Friday, September 1, 2017

"Urban design caused the Hurricane Harvey disaster"

Houston flooded after Hurricane Harvey

Houston's poor urban planning, not climate change, is to blame for the catastrophic flooding following Hurricane Harvey, says disaster expert Ilan Kelman in this Opinion column. Read more



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Dezeen's top 10 installations to catch at Folkestone Triennial 2017

With this year's Folkestone Triennial set to open tomorrow, reporter Eleanor Gibson has selected 10 installations you shouldn't miss, including a domed seafront pavilion imprinted with jelly moulds, a lamp post powered by a mushroom battery and a set of cartoon-style houses. Read more



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Grimshaw unveils Sydney office tower designed to appeal to the "millennial worker"

210-220 George Street by Grimshaw

Grimshaw has revealed plans for an office tower overlooking Sydney harbour, which will comprise three district sections and a curving roofline that references the vaulted shells of the nearby Opera House. Read more



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Fernando Abellanas suspends micro studio beneath a bridge in Valencia

Valencian designer Fernando Abellanas has created a secluded studio for himself, which hangs from the underside of a concrete bridge in his hometown. Read more



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OMA builds city-inspired engineering school for Ecole Centrale Paris

Lab City by OMA

Rem Koolhaas' firm looked at urban-design patterns when drawing up plans for this laboratory building at an engineering school on the outskirts of Paris. Read more



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Competition: win a stackable Omkstak chair designed by Rodney Kinsman

Dezeen has teamed up with British furniture brand OMK 1965 to offer two readers the chance to win a classic Omkstak chair in a colour of their choice. Read more



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Kouichi Kimura completes steel-wrapped home and studio for photographer in Shiga

Sheets of corrugated steel envelop the upper storey of this house and studio for a photographer in Japan's Shiga prefecture, which was designed by local architect Kouichi Kimura to feature an interior that makes dramatic play of light and shadow. Read more



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