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30 Small Bathrooms Full of Big Ideas (30 photos)

June 1, 2022 Suzanne Ennis 0

When it comes to bathrooms, small is in the eye of the beholder. Keep that in mind when flipping through this roundup, which features 30 bathrooms from around the world that fall somewhere between teeny tiny and conventional-size but compact. Each off…

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Loader Monteith uses reclaimed stone and red aluminium for Scottish home

June 1, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Ceangal House has a brick and metal exterior

Scottish studio Loader Monteith has completed Ceangal House, a home on a working farm in South Lanarkshire with a layout and materials that were drawn from the original 19th-century buildings on the site. Almost all of the masonry from the existing farm buildings was reclaimed to create a sandstone-clad base for the new dwelling, which

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Twenty significant buildings opened by Queen Elizabeth II during her 70-year reign

June 1, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
significant buildings opened by Queen Elizabeth II

As the UK celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we look back at 20 of the most significant buildings she has opened since her coronation in 1952. In her record-breaking time on the throne Queen Elizabeth II has certainly cut her fair share of red ribbons, opening numerous public buildings across the UK, Australia and New

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Deconstructivism exhibition aimed “to rock the boat” says Mark Wigley

June 1, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
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MoMA’s seminal 1988 Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition didn’t set out to define an architectural style, says its curator Mark Wigley in this exclusive interview as part of our series revisiting deconstructivism. Featuring architects Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi and Coop Himmelb(l)au, the Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) ended up

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The Plus for Vestre / BIG

June 1, 2022 Paula Pintos 0

In just 18 months, Vestre has completed the world’s most environmentally friendly furniture factory, The Plus. The investment of almost NOK 300 million makes The Plus the single largest investment in the Norwegian furniture industry in decades. The 7000 m2 factory will be a global showcase for sustainable and highly efficient production and an experience destination for people around the world.

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Five architecture and design events in June from Dezeen Events Guide

June 1, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
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Milan design week and Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Other events taking place in June include Creative Days Vienna, which will feature in-person discussions on how emerging digital technologies are shaping the future of culture, and RAIC Virtual Conference on Architecture.

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Rem Koolhaas on the High-Rise Phenomenon and Emirates’ Potential of Re-Inventing Urbanization

June 1, 2022 Christele Harrouk 0

Rem Koolhaas, co-founder of Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), receiver of the Pritzker Prize Award in 2000, and leading urban theorist, was one of the first to question the high-rise phenomenon and its influence on city transformation. Particularly intrigued by the Gulf region and the urban ambitions of this area, in 2009, during the 9th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, he delivered a lecture on the potential of re-inventing urbanization in the Emirates.