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 A virtual tour of Gardenhouse by MAD Architects with Dixon Junliang Lu About Located at 8600 Wilshire Boulevard in California’s Beverly Hills, “Gardenhouse” is a mixed-use scheme consisting of 18 residential units above ground floor commercial space. Evoking the lush landscape of Beverly Hills, the scheme becomes a “hillside village” with residential units “growing” […]

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LA Design Festival x MLK1101 x LOHA from LA Design Festival on Vimeo. A series of virtual tours taking visitors inside some of LA’s most interesting projects and studios. About this Event Responding to an urgent need in Los Angeles for housing catered to formerly homeless veterans and chronically homeless and low-income households, LOHA collaborated […]

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On a hidden alley off of Berendo Street in the East Hollywood neighborhood of LA lie three very different creative studios. This little microcosm of design talent embodies tenets of future-forward design and is exactly why LA is now considered such an epicenter for modern design. Come along and meet the talented designers behind Estudio Persona, Cuff […]

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Nex up in our review of 2019, editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at the most-read stories for every month this year, including alternative designs for Notre-Dame and an interview with Tatiana Bilbao. January – Drone footage reveals hundreds of abandoned Turkish chateaux A drone video revealing a development of hundreds…

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Design studio Superflux has built a vision of a typical Singapore home in 2219, with features including homemade hunting tools, snorkelling equipment and a mini hydroponic farm. Superflux founders Anab Jain and Jon Ardern imagine that climate change will completely change the way people live their lives over the next 100 years,…

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Continuing our review of 2019, Sabina Sohail selects the top 10 hotels of the year including a spa in the Sharjah desert and a hotel built within an abandoned quarry in China. Jungle Keva Hotel, Mexico, by Jaque Studio Located in Tulum, the interiors of this hotel features palm leaf-lined ceilings…

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As part of Dezeen’s yearly review, reporter Natasha Levy has selected the top 10 home interiors of 2019 – among which is a micro flat in Taiwan and a bunker-style apartment in Sydney. Barbican Apartment, UK, by John Pawson Just a smattering of furnishings features inside this greyscale flat on London’s…

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As part of our 2019 review – and to mark the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – design reporter Jennifer Hahn looks back at the top 10 cosiest, most hygge interiors. Hotel Kinsley, USA, Studio Robert McKinley “We didn’t want antlers or plaid and reclaimed wood,” explained…

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This week on Dezeen, we rounded up the best architecture, design and interiors posts of the year, taking in the most controversial stories, the best quotes from Dezeen’s many interviews and a slew of interesting interiors. The biggest trends in architecture this year ranged from the serious to the playful. Responses…

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Bridget Cogley has picked the top restaurants around the world for our next review of 2019 – including Snøhetta’s underwater eatery in Norway, a Kyoto chocolate bar and an all-pink pizza spot in London. Under by Snøhetta, Båly, Norway This underwater restaurant on the southern tip of Norway by Snøhetta comprises…

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A pink-tinged CBD store in New York and a minimalist handbag boutique in Milan are among the top 10 shops of 2019, selected by interiors reporter Natasha Levy as part of Dezeen’s yearly review. Standard Dose, USA, by SR Projects It’s only fitting that SR Projects set out to create a…

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Coffee roaster Ozone has opened a new space inside an east London warehouse, featuring plywood interiors by local studio Box 9. Box 9 has created custom tables and bench seating to complement the bright and airy aesthetic of the restaurant and roastery. Located in Bethnal Green, it is the second venue that…

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Childcare subscription app Brella has opened its first space in Los Angeles, comprising play areas, a co-working space and yoga classes. Launched in 2019, the startup is led by two mothers – Darien Williams and Melanie Wolff – that grew frustrated with the daycare options available to their own families. Brella’s…

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Ornate paintings and decorative stucco ceilings appear inside the self-designed studio of architecture practice Aires Mateus, which occupies an 18th-century building in Lisbon, Portugal. Aires Mateus’ four-storey studio, which has been named Atelier Cecílio de Sousa after the street it’s located on, contains working and meeting spaces, two model-making areas and…

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IKEA has redesigned the tiny living pod on the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, filling its interior with space-saving furnishings. The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is a simulation site that’s designed to emulate the physical and psychological conditions of Mars, where groups of up to six scientists can visit…

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