From a Japanese book lover’s house to a brutalist holiday home in Mexico, the living rooms compiled in this lookbook feature lofty ceilings and interiors to match. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides… Read More »Seven double-height living rooms with a sense of high drama
Architecture firm X+Living has renovated a large bookstore in Tianjin, China, using layered brickwork and slatted steel to form wave-like shelves, steps and seating that flow around its central hall. The project, which is shortlisted… Read More »Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore by X+Living
Architecture studio ZGF and Whiting-Turner have renovated a training facility used by the NFL team the Baltimore Ravens, using the American football team’s moniker as a driving design concept. The 20,000-square-foot (1,869-square-metre) Under Armour Performance… Read More »ZGF and Whiting-Turner upgrade Baltimore Ravens training facility
Carlotta Di Sandro and Cecilia Marcheschi of Atelier Vago have added pops of bright blue and yellow to the Pailunga creative space in a deconsecrated chapel near Pisa, Italy. Located in the countryside surrounding the… Read More »Atelier Vago transforms Tuscan chapel into “house for art”
In our latest roundup, we look at houses where solid, windowless walls create privacy and intrigue by hiding interior spaces from the outside world. While these homes may have austere street-facing exteriors that give little away,… Read More »Eight closed-off homes concealed behind windowless facades
This week on Dezeen, we showcased supermarket chain Aldi’s Jacket Potato Jacket, a puffer jacket complete with a silver foil poncho as an ode to steaming baked potatoes. Described by Aldi as “comfort food chic”,… Read More »This week Aldi unveiled a puffer jacket that looks like a giant potato