In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Philippe Starck’s surreal nine-storey Maison Heler hotel in Metz, France, topped with what appears to be a 19th-century mansion. The mansion, which is entirely clad in metal,… Read More »“We all need a bit of silliness” says commenter
Local studio In Praise of Shadows has added a curved wooden salon bar to the BioRio cinema in Hornstull, Stockholm, which it refurbished to create a “warm and inviting atmosphere”. The studio was tasked with… Read More »In Praise of Shadows gives historic Stockholm cinema a tactile makeover
Artists Tika Shelia and Ano Jishkariani have furnished an apartment with design objects based on recent political demonstrations that took place in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Conspiracy Bar exhibition, which was supported by Kunsthalle Tbilisi, was… Read More »Around the Studio furnishes apartment with protest-based furniture for Conspiracy Bar exhibition
Local studio Bates Masi + Architects has settled a hillside house on a brick base overlooking the seashore in Montauk, New York, USA. Navy Beach is a 2,000-square-foot (185-square-metre) house on a steep half-acre site… Read More »Bates Masi creates two-toned Navy Beach house in Montauk
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the SunBooster device by tech startup SunLed Life Science. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Dutch startup SunLed Life Science has created a device with near-infrared… Read More »Dezeen Agenda features clip-on gadget that mimics sunlight
Architecture studio Rios has presented an installation made of timber panels for the International Mass Timber Conference in Oregon, USA, to demonstrate the “innovative potential of mass timber construction”. The Campfire consists of a series… Read More »Rios creates “spiraling timber coil” Campfire installation from reclaimed wood