GamFratesi designs chair and desk to mark Porro's 90th anniversary

Milan 2016: Danish studio GamFratesi has borrowed shapes from typical mid-century furniture to create the Voyage chair and Collector desk for Italian brand Porro's 90th anniversary collection. (more…)

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Knox Bhavan Architects combines two flats in a converted London school

Knox Bhavan Architects has joined two flats in a converted school in south London, creating an apartment with spacious entertaining spaces and bedrooms that can be opened or closed (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Ross Gardam's Polar desk lamp has a rotating metallic shade

Milan 2016: Australian designer Ross Gardam has created a desk lamp with a mirrored shade that can be rotated to adjust light and shadow (+ movie). (more…)

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Ibda Design uses contrasting sandstone and white marble for mosque in Dubai

Arched openings in the sandstone facade of this Dubai mosque by Ibda Design lead worshippers into a bright marble courtyard with a textured minaret (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Mariusz Wrzeszcz completes house in Poland with cedar walls inside and out

Architects office Mariusz Wrzeszcz has completed a single-storey house in Poland featuring cedar-clad walls, and a glazed living room that opens out to a spacious terrace (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Freestanding roof spans Haiti orphanage by Bonaventura Visconti di Modrone

The zigzagging roof of this orphanage in Haiti is independent of its walls, allowing breezes to permeate the building and offer relief from the hot climate, as well as providing earthquake resistance (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Moss & Lam uses "alchemic" Italian technique to craft marbled W1 tables

Canadian design studio Moss & Lam rediscovered a traditional craft process to create this collection of patterned side tables. (more…)

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