An exposed concrete frame, red brickwork and a large silver curtain define House K in Thailand, which has been designed by local studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture. Designed for a mother and her son who wanted to… Read More »Bangkok Tokyo Architecture creates concrete house with giant silver curtain
Architect Tariq Khayyat has designed The Fold, a sculptural housing development in Dubai that features curved facades and aims to create a “communal oasis” behind a main road. The Fold, which comprises 28 terraced townhouses,… Read More »Tariq Khayyat Design Partners creates “tulip field” of townhouses in Dubai
The Twentieth Century Society’s latest book, 100 20th-Century Shops, is a showcase of architecturally significant stores from across the UK. Here, the charity’s director Catherine Croft selects 10 of the most interesting. Described by Croft… Read More »Ten shops that showcase the “stylistic diversity” of British retail architecture
Australian architect Nic Brunsdon has created a giant sphere that inflates and deflates throughout the day for this year’s National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission in Melbourne. Called (This is) Air, the project is designed… Read More »Nic Brunsdon creates inflatable sphere for National Gallery of Victoria
Dezeen Showroom: design brand Egloo has created a chimney-like freestanding heater made from terracotta that features a spinning flame powered by bioethanol. Egloo‘s Tornado heater is named after the flame that is visible through an… Read More »Tornado heater by Egloo
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Created as the Japanese architect’s first-ever project in Australia, the concrete structure is the… Read More »“If you know anything about concrete, you know this is extraordinary” says commenter