Friday, August 31, 2018

Dermot Horgan imagines personal data bank at centre of future Amsterdam neighbourhood

Data Municipality by Dermot Horgan

TU Delft graduate Dermot Horgan has created a concept for a neighbourhood that would be built around a publicly accessible data bank, to make the topic of personal information central to society. Read more



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Dancing Light House by Kendle Design Collaborative features dramatic pointy roofs

Dancing Light House by Kendle Design Collaborative

Expansive angled roofs crown this desert house by Arizona firm Kendle Design Collaborative, protecting and shading spaces between walls of rammed earth and exposed concrete. Read more



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Bureau Spectacular creates high-rise architecture model that doubles as a cat tower

Architectural Voltron: Cats and Socks by Bureau Spectacular for P.O.D.System Architecture

In our final P.O.D.System Architecture movie, architects Joanna Grant and Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular explain their playful high-rise architecture concept that also functions as furniture or a cat tower at different scales. Read more



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Castor targets Canada's ageing pot users with Heirloom Stack

Heirloom Stack by Castor

Toronto design studio Castor has launched a set of accessories for marijuana users that resembles a vintage candy dish, ahead of Canada's expected legalisation of the drug later this year. Read more



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Top five finalists announced in Dezeen and Samsung's TV Ambient Mode Competition

Bird Clock by Jianshi Wu and Yitan Sun

Dezeen promotion: the Dezeen x Samsung Ambient Mode Design Competition has been whittled down to a shortlist of five, who have shared the thinking behind their designs with Dezeen. Read more



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Hoogland Architecture designs Arroyo House for stark desert site in southern Nevada

Arroyo House by Hoogland Architecture

American firm Hoogland Architecture has conceived a low-lying concrete residence wrapped in weathering steel, for an active couple who hope to remain in the desert home as they age. Read more



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Four of the best interior design roles available right now

We've selected four of the best roles in interior design available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including opportunities with Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio. Read more



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Koto's flexible prefab cabins are designed for "Nordic lifestyle"

Koto prefabricated cabins

Prefabicated housing startup Koto has launched a series of modular one- to four-bedroom cabins that can be customised with add-ons such as saunas and outdoor showers. Read more



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"With Amos Rex, Helsinki shows you don't need to import a brand to get cultural prestige"

Amos Rex by JKMM Architects

Helsinki's new art museum Amos Rex proves that importing an international brand, like the Guggenheim, isn't the only way to create a blockbuster tourist attraction, argues Dezeen deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft. Read more



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Architect denies plagiarising Kengo Kuma for Bangkok airport terminal design

Bangkok airport terminal by DBALP Consortium

Duangrit Bunnag has defended his competition-winning design for a new airport terminal in Bangkok, which detractors claim copies Kengo Kuma's work. Read more



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Competition: win a WW Armchair by Hayche

WW Armchair by Hayche

The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win a WW Armchair, part of the Colour Series created by Hayche and Brighton-based Studio Makgill. Read more



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Catssup hacks existing furniture to create vertical cat playground

Catssup by Studio Ryte

Studio Ryte's Catssup collection can be attached to shelves or furniture to provide a world for cats to explore without compromising the human living space. Read more



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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Nike adapts super-fast marathon shoe for everyday wear

Nike has applied its signature ZoomX foam to a new running shoe, which the brand describes as its "fastest-ever training product". Read more



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Katsutoshi Sasaki's minimalist home contrasts a dark exterior with a light interior

Tnoie by Katsutoshi Sasaki

Japanese architect Katsutoshi Sasaki has built himself a new family home, featuring a dark-painted facade of red cedar and a bright, airy interior. Read more



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Jamie Bush mixes custom designs and "vintage finds" in San Francisco Residence

San Francisco Residence by Jamie Bush

Los Angeles architect Jamie Bush has overhauled this house in San Francisco with an eclectic array of furniture and items, to make it look like a collection amassed over time. Read more



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BIG architects' mirrored orb among installation highlights at Burning Man 2018

Instagram images confirm that BIG's Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange have inflated the huge reflective sphere they crowdfunded for this year's Burning Man festival, which is well underway in the Nevada desert. Read more



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Architectural imagery pioneer Alan Davidson dies

Architectural imagery pioneer Alan Davidson dies

Scottish architectural visualiser Alan Davidson, who pioneered the use of computers to create realistic digital images of buildings, has died aged 58. Read more



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Latest Dezeen Weekly features a hillside home and David Chipperfield's Edinburgh concert hall

Peconic House by Mapos Studio

The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features a hillside house in the Hamptons and David Chipperfield Architects' proposed new home for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›



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Vast grid of filter towers proposed across Delhi to combat toxic smog

Smog Project by Znera Space

Dubai-based architecture studio Znera has developed a concept for a network of 100-metre high towers that would absorb smog and clean Delhi's choking air. Read more



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"By failing to represent diversity in CGIs, we are normalising whiteness and othering everything else"

It's inexcusable for architects to create CGIs that don't reflect the social demographic of the area they are designing for, says Margaret Ravenscroft. Read more



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Material trio forms windowless front of UABI's Alpha House in Brazil

Alpha House by UABI

Three rectangular volumes of concrete, wood and stone face the street from this "brutal integrated loft" in Brazil, by local architecture firm UABI. Read more



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Morphosis weaves textile research facility facade from reinforced fibre

Kolon Headquarters by Morphosis

The folded facade of the Morphosis-designed Kolon One & Only Tower in Seoul is made from a high tech fibre used to make bullet-proof vests. Read more



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Orbit light turns full circle to mimic the movement of moon around a planet

Orbit Light by Jesse Ede

South African artist-cum-designer Jesse Ede has launched the Orbit light, his latest celestial-inspired collectable design piece. Read more



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"Dezeen Jobs has reinvented recruitment for our industry"

Dezeen Jobs is 10! We asked our earliest advertisers to tell us how our recruitment site has helped build their companies. Read on for their responses and a hand-drawn birthday card from Marcel Wanders. Plus to celebrate, all job ads in September cost just £100! Read more



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Biasol use blue cabinetry and brass accents to refresh east London townhouse

Butterfly House by Biasol

Australian studio Biasol has dotted teal-coloured fixtures and furnishings throughout this London townhouse to brighten its previously dark interiors. Read more



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