Japanese apartment "huts" | Seaweed lighting | Parametric stations

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View online     Kuma&Elsa arranges Japanese apartments around translucent "huts" 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. Read more ›   Zaha Hadid's Nordpark stations topped with parametric "ice formations" 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. Read more ›   Emerald collection by Bisley Dezeen Showroom: British workplace brand Bisley has introduced a new colour for its steel products including drawers and shelving: a vibrant Emerald green. Read more ›   Gras uses "light-touch approach" to convert dockside warehouse An over-century-old factory in Edinburgh has been sensitively renovated into a food hall by architecture studio Gras. Read more ›   Natural Material Studio crafts lighting from leftover seaweed at Sticks n Sushi restaurant Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio has created speckled pendant lighting out of kelp waste, salvaged from miso soup that would otherwise be thrown away at Sticks n Sushi in Lyngby, Denmark. Read more ›   Sibylla Hartel and Charlot Magayi revealed as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges Architect Sibylla Hartel, interior designers Alexy Kos and Che Huang and designers Charlot Magayi and Todd Bracher have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026. Read more ›   House of EM adds light-filled "loggia" to north-London home Architecture office House of EM has modernised a terraced house in north London, adding a sunken rear extension that can be opened up to create a flexible indoor-outdoor living space. Read more ›   Snoc unveiled latest outdoor collection at Salone del Mobile and Maison & Objet 2026 Promotion: furniture brand Snoc's architectural and material-driven outdoor furniture has featured at two design fairs this year: Salone del Mobile and Maison & Objet. Read more ›   Centre for dance and wellbeing among projects from IE University Dezeen School Shows: a mixed-use building with spaces for dance and leisure is among the projects from IE University. Read more ›   Norm Architects designs first US Audo House in New York Danish design brand Audo Copenhagen has opened its first Audo House showroom outside Scandinavia inside a landmarked New York City building, to coincide with NYCxDesign 2026. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

Reconfigurable hair salon | Mexico City boutique | Machiya renovations

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View online     Atelier Write converts Tokyo warehouse into reconfigurable hair salon 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. Read more ›   Five carefully renovated machiya houses in Kyoto 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. Read more ›   Studio Hagen Hall explores Japanese and modernist design ideas at renovated Heion House Studio Hagen Hall has modernised a Georgian terraced house in north London, using a pared-back material palette including smoked-oak joinery to create atmospheric spaces informed by Japanese architecture. Read more ›   Recycled-copper elements accent "purist interior design" of Mexico City fashion boutique Local architect Laura Vela Lasagabaster and designer Manu Bañó have used copper as an accent material inside a luxury concept store Colima 162 in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighbourhood. Read more ›   Proposal for UV-safe suntanning environment among projects from IE University Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a filtered UV environment that allows for safe suntanning is among the projects from IE University. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

Gensler Utah data centres | Repairable products | Floating community space

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View online     Floating community space in Copenhagen by Arcgency and MAST "makes water an active part of everyday life" Danish architecture studios Arcgency and MAST have completed Bedding 1 in Copenhagen, a floating community space and guesthouse that is moored alongside the artificial island of Christiansholm. Read more ›   Five everyday products that are leading the self-repair revolution As countries drag their heels on adopting right to repair legislation, designers are forging ahead and reimagining some of our most used products – from sofas to whole electric cars – so they can be fixed by anyone. Read more ›   Five US-based vacancies featured on Dezeen Jobs We've rounded up five positions based in the US listed on Dezeen Jobs, including roles at Yale School of Architecture, L'Observatoire International and Sogni Di Cristallo. Read more ›   This week IKEA launched its playful PS collection This week on Dezeen, Swedish furniture brand IKEA unveiled the new edition of its experimental PS collection, which includes a blow-up armchair and a wooden rocking bench. Read more ›   Jeff Koons and Lexon create colourful evolution of Balloon Dog lamp and speaker Promotion: artist Jeff Koons has turned his iconic Balloon Dog sculpture into vibrantly coloured functional objects as part of a limited-edition collaboration with French design brand Lexon. Read more ›   Vancouver's Science World dome is being covered in soccer ball motif for World Cup A geodesic dome in Vancouver, originally built for the Expo 86 World's Fair, is currently being covered with hundreds of panels to create a giant version of the World Cup's Trionda match ball for the upcoming competition. Read more ›   Ten products that make for design-forward bathrooms and kitchens Dezeen Showroom: perfume bottle-informed tapware and an extractor fan controlled using physical dials are among recent kitchen and bathroom products listed on Dezeen Showroom. Read more ›   Khanna Schultz infuses House in Amagansett with "atmosphere of quiet contemplation" New York studio Khanna Schultz has taken cues from Japanese architecture to create a "net-positive-energy" house in the Hamptons, New York, which features dark wood cladding and a large rooftop solar array. Read more ›   First images of Gensler-designed 60-building data centre development in Utah revealed Infrastructure firm O'Leary Digital has exclusively revealed the first images of the Stratos Hyperscale Data Center in Box Elder County, Utah, which is being designed by architecture studio Gensler as one of the largest data centres in the world. Read more ›   Architectural Competition for the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Center for Contemporary Art Dezeen Competitions: this competition tasks designers and architects with proposing a vision to convert a 70s textile school in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, into a new contemporary art centre. Read more ›   Tiny Kitchen Green Line by Neuvermoebelt Dezeen Showroom: Austrian design brand Neuvermoebelt has released a modular system comprising tall, base and curved units for creating compact yet design-forward kitchens. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise