Architecture studio BVN has retrofitted the 1970s brutalist Sirius building in Sydney, Australia, and extended it with a series of copper-clad pods. The studio renovated the distinctive, brutalist housing project located near Sydney Harbour, which was… Read More »BVN tops Sydney’s brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions
We continue our series on mid-century modernism with a profile on Danish architect Arne Jacobson, whose ethos of total design saw him craft buildings down to the smallest details. Jacobsen once stated how “the act… Read More »Whether “teaspoons or a national bank”, Arne Jacobsen designed things down to the last detail
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Aiming to “echo the rich geometries of Uzbekistan’s traditional architecture”, the proposal by Zaha Hadid… Read More »Weaving brick forms define Uzbek cultural centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Dezeen Showroom: Romanian brand Askia Furniture has launched the modular Ripple sofa collection, named after its ruched edges that are designed to emulate draped fabric. Ripple is designed primarily for use in office interiors, with… Read More »Ripple sofa by Askia Furniture
With just over a month until the annual Dezeen Awards 2024 party on 26 November, time is running out to purchase your tickets! Taking place at the beautifully restored Hackney Church in London on 26… Read More »Join us at Hackney Church for the Dezeen Awards 2024 party!
Designer Rehan Petit has been awarded second place in Dezeen and Bentley‘s Start Something Powerful Competition for his proposal to cleanup oil spill using repurposed boat bumpers. The global design competition invited architects and designers to… Read More »Oil spill cleanup proposal takes second place in Start Something Powerful Competition