Nemo reissues cement lamp designed by Le Corbusier



Milan 2016: Italian lighting design firm Nemo has reissued Le Corbusier‘s Borne Béton lamp, originally designed by the architect in 1952. (more…)

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Machado Silvetti clads Florida museum extension in over 3,000 green ceramic tiles



US firm Machado Silvetti has used jade-coloured terracotta tiles to sheath an extension to an Asian art centre on a museum campus in Florida (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Kengo Kuma unveils plans for curved apartment tower in Vancouver



Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has revealed plans for his first tall building in North America – a residential tower in Vancouver with a curved silhouette (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Thatched observatory installed on roof of 1930s Sonneveld House in Rotterdam



Mexican artist Santiago Borja has built a thatched observatory on the roof of one of Holland‘s best-preserved Modernist houses (+ slideshow). (more…)

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“Smart technology is a solution looking for a problem,” says Rotterdam Biennale curator



Technologies like driverless cars and smart heating systems could end up making cities dysfunctional according to Maarten Hajer, curator of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2016 (+ interview). (more…)

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Pablo Bronstein manipulates architectural imagery for choreographed Tate commission



Dancers dressed in bright red jumpers, ballet leggings and oversized pearls promenade and gesticulate within a distorted architectural setting created by artist Pablo Bronstein for his new Tate Britain show (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Dezeen’s #milanogram2016 winner revealed

Lernert & Sander's installation concept will be repeated for the furniture collection's debut at this year's Milan design week with an installation at Ventura Lambrate showcasing intentionally boring office furniture

Milan 2016: over 14,000 images were posted to Instagram using our #milanogram2016 tag during Milan design week, and this shot by Lijo John Mathew has been named best photograph by our panel of judges. (more…)

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Adidas unveils Team GB kits for Rio 2016 by Stella McCartney



Adidas has unveiled its kits for the Team GB athletes competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics, designed by fashion designer Stella McCartney. (more…)

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Zaha Hadid and Paul Smith design holes for crazy golf course in London’s Trafalgar Square



A Kickstarter campaign has launched to bring a crazy golf course designed by architects and designers including Tom Dixon, Paul Smith and the late Zaha Hadid to Trafalgar Square in London (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Norman Foster’s timber-framed Maggie’s Centre opens in his home town of Manchester



Norman Foster has completed a Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in his home town of Manchester, featuring a timber-lattice structure, an angular greenhouse and a flower garden (+ slideshow). (more…)

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