Mismatched furnishings create "bipartisan aesthetic" at The Line DC hotel
A mash-up of different styles is used to decorate this hotel in Washington DC, which New York firm INC Architecture and Design created inside an old church. More
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Park House envisions converting multi-storey car parks into apartment blocks
Our latest MINI Living video features a conceptual housing project, with houses made from shipping containers placed within repurposed multi-storey parking garages. More
Foster's $13 billion Mexico City airport scrapped after public vote
Foster + Partners' new airport for Mexico City has been cancelled midway through construction, following a public referendum that resulted in a majority vote against the project. More
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"One of the most beautiful houses I have seen in years"
In this week's comments update, readers can't agree whether Peter Zumthor's Secular Retreat is worthy of praise. More
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Wulf Architekten brightens German disease research centre with Velux skylights
Dezeen promotion: Wulf Architekten has used Velux's modular skylights at a research centre in western Germany, to flood its entrance and oval-shaped laboratory building with natural light. More
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Dutch Invertuals presents products that champion using less
Eindhoven-based design studio Dutch Invertuals has curated an exhibition of 10 objects, to question whether – in the anthropocene era – it is possible to reduce the volume of non-essential products in our lives. More
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Slats shade LOHA's San Vicente 935 apartment building in West Hollywood
American firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a housing block in Los Angeles that features a central courtyard and open-air stairwell lined with wooden slats and white wire mesh. More
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Plat Asia's Forest Dining Club immerses diners in Chinese woodland
Beijing-based architecture studio Plat Asia has completed a restaurant in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao featuring three glass-walled dining rooms that look out onto a surrounding forest. More
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Giant mirrored ball installed in Tokyo office to encourage city to think beyond 2020 Olympics
A seven-metre high silver sphere has been placed in the atrium of a Tokyo office by artist Akira Fujimoto and architect Yoko Nagayama, as the zero in the number 2021, to draw attention to the year after the Olympics takes place. More
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There is "no good Brexit" say Foster, Rogers and Chipperfield in open letter to UK prime minister
Over 1,000 leading architects have signed a letter to the UK prime minister stating that Brexit would be "devastating" to the architecture profession. More
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Valentí Albareda turns bomb-blasted banana warehouse in Barcelona into triplex apartment
Crumbling brick surfaces hint at the rich past of this triplex apartment in Barcelona, designed by architect Valentí Albareda with arch-shaped openings and warm oak floors. More
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Refugio shelters aim to make solitary bees feel at home in cities
Mexico-based creative studio MaliArts has designed a series of three structures for solitary bees living in built-up areas to help welcome nature into urban environments. More
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Thomas Heatherwick hopes Coal Drops Yard will be "new heart" for King's Cross
Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire to create a new public space for London in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the recently opened Coal Drops Yard shopping centre in King's Cross. More
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Claesson Koivisto Rune creates nine objects that reference its Villa Widlund
Architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has worked with Japanese makers to create nine pieces for Tokyo lifestyle store Time & Style, which are based on a house it built overlooking the Baltic Sea. More
