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Giant concrete anti-communist speaker reimagined as sound installation

Former anti-communist propaganda speakers reimagined into brutalist sound installation

A group of artists in Taiwan have transformed a 10-metre-tall brutalist concrete loudspeaker, formerly used to broadcast anti-communist propaganda to China, into an art installation. More ›

 
 

"Leave the neighbourhood to heal as it chooses" says MP responding to Grenfell memorial design

Grenfell Tower: in Memorium by JAA, imagery by DARC Studio

The MP for Kensington, the London borough containing Grenfell Tower, has spoken out against a conceptual memorial, which she says would re-traumatise residents. More ›

 
 

Bompas & Parr creates "world's first non-melting ice lolly"

Bompas & Parr creates "world's first non-melting" ice lolly

Food design studio Bompas & Parr has invented the "world's first non-melting" ice lolly, inspired by a frozen composite material pioneered during World War Two. More ›

 
 

Batek Architekten create gallery-like backdrop for Zalando beauty store in Berlin

Zalando store by Batek Architekten

German practice Batek Architekten combined pale surfaces with concrete and steel accents to draw customer's attention to the products on offer in this beauty store in central Berlin. More ›

 
 

Adidas uses ocean plastic for coral-coloured Real Madrid kits

Real Madrid's kits made from ocean plastic by Adidas

Spanish football club Real Madrid has a new kit made from recycled plastic, created by Adidas and environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans. More ›

 
 

Tropical Space creates playground for chickens and children in Vietnam

Chicken House by Tropical Space

Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has created an elaborate coop that features a network of boxes, platforms and stairs, which can be used by both chickens and children. More ›

 
 

"Talented people are flocking" to Charleston for creative opportunities at a slower pace

Carriage House by Workstead

The charm of Charleston is pulling architects and designers from New York City and beyond, who are revitalising the southern city's historic buildings while developing a contemporary local style. More ›

 
 

Standard Architecture proposes modular megastructure "for any context"

Standard Architecture's P.O.D Plexus concept is

Standard Architecture co-founders Silvia Kuhle and Jeffrey Allsbrook explain their proposal for a modular megastructure comprising pathways and vaulted pods in our latest P.O.D.System Architecture movie. More ›

 
 

Workstead's opulent Vintage wine bar occupies a former brothel in Tulsa

Stepped pale-pink walls, brass lights and velvety benches are among the decorative art-deco-style details at this wine bar, which Brooklyn-based Workstead created inside an old brothel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Weekly features a zero-emissions retreat and a tiny New York apartment

zero-emissions retreat near Helsinki, a graduate project that calculates gender bias in buildings and a tiny New York apartment feature in the latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen WeeklySubscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›

 
 

Eight mid-century American motels reborn as boutique accommodation

The Surfrider, Malibu, California, by Matthew Goodwin

Across the United States, run-down motels and motor lodges from the 1950s and 1960s are being given a new lease of life as contemporary hotels and guesthouses. From California to New York, here are some of the best examples. More ›