Your brain isn’t glitching and you’re not in the middle of a game of Minecraft, we promise. We’re just introducing you to the Zero-Thickness Chair, designed by two Tbilisi-based design studios, XYZ Integrated Architecture, founded… Read More »The Zero-Thickness Chair Is Stronger Than You Might Think
Hotel AKA Alexandria is a minimalist boutique hotel located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, designed by Piero Lissoni. The property, just a 20-minute drive from Washington, D.C. and 10 minutes from Ronald Reagan Washington National… Read More »Hotel AKA Alexandria Fuses Modern Minimalism + Mid-Century Aesthetics
Chinese studio Vector Architects has completed a monolithic, concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao. Located centrally within the town’s public square, the three-pronged concrete structure was designed as an intimate… Read More »Vector Architects designs concave Chapel of Music for Chinese seaside resort
Following last week’s opening of the world’s longest cantilever at One Za’abeel in Dubai, we’ve rounded up nine skyscrapers that are enlivened by dramatically suspended platforms, bridges and blocks. Cantilevers are structural elements that typically… Read More »Nine skyscrapers that have precariously perched cantilevers
A chunky rough-hewn coffee table made from discarded quarry sandstone is among a selection of furniture pieces by designer Carsten in der Elst, currently on display at Stockholm Design Week. Called Greywacke Offcut Collection, the… Read More »Carsten in der Elst creates furniture by using industrial by-products “a bit like Lego”
This Dezeen video takes viewers on a tour of One Za’abeel, a mixed-use development by Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei in Dubai that incorporates the world’s largest cantilever. One Za’abeel opened in Dubai last week, with… Read More »Dezeen video shows unseen footage of world’s longest cantilever