Monday, July 31, 2017

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Tesla and Büro Ole Scheeren

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with Elon Musk's electric car company in California and the Beijing architecture firm led by Ole Scheeren. Read more



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Waterfrom subverts clinical pharmacy stereotype with airy interior for Taiwan's Molecure

Waterfrom Design create Molecure Pharmacy

This drugstore by Taiwan studio Waterfrom includes greenery, glass shelves and copper details designed to combat the clinical reputation of pharmacies. Read more



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Neon constructs a colourful cathedral in France that moves with the wind

British studio Neon has created a vibrant tent-like installation covered in wind-reactive inflatable pockets in the mountains of France. Read more



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Anmahian Winton's zinc-clad observatory enables stargazing from a New Hampshire mountain

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The top of this faceted private observatory in central New Hampshire, by Anmahian Winton Architects, rotates to provide different views of the night sky. Read more



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New iPhone likely to feature facial recognition and an all-screen design

iPhone 8 leak

Apple's next iPhone will be unlocked using facial-recognition technology and will feature a screen covering almost its entire front, according to reports. Read more



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Tesla unveils "first mass-market electric vehicle" the Model 3

Electric car company Tesla unveils Model 3

Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla has achieved a long-held goal with the launch of the Model 3, its most affordable vehicle to date. Read more



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ThoughtMatter redesigns US constitution to "shine a light" on American democracy

For The People by ThoughtMatter

Branding agency ThoughtMatter has given the US constitution a colourful makeover to make it easier to read and distribute, in response to the current political climate. Read more



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Tretow designs snaking interior for Commonplace design store in Milwaukee

Snaking shelves by local studio Tretow are designed to encourage customers to linger in Wisconsin's Commonplace design store. Read more



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Lot-Ek uses shipping containers to overhaul Brooklyn carriage house

Irving Place Carriage House by Lot-Ek

American studio Lot-Ek has used brightly painted, metal cargo containers to create a vertical enclosure and a rooftop penthouse for an urban residence owned by a creative couple in New York. Read more



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Alex Chinneck creates giant rip in the brick facade of a London building

Six Pins and Half a Dozen Needles by Alex Chinneck

British artist Alex Chinneck has unveiled his first permanent public installation – a 10-tonne ripped page made from 4,000 bricks. Read more



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Cohta Asano builds his new Fukushima home as a cluster of nine cuboids

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was the first in a series of grave events that prompted Fukushima-based architect Cohta Asano to develop the complex design for his new home. Read more



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Grace Quah's Bartlett graduation project is a feminist film featuring homes that perform domestic chores

Silvertown Plug-In by Bartlett graduate Grace Quah

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Grace Quah has produced a feminist film featuring a conceptual housing estate where appliances become the architecture, reducing the amount of unpaid domestic labour women are required to carry out. Read more



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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Tamar Canfi designs frames that "exaggerate and celebrate" thick lenses

Eyeglasses by Tamar Canfi

Shenkar College graduate Tamar Canfi has designed a collection of purposefully unusual eyewear that emphasises rather than hides high-prescription lenses. Read more



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Zrobym Architects' summer house combines references to Scandinavian and Belarusian architecture

Summer house in Raubichi by Zrobym Architects

The cosy feel of classic Scandinavian cottages is referenced in the interior of this summer house near the Belarusian village of Raubichi, which is clad entirely in larch and cedar. Read more



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Pocket-sized Ally device tests for food allergens in restaurant meals

Brunel University graduate Imogen Adams creates hand-held allergy testing device

Brunel University graduate Imogen Adams has created a portable allergen tester designed to put people with food intolerances at ease during meals out. Read more



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Plywood-lined bedrooms feature in London loft conversion by Widger Architecture

Maynard Road by WIDGER architecture

Behind a charred larch exterior, this London loft extension contains a pair of plywood-lined bedrooms that double up as quiet study spaces. Read more



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Balloons replace nails and screws for Inflate collection of children's furniture

Sausage-shaped party balloons are used to secure the self-assembly furniture and toys designed by Kingston University graduate Fern Toynton. Read more



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Bartlett student Damien Assini suggests replacing HS2 railway with zero-carbon towns

The Re-imagination of the HS2 by Damien Assini, Bartlett graduate 2017

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Damien Assini has proposed that the UK government reallocates funds from the proposed HS2 railway, and instead creates a natural landscape incorporating carbon-free modular housing and a green economy. Read more



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Mayku shrinks the vacuum former to a desktop-friendly size with FormBox

Mayku makes a desktop vacuum former

UK-based start-up Mayku has released a vacuum former that's powered by a Hoover and small enough to fit on a desktop. Read more



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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Feel optimistic about the future with our updated graduate design Pinterest board

With a fresh crop of architecture and design graduates exhibiting their projects over recent weeks, we've updated our dedicated Pinterest board – adding a robot created to frustrate its owner and a construction system for low-cost housing based on I-beams. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›



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Japanese house by Kouichi Kimura includes white-tiled courtyard for yoga

House of Scenes by Koichi Kimura

A chimney-like tower covered in white tiles rises in the courtyard of this house in Shiga, Japan, which architect Kouichi Kimura has designed for the owner to host yoga classes. Read more



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JSa converts Mexico City house into new home for one of the world's top restaurants

Pujol restaurant in Mexico City by JSa

Gardens, courtyards and wooden decks lend a domestic feel to the new home of Mexico City restaurant Pujol, which was recently named one of the best places to eat in the world. Read more



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Interrobang fills its office with custom plywood furniture painted the colours of insulating foam

Architecture and engineering studio Interrobang has fitted out its east London office with freestanding plywood furniture units, painted in the same pastel hues as insulating foam typically concealed within a building's walls. Read more



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The Cass students design nipple- and headscarf-shaped pasta for Carluccio's

The Cass students design pasta for Carluccio's

Furniture and product design students from The Cass have created pasta inspired by nipples, pocket squares and rose petals for restaurant chain Carluccio's. Read more



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LAMAS builds contemporary Canadian farmhouse with reclaimed timber walls

Toronto firm LAMAS design Townships Farmhouse near Montreal

The old agricultural buildings of Quebec informed this modern farmhouse near Montreal, which features walls of reclaimed wood, steeply pitched roofs and a secluded inner courtyard. Read more



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This week, Sirius was saved and a controversial ring sculpture was halted

Heritage listing denied for "rare" Brutalist building in Sydney

This week on Dezeen, one of Sydney's only brutalist buildings was saved from demolition while a proposal for a giant ring-shaped walkway in Wales was put on hold after opposition from locals. Read more



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