Dezeen Showroom: the English Chesterfield is given a modern update in the Kashima sofa, a classic designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset. Originally created in 1976 and reissued with technical enhancements in 2023, the Kashima… Read More »Kashima sofa by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset
Hanju Seo has won Dezeen and Bentley‘s Start Something Powerful Competition with a concept that helps identify individual trees by their bark, enabling small forest owners to participate more effectively in carbon offset programmes. The… Read More »Hanju Seo wins Start Something Powerful Competition with tree identification system
A 19th-century dairy farm ruin converted into holiday accommodation by London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has been awarded this year’s RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. Located in Dorset, the Wraxall Yard complex contains “highly accessible” holiday… Read More »Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2024
Promotion: bathroom manufacturer Kaldewei has teamed up with industrial designer Stefan Diez for e15 to create a range of minimalist furniture and accessories described as “practical and clever”. Meant to complement Kaldewei‘s line of glazed-titanium… Read More »Kaldewei collaborates with e15 and Stefan Diez for oak bathroom furniture
British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has won this year’s Neave Brown Award for Housing for Chowdury Walk, a council housing development in Hackney, London. Comprised of 11 terraced houses, seven of which are available for… Read More »“Modest and pioneering” Hackney council housing wins 2024 Neave Brown Award
The Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Described as “a flawless, efficient, beautifully choreographed solution”,… Read More »London’s Elizabeth Line wins 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize