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H&P Architects tops Vietnam house with plantable roof to create "cube of earth"

H&P Architects has designed the AgriNesture house in Vietnam to have a large space for agriculture so that its owners can grow their own food.

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C+ Architects mingles old and new inside Restaurant Ya in Beijing

A century-old tree soars up through the roof of this restaurant in Beijing, which C+ Architects has decked out with rammed-earth tiles, travertine and timber.

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Racism increasing in UK architecture industry finds AJ survey

Over a quarter of black architects in the UK deal with racism in the workplace as discrimination becomes "widespread", a survey from the Architects' Journal has shown.

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Philips TV & Sound's portable audio range with Georg Jensen "enhances on-the-go experience"

Rod White, chief designer at Philips TV & Sound, discusses the electronics brand's new collection of portable audio accessories with Georg Jensen in this talk produced by Dezeen for the brand as part Virtual Design Festival. Tune in at 12:00pm UK time.

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Cranbrook design graduates express human needs through furniture and products

This Virtual Design Festival school show features work by nine design students from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, including an AR headset that gamifies everyday life and an aluminium light that embodies fairytale narratives.

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Jürgen Vandewalle arranges Ghent penthouse around three blocks of furniture

A "bed-cabinet", kitchen island and boxed-in bathroom help organise the floor plan of the Spinmolenplein penthouse in Ghent designed by Jürgen Vandewalle.

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Jak Studio's L20 sofa concept doubles up as a private work pod

Jak Studio has redesigned the conventional L-shaped sofa to suit the "home workplace of the future", enabling it to be altered from seating or a bed into a work pod.

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AHEAD Americas hospitality awards winners to be announced at VDF ceremony tomorrow

The winners of the AHEAD Americas awards will be announced tomorrow in a virtual ceremony broadcast on Dezeen as part of Virtual Design Festival.

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Jason deCaires Taylor sinks Coral Greenhouse into ocean to support the Great Barrier Reef

British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has sunk the Coral Greenhouse to the seabed in Australia so its cement and steel frame can be a habitat for marine life.

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Athena Calderone revitalises her Long Island home with plaster walls and vintage finds

New York designer Athena Calderone has renovated her mid-century home in the Long Island town of Amagansett with plaster walls, linen fabric, marble and second-hand finds.

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"Why make more than you can sell?" says Tom Dixon as he launches made-to-order lighting system

The coronavirus pandemic will force design brands to manufacture more products locally, hold less stock and be less reliant on physical stores, according to designer Tom Dixon.

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Design Miami/Basel and Art Basel join growing list of September events scrapped due to coronavirus

This year's Art Basel and the Design Miami/Basel collectors fair, which were postponed from June to September, have now been cancelled altogether due to coronavirus.

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ODA carves high-rise park into residential tower proposed for Seattle

Architecture firm ODA has designed a residential building in downtown Seattle that splits in half to create an elevated private park.

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Live interview with Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch as part of Virtual Design Festival

To mark World Oceans Day, VDF collaborated with environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans to host a live Screentime conversation with its founder Cyrill Gutsch.

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Silhouette rugs by Jaime Hayon for Nanimarquina

VDF products fair: Nine spindly portraits of imaginary characters feature on the Silhouette rugs that Jaime Hayon has designed for Nanimarquina.

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Carleton University architecture graduates present 15 provocative and political projects

Vacation pods in a climate change-stricken New York and a money-laundering bank for the Japanese government are among the concepts presented here by Carleton University's MArch students in this VDF school show.

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Live VR tour of Arthur Mamou-Mani's Catharsis amphitheatre as part of Virtual Design Festival

Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani gave Dezeen readers a virtual reality tour of his Catharsis temple, created for this year's Burning Man festival, on VDF today.

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