Ten playful interiors with slides at their centres
For our latest lookbook we've gathered ten projects, from family homes to toy company offices, that feature slides at the heart of their interiors. More
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AIM Architecture adds slide-like staircase to Shanghai store In the Park
Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has inserted a red staircase that resembles a children's slide in the middle of this clothing store to create a playful interior. More
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Blue slide is centrepiece of Walker house renovation by Reflect Architecture
Reflect Architecture has renovated a house for a young family living in Toronto, Canada, by brightening its truncated interiors and twisting a blue slide through its centre. More
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Integrated Field decorates children's hospital in Thailand with slides and a pool
Design studio Integrated Field has created colourful arched interiors filled with animals and clouds to provide an enjoyable experience for children at a hospital in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. More
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Pastel colours and polka-dots cover a fantastical miniature city for children in Shenzhen
Architecture studio X+ Living has built a polka-dot slide into a ball pit and giant pastel parasols within the Shenzhen Neobio Family Park in a shopping centre in China. More
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Release your inner child with our updated Pinterest boards
This week we're updating our Pinterest boards that celebrate the projects that don't take themselves too seriously. Browse inflatables and bouncy-castle installations, hammocks and swings and slides used as alternatives to staircases. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
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Helter skelter installed in Norwich Cathedral so visitors can admire its architecture up close
Norwich Cathedral in England has installed a helter skelter so visitors can get a better view of its vaulted nave before sliding down. More
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Splinterworks' stainless steel waterslide mimics barrel of a wave
Design studio Splinterworks has created a sculptural waterslide that is designed to mimic the barrel shape of a wave before it breaks. More
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Carsten Höller installs slide experiment in Florentine palazzo
Twin slides loop through a Renaissance palace created as part of an installation by Carsten Höller and neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, which explores emotional effects of people on plants. More
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Carsten Höller's next slide installation will reveal emotional links between people and plants
Carsten Höller will explore how plants react to human emotions through his next slide installation, set to be built inside the courtyard of a palazzo in Florence, Italy. More
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Carsten Höller's first giant slides in the US open in Miami
Belgian artist Carsten Höller has created one of his massive slide towers at a shopping mall north of Miami, where visitors can race each other down its pair of tunnels. More
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Miami Beach residence by SAOTA takes indoor-outdoor living to the extreme
South African firm SAOTA has built its first project in Miami Beach: an expansive, waterfront home that boasts a basketball court and a waterslide. More
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10 slides from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that offer a slippery alternative to stairs
Slides aren't just for playgrounds – they can offer escape routes from meetings or easy access to your kitchen. This week's roundup from our Pinterest boards showcases 10 homes and offices that find inventive uses for them. More
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Sky Pool engineers create huge slide from single piece of glass
The engineering firm behind London's 10-storey-high Sky Pool, Eckersley O'Callaghan, has demonstrated its latest glass innovation: a nine-metre-long slide (+ slideshow). More
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MVRDV and Adept team up on community centre that invites grownups to play
Mazes, slides, nets, fireman's poles and climbing walls all feature inside this Copenhagen community centre, designed by architecture studios MVRDV and Adept to encourage adults to be more active (+ slideshow). More
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MAD transforms Japanese house into curvaceous kindergarten with a slide along one wall
Chinese studio MAD has draped a "skin" of white asphalt shingles over the wooden structure of an old house in Japan's Aichi Prefecture to create a kindergarten with a curving roofline (+ slideshow). More
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West 8 creates artificial hills on New York's Governors Island
Landscape architecture firm West 8 has added rolling hills with playgrounds and art installations across Governors Island in New York harbour (+ slideshow). More
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Glass Skyslide opens at the top of LA's tallest skyscraper
Daredevils can enjoy sweeping views of Los Angeles while descending a transparent slide almost 1,000 feet above the city (+ movie). More
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Slide woven through Anish Kapoor's ArcelorMittal Orbit to open in east London
A giant slide by Belgian artist Carsten Höller that spirals through the frame of the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit opens to the public tomorrow. More
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Glass Skyslide to be added to exterior of California's tallest skyscraper
A glass-enclosed "skyslide" is being added to the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles, offering thrill seekers the opportunity to glide down the building's exterior. More
