An “angled, folded form” clad in charred cedar defines this holiday home, designed by Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design to embrace the surrounding landscape while maintaining its inhabitants’ privacy. The studio designed the 225-square-metre holiday home for a family to use either alone or with guests. Located on the Yatsugatake mountain plateau in central Japan, the…
Wiki World sets Red Submarine Cabin in the forest Red Submarine Cabin is a modular cabin product designed by Wiki World as a spatial system for remote landscapes in China. Developed around Wiki World’s Digital Wood technology, the cabin combines digital fabrication with a compact, prefabricated construction system. Conceived as a high-performance, zero-footprint, plug-and-play…
kosmos architects turns mallorcan residence into a reuse study On the steep hillside of Banyalbufar, overlooking the Mediterranean in Mallorca’s Serra de Tramuntana, KOSMOS Architects and Blanca Gardelegui transform a traditional village townhouse through repair, adaptation, and reuse into a family home. Dubbed Amor de la Isla, the project works with what the house…
Dezeen Weekly returns with a conversation about Dyson‘s eye-catching new product launch, plus a building in north London that aims to kickstart a revival of stone architecture. In this episode, Dezeen features editor Nat Barker and design editor Jennifer Hahn are joined by editor Tom Ravenscroft to discuss the Dyson CameraJet. The team have their…
Reworking a 1960s Madrid apartment around everyday use Located in Madrid’s Imperial neighborhood, this 48-sqm apartment was renovated by Alessio Lamarca and Marta Ciabattini around the everyday routines of its future occupant. Instead of beginning with a predetermined aesthetic, the architects considered how the home would actually be used: where bags are placed on…
building a home in the virtual world Before exploring a virtual world, players start by building a house. In Minecraft, the first night can mean quickly putting together a shelter from whatever is nearby, while in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players arrive on an empty island and slowly fill it with houses, gardens, paths,…
The Black Schoolhouse takes shape in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward The Black School has created The Black Schoolhouse, a 185.8-square-meter community arts center in New Orleans’ historic Seventh Ward that brings creative education, cultural exchange, and neighborhood resources together under one roof. Located at 1660 N. Roman Street, the center is shaped by an…
amdl circle opens milan’s palazzo litta to the public AMDL CIRCLE, founded by Michele De Lucchi, presents a strategic masterplan for Palazzo Litta in Milan that seeks to open the monumental spaces of the historic building to the public while retaining its institutional role. Commissioned by the Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Lombardia, which has…
Strip paintings translated into three dimensions A Gerhard Richter painting can begin with a photograph and end as something far more experimental. In Doha, one of those studies is becoming a building. The German artist has designed a permanent hexagonal gallery pavilion for MIA Park that takes the visual system behind his Strip paintings…
Re:Concrete Gives Buried Infrastructure a Second Life Re:Concrete transforms precast drainage pipes, elements typically buried beneath the city, into an open civic room on Mumbai’s coast. Cut, rotated, and suspended at different heights, the reclaimed concrete cylinders become walls, thresholds, seating elements, and circular light wells. The competition-winning proposal explores whether concrete can enter…