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Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 

Rafael Schmid updates his Zurich home with textured chipboard and smooth anhydrite surfaces

Swiss architect Rafael Schmid has overhauled his 1920s home in Zurich, pairing the property's original herringbone parquet flooring with more contemporary chipboard and mineral-based surfaces (+ slideshow).

 
 

Mobile Shop by How About Studio features white tiles and a small pool ladder

This miniature shop installed at London's Southbank Centre was designed by How About Studio to resemble the finishes of a public swimming pool (+ slideshow).

 
 

Riva 1920 designs symbolic, earth-shaped table for World Trade Center

Italian brand Riva 1920's Earth Table features a bent iron base designed by Renzo Piano to symbolise the Twin Towers wreckage (+ slideshow).

 
 

Get active with our new Pinterest board full of innovative sportswear design

New Dezeen sportswear Pinterest board design

Rio 2016: if you've been inspired to get active after watching this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, check out our new Pinterest board full of innovative sportswear designs including athletics apparel created from the same material as condoms and trainers made out of recycled ocean plastic.

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Oppenheim Architecture adapts Miami Beach home for tropical living

Miami studio Oppenheim Architecture has overhauled a local house to allow residents to divide their time between indoors and out (+ slideshow).

 
 

Pabellon Hinrichsen is a chunky concrete outbuilding for a house in Argentina

Argentinian studios Moarqs and Ottolenghi Architects designed this chunky concrete building to provide extra accommodation for a house in Buenos Aires Province (+ slideshow).

 
 

Six of the best London warehouse conversions

As the demand for houses in London keeps on growing, architects are still managing to find old warehouses to transform into new homes and live-work spaces. We've rounded up some of the best examples, including an apartment with a raw-steel movie archive and an industrial space converted into an artist's studio (+ slideshow).

 
 

Dominic Wilcox designs contemporary art exhibition for dogs

British inventor Dominic Wilcox has designed a contemporary art exhibition for our canine counterparts, featuring a dog bowl-shaped ball pool and an open car window simulator (+ movie).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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