American start-up InventWood claims to have “reinvented wood from the inside out” with a patented process that restructures the material’s molecules to make it ten times stronger than regular wood. InventWood developed Superwood as a… Read More »Superwood is a chemically modified wood that is stronger than steel
London-based exhibitions Feel the Sound, Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style and Flowers – Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August.… Read More »Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide
Stained glass windows and custom wooden shutters filter light inside Six Coffee Wine, a cafe and wine bar recently completed by local practice NAAW Studio in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Located in the historic centre of Almaty,… Read More »Kazakhstan cafe plays with shifting light from morning to night
US president Donald Trump has commissioned architecture firm McCrery Architects to add a neoclassical ballroom to the White House on the site of the East Wing. Announced today, the White House State Ballroom is set… Read More »President Donald Trump to add “exquisite” ballroom to White House
Dezeen School Shows: a woven pavilion that explores the relationship between light and movement is among the student projects from Universidad Anáhuac Puebla. Also featured is a glassware collection designed to interact with a table,… Read More »Pavilion informed by Mexican weaving among projects from Universidad Anáhuac Puebla
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features RIBA’s 2025 shortlist for the UK’s best affordable housing. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) revealed the shortlist for… Read More »Dezeen Agenda features RIBA’s 2025 affordable housing shortlist