“It looks like a mess from a distance until you see how perfectly it is executed”

Londoners demand skyscraper height restrictions



London residents have called for height caps and no-build zones to protect the city from the increasing number of new skyscrapers. (more…)

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DIGSAU uses reclaimed barn wood to clad modern home in Delaware



This single-family home in Delaware was built using wood reclaimed from a nearby agricultural structure slated for demolition (+ slideshow). (more…)

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DUS Architects builds 3D-printed micro home in Amsterdam



Dutch studio DUS Architects has 3D printed an eight-square-metre cabin and accompanying bathtub in Amsterdam, and is now inviting guests to stay overnight (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Competition: win a Robin Day 675 Chair by Case Furniture



Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Case Furniture to give one reader the chance to win an updated version of the 675 Chair, originally created by British designer Robin Day in 1952 (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Raanan Stern designs Tel Aviv apartment around long central corridor



This Tel Aviv apartment by Israeli architect Ranaan Stern features several rooms arranged around a large living space and long corridor (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Blackened timber house by Bernardo Bader Architekten stands on the edge of a stream



This tall, gabled house by Bernardo Bader Architekten is covered in lengths of blackened timber and stands on the edge of a small stream in Lochau, Austria (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Apple store engineer designs hingeless eyewear for Freigeist



Structural engineer James O’Callaghan, whose firm Eckersley O’Callaghan is behind the glass stairs in Apple‘s stores, has designed a collection of men’s eyewear for German brand Freigeist (+ slideshow).  (more…)

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Case Ornsby completes cedar-clad house in Christchurch divided up by courtyards



House-shaped blocks and courtyards make up this cedar-clad residence in Christchurch, New Zealand, which architect Case Ornsby designed to replace another destroyed in the 2011 earthquake (+ slideshow). (more…)

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ZAS creates Toronto library with curved walls and slanted windows



Canadian firm ZAS has completed a glass and aluminium-clad public library in suburban Toronto, which has sculptural form influenced by a local rollercoaster (+ slideshow). (more…)

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