Building & Construction

Local architecture office Superlimão Studio has created a lifted building with a tree-like structure constructed using mass timber for a McDonald’s restaurant in São Paulo. Located at one of the busiest intersections of São Paulo, the 2,150-square foot (220-square metre) building is part of the American fast food chain’s “Recipe for the Future” initiative and …

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an interview with architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who tells Dezeen he could design a skyscraper when the time is right. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Burkinabè architect Kéré has risen to become one of the profession’s biggest stars in recent years, becoming the first African to win …

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A sculptural facade defines the Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences, a housing block with affordable senior apartments in Freeport, New York, designed by German architecture firm Studio Libeskind. Located in Freeport on Long Island, north of New York City, the Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences is a 41,833-square-foot (3,886-square-metre) apartment building. Studio Libeskind has created …

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Nonprofit New York City Economic Development Corporation has launched New York City Mass Timber Studio, an assistance program for the development of mass-timber construction within New York City. The program aims to raise awareness of the benefits of mass-timber construction, connect building industry professionals interested in the technique and identify development opportunities throughout the city. …

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A sawtooth roof that references the nearby South Melbourne Market tops Ferrars & York, an apartment block in Australia designed by local studio Six Degrees Architects. Six Degrees Architects worked with property developer Hip V Hype to create the block of 22 apartments, which occupies a challenging, narrow site alongside a tram track in Melbourne. While …

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Amsterdam-based Studio Lentala has designed the Rom & Lupa chairs to improve children’s physical and mental health. Named Rom & Lupa, the seats were designed to provide active sitting solutions following research by the studio that showed the negative impact passive sitting has on the physical and mental health of children. Studio Lentala has designed two playful seats …

Studio Lentala designs playful children's chairs to "enable active sitting" Read More »

Danish toymaker Lego has abandoned its pilot programme to make recycled plastic bricks from discarded bottles after projections suggested that, adopted at scale, the material would ultimately have a higher carbon footprint. The company introduced its first prototype bricks using recycled PET (rPET) in 2021 as part of the aim to have all of its …

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Dezeen Showroom: flooring brand Tarkett has launched a new collection of fully recyclable carpet tiles that aims to give the impression of “walking through nature’s landscapes and thriving gardens”. The brand’s DESSO Fuse Landscape carpet tiles are designed to blend into one another in a gradual ombre effect in order to zone both large and …

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A 1960s Italian hotel and the historic coastal bulwarks below have been restored by architect Bonaventura Gambardella and interior designer Nikita Bettoni. The Borgo Santandrea hotel overlooks the historic fishing village of Conca dei Marini from its lofty position 90 metres above the sea on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. The Borgo Santandrea hotel sits on a cliff …

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Designer Rio Kobayashi has created a London Design Festival “living room” filled with objects he created with the help of artist and designer friends. Manus Manum Lavat is the first solo exhibition from the Japanese designer who trained as a cabinet-maker in Austria before setting up his studio in London in 2017. Kobayashi based the …

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