Milan-based product designer and art director Chiara Andreatti takes note of art and architecture when she travels, often snapping photos or making sketches that she can refer to when she begins her creative process. Yet… Read More »F5: Chiara Andreatti Talks Carlo Scarpa, Memorable Travel + More
Local studio Bindloss Dawes has completed the transformation of Old School House, a Grade II-listed house in Somerset that has been refreshed with a contemporary timber extension. Nestled within a valley in Pitcombe, the timber… Read More »Bindloss Dawes adds chestnut-clad extension to old Somerset schoolhouse
The Olympic Games cannot continue in their current form, sustainability experts have told Dezeen as part of our Olympic Impact series. “The current format – where you have an overwhelming spectacle that takes over a… Read More »“Destructive” Olympics should be shrunk to save carbon, say experts
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed a boat-informed structure for Qatar‘s national pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. Driven by an appreciation of the strong coastal relations that benefit both Qatar and Japan,… Read More »Kengo Kuma & Associates reveals design for Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing plans revealed by Heatherwick Studio for a glass shopping centre in Seoul with volumes that resemble “rippled hourglasses”. According to the proposal, the existing Hanwha Galleria shopping… Read More »“Thank God for Heatherwick’s sparkling creations” says commenter
For Infinite Accumulation, her largest-ever permanent sculpture, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has created a series of connected metallic spheres by the Elizabeth Line entrance of London‘s Liverpool Street Station. Reflective orbs were placed along a curving,… Read More »Yayoi Kusama installs mirrored orbs outside Liverpool Street Station in London