Arched openings frame walkways, cloisters and niches for birds at Forest of Peace, an ashram in Nardipur, India designed by local architecture studio Raasa. The 16,000-square-metre ashram was designed by Admedabad-based Raasa to formalise a… Read More »Arched openings create “symbolic thresholds” for ashram in India
From an open house on a corner plot in Tokyo to an otherworldly office building in Bologna, here is an eclectic mix of projects to illustrate the versatility of hazy metal mesh as a contemporary… Read More »Ten ethereal buildings screened by ghostly metal mesh
London’s Design Museum has named designer Lulu Harrison the winner of the fourth annual Ralph Saltzman Prize for her “glass artefact” project made from waste shells, wood and bracken from the River Thames. Harrison was… Read More »Lulu Harrison wins Ralph Saltzman Prize for Thames Glass made from river waste
Dezeen School Shows: a dress made from algae and wool that can be reheated and reshaped into another garment is among the projects featured by New Designers. Also featured are ceramics informed by Sunderland ware… Read More »Shape-changing dress knitted from algae and wool among projects from New Designers
Mexican creative studio Mestiz has created a suite for guests to stay in and experience the brand’s colourful world in the heart of San Miguel de Allende. Mestiz founder Daniel Valero devised the Mesonia one-bedroom… Read More »Mestiz fills San Miguel de Allende suite with colourful handcrafted designs
More than 100 speakers can be suspended from this timber-framed canopy and sound installation, designed by Swiss studio Leopold Banchini Architects with architect Giona Bierens de Haan and DJ DVS1. Named Dark Skies, the reusable… Read More »Dark Skies festival installation “treats sound as a primary building material”