4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (856+ words) A clutch of young design galleries and grassroots platforms are shaking the cobwebs off London's design scene. In the lead-up to the city's annual design festival, we profile five that you should know about. The collective: after being quoted £900 per…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (740+ words) Asca Studio and Relief Gallery joined forces to create the interiors of the Ómós guesthouse outside Abbeyleix, Ireland, which they have converted from a ruin into a welcoming space filled with tactile materials. The 16-room guesthouse, located in a formerly…...

3+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (399+ words) Dezeen Competitions: Buildner's latest competition, Valli Wine Tasting Room, is seeking submissions for an extension of a small-scale wine tasting room. The proposals should be simple and take environmental responsibility into consideration. Organiser: Buildner Competition: Valli Wine Tasting Room Judges:…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (475+ words) California studio EYRC Architects has expanded the Cocopah Museum in Arizona with a standalone building constructed from weathering steel and pigmented cast concrete. The Cocopah Museum and Cultural Center preserves and showcases the history and traditions of the Indigenous people…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (490+ words) Our latest roundup looks at sensitively designed additions to historic sites around the world, including the Colosseum in Rome, the ruins of an English castle and a Viking archaeological site in Iceland. For its restoration and revamp of the 800-year-old…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (792+ words) As part of our ongoing Parametricism series, we look at the Nordpark Railway Stations, a collection of four funicular railway stations in Innsbruck, Austria, designed by Zaha Hadid. Built along a 1.8-kilometre-long funicular railway track, which stretches from the city…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (471+ words) Architecture studio Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top two floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating enclosures that aim to re-create the spatial conditions of a traditional Japanese engawa. Named Nakano House after its location in Nakano City, the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (417+ words) Japanese studio Atelier Write has transformed a warehouse in Tokyo into a hair salon, suspending mirrors, shelves and curtains from a series of industrial rails that allow the entire space to be reconfigured. Named Unravel, the salon is located in…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (181+ words) Japanese firm Studio Aluc "deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship" to transform a historic machiya residence into a short-stay hotel in Kyoto....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (363+ words) Kyoto's historic townhouses, machiyas, are increasing being renovated and turned into everything from hotels to perfume stores. Here, we collect five of the best examples. Nazuna Kyoto Higashihonganji by Studio Aluc This 100-year-old machiya house was turned into a short-stay…...