A cluster of new and old buildings in the ancient centre of Yangzhou, China, has been stitched together into a hotel complex by local firms BLUE Architecture Studio and the Urban Architecture Lab at Southeast… Read More »BLUE Architecture Studio converts historic Yangzhou district into sprawling hotel
With a growing number of lectures, talks and interviews, David Adjaye is slowly returning to public life following sexual assault and harassment accusations two years ago. We ask how the architecture profession will react. It is… Read More »Will David Adjaye be re-accepted by the architectural establishment?
Architect David Adjaye has called the reporting on his alleged sexual misconduct “deeply unfair”, in some of his first on-the-record comments since allegations came to light. An extensive Financial Times (FT) investigation in 2023 saw… Read More »David Adjaye criticises reporting of sexual assault allegations
French flooring brand Tarkett has announced that its linoleum is now carbon-negative across all stages of its life cycle, from sourcing raw materials to end-of-life deconstruction and recycling. The brand said although the make up… Read More »Tarkett achieves “world’s first” carbon negative linoleum
Dezeen Showroom: made of ultra-thin birch plywood, designer Ilkka Kauppinen’s sculptural Adilo pendant lamp for Finnish brand Secto Design unfurls from flat. The Adilo lamp is made from ribbon-like slats of birch plywood that look… Read More »Adilo pendant lamp by Ilkka Kauppinen for Secto Design
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc “deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship” to transform a historic machiya residence into a short-stay hotel in Kyoto. Named Nazuna Kyoto Higashihonganji, the 600-square metre property is located in front… Read More »Studio Aluc turns 100-year old Kyoto townhouse into hotel