Saturday, July 1, 2017

Pablo Escobar's Tulum mansion becomes art-filled boutique hotel

Casa Malca Hotel, Mexico

A prominent art dealer has turned an estate once owned by infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar into luxury accommodation filled with items from his collection. Read more



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Amir Navon and Maayan Zusman employ space-saving tricks for tight Tel Aviv apartment 

Amir Navon of Studio 6b and Maayan Zusman design Tel Aviv apartment

Light colours and glass walls create the illusion of extra space within this Bauhaus apartment in Tel Aviv, which has been refurbished by architect Amir Navon of Studio 6b Design School and interior designer Maayan Zusman. Read more



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Tomomi Kito remodels Tokyo home to accommodate four generations of the same family

House for 4 Generations by Tomomi Kito

Japanese studio Tomomi Kito Architect & Associates has renovated the interior of an 1970s house in Tokyo to provide a open-planned home for multiple generations of the same family. Read more



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Installation spins giant candles from yarn the length of Trump's border wall

Borderline by Erez Nevi Pana and Marlene Huissoud at Jerusalem Design Week

A candle with a wick made from yarn the same length as US president Donald Trump's proposed US-Mexico border wall was unveiled at Jerusalem Design Week earlier this month. Read more



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Sex shop converted into tiny Japanese art gallery by Persimmon Hills Architects

Persimmon Hills Architects has transformed an illegal sex shop into a a dramatic wedge-shaped micro-studio and gallery space in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture. Read more



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Six Canadian cultural buildings on 150th Canada Day

Aga Khan Museum by Fumihiko Maki

Today, 1 July 2017, is Canada's 150th birthday and we've pulled together six contemporary cultural buildings in the country to mark the occasion. They include a white granite museum, a music centre of huge towers clad in bronze tiles and a gallery in the forest. Read more



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This week, Norway scrapped a memorial and Trump touted solar panels for border wall

This week on Dezeen, Norway abandoned plans for a controversial memorial near the site of the 2011 Utøya terrorist attack and Donald Trump suggested that solar panels could help pay for his border wall with Mexico. Read more



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