Architecture

Promotion: Estonian timber supplier Thermory has announced the winners of its annual wooden architecture design awards, including a swooping addition to Lisbon’s Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian by Kengo Kuma. The Thermory Design Awards celebrates architecture and design constructed with Thermory’s thermally-modified wood products. Thermory has named a winner for each of its four categories – […]

Dezeen Showroom: two L-shaped aluminium sheets create “the illusion of a single rectangular base” in this characterfully geometric coffee table by New York furniture designer Orlando Pippig. A thick slab of smoked glass tops off the AL-03 table, both concealing and revealing the base structure underneath depending on the angle from which it is viewed.

Textured tiles and exposed surfaces feature in the rehabilitation of this historic home in Valencia completed by local interior design studio Paloma Bau. Originally built in 1925, the studio aimed to improve its dark and heavily partitioned interiors to transform the space into a modern and functional home for its young owner. Paloma Bau has

German studio Ingenhoven Associates has redesigned Calwer Passage, a former shopping centre and office block in Stuttgart, adding a “natural curtain” of trailing plants to its facade. The scheme, which has been shortlisted in the mixed-use project category of Dezeen Awards 2024, involved the reconstruction and extension of the 1970s shopping arcade and office block

Dezeen Showroom: designer Jaime Hayon worked with Spanish furniture brand Viccarbe to extend the Aleta seating family with the launch of an executive chair. The Aleta Executive chair features a backrest made of two different materials – one on the inside and one on the outside – creating a personalised and considered aesthetic that can be specified

Design studio Policronica has transformed the interior of Hotel Elysée Montmartre in Paris, relying almost exclusively on a single species of wood. The 850-square-metre space nods to the studio’s signature aesthetic and features a monochrome interior characterised by architectural woodwork and wooden furnishings. Nearly all furnishings in the hotel were crafted from eucalyptus wood Nearly

A whole chess set was translated into wearable accessories in this prototype by French designer Louis Le Joly Senoville, a fan of the game who wanted to make it possible to play anywhere at any time. The Ha Mat wearable chess set consists of 32 rings representing the playing pieces for two players, a large

This pavilion, designed by architecture firm Semester Studio for a furniture exhibition in Shanghai, was built entirely using materials that were separated and returned to their source after the show. The Temporary Storage Garden pavilion was created by Semester Studio for furniture producer Camerich‘s presentation at the 2023 China International Furniture Fair. Rather than displaying

Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss has introduced the Plus collection of carpet tiles, featuring versatile designs with a backing made of mostly circular materials. The Plus carpet tiles are lightweight, soft and feature backing made out of ecoBack Plus, which is made from polyolefin and biomaterials containing 85 per cent recycled or renewed content. The

New York architecture studio Young Projects has created a wooden pavilion on the grounds of Art Omi in the Hudson Valley with pine wood slats that “clatter and sway” in the wind. The Match House was commissioned by arts centre Art Omi to be installed in its Sculpture and Architecture Park, which sees a rotation