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zaha hadid architects to design zhejiang‘s cao’e river culture and art center in shaoxing, china

set to host productions of opera, dance, and drama, the architecture includes a 1,400-seater grand theater and a 500-seat black-box multifunctional hall. The post zaha hadid architects to design zhejiang‘s cao’e river culture and art center in shaoxing, china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Ao-ft arranges mass-timber house around contours of London plane tree

A tall plane tree forms a focal point for Tree Courtyard House, a home with a cross-laminated timber structure on a backland site in east London by local studio Ao-ft. Tucked behind Walthamstow Village’s main shopping street, the two-bed house is designed to blend into its surroundings with dark brown-brick walls that Ao-ft said “minimise attention”.

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Ergonomic window vacuum cleaner concept redesigns tool’s architecture with a stylish twist

The window vacuum cleaner is one of those household tools that we need to be just functional. We don’t really focus that much on the design but rather on how it is able to clean our surfaces well. But what if the design actually contributes to its functionality? Also, a lot of the cleaners in

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Foster + Partners unveils Dubai skyscrapers linked by penthouse swimming pool

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has designed a pair of 180-metre-tall residential skyscrapers named Regent Residences Dubai, which will be bridged together by a swimming pool at the penthouse level. Set to be built on the Marasi Marina in the Business Bay area of the city, Regent Residences Dubai will contain 60 apartments, each on its

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Naturehumaine completes Quebec retreat for “well-being and rejuvenation”

White-painted wooden planks and matching-coloured metal roof panels make up the monochrome exterior of Selenite, a retreat nestled into a forested site in Québec, completed by Canadian studio Naturehumaine. Named Selenite after the crystalline mineral believed to have soothing properties, the refuge was designed by Naturehumaine to realise their clients’ vision of “combining ecological architecture,

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The 10 most hotly debated design and architecture stories of 2024

As part of our review of 2024, Dezeen digital editor Rupert Bickersteth rounds up the year’s most hotly debated stories, from Jaguar’s rebrand to the latest from Thomas Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign. Millions of you read Dezeen each year and tens of thousands of comments are left under stories debating and discussing the finer details of a

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