Five interconnected, angular volumes form this library and tea-tasting room designed by Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi on an ice-chrysanthemum plantation in Xiuwu, China. Designed to resemble a “miniature village”, the library by Atelier Xi… Read More »Atelier Xi creates angular library within Chinese tea plantation
The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. “I… Read More »“I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material” says Natalia Petkova
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has released two images from a series of photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz, its first-ever artist-in-residence, showing people in their homes across the world. The American photographer, who is best known… Read More »IKEA unveils “powerful” first photos by artist-in-residence Annie Leibovitz
Architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a terminal at Zayed International Airport in the UAE with an undulating roof informed by sand dunes and geometric patterns. Formerly known as Abu Dhabi International, the airport‘s new… Read More »KPF tops Abu Dhabi airport with undulating roof informed by sand dunes
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a monolithic concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao, completed by Chinese studio Vector Architects. Called the Chapel of Music, the three-pronged concrete… Read More »“Some of the most interesting work published these days” says commenter
The Oscar-nominated set design for Poor Things aimed to create a “1930s studio movie with today’s technology”, the film‘s production designers have told Dezeen. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things tells the story of Bella,… Read More »Shona Heath and James Price “spliced up” architecture for Poor Things sets