Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). (more…)
Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
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Latest Garden Bridge alternative features four leaf-shaped “stepping stones”
British architect Crispin Wride has released his own concept for a Garden Bridge in London, which he claims is more cost-efficient than Thomas Heatherwick’s proposal and the alternative suggested by Allies and Morrison. (more…)
Germans Ermičs creates coloured glass furniture collection
Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs has created a collection of coloured glass furniture with strong pigments that fade to clear (+ slideshow). (more…)
Isay Weinfeld to design relocated The Four Seasons restaurant in New York
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has been chosen to design the interior for New York’s The Four Seasons restaurant when it relocates from its iconic Seagram Building home. (more…)
Paper House Project inserts gridded glass atrium into London warehouse home
Alain Gilles designs felt BuzziBlinds to shield workers from office noise
Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles has created a sound-absorbing screen as his latest product for office acoustics specialists Buzzispace (+ slideshow). (more…)
Tropical Space uses perforated brickwork to build riverside pottery studio in Vietnam
Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has completed a cube-shaped sculpture workshop for artist Le Duc Ha, which hides an elaborate bamboo shelving grid behind its perforated brick walls (+ slideshow). (more…)
Alexander Gorlin creates colourful affordable housing for single adults in The Bronx
New York studio Alexander Gorlin Architects has completed a Bronx apartment block with small studios for low-income tenants, including those who were once homeless (+ slideshow). (more…)
Design Museum opens first standalone shop in London
The Design Museum has opened its first ever standalone retail space, moments away from the museum’s new west London site (+ slideshow). (more…)
BIG’s The Grove at Grand Bay twisted towers near completion
Instagram users are posting photos that show the almost-finished pair of twisted towers that Bjarke Ingels‘ firm is building in Miami. (more…)
