Israel has used controlled explosions and bulldozers to demolish thousands of civilian buildings across Gaza in recent weeks, a BBC investigation has found. The broadcaster’s open-source intelligence team, BBC Verify, analysed satellite imagery and video… Read More »Israel using planned demolitions to flatten “large swathes” of buildings in Gaza
Dezeen’s latest series investigates one of the world’s oldest building materials – cob. Building with Cob will explore how this ancient, earth-based material is being reinvented for the modern age. First, we hear you ask,… Read More »Are we on the verge of a cob comeback?
Japanese studio SANAA has released photos of its Taichung Green Museumbrary cultural complex under construction in Taiwan, as it prepares to open to the public in December. Once complete, the “museumbrary” will be SANAA‘s largest cultural… Read More »Images reveal SANAA’s largest cultural project taking shape in Taiwan
Mushrooms feature on and off the menu at this restaurant near Bukovel, Ukraine, in which design studio YOD Group has installed a series of mycelium curtains. Grybova Hata‘s name translates to “home of mushrooms”, as… Read More »Mycelium curtains divide tables in Ukrainian restaurant Grybova Hata
Interior design studio Gisbert Pöppler has renovated a 1920s villa in Germany‘s Ruhr region, introducing a bold colour scheme and artisanal details that reflect its association with the Deutscher Werkbund movement. Pöppler‘s Berlin-based studio was… Read More »Gisbert Pöppler completes colourful transformation of historic German home
Fashion brand Telfar has opened its first brick-and-mortar store, located in Lower Manhattan and featuring a public-access television studio. The brand founded by American-Liberian designer Telfar Clemens chose the busy corner of Canal Street and… Read More »Telfar “conceptual yet egalitarian” New York flagship includes a TV studio