This week, Heatherwick unveiled the centrepiece for New York’s Hudson Yards development



This week on Dezeen: this week British designer Thomas Heatherwick presented a structure comprising 154 staircases for a vast development Manhattan’s West Side and we geared up for next week’s London Design Festival. (more…)

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Paul Cocksedge’s Vamp Stereo plays music wirelessly on any two old speakers



Paul Cocksedge has unveiled the latest design in his mission to save vintage speakers from obsolescence, with a small Bluetooth device that can now provide stereo sound (+ movie). (more…)

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Ghiora Aharoni uses art deco references for Chelsea pied-à-terre interior



New York-based Ghiora Aharoni Design Studio has added curved oak panels and silver leafing to an apartment in an art-deco Manhattan building to better reflect its original style (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Chen + Suchart extends historic Arizona home with metal-clad gabled addition



US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow). (more…)

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US job of the week: exhibition production manager at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum

“DS+R’s education building suggests architectural innovation can still be put to the public good”



Opinion: the light-filled, social spaces at Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s medical education centre at Columbia University could make future doctors demand more from their workspaces and ultimately pave the way for better hospitals, says Alan G Brake. (more…)

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10 of the best private homes to explore in London during Open House

Dingle Price Architects creates house for a painter in London

Open House London takes place this weekend, giving members of the public access to 750 buildings. Dezeen editor Anna Winston picks 10 of the best houses and apartments that will open their doors to nosy visitors and architecture enthusiasts. (more…)

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Benjamin Hubert fills V&A’s medieval tapestry room with rippling steel installation



London Design Festival 2016: 50,000 metal triangles make up British designer Benjamin Hubert‘s undulating Foil installation, which casts light onto the V&A’s medieval tapestries (+ slideshow). (more…)

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AÃRK experiments with circular forms to create new Dome watch



Dezeen Watch Store: circles are used through the design of Australian brand AÃRK’s latest watch collection.
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Brexit decision is “criminal” says Konstantin Grcic



Brexit: the EU Referendum should never have happened according to German designer Konstantin Grcic, who said the decision by Britain’s former prime minister David Cameron to host the vote was criminal. (more…)

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