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Dezeen Debate features “a delicious slice of design cake”

April 11, 2024 Rupert Bickersteth 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Fletcher Crane Architects’ pale brick home overlooking Richmond Park in London. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects completed Kingston Villa in London, offering what they suggest is a contemporary “evolution” of the area’s typical suburban architecture in pale brick and metal. Readers were split, with some

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Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy combines glass bricks and walnut for first store

March 19, 2024 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Bottega Veneta’s creative director Matthieu Blazy has designed the brand’s Avenue Montaigne flagship store in Paris, which is dominated by walnut wood fittings and glass bricks, The 800-metre-square shop features industrial, square glass blocks integrated into the floors, ceilings and walls, creating a geometric grid which diffuses light throughout the store. Walnut wood panels frame the

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Dezeen In Depth features the RIBA president’s call for nationwide retrofit of Britain’s housing

February 24, 2024 Rupert Bickersteth 0

In this month’s Dezeen In Depth newsletter RIBA president Muyiwa Oki argues it’s crucial that whoever wins the upcoming general election prioritises fixing the UK’s energy-inefficient housing. The UK has among the oldest and least energy-efficient housing stock in the whole of Europe. With 80 per cent of the buildings that we’ll use in 2050 already

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Martin Brudnizki designs Gilded Age interiors for The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York

December 18, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Martin Brudnizki Design Studio has designed the interiors for a 1907 Renaissance-style palazzo building in New York, which has been turned into a luxury boutique hotel by architecture studio Perkins Eastman. The Fifth Avenue Hotel sits on the site of what was once one of the last mansions of The Gilded Age. Throughout the late

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“It’s fine to be useless, totally fine” says Christian Louboutin

December 7, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Following the opening of his first hotel in Portugal, French designer Christian Louboutin, famous for his red-soled shoes, discusses creativity and sustainability in this exclusive interview. “The secret to good design – and it’s a very basic answer – is to be true to yourself,” Louboutin told Dezeen. “You can take advice from people but

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Christian Louboutin and Madalena Caiado create “most extravagant and most traditional” hotel in Portugal

December 4, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Fashion designer Christian Louboutin and architect Madalena Caiado’s 13-room boutique hotel in the village of Melides, south of Lisbon, celebrates craftsmanship and has been “designed at the scale of the hand”. Named after the French designer’s signature colour, Vermelho, which is Portuguese for red, is Louboutin’s first hospitality project. The hotel features 13 rooms – all

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Gundry & Ducker revamps Victorian terrace to feature “different characters within a single house”

November 20, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Portholes and semi-circular motifs characterise this colourful renovation and extension of a Victorian terrace house in Hackney, London, by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. Gundry & Ducker drew on the palette of 1950s American kitchens when creating the rear extension and renovated basement in this London house. The studio also added a plywood staircase leading

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Dezeen LIVE: Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023

November 10, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

The Dezeen team are reporting live from the preview day of the second edition of Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 in the United Arab Emirates (opening 11 November). Follow for updates throughout the day, with exclusive previews of installations and exhibitions. 9:00am Curator of this second edition of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Nigerian architect Tosin

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Grzywinski+Pons designs Locke at East Side Gallery to “capture the strange magic” of Berlin

November 7, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Glass screen doors, bespoke furniture and natural textures draw on the waterside location of Locke at East Side Gallery hotel in Berlin by architecture studio Grzywinski+Pons. Located in the inner-city Friedrichshain district, Locke at East Side Gallery contains 176 studio apartments equipped with kitchenettes and living areas, for short stay through to longer tenancies as

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Akram Fahmi gives Etch restaurant monochrome revamp to reflect two-ingredient dishes

October 18, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Interior designer Akram Fahmi has revamped the Etch restaurant in Hove, East Sussex, creating black and white interiors to reflect its minimalist menu. Located in a space that was originally a bank, Etch was first renovated and opened as a restaurant in 2017. It has been reimagined by Fahmi, the founder of interiors studio London

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