Peter Barber creates “cosy” brick arches for London housing scheme



Peter Barber Architects has completed a row of terraced houses in London’s Stratford, featuring a monolithic brick facade punctuated by recessed arches and balconies. (more…)

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Ariane Prin’s Rust collection changes over time as it oxidises



London Design Festival 2016: London designer Ariane Prin has added to her Rust collection with a series of blue and green-tinged clocks and pots made using copper dust (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Studio MAKS builds cuboidal concrete house filled with space-saving solutions



Dutch office Studio MAKS has built a compact concrete house in an old industrial area of Deventer, the Netherlands, for a young couple on a tight budget (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Dublin dental practice by Urban Agency features curved walls and pale wood paneling



Curving walls made up of vertical strips of bleached wood form the inside of this dental practice in Dublin, which was transformed by Urban Agency to make visiting the dentist less daunting (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals spa photographed by Fernando Guerra



These images by Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra offer a tour of Peter Zumthor‘s thermal baths at Vals, which celebrate their 20th anniversary this year (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Mobile meditation pavilion by Giovanni Wegher stands on a lake shore in northern Italy



This tiny slatted timber pavilion is intended as a space for contemplation, and was designed by Milanese architect Giovanni Wegher to tour Italy’s largest national park (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Sebastian Bergne designs jug shaped like enormous water droplet



London Design Festival 2016: British designer Sebastian Bergne‘s glass Drop carafe has been created to resemble an oversized droplet of water (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Awadh Shilpgram is a crafts hub influenced by traditional Indian architecture



Architecture studio Archohm has completed a campus for promoting crafts in the Indian city of Lucknow, featuring a cluster of grass-roofed workshops and a spiralling shopping arcade (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Get 10% off any watch at the Dezeen Watch Store pop-up today

Dezeen Watch Store popup at Designjunction 2016

London Design Festival 2016: today is the last day of our temporary watch store at designjunction in London – and readers can save ten per cent on any watch by showing this article on their smartphone when they buy! (more…)

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Paulo Kobylka designs furniture using brightly painted industrial mesh



The PK6 and PK7 chair and sofa designed by Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka are made from industrial metal screens (+ slideshow). (more…)

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