Happy new year from the Dezeen team and best wishes for 2017! This image of fireworks is one of our favourites from the Christmas cards we received over the holidays, featuring a shot by photographer John Lewis Marshall.
Happy new year from Dezeen
interior-design
SOM unveils trio of towers for Downtown Los Angeles
Architecture firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill has designed three residential skyscrapers that will add to the growing Los Angeles skyline. Read more
Studio Bazi’s tiny self-designed home features a wooden “sleeping box”
To make the most of space in this micro apartment in Moscow, Studio Bazi added a raised wooden volume that contains the sleeping quarters, but also creates disguised storage space. Read more
10 of the best bar interiors from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards
As it’s New Year’s Eve, we’ve found 10 of the best bar interiors from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards, including a Shanghai punch bar with bamboo-lined booths and a Tokyo venue covered in colourful electrical cables. Read more
Sustainable see-through speaker by People People alerts user when parts need replacing
This transparent speaker has built-in sensors that detect when parts need to be replaced, repaired or updated, and notifies users via their smartphones. Read more
Dezeen’s 10 buildings to look forward to in 2017
An art museum in a hollowed-out grain silo, South Korea’s answer to the High Line and a high-rise inspired by Chinese landscape paintings are among the best buildings set to complete in 2017, selected by Dezeen editor Amy Frearson. Read more
David Adjaye receives knighthood in New Year’s Honours 2017
British architect David Adjaye is to become Sir David Adjaye after receiving a knighthood for services to architecture in the New Year’s Honours 2017. Read more
Fala Atelier uses new curving wall to reorganise Lisbon flat
Porto architecture studio Fala Atelier has overhauled a fragmented 19th-century Lisbon flat, creating a long narrow living area framed by a subtly curved wall. Read more
Old Copenhagen iron factory transformed into independent brewery by To Øl
A disused iron factory in Copenhagen‘s Nørrebro neighbourhood provides the new home for the Brus Brewery, which features a bar, shop and restaurant, all dominated by oak. Read more
Self-built Austin home by Sean Guess is clad in hide-like cement panels
Cement-fibre panels that appear to have the same texture as an elephant’s skin clad the exterior of this home that architect Sean Guess built for himself in Austin, Texas. Read more
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