Inefficiency Machines by Meret Vollenweider and Wasabii Ng highlight energy use in the home



Graduate shows 2016: in this movie, Royal College of Art graduate Meret Vollenweider explains how her interactive installation of human-powered appliances aims to stop people taking electricity for granted. (more…)

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Reiulf Ramstad and Dualchas design cliffside visitor centre for Scottish island



Norwegian firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has teamed up with Scottish studio Dualchas Architects to design a seafront visitor centre for an island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. (more…)

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Daan Roosegaarde creates illusion of depth in cloud-filled Beyond installation



Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has covered a wall at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in a realistic, cloud-studded sky (+ movie).  (more…)

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Mountainside platform by Code Arkitektur creates three vertiginous viewpoints



This triangular viewing platform perched on the edge of a mountain was created by Norwegian studio Code Arkitektur as a rest stop for one of the country’s picturesque tourist trails (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Job of the week: architecture curator at the Royal Academy of Arts

IFUB transforms former chocolate factory into office with secret storage



Munich architecture firm IFUB has converted the ground floor of a Berlin factory into an open-plan office with a wall of hidden cupboards and rooms (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Uniform Wares’ new collection for “urbane” women arrives at Dezeen Watch Store



Dezeen Watch Store: Uniform Wares has become the latest watch brand to design a range specifically aimed at women.  (more…)

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Pauzarq creates house-shaped archways in Sketch concept store



Spanish architecture studio Pauzarq has designed a concept store in San Sebastián with wood-lined archways that resemble the outlines of houses (+ slideshow). (more…)

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COS and Daniel Emma celebrate the classic white shirt with set of installations



Fashion brand COS and Australian design duo Daniel Emma’s Hang Me Up to Dry installations use furniture to highlight the timelessness of the classic white shirt (+ slideshow).  (more…)

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Zigzagging concrete “veranda” built in Shanghai agricultural park



Shanghai architects TF and PPAS have built a set of sprawling concrete structures that will be used by visitors to an agricultural park on the outskirts of the Chinese city (+ slideshow). (more…)

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