Brexit crisis leads to job losses and project uncertainty for UK architects



Brexit crisis: British architecture firms Make and Sheppard Robson are laying off staff, as Brexit starts to impact on the construction industry. (more…)

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Dezeen Mail issue 313 features this week’s best stories and discussions

Brexit will not damage the creative industries, says UK culture secretary



Brexit crisis: creative businesses in the UK will “continue to thrive” after Brexit, according to the secretary of state for culture. (more…)

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Soho House considers move into co-living market and hires Tadao Ando for Tokyo members club



Private members club Soho House is considering expanding into the fast-growing co-living market, according to founder Nick Jones. (more…)

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Siam Discovery shopping centre in Bangkok is Nendo’s biggest ever project



Movie: Oki Sato of Nendo explains the concept behind the Japanese studio’s redesign of a 40,000-square-metre shopping mall, in this video Dezeen filmed in Bangkok for retail development company Siam Piwat. (more…)

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Ron Arad overhauls public spaces in Washington DC’s Watergate Hotel



The hotel in Washington DC made famous by the Watergate scandal has reopened with interiors by London studio Ron Arad Architects (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Nestlé’s first factory transformed into interactive exhibition space



Dutch design agency Tinker Imagineers has created a €45-million exhibition area for Nestlé on the grounds of the food giant’s first factory in Vevey, Switzerland (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Glass bubble dress features in Iris van Herpen’s Autumn Winter 2016 couture collection



Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has created a dress using thousands of hand-blown glass balls for her haute-couture collection, shown in Paris this week. (more…)

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Bordeaux wine museum by XTU Architects features bulging gold-striped body



This huge bulbous building by XTU Architects creates a wine museum on the Bordeaux riverfront (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Wovns platform turns uploaded digital designs into Jacquard fabric



Digital platform Wovns can turn any design into woven fabric that can be produced in small quantities, without the usual minimum order requirements for manufacturing. (more…)

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