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Tom Dixon, Peter Clegg and Neville Brody recognised in new year's honours

Designer Tom Dixon has been awarded a CBE, while architect Peter Clegg and graphic designer Neville Brody have been awarded OBEs in King Charles III’s New Year Honours list. Also recognised by King Charles were architect Timothy John Beech Williamson and landscape architect Richard Wilson, who both received OBEs. Industrial designer Dixon has become a Commander of the Order

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Gianni Botsford Architects adds trapezoidal home to Norman Foster extension

Local studio Gianni Botsford Architects has added an extension to a house in Hampstead, London, that complements a distinctive, high-tech addition created by Norman Foster in the 1960s. After the home was acquired by new owners, Gianni Botsford Architects was tasked with maintaining the extension but replacing the original 1860s coach house with a complementary

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Ryan Leidner Architecture creates home and studio in High Desert

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

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Chaoffice fills concrete grid with reclaimed stone for home in rural China

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

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GMP Architekten revamps "cityscape-defining" swimming pool in Hamburg

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

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Bread takes place of gemstones in Rising jewellery collection

Bread becomes a “precious and beautiful element” in this jewellery range created by designer Cindy Xinyi Wu as an ode to the act of baking and the energetic nature of dough. The Rising collection features sculptural rings, brooches, earrings, bangles and necklaces, all with baked bread dough bulging out of intricately shaped metal frameworks. The shapes

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HCMA designs all-electric aquatic center in British Columbia

Canadian studio HCMA has completed an aquatic and community centre in British Columbia that is the country’s first zero-carbon certified building. The təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre opened in 2024, providing a 10,684-square metre (114,571-square foot) public athletic space for people of all abilities in the city of New Westminster. HCMA has completed an aquatic

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