A stepped six-tiered pyramid dominated the main Ketelhuisplein square at Dutch Design Week this year, wrapped in colourful flags offering 80 different symbols for peace. Each flag for the Temple of Peace was created by… Read More »Refugees and design graduate unite to make towering Temple of Peace
Promotion: American designer Barbara Barry is marking 30 years of collaboration with furniture brand HBF by celebrating eight of her most iconic products. Barry began working with HBF in 1994 with launches including the 1930s-informed Brentwood… Read More »Barbara Barry and HBF celebrate eight iconic designs to mark three decades of collaboration
Researcher Tavs Jorgensen has created a method of extruding cob into brick shapes, in an effort to make the low-carbon biomaterial more accessible. Used to create bricks that can be stacked in interlocking patterns, the… Read More »Tavs Jorgensen develops cob bricks for low-carbon construction
California architecture studio Electric Bowery and graphic design firm Land have completed the renovation of a 1980s hotel in Laguna Beach informed by European seaside inns. Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, Casa Loma… Read More »Electric Bowery and Land infuse Laguna Beach hotel with “Mallorcan vibes”
Mexican studio Elías Rizo Arquitectos has balanced a concrete house with a steep gabled roof on a hillside in Tapalpa, Mexico near Guadalajara. Known as El Mirador, the 2023 house measures 230 square metres (2475… Read More »Elías Rizo reinterprets vernacular Mexican cabin in concrete
Dezeen School Shows: a project exploring solutions to earthquakes in Turkey through urban design is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at University of Toronto. Also included is an installation which includes the… Read More »Fifteen architecture and design projects from students at the University of Toronto