Dutch social venture Shift has launched a €250,000 competition calling for designs for “a new wonder of the world” to promote action against climate change. Shift‘s ambition is to build a new world wonder on… Read More »Architecture competition calls for designs for “a new world wonder”
Paris-based Atelier du Pont has teamed up with Menorca-based Aru Arquitectura to convert a pair of dilapidated old farm buildings into a summer house with a surprising mix of colours and textures. Estancia San José… Read More »Menorca farmhouse converted into vacation home with acid-yellow kitchen
Dezeen Showroom: a roomy sofa with a wraparound backrest and long, lozenge-shaped seat is among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Nebulone sofa by E-ggs for Miniforms Italian brand Miniforms and design studio E-ggs have added… Read More »Nebulone sofa by Miniforms among seven new products on Dezeen Showroom
Spanish designer Isern Serra has refurbished his Barcelona studio, adding curved walls, arched openings and shelves filled with inspirational objects that give the space a homely feel. The design for the studio aims to make… Read More »Isern Serra completes “deeply human” interior for his own Barcelona studio
A historic neo-gothic rectory in New York’s Harlem has been given new life by Brooklyn-based GRT Architects, through highlighting the building’s arched windows and lining spaces with reeded oak panelling. The Rectory of St Thomas… Read More »GRT Architects converts Harlem rectory into home for an artist
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with the Anandaloy centre in Bangladesh by Studio Anna Heringer, a pioneering project for the revival of mud construction in contemporary architecture. Housing both a disabilities… Read More »Anna Heringer’s Anandaloy was the most significant building of 2020