Fluid shapes and ribbon-like bridges animate the Capital International Exhibition and Convention Centre, designed by UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects as “Beijing’s largest” convention centre. Designed to facilitate the growing number of international conferences in the… Read More »Copper-coloured curves define Beijing convention centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Local studio Dominic McKenzie Architects has extended a Victorian home in south London, uniting old and new with arched motifs that appear as decorative brickwork, openings and even a small cat door. Named Segmental House,… Read More »Dominic McKenzie Architects enlivens Segmental House with arched details
Dezeen has launched Dezeen Competitions, a dedicated platform for discovering and participating in top architecture and design competitions worldwide. This new service at www.dezeen.com/competitions presents the most prominent design contests across architecture, interiors and design.… Read More »Dezeen Competitions launches to provide a platform for architecture and design contests
Norwegian robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to “complement living spaces rather than disrupt them”. An evolution of 1X’s Neo Beta, Neo Gamma was… Read More »Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear
Architect duo Mathias Mentze and Alexander Ottenstein have swapped minimalist white for a range of soft colours in their overhaul of a thatched 19th-century country house in Jels, Denmark. The pair, who are founders of… Read More »Mentze Ottenstein is clever with colour in revamp of Dinesen Country Home
Designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello embraced the difficulties of working with copper in Nigeria, where the material is mined but rarely sold, to make his latest metal furniture collection for Los Angeles gallery Marta. Titled Whispers of… Read More »Nifemi Marcus-Bello explores exploitation of Africa’s natural resources with copper furniture