2023 review
2023 review
The biggest architecture and design stories of 2023
To kick off our review of 2023, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year's top architecture and design stories. More
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Architecture
Architecture
MVRDV completes yellow office retrofit with zigzagging outdoor staircase
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled Haus 1, a bright yellow workplace adapted from a 1990s office building in Berlin with local studio Hirschmüller Schindele Architekten. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Ingenhoven Architects creates inflatable Ski World Cup start house on Matterhorn
German studio Ingenhoven Architects has used air-filled cushions to create a start house for the annual Alpine Ski World Cup downhill races at the Matterhorn mountain, Switzerland. More
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Houses of the month
Houses of the month
Dezeen's top five houses of November 2023
From a sprawling concrete villa in California with interiors by designer Kelly Wearstler to a timber-framed cottage within a Scottish ruin, here are Dezeen's top five houses of November 2023. More
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Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
White Arkitekter named architect of the year at Dezeen Awards 2023
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has been named architect of the year at this week's Dezeen Awards 2023 ceremony. More
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Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Eight cosy and comfortable sofas and armchairs on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: a sofa that mimics the feeling of being enveloped in a cocoon is among the latest winter-ready sofas and armchairs to be listed on Dezeen Showroom. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Witherford Watson Mann draws on traditional almshouses for Appleby Blue senior housing
Local studio Witherford Watson Mann aimed to "set a new benchmark" for inner-city older people's accommodation with Appleby Blue, a social housing development in Southwark, London, for over-65s. More
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Design
Design
Super Local creates products that could eradicate litter in the Himalayas
Super Local has won the Dutch Design Award for best product of 2023 with a project that creates colourful souvenirs from trash that was carried out of the Himalayas by mountain trekkers. More
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Design
Design
RISD students create floating mycelium pods to cleanse waterways
A team of Rhode Island School of Design students and researchers have created tesselated, floating planting beds made of a mycelium biomaterial to cleanse waterways of pollutants and restore wetland habitat. More
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Interiors
Interiors
Kelly Wearstler designs Ulla Johnson store to capture the "spirit of southern California"
American interior designer Kelly Wearstler has paired a towering tree with speckled burl wood panelling and vintage furniture by Carlo Scarpa at the Ulla Johnson flagship store in West Hollywood. More
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Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate features "impressive" Basel pavilion
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Novartis Pavilion in Basel by AMDL Circle and Iart. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Kengo Kuma unveils colourful structure for Miami Design District
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates is set to create a sculptural block of buildings that will serve as retail locations for the Miami Design District. More
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School Shows
School Shows
Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University
Dezeen School Shows: a thesis that examines the relationship between Las Vegas and the city's surrounding desert is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Carleton University. More
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Promotions
Promotions
Festival of Design 2023 explores theme of "again and again"
Promotion: Anders Byriel, CEO of Danish textile brand Kvadrat and designer Shay Alkalay of London-based studio Raw Edges were among the guest speakers at this year's edition of Festival of Design in Shanghai. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Hayhurst and Co designs low-energy London home as "domestic-scale greenhouse"
Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. More
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Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Lari mini lamp by Karakter
Dezeen Showroom: Danish design brand Karakter has released a miniature version of a lamp that was originally designed by the late Italian architect and sculptor Angelo Mangiarotti in 1978. More
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Trainers
Trainers
The race to create the ultimate running super shoe
For years, sportswear brands Adidas and Nike have been competing to design record-beating running trainers. As Nike officially launches the Alphafly 3, Dezeen plots a brief timeline of the so-called battle of the super shoes. More
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News
News
Michael Gove prohibits planning authority from blocking MSG Sphere in Stratford
The UK's levelling up secretary Michael Gove is believed to be considering calling in the planning application for the MSG Sphere London in Stratford after mayor Sadiq Khan blocked it earlier this month. More
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Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Sumayya Vally named emerging architect of the year at Dezeen Awards 2023
South African architect Sumayya Vally has been named emerging architect of the year at this week's Dezeen Awards 2023 ceremony. More
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Design
Design
Nike unveils world-record-breaking marathon super shoe
Sportswear brand Nike has officially launched the Alphafly 3, its latest running super shoe that was used to break the marathon world record in Chicago last month. More
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Events
Events
Five architecture and design events in December from Dezeen Events Guide
Miami art week 2023, retrospective exhibition Tom Dixon: Metalhead and architecture conference Everything Architecture 2023 are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Pricegore revives brutalist 1960s townhouse in London
Architecture studio Pricegore has renovated a modernist townhouse in Chelsea, London, reconfiguring the four-storey house into a contemporary three-bedroom home. More
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Piatraonline unveils Raw stone collection that "adds elegance and warmth to a room"
Promotion: Romanian stone brand Piatraonline has launched Raw, a collection of natural stone tiles that "uncovers the material's wild and rugged character". More
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Interiors
Interiors
Martin Brudnizki draws on "gritty glamour" for colourful Broadwick Soho hotel
Interior architect Martin Brudnizki has used Italian maiolica tiles and bespoke furniture from India to give London's Broadwick Soho hotel an eclectic look. More
News
News
Cuddymoss by Ann Nisbet Studio named Scotland's best new building
A remote house by architecture practice Ann Nisbet Studio that is "close to perfection" has been named the winner of the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2023. More
