As the world gets hotter demand for cooling systems is increasing, but energy-hungry air conditioning risks making the situation worse. Starr Charles explores whether more efficient solutions are possible. With global temperatures rising, the world’s… Read More »Can we quit our air-con addiction?
Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled designs for a mixed-use coastal development “reminiscent of a mountain range” in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Set to encompass 114,000 square metres, the Jesselton Docklands development will sit at the coastal… Read More »Snøhetta designs waterfront district to echo mountain landscape in Borneo
Dezeen Showroom: Polish furniture brand Tylko has branched out from modular storage to produce its first seating design: a highly customisable sofa by industrial designer Krystian Kowalski. Tylko describes Smooth as applying the brand’s made-to-measure mindset… Read More »Smooth sofa by Krystian Kowalski for Tylko
Skincare brand Aesop‘s first store in Hainan Island, China, was designed to evoke an underwater cave and features oculi decorated with an algae-based film. Located within the Haitang Bay Duty Free Shopping Complex in Sanya… Read More »Aesop illuminates cave-like Hainan store with ceiling oculi
Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its rural identity and timeworn details. Burns had just completed his degree in… Read More »Jobe Burns uses traditional methods and materials to revive historic West Country farmhouse
Local studio 51-1 Arquitectos has stacked a vertical convent made of pink-coloured concrete and grey brick screens onto an urban site in Lima, Peru. The Religiosas de Maria Inmaculada was completed as a contemporary alternative… Read More »51-1 Arquitectos creates pink concrete convent in Peru