Dezeen Showroom: trapezoidal hand-blown glass elements come together in a ring to form the Polaris chandelier by Los Angeles-based design studio Bianco Light + Space. Forming part of the studio’s Tessellation series, Polaris‘ glass elements… Read More »Polaris chandelier by Bianco Light + Space
Westminster Residence reinvents the traditional gabled form that populates Toronto’s High Park neighborhood by transforming it into something both respectful of context and boldly contemporary. Designed by Batay-Csorba Architects, the architects made a conscious decision… Read More »Westminster Residence Transforms Attic Space Into Dramatic Volumes
London studio David Kohn Architects has completed a sinuous stone student accommodation and office tower for the Gradel Quadrangles expansion of the University of Oxford‘s New College. Located in a conversation area a couple of streets… Read More »David Kohn Architects curves University of Oxford college building around three-sided quadrangles
Southeast London‘s Eltham Palace is an unusual marriage of medieval and Tudor architecture and the opulent interior-design choices of 1930s millionaires, which forms the next instalment in our Art Deco Centenary series. Today an English… Read More »Eltham Palace is a heritage site “where art deco meets Henry VIII”
After getting stuck on what colour to paint his house for maximum energy efficiency, designer Joe Doucet has developed a climate-responsive paint that changes from white in summer to black in winter. Doucet looked to… Read More »Joe Doucet develops colour-changing paint to help heat and cool the home
French glassware brand Lalique has opened an art deco-informed flagship store in a 19th-century townhouse on New York City‘s Upper East Side. Named Maison d’Artiste, the store was designed by Lalique artistic and creative director… Read More »Lalique “bridges the past and future” in New York townhouse