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Emil Eve Architects strips back heritage building for Caro Somerset lifestyle store
“These are the challenges I love to see designers tackling”
Comments update: readers were almost unanimous in their praise for a graduate designer’s idea to create a colostomy bag for “intimate moments”, as they contemplated the merits of choosing the right projects to address with design. (more…)
Le Corbusier’s colourful Cité Frugès worker’s housing now hosts fashionable apartments
World Heritage Corb: the long-neglected housing complex designed by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier for workers of a sugar factory outside Bordeaux, recently added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, has found a new life as desirable apartments. (more…)
Friends + Design exhibition explores the relationships between designers
An exhibition dedicated to the friendships and rivalries between designers has seen the likes of Philippe Malouin and Bethan Laura Wood come together to create collaborative pieces (+ slideshow). (more…)
Designers and architects describe “shock” in their offices after Brexit vote
Brexit design summit: how has the EU referendum affected the UK’s architects and designers and what will Brexit mean for the sector? Dezeen convened a summit of leading practitioners, retailers, writers and lawyers to discuss the implications and explore what action can be taken. (more…)
Denizen Works adds burnt wood cladding to Modernist house in London’s Highgate
Charred larch slats now cover the exterior of this Modernist house in north London, thanks to a “macabre” upgrade intended by architecture studio Denizen Works to reference the nearby Highgate Cemetery (+ slideshow) (more…)
Ceramiche Refin launches Wide tile collection with line-drawn patterns
Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Ceramiche Refin has created a new collection of slate-like porcelain tiles, including versions featuring patterns of lines and grids that look as if they were hand-drawn in chalk (+ slideshow). (more…)
Space Copenhagen bypasses typical Nordic style for “dreamier” Danish restaurant interior
Space Copenhagen paired deep blue velvet seating with mirrored accessories for this restaurant and cocktail bar in the Danish capital. (more…)
ABK updates 1960s leisure centre with new Corten-steel facade
Architecture firm ABK has overhauled an ageing leisure centre in County Tipperary, Ireland, with the addition of a new weathering-steel facade (+ slideshow). (more…)
