Architecture studio Reed Watts is set to create the Museum of Brutalist Architecture as part of a wider renovation of the Grade II-listed Acland Burghley School in north London. The Museum of Brutalist Architecture, which… Read More »Brutalist London school to host UK’s first brutalist architecture museum
Architecture institutions must respond with action following the UK‘s Supreme Court gender ruling, Lenny Rajmont, founder of LGBTQ+ architecture group Queerscapes, argues in this interview. More than 100,000 people took to the streets last Saturday… Read More »Architecture profession “must engage” in ensuring safety for trans people says Queerscapes founder
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the conversion of a Florentine barn into a compact home by Italian studio Fōntego Architettura. Called Fienile N, the two-storey, 80-square-metre home was finished with decorative geometric… Read More »“Green is such a relief in a world of beige!” says commenter
American start-up InventWood claims to have “reinvented wood from the inside out” with a patented process that restructures the material’s molecules to make it ten times stronger than regular wood. InventWood developed Superwood as a… Read More »Superwood is a chemically modified wood that is stronger than steel
London-based exhibitions Feel the Sound, Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style and Flowers – Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August.… Read More »Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide
Stained glass windows and custom wooden shutters filter light inside Six Coffee Wine, a cafe and wine bar recently completed by local practice NAAW Studio in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Located in the historic centre of Almaty,… Read More »Kazakhstan cafe plays with shifting light from morning to night