Dezeen Mail 297 features this week’s biggest stories in architecture and design

Daan Roosegaarde uses green lasers to showcase the “beauty” of wind turbines



Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has turned a group of wind turbines into a light installation by connecting the structures with moving laser beams (+ movie). (more…)

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TAKA slots tearooms and toilets beneath brick arches in Dublin’s St Patrick’s Park



TAKA has completed St Patrick’s Park Tearooms, a cafe with bright green window frames that is located beneath the brick arches of a Dublin park originally commissioned by the Guinness family (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Zaha Hadid designs range of silver jewellery for Georg Jensen



Architect Zaha Hadid has designed a collection of silver jewellery for Danish design house Georg Jensen, including a twisted cuff and a ring that fits over two fingers. (more…)

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Kram/Weisshaar designs reflection-warping Picó Blitz speakers for sound system exhibition



This foil-covered sound system by Swedish German duo Reed Kram and Clemens Weisshaar uses audio vibration to distort listeners’ reflections (+ movie – this contains flashing images). (more…)

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Today we like: Irish architecture and design

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It’s St Patrick’s Day! We’re celebrating by revisiting our archive of Irish architecture and design, including 13 of the country’s best contemporary homes and a thatched pavilion overlooking the sea. See more projects from Ireland »

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Yusuke Seki combines “danger and precision” for Japanese knife shop interior



Handmade knifes are displayed on a custom-built wooden shelving system inside this shop for Japanese brand Tadafusa, designed by Tokyo designer Yusuke Seki. (more…)

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Heal’s Design Ireland exhibition spotlights Irish designers on Saint Patrick’s Day



Heal’s is hosting its first presentation of work by Irish designers and makers since the 1970s, and its launch coincides with Saint Patrick’s Day (+ slideshow). (more…)

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All-encompassing roof frames terraces for Suppose Design Office’s House in Utsunomiya



A metal roof completely surrounds this house by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office, sheltering terraces and a garden so that residents can use these spaces all year round (+ slideshow). (more…)

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German museum to host pedestal-themed Konstantin Grcic retrospective



The Kunsthalle Bielefeld museum’s Figures exhibition will bring together furniture and lighting created by German designer Konstantin Grcic over the past decade and a half. (more…)

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