Architecture studio Henning Larsen has won a competition to design a swimming pool to replace Gothenburg’s historic Valhallabadet with a timber-framed building that will also house other sports facilities. Henning Larsen will deliver the project… Read More »Henning Larsen designs timber Centralbadet swimming pool for Gothenburg
Plans to demolish the Museum of London and Bastion House to make way for the London Wall West scheme will be challenged at the High Court, following environmental concerns raised by campaign group Barbican Quarter… Read More »Campaign against Museum of London demolition to be heard at High Court
Environmental organisation A Plastic Planet has removed the paywall around its PlasticFree database, giving designers and brands unfettered access to its directory of expert-verified plastic substitutes. PlasticFree, which originally launched in 2023 with a subscription model,… Read More »PlasticFree makes database of hundreds of plastic alternatives “forever free to all”
Dezeen Showroom: US company MeSpace has created an office pod designed for neurodiverse individuals that gives users a high level of control over internal conditions. The MeSpace worksation is a neuroadaptive pod where the lighting… Read More »MeSpace workstation by MeSpace
There’s more to rattan than wicker. Designers are finding new ways of shaping the vine material into furniture with a lower carbon footprint than metal or plastic alternatives. Rattan is most commonly associated with wicker,… Read More »“There’s still a lot we don’t know about rattan” say designers finding new uses
The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed a redesigned logo with a bold, sans-serif font by London studio Johnson Banks as it prepares for its 200th anniversary. Set to roll out later this month, the… Read More »RIBA unveils rebrand with “bold new logotype” by Johnson Banks