Photographer Paul Tulett has toured Japan to publish a book documenting the country’s vast collection of concrete edifices. Here, he spotlights nine unusual examples featured in it. The book, fully titled Brutalist Japan: A Photographic… Read More »Nine examples of “misunderstood architecture” featured in Brutalist Japan
Traditional and contemporary South Korean crafts are experiencing growth, according to a panel of experts at a filmed talk hosted by Dezeen and Bentley in Seoul. The talk brought together a panel of designers and… Read More »South Korean craft is making a resurgence say panellists at Dezeen x Bentley Lighthouse talk
Eindhoven studio Dutch Invertuals challenged 14 designers to rework one of its chairs for its Specimen exhibition, with the results including tree branches, copper fossils and LCD-style graphics. Kiki van Eijk, Joost van Bleiswijk, Daphna… Read More »Dutch Invertuals chair remixed by Kiki van Eijk, Daphna Laurens and more
Arizona architecture studio I/Thee has created a public installation in an Iowa park composed of furniture affixed into two rammed earth walls that were made to look eroded by applying water pressure. The Dining Room… Read More »I/Thee places seating within “intentionally eroded” earthen walls for Iowa park
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Dubai Walk master plan. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has announced the Dubai Walk masterplan, which aims… Read More »Dezeen Agenda features plans for two-kilometre-long elevated walkway in Dubai
Australian architecture studio Bates Smart has referenced Australia’s emerging architectural culture and the “monolithic forms” of its landscape for the design of an embassy in Washington DC, cladding it with glass and copper. The building replaces… Read More »Bates Smart creates “uniquely Australian” monolithic embassy in Washington DC