OMA’s monumental concrete wells host mourners at New York’s Park Avenue Armory



These cylindrical towers were designed by OMA‘s New York office to echo sounds made by mourners during a performance by artist Taryn Simon (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Dominic Kuneman creates minimal interior for Sydney micro apartment



When renovating this tiny apartment in Sydney, Australian interior designer Dominic Kuneman adopted a minimal style to make the most of the small space (+ slideshow). (more…)

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“Could this finally be the end of Fishbowl architecture?”

Tate Modern visitors accused of spying on Neo Bankside residents

Comments update: visitors to Tate Modern’s new observation deck have been accused of spying by residents of the nearby Neo Bankside apartments, prompting readers to poke fun at “people in glass houses”.  (more…)

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Paulo Mendes da Rocha wins Praemium Imperiale prize



Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been named the architecture laureate for the 2016 Praemium Imperiale arts prize from the Japan Art Association. (more…)

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BIG transforms its website into a classic 1980s arcade game



Bjarke Ingels’ firm has unveiled a duplicate version of its website that mimics 1980s video game Arkanoid (+ game). (more…)

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Yayoi Kusama plasters red dots across Philip Johnson’s Glass House



Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has continued her residency at the iconic Glass House in Connecticut by sticking red polka dots all over its transparent walls (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Utøya massacre site given “new beginning” by architect Erlend Blakstad Haffner



The cafe building where 13 people tragically lost their lives in the Norwegian terrorist attacks of 2011 has been enshrined within a new learning centre by architect Erlend Blakstad Haffner (+ slideshow). (more…)

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David Irwin designs wooden folding chair for Case Furniture



Dezeen promotion: British industrial designer David Irwin has created a space-saving wooden chair for Case Furniture that can be folded up and hung on a wall (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Piet Hein Eek designs oxidised copper wallpaper for NLXL Lab



London Design Festival 2016: Oxidised copper and sheets of cork are among the textures replicated by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek for wallpaper manufacturer NLXL Lab (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Barber and Osgerby and Jasper Morrison furnish previously unseen kitchen at Soane Museum



London Design Festival 2016: the kitchen of Sir John Soane’s Museum in London has opened to the public for the first time, filled with contemporary homeware by designers including Barber and Osgerby and Jasper Morrison (+ slideshow). (more…)

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