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Architects question authorship with Lisbon Triennale pavilion

Lisbon: The Form is Form

This pavilion created for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale mishmashes the architectural styles of three studios to question authorship.

 
 

Alt Arkkitehdit clads woodland house in Finland with sheets of rusty Corten steel

Residence in Muhos by Alt

Finnish practice Alt Arkkitehdit has covered a family home in northern Finland in weathering steel panels and greying spruce planks that help it to blend into its woodland setting.

 
 

Wood, marble and steel combine in Elements table by Made in Ratio

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Three different shapes rendered in three distinct materials come together in the Elements table, launching at Biennale Interieur this week.

 
 

World Architecture Festival 2016 unveils seminar programme for first Berlin event

World Architecture Festival 2016

Dezeen promotion:  this year's World Architecture Festival will address a range of housing issues, including displaced communities, modern lifestyles and global urbanisation.

 
 

Brexit and education policy combine to create "talent crisis" in UK design

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Brexit: the UK government's education policy has come under attack from two different design bodies, with claims students are being "actively discouraged" from studying design.

 
 

Ron Arad's Tel Aviv tower set to become Israel's tallest building

ToHA Tel Aviv by Ron Arad

Ron Arad Architects has unveiled images of an office complex underway in Tel Aviv, which is expected to become the tallest building in Israel.

 
 

Form Us With Love designs interactive exhibitions for IKEA Museum in Sweden

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Form Us With Love has designed the exhibitions for the new IKEA museum in Älmhult, including a giant marble run and a rainbow-hued retrospective of the company's most famous products.

 
 

Dramatic folded canopy shelters riverside terrace of MX_SI Architects' auditorium in Spain

Lucena auditorium by MX_SI

A huge canopy extends from one side of this auditorium in the Spanish province of Córdoba and folds over a riverside terrace, encouraging visitors to loiter around before and after performances.

 
 

Hollwich Kushner creates University of Pennsylvania incubator space with spiky glass facade

Pennovation Center by Hollwich Kushner

US studio Hollwich Kushner has transformed an old paint factory into the Pennovation Center, which contains labs, co-working areas and social spaces for entrepreneurs and researchers.

 
 

"Designers and diplomats must work more closely together"

Opinion: Ian Klaus on design and foreign policy

The design community and foreign policymakers need to attend each other's events and communicate, if we are to find solutions to global urbanisation issues, says US Department of State advisor Ian Klaus.

 
 

JSa lines Hotel Carlota courtyard with black concrete blocks

Hotel Carlota by JSa

Lattices of dark blockwork wrap around a verdant courtyard and narrow swimming pool at this hotel in Mexico City, overhauled by local firm JSa.

 
 

Design brand FontanaArte sold to Italian Creation Group

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Lighting brand FontanaArte has been sold to a private finance company, continuing the consolidation of the Italian furniture industry.

 
 

David Bowie's personal collection of Memphis furniture goes up for auction

David Bowie Memphis auction

David Bowie's extensive collection of pieces by the Memphis group is set to be auctioned in London.

 
 

"Who wants to look out through painted windows?"

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Was advertising agency BETC right to remove the extensive graffiti during its overhaul of a derelict flour and grain warehouse? Find out what readers thought in this week's comments update.

 
 

Smell of Data fragrance alerts internet users to leaks of their private data

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This grenade-shaped scent diffuser has been designed to alert internet users of data leaks from their smartphones, tablets and computers.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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