Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in London that features a “brutalist cat flap” and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Located in Stoke Newington, the project… Read More »VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension
Next in our mid-century modern series, we examine Eero Saarinen‘s seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect’s hatred of table legs. “The undercarriage of chairs and table in a typical interior makes… Read More »Eero Saarinen’s Tulip table has “a kind of dishonesty to it”
British architect John Pawson has collaborated with cashmere brand Oyuna on a collection of throws that draw on his design for the Lake Crossing in London’s Kew Gardens. The collection combines the Mongolian cashmere brand’s… Read More »John Pawson designs cashmere collection “based on embedded architectural narratives”
Francis Ford Coppola’s bizarre new epic movie about a visionary architect has been panned by critics. Will Wiles asks what it all says about the profession’s role within contemporary popular culture. One of the characters… Read More »“Megalopolis is a reminder that the heroic conception of the architect is an intoxicating one”
South African architect Sumayya Vally is collaborating with creative platform To.org to create a geometric wellness and fitness centre, designed for the refugee community in Kakuma, Kenya. Named Regenerate Kakuma, the building will take cues… Read More »Sumayya Vally references termite mounds for refugee wellness centre in Kenya
Dezeen Showroom: designer Maja Ganszyniec and Swedish brand Abstracta have created a soft seating range called Akunok, intended to provide acoustic seclusion in open environments. The Akunok seating was created by Abstracta to tackle two contemporary… Read More »Akunok acoustic seating by Maja Ganszyniec for Abstracta