Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan, to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can “feel the passage of time”. The home’s Tokyo-based owner tasked the studio… Read More »NYAWA updates traditional Japanese home to celebrate the “passage of time”
Dezeen Showroom: designer Travis Clifton drew on the shape of retro 1960s tables in her collection of multifunctional tables for furniture brand HBF. The Firma Collection includes seven tables at a selection of scales suitable… Read More »Firma Collection tables by HBF
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that the world’s largest cruise ship has set off on its maiden voyage amid controversy over the environmental impact of its new fuel. The 20-deck-high Icon… Read More »“The buffet must be epic” says commenter
Developer Omniyat has revealed plans for the Vela and Vela Viento residential skyscrapers in Dubai, which will be designed by British studio Foster + Partners and feature apartments with skybridge dining rooms. Located in the Marasi… Read More »Foster + Partners designs pair of residential skyscrapers overlooking Dubai bay
Chinese studio DUO has completed Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre, a series of exhibition spaces housed in stepped concrete forms with accessible green roofs. Overlooking a wetland park and the nearby Gan River in Nanchang,… Read More »Hill-like concrete forms shape arts centre in China by DUO
Plastic-free, fake fur made from nettle, hemp and flax fibres envelops these special edition bags that Danish fashion brand Ganni has unveiled at Copenhagen Fashion Week. The one offs are a riff on Ganni‘s classic… Read More »Ganni makes BioFluff bags from “world’s first plant-based fur”