UNStudio launches tech startup | House with copper roof | Chubby furniture

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UNStudio launches tech startup to drag architecture into "the age of the iPhone"

Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has launched UNSense, a startup that will develop technologies to make buildings healthier and cities smarter. More ›

 
 

Versatile desk light by Elitsa Boneva shortlisted for Made.com's TalentLab

Elitsa Boneva's entry to Made.com's TalentLab, a crowdsourcing platform for emerging designers

In this movie produced by Dezeen for Made.com, Elitsa Boneva explains how her design for a flexible desk lamp was shortlisted for TalentLab, the brand's platform for emerging designers. More ›

 
 

EVA Architecten's riverside house features red-brick walls and a patinated copper roof

Villa IJsselzig by EVA Architecten is a riverside home featuring red-brick walls and a patinated copper roof

Clerestory and dormer windows that face a nearby river intersect with a copper-clad roof, which wraps around onto the front and rear facades of this house in the Dutch city of IJsselstein. More ›

 
 

Giant steel "paperclips" support living spaces and ocean-facing balcony at New South Wales house

Austin Maynard Architects has completed a house in a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, featuring curved tubular-steel supports that prop up a first floor that faces out towards the ocean and the city's skyline. More ›

 
 

Sam Stewart imagines furniture for fictional New York apartment occupant

Sam Stewart at Fort Gansevoort

American designer Sam Stewart has created stick chairs dressed in plastic sheaths, a bed-dining table hybrid and a bench press for a "person or creature" that might inhabit a space at New York gallery Fort Gansevoort. More ›

 
 

Espacio 18 squeezes grey townhouse onto tight plot in Mexico

Casa Once by Espacio 18 Arquitectura and Cueto

Mexican architecture firm Espacio 18 has made the most of a narrow site in Puebla, by incorporating a bright internal courtyard and a rooftop patio into a dark-rendered residence. More ›

 
 

Stéphane Parmentier upholsters chubby furniture collection in leather

Parisian interior architect and designer Stéphane Parmentier has created a collection of ribbed, leather-wrapped furniture for Italian brand Giobagnara. More ›