Design

San Francisco studio Ryan Leidner Architecture has based the design of a wood-and-stucco desert house and art studio in southern California on mid-century Eichler homes and southwestern art. Located in the High Desert region near Joshua Tree National Park, the house was designed for painter Heather Day and her partner Chase McBride. Ryan Leidner Architecture […]

As powerful as smartphones might be, they also have the potential to distract us from the more important things we need to do in life. Sometimes, that productivity does include plenty of reading on the go, which makes the smartphone convenient but also potentially harmful to ones’ eyes in the long run. These contradictory features

Just hearing the word “camping” brings some sort of dread to me as this kind of adventure is definitely not for me. For one, I need a proper bathroom and also I’m a slave to my creature comforts over a fantastic view of the outdoors. But over the years, glamping and luxury RV living have

An exposed concrete frame infilled with reclaimed stone walls encases warm, timber-lined interiors at this home near Beijing by architecture studio Chaoffice. Named House of Bluff, the five-bedroom house was built on a disused site described by the studio as a “wasteland”, covered with rubble and stones from a partially collapsed building. Beijing-based Chaoffice repurposed these

From a slender home nestled into an infill site in Wisconsin to a micro home prototype in Indore, here are Dezeen’s houses of the month for December. Other houses featured in our monthly roundup of the most popular residences published on Dezeen include a London home defined by brick and natural ash cladding and …

German studio GMP Architekten has refurbished and extended Alsterschwimmhalle, a swimming pool in Hamburg with a distinctive double-curved concrete roof. After being forced to close during the coronavirus pandemic, Alsterschwimmhalle has been transformed into a multipurpose leisure complex with a sauna and fitness club. GMP Architekten has revamped Alsterschwimmhalle in Hamburg GMP Architekten‘s overhaul ensures