Prefab holiday home | Shazam for the art world | Japanese nursery

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Prefabricated holiday home by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen is clad in charred timber

THEWOODBUILDING is a prefabricated wooden holiday home clad in charred timber boards by designers Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen

This prototype house overlooking Lake Maggiore was designed by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen to demonstrate the capabilities of prefabricated wood construction, and features charred-timber facades enclosing a bright-white interior. More ›

 
 

Our new Pinterest board features impressive architectural photography

Following the unveiling of the shortlist for the 2017 Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards, we've created a Pinterest board of some of the most eye-catching architecture images on Dezeen, taken by photographers such as Rory Gardiner, Edmund Sumner and Iwan Baan. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest

 
 

New app Smartify functions as "a Shazam for the art world"

New app Smartify is hailed as the Shazam of the art world.

An app has launched that allows users to instantly identify artworks and access information about them, by simply scanning them with a smartphone. More ›

 
 

Christian Wassmann uses sun's path to shape Miami bungalow extension

Sun Path House by Studio Christian Wassmann

This plant-covered extension to a bungalow in Miami is supported by a spiral concrete core that was precisely calibrated to match the sun's path at the height of summer. More ›

 
 

Colourful house-shaped boxes surround windows at nursery school in northern Japan

Morinoie nursery school by Masahiko Fujimori Architects

Bay windows with colourful house-shaped frames extend from the front of this nursery school in the city of Sendai, which was designed by Tokyo-based architect Masahiko Fujimori. More ›

 
 

Studio Tate references old treasuries with coffee shop for Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Toby's Estate café by Studio Tate

The "restrained opulence" of historic banks and treasuries informed the interior of this coffee shop in Sydney, designed by Studio Tate. More ›