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Plat Asia's Forest Dining Club immerses diners in Chinese woodland

Beijing-based architecture studio Plat Asia has completed a restaurant in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao featuring three glass-walled dining rooms that look out onto a surrounding forest.

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Giant mirrored ball installed in Tokyo office to encourage city to think beyond 2020 Olympics

A seven-metre high silver sphere has been placed in the atrium of a Tokyo office by artist Akira Fujimoto and architect Yoko Nagayama, as the zero in the number 2021, to draw attention to the year after the Olympics takes place.

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There is "no good Brexit" say Foster, Rogers and Chipperfield in open letter to UK prime minister

Over 1,000 leading architects have signed a letter to the UK prime minister stating that Brexit would be "devastating" to the architecture profession.

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Metric turns bomb-blasted banana warehouse in Barcelona into triplex apartment

Crumbling brick surfaces hint at the rich past of this triplex apartment in Barcelona, designed by architecture studio Metric with arch-shaped openings and warm oak floors.

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Refugio shelters aim to make solitary bees feel at home in cities

Mexico-based creative studio MaliArts has designed a series of three structures for solitary bees living in built-up areas to help welcome nature into urban environments.

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Thomas Heatherwick hopes Coal Drops Yard will be "new heart" for King's Cross

Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire to create a new public space for London in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the recently opened Coal Drops Yard shopping centre in King's Cross.

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Claesson Koivisto Rune creates nine objects that reference its Villa Widlund

Architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has worked with Japanese makers to create nine pieces for Tokyo lifestyle store Time & Style, which are based on a house it built overlooking the Baltic Sea.

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Yves Béhar responds to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting with Lies Cost Lives graphic

Designer Yves Béhar has created this graphic in the wake of the mass-shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue to warn against rising anti-semitism in the US, which he blames on president Donald Trump's "current culture of lies".

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Yoko Kitahara spa blends Japanese and Arabic designs in Jaffa

An Ottoman-era home in Jaffa has been refurbished as a spa, where Japanese elements sit alongside original Arabic details like arched ceilings and stone walls.

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Phaidon names Spencer Bailey as editor-at-large

Spencer Bailey, the former editor of Surface magazine, has been named editor-at-large for Phaidon's architecture and design publications.

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"I can only do so much" to protect the environment, says Peter Zumthor

Architects may be limited in their power to prevent climate change, says Peter Zumthor, but they can help by designing buildings to last for centuries rather than decades.

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Michael Hsu creates Llano Retreat for remote spot in Texas Hill Country

American studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has used charred wood, local stone and large stretches of glass to form this country home for an Austin family.

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Tadashi Kawamata fills Lisbon's MAAT with plastic to warn about ocean debris

Paris-based artist Tadashi Kawamata has created a monumental installation of ocean plastic in the Oval Gallery of Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology.

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Kaldewei's digital tools help architects plan bathrooms efficiently

Dezeen promotion: German bathroom brand Kaldewei is using building information modelling data to provide industry clients and private customers with digital models of its products.

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