-long glass building in Hong Kong‘s Central district have been unveiled by a consortium of architecture practices, including Amanda Levete’s firm AL_A and UNStudio. Set to overlook Victoria Harbour, the mixed-use Central… Read More »AL_A and UNStudio design “iconic groundscraper” for Hong Kong
Next our Performance Review series turns the spotlight on design. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser sets out 10 ways that the industry is dysfunctional. Excessive resource consumption There is a solid understanding that maintaining the… Read More »Everything that’s going wrong with design
A rich history of storytelling and self-sufficient island living have fostered an exciting contemporary design scene in Ireland, Irish Design Week head Tom Watts tells Dezeen in this interview. Launched in 2022 and taking place… Read More »“Ireland is absolutely having a moment” says head of Irish Design Week
The Design Museum in London has unveiled costumes, props, and other ephemera from Wes Anderson’s personal archives as part of an exhibition showcasing the design behind each of his films. Wes Anderson: The Archives is… Read More »Design Museum displays never-before seen Wes Anderson film props
Architecture studios Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners and De Zwarte Hond have arranged the Rijnvliet housing development in Utrecht, the Netherlands, around 1,000 fruit trees and 220 species of edible flora. Described by the studios… Read More »“Edible neighbourhood” surrounded by fruit trees in the Netherlands