Lee Broom to showcase Optical lighting collection with “surreal roadshow” in Milan



Milan 2016: British designer Lee Broom will recreate part of an Italian palazzo inside a delivery van for a travelling installation to showcase his latest 90s-inspired lighting collection. (more…)

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GAFPA inserts wooden house into the shell of an old Belgian industrial building



Belgian studio GAFPA has slotted a timber-framed house inside the steel skeleton of a disused stonemason’s atelier in Ghent, and transformed a former outbuilding into a walled garden (+ slideshow). (more…)

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This week the world mourned the loss of Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid

This week on Dezeen: architects including Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Odile Decq, Daniel Libeskind and many more paid tribute to Zaha Hadid this week after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died unexpectedly. (more…)

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Gallery Fumi shows new work by Study O Portable and Glithero in Paris



London’s Gallery Fumi is showing a collection of pieces at the PAD Paris fair encompassing new work by designers and artists including Study O Portable, Glithero and Johannes Nagel (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Nendo designs leaning marble tables for Marsotto Edizioni



Milan 2016: these marble side tables by Japanese design studio Nendo look like they are leaning over. (more…)

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Seymourpowell unveils first-class cabin concept to turn aeroplane into “boutique hotel of the skies”



London product design firm Seymourpowell has revealed a concept for a commercial first-class aircraft cabin with private rooms that feature full-size beds (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Barber and Osgerby to launch two tile collections for Mutina in Milan



Milan 2016: London studio Barber and Osgerby has created a set of patterned geometric tiles, and a range of ceramic blocks that can be stacked to form ventilated sunscreens. (more…)

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US job of the week: architect at Lalire March Architects

US job of the week: architect at Lalire March Architects

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Lalire March Architects, which helped transform Barneys’ Downtown flagship store in New York (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

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Zaha Hadid was “a combination of beauty and strength” says Rem Koolhaas



In an exclusive interview, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas tells Dezeen about his longstanding friendship with Zaha Hadid and hits out at the West’s architecture press for acting as a self-appointed Amnesty International towards her projects in Eastern countries (+ transcript). (more…)

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It will be a challenge to surpass Zaha Hadid’s achievement, says Kengo Kuma



Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has paid tribute to Zaha Hadid, who died suddenly yesterday, just months after the pair were at loggerheads over the controversial Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium design. (more…)

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