Designer Samuel Ross set out to subvert any idea of how a lavatory should look when creating his first toilet for bathroom brand Kohler, set to debut at Milan design week next month. Rendered in… Read More »Samuel Ross designs textured toilet that is “closer to a sculpture”
Copenhagen design studio Fragile has teamed up with architecture office MVRDV and manufacturers CREE and Knauf to launch a modular housing kit informed by a 1950s concept by designers Charles and Ray Eames. Kwickset is… Read More »Kwickset launches adaptable prefab housing system based on unbuilt Eames house
A bedroom incorporating a bathtub and a window bench is one of several versatile spaces architect Ulli Heckmann created when renovating this compact apartment in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Heckmann and his partner, the designer Nienke… Read More »Multipurpose rooms optimise space at Ulli Heckmann’s Rotterdam apartment
New York-based studio Apparatus has redesigned its Hollywood showroom with multiple material schemas and a range of its lighting and furniture products to evoke a feeling of “discovery” for visitors. The 5,000-square-foot (464 square metres)… Read More »Apparatus updates Los Angeles showroom to include a “modernist grotto”
Spanish architecture studios SelgasCano and Diego Cano used multi-coloured tubes made from recycled aluminium to clad a house on a steep site in Los Angeles. Set on a steep hill in Mount Washington, a suburb… Read More »SelgasCano and Diego Cano wrap LA hillside house in colourful aluminium tubes
Dezeen School Shows: a project that proposes a combined beachfront cinema and theatre in Dubai is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Heriot-Watt University. Also included is a house designed according to… Read More »Ten architecture projects by students at Heriot-Watt University