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
Mass rural-to-urban migration in India will put pressure on the country’s architects in the coming years, Morphogenesis co-founder Sonali Rastogi tells Dezeen in this interview. The world’s most populous country is experiencing a shift from… Read More »Morphogenesis co-founder Sonali Rastogi “anxious” about future of Indian cities
Dezeen has announced the sustainability shortlist for this year’s Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Mater, Tengbom, Kvadrat and Kirkby Design. The 35 shortlisted studios, in the running for awards in six different sustainability project… Read More »Dezeen Awards 2024 reveals 35-strong sustainability shortlist
Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen’s Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai Taking place… Read More »Dezeen’s Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration
Film director Luca Guadagnino’s interior design studio has turned a historic palazzo in Rome, Italy, into a luxury hotel. The hotel, named Palazzo Talia, is the first hospitality project from Guadagnino’s Studiolucaguadagnino. Originally built in… Read More »Luca Guadagnino transforms Roman palazzo “steeped in history” into boutique hotel