Comments update: readers are reflecting on the life and work of Zaha Hadid after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died suddenly aged 65 last week. (more…)
“Zaha was bold, inspirational and challenged the status quo”
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10 space-saving furniture designs for small homes
City dwellers are adapting to escalating house prices by living in smaller, more flexible spaces, and designers are responding with furniture that makes the most of every inch of the floors, walls, and even the ceiling. We’ve pulled together 10 of the best examples (+ slideshow). (more…)
Zaha Hadid’s Issam Fares Institute photographed by Julien Lanoo
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: the day before Zaha Hadid suffered a fatal heart attack, French photographer Julien Lanoo unexpectedly stumbled across her Issam Fares Institute in Beirut, Lebanon, and created a new set of images (+ slideshow). (more…)
Arihiro Miyake’s Coppélia chandelier for Moooi could “only be created with LEDs”
Extra Moooi: Japanese designer Arihiro Miyake explains how he reinterpreted the traditional chandelier using steel wire and dozens of LEDs in our next movie for Dutch brand Moooi. (more…)
Kengo Kuma clads “amoeba-shaped” art centre in porous aluminium panels
Kengo Kuma and Associates has built an art centre with an intricate aluminium-moulded facade at a former cotton mill in China, which has been converted into a shop and office complex (+ slideshow). (more…)
Kaan Architecten completes new Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Six bronze statues mark the entrance to Kaan Architecten‘s new Supreme Court of the Netherlands, which features a facade of green glass louvres and an interior dominated by marble (+ slideshow). (more…)
Paul Smith applies “psychedelic” colours to iconic cactus-shaped coat stand
Milan 2016: British fashion designer Paul Smith has created a new striped version of the cactus-shaped coat stand launched by Italian furniture brand Gufram in the 1970s. (more…)
Iowa architecture students design military shelters for combat zones to help soldiers feel safer
Graduate design students at Iowa State University have created conceptual schemes for shelters that would house US soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and help give them a sense of safety (+ slideshow). (more…)
Pinch uses copper to create a new version of the Jesmonite Nim table
Milan 2016: London design studio Pinch has unveiled a limited edition of its Nim coffee table, which combines plaster and resin composite material Jesmonite with powdered copper. (more…)
