"If forests were meant to burn, why not the houses in them?"
Natural disasters like the recent California wildfires are not going to go away, so the only option is to rebuild with temporality in mind, argues Aaron Betsky. More
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Belgium's gravity-defying Vlooyberg Tower to be rebuilt and extended following arson attack
Engineering studio Close to Bone has announced plans to rebuild and enlarge the cantilevered viewing platform it built in Flanders, Belgium, which was severely damaged in an apparent explosion. More
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Focus celebrate 50th anniversary with fireplace inspired by The Little Prince
Dezeen promotion: French fireplace company Focus has released a new model to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, inspired by a scene from children's book The Little Prince. More
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EWE Studio's handcrafted Alquimia furniture and lighting is born of fire
Design collective EWE Studio has used fire to treat the many different materials in this limited-edition collection of jet-black furniture and lava-like lighting. More
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BNIM resurrects Missouri church with lightwells and exposed masonry
American architecture firm BNIM has renovated a fire-ravaged church in Kansas City, creating a new layout and light-filled interiors to enhance what is left of the original structure. More
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Trump Tower catches fire in New York City, injuring three
An electrical fire has caused smoke to billow from the roof of Donald Trump's skyscraper on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and has injured three people. More
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Soho salon by Jak Studio gathers patrons around a fire pit
Jak Studio has designed a hair salon in London's Soho, where customers get their hair cut and coloured while seated at giant jewellery boxes arranged around an open fire. More
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Senticnel tree alarm by Eli-Gutierrez Studio helps stop forest fires spreading
Forests are set to benefit from internet-of-things technology with the release of a wireless alarm system that can predict the path of a growing fire. More
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Huge wooden model torched on 350th anniversary of Great Fire of London
A giant model of London's 17th-century cityscape has been set ablaze on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London (+ slideshow). More
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Young Projects creates "inhabitable fireplace" for a lakefront site in western Canada
New York studio Young Projects has completed a warming hut for a housing development in Alberta that consists of a fireplace set within a slatted wooden box (+ slideshow). More
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Re-Fire kit by Francesco Faccin creates fire without matches or a lighter
Milan 2014: rubbing together wooden tools in this kit by Italian designer Francesco Faccin creates fire in a "primitive manner" (+ movie). More
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Druida barbecue by Mermeladaestudio
This barbecue by Barcelona designers Mermeladaestudio will char your food with geometric patterns. More
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Engineering Temporality by Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen has covered pieces of furniture in a fine web of steel rings before destroying them with fire to make functioning objects that resemble fuzzy fading memories of the originals (+movie). More
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Charcoal by Formafantasma at the Vitra Design Museum
Charcoal inserts purify tap water in these blown-glass containers by Italian designers Formafantasma (+ movie). More
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Cité Radieuse by Le Corbusier damaged by fire
Dezeen Wire: the Cité Radieuse housing estate in Marseille, one of the most famous works by Swiss architect Le Corbusier and the first building in his influential Unité d'Habitation project, has been damaged by fire in a blaze that began in a first floor apartment yesterday afternoon - Guardian -
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Corbeille by Amaury Poudray for Fabrica
Milan 2011: French designer Amaury Poudray has designed this waste-paper bin to be burnt with its contents for design brand Fabrica. More
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Ausgebrannt by Kaspar Hamacher at 20 Designers at Biologiska
Stockholm 2011: Belgian designer Kaspar Hamacher makes stools from wooden logs by setting them on fire. More
