Architect David Chipperfield has released details of his plans for the Eero Saarinen-designed US Embassy in London, which his firm will convert into a 137-room hotel. (more…)
David Chipperfield reveals plans to convert US Embassy into Mayfair hotel
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Ventura Lambrate to exhibit over 160 designers during Milan design week
Dezeen promotion: Pieke Bergmans and Studio Mieke Meijer are among the designers set to exhibit at Ventura Lambrate during this year’s Milan design week (+ slideshow). (more…)
Kengo Kuma anchors Japanese textile showroom to the ground with carbon-fibre threads
Kengo Kuma’s firm has converted a concrete office building into a showroom for a Japanese textile company, and tethered it to the ground with carbon fibres to provide earthquake protection (+ slideshow). (more…)
Coloured glass panels form windows into Campana brothers’ Aquário cabinet
Milan 2016: Brazilian duo Humberto and Fernando Campana have used green glass to fill blob-shaped gaps in this wooden cabinet for Spanish brand BD Barcelona Design. (more…)
T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze
Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house (+ slideshow). (more…)
Standard Architecture creates minimal Hollywood showroom for Helmut Lang
Boston architecture students complain about “unacceptable” studio space
Front designs bent-wood rocking horse for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna
Milan 2016: Stockholm studio Front has based the design of this minimal rocking horse for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna on an old bent-wood chair from the furniture brand’s archive. (more…)
Toyota snubs high-tech cars in favour of wooden concept for Milan design week
Milan 2016: Toyota has created an open-top two-seater vehicle made out of wood to combat the idea that “modern cars have to be high-tech machines packed with the latest technologies” (+ slideshow). (more…)
Enter Dezeen’s #milanogram2016 competition to win a Milano Metro watch
Competition: we’re giving away a Milano Metro watch by NAVA, courtesy of Dezeen Watch Store, for the best image of Milan’s design week posted to Instagram using our #milanogram2016 hashtag. (more…)
