Mirrored facades reflect plants around office for Viennese nursery



Mirrored panels reflect views of the surrounding gardens around the lower half of this star-shaped office designed by Josep and Gerhard Haumer for a plant nursery near Vienna (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Kristian Knobloch’s Ping system is an interactive house manual for Airbnb guests



Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Kristian Knobloch has created a system of smartphone touchpoints that help Airbnb hosts give guests extra information about their home (+ movie). (more…)

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Heat 360 house features living-room shower and cantilevered stairs



This Ukranian house by Azovskiy & Pahomova Architects features a staircase with cantilevered wooden treads, as well as a hay-bale seating area and glass-fronted shower in the living room (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Raphael Olivier’s photographs of North Korea reveal Pyongyang’s unique architecture



Photo essay: now that North Korea is no longer the tourism black spot it once was, French photographer Raphael Olivier has travelled to the notoriously secretive nation’s capital to capture its particular architectural style (+ slideshow). (more…)

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RIGI designs waiting area “like a dining room” for dental clinic in China



Chinese studio RIGI Design has placed a dining table and kids’ play area in the waiting room of a dental clinic intended to be warm and welcoming (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Matt Lucraft proposes solution to London’s housing crisis with “mad-cap” building system



Graduate shows 2016: Bartlett student Matt Lucraft has proposed an evolving self-built housing co-operative based on a mishmash of English vernacular and historic Japanese architecture as a solution to London’s housing crisis (+ movie). (more…)

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Ilse Crawford designs brass-footed floor lamp for Kalmar Werkstätten



Maison&Objet 2016: London designer Ilse Crawford has added to her Billy series of lighting with a floor lamp that rests on a pair of brass feet.   (more…)

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Rafael Schmid updates his Zurich home with textured chipboard and smooth anhydrite surfaces



Swiss architect Rafael Schmid has overhauled his 1920s home in Zurich, pairing the property’s original herringbone parquet flooring with more contemporary chipboard and mineral-based surfaces (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Mobile Shop by How About Studio features white tiles and a small pool ladder



This miniature shop installed at London’s Southbank Centre was designed by How About Studio to resemble the finishes of a public swimming pool (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Riva 1920 designs symbolic, earth-shaped table for World Trade Center



Italian brand Riva 1920‘s Earth Table features a bent iron base designed by Renzo Piano to symbolise the Twin Towers wreckage (+ slideshow). (more…)

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