Francesco Faccin creates furniture with bronze planks cast to look like wood



Milan 2016: Italian designer Francesco Faccin‘s Bronzification collection features furniture made from panels of bronze with the texture and appearance of wooden planks (+ movie). (more…)

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Jagged wooden roof frames museum dedicated to Japan’s Jōmon period by Furuichi and Associates



Architecture studio Furuichi and Associates has completed a museum dedicated to Japan‘s Jōmon period, featuring a multi-faceted roofscape designed to evoke the inside of a cave (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Zaha Hadid’s interiors for One Thousand Museum tower in Miami revealed in new images



These new images reveal more details and show the interior designs for late architect Zaha Hadid‘s residential skyscraper currently under construction in Miami (+ slideshow). (more…)

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David Rockwell designs Minimalist lighting collection for Rich Brilliant Willing



New York 2016: American designer and architect David Rockwell has designed a collection of three simple lighting fixtures for New York company Rich Brilliant Willing. (more…)

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Daniel Buren colours the sails of Frank Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton



French artist Daniel Buren has covered the glass sails of Frank Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton building in Paris with an array of multicoloured filters (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Bar Works to transform UK phone boxes into work pods



A New York-based co-working company has plans for the UK’s underused but iconic red public phone booths: it is transforming them into micro offices for workers on the go. (more…)

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Dezeen Mail issue 305 features this week’s biggest architecture and design stories

Foster + Partners gets go ahead for crystalline skyscrapers in San Francisco



Foster + Partners has won planning approval for a pair of faceted glass skyscrapers in San Francisco, which will be among the tallest buildings in the city. (more…)

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Louis Kahn building at Yale reopens following meticulous restoration



The Yale Center for British Art, designed by architect Louis Kahn, has reopened following a refurbishment that “sets a new standard for the stewardship of modern architecture” according to Robert AM Stern (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Aesop ION store in Singapore features Snøhetta-designed “upside-down forest”



Timber battens cover the ceiling of skincare brand Aesop‘s newest store in Singapore, which architecture firm Snøhetta based on a nutmeg plantation that once occupied the site (+ slideshow). (more…)

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