A “solar skin” of photovoltaic panels covers this barn-like home in Hokkaido, Japan, which has been completed by Tokyo-based Florian Busch Architects. Called House W, the home was designed for a family who chose to… Read More »Solar panel facade cloaks off-grid home in Japan by Florian Busch Architects
Our final Art Deco Centenary designer profile spotlights Hildreth Meière, a pioneering muralist who left her indelible mark on buildings including New York’s Radio City Music Hall, but whose legacy was eclipsed by her better-known… Read More »Art deco muralist Hildreth Meière was “forgotten in plain sight”
Dutch studio MVRDV has completed the Portlantis exhibition centre that doubles as a viewing tower overlooking the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Designed to serve as a “beacon” for the port, the Portlantis centre is… Read More »MVRDV unveils “eye-catching” Rotterdam exhibition centre topped with viewpoint
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Jean-Marie Massaud for Spanish outdoor furniture brand Vondom, the Pasadena collection was designed to bring the refinement of interiors outside. The Pasadena collection features a modular sofa as well as an armchair,… Read More »Pasadena collection by Jean-Marie Massaud for Vondom
Designer Steve Jensen has led a team of RCA graduates to create an exhibition showcasing the practitioners in RIBA’s 100 Women: Architects in Practice book at the Roca Gallery in London. Curated by the authors… Read More »Work of 100 women architects showcased in demountable “mini libraries”
The art nouveau-style chalet of Alessandro Mendini and an apartment in a 16th-century Neapolitan palace feature in Laura May Todd’s Italian Interiors: Rooms With a View. Here, the author shares 10 of her favourite projects… Read More »Ten Italian interiors that reveal “the most stunning homes across the country”