Norwegian studio Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter has completed a home named Årestua in a remote area of Telemark, referencing traditional log cabins to create a feeling of “natural minimalism”. Årestua stands on a small, sloped forest clearing… Read More »Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter draws on traditional log cabins for remote home in Norway
Local architecture office Studio Morphogenesis has used dusty pink coloured concrete to build a waterside mosque that sits on a sloping site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Named after the land owner’s late mother, the Zebun Nessa… Read More »Studio Morphogenesis wraps waterside mosque in Bangladesh in perforated pink concrete
For our Social Housing Revival series, we look at how the fate of UK social-housing estates has become an urgent topic as councils grapple with the housing crisis and challenges of preservation. Regeneration of social… Read More »Demolition of council estates “has peaked”
Landscape architect Lynn Kinnear, founder of Kinnear Landscape Architects who collaborated on projects including the Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School, has died aged 64. Described by Observer architecture critic Rowan Moore as “one of the outstanding… Read More »“Outstanding” landscape architect Lynn Kinnear dies aged 64
Dezeen Showroom: designer Anna Vonhause opted for an “eye-catching industrial-style” when developing the Vank Long furniture collection for Polish brand Vank. Vank Long comprises an armchair, sofa, pouffe and bench, designed by Vonhause with black-metal… Read More »Vank Long by Anna Vonhausen for Vank
British design studio Seymourpowell has put cheap electronic goods under the spotlight with Un-Made, a project imagining four possible ways to design for quick disassembly and recycling. As part of the project, Seymourpowell devised four… Read More »Toothbrush pops open for recycling in Seymourpowell’s Un-Made disassembly concept