Manuela Simonelli was surrounded and inspired by the creatives in her family, and even as a young girl she was already a maker. She would often recover scraps of wood from her grandfather’s carpentry shop… Read More »F5: Manuela Simonelli on Alexander McQueen, Traveling + More
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed Yama-Tani, a wooden residential building in Paris with a sculptural facade designed to “liven up the street”. Yama-Tani, which means Mountain Valley in Japanese, features pleats of… Read More »Pleated facade fronts Parisian housing by Kengo Kuma & Associates
Turkish studio KOOP Architects has revitalised the 17th-century Ottoman Seddülbahir Fortress on the Gallipoli peninsula, creating an outline in timber that suggests how its stone ruins would have previously looked. Located in the village of… Read More »Open-air museum by Koop Architects “preserves the memory” of 17th century Turkish fortress
To conclude our mid-century modern series, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about the design and architecture movement from A to Z. For the last article in our series exploring mid-century modern design… Read More »Dezeen’s guide to mid-century modern design from A to Z
Japanese product design group LIXIL has launched a fold-away bathtub at Designart Tokyo, cut from a single piece of waterproof textile that can be hung up like a hammock or stowed away “according to your… Read More »Bathtope is a foldable bathtub that mimics origami
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a house nestled into the rocky landscape of Rooi Els in South Africa by KLG Architects. Called Hytte Riverview, the compact single-storey home balances expanses of full-height… Read More »“Gorgeous and suitably brutish for the site” says commenter