Slaughterhouse brewery | Timber can't be "fad diet" | Diverse Lego figures

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View online     Studio Andrew Trotter transforms 19th-century school into family home in Puglia Vaulted ceilings and earth-toned furnishings feature in this house in Puglia, which architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has converted from a 19th-century school. Read more ›   Dior catwalk features 24-metre-long "tentacular" installation by Joana Vasconcelos Fashion house Dior's latest catwalk at Paris Fashion Week saw a large-scale, kaleidoscopic installation by artist Joana Vasconcelos suspended above the Autumn Winter 2023 runway, which was decorated with fabrics from the collection. Read more ›   "We can't detox our built environment by swapping out fossil-fuelled building materials for timber" The way we build must fundamentally shift to harmonise with tree and carbon cycles in order to realise the Timber Revolution, writes Smith Mordak. Read more ›   "We should hold the mirror to ourselves" say Turkish architects in wake of earthquakes Improvements to both architectural education and practice must form part of the recovery plan to prevent history from repeating itself, argue Turkish architects following last month's deadly earthquakes. Read more ›   The Square is a space for students to "open their minds" says Sou Fujimoto Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how his stacked-cube learning centre in Switzerland is one of the most significant projects of his career in this instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. Read more ›   Five key projects by Dutch designer and Dezeen Awards judge Piet Hein Eek Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has joined Dezeen Awards 2023 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his studio's work. Read more ›   Lego releases toy figures that "celebrate diverse friendships in the modern world" Toy brand Lego has added five diverse characters including a girl with a missing limb, one with the skin condition vitiligo and another with anxiety to its collection of Lego Friends figures. Read more ›   Pihlmann Architects creates sleek brewery in former Copenhagen slaughterhouse Bulbous steel tanks hang from where carcasses used to be suspended at the ÅBEN brewery in Copenhagen, which local studio Pihlmann Architects transformed from a slaughterhouse into a restaurant and bar. Read more ›   SOM tops Kansas City airport with giant timber-clad canopy International architecture studio SOM has completed a terminal for Kansas City International Airport that features a large wood-clad canopy. Read more ›   Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects includes monumental porch on Long Island home Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects has created a cedar-clad, pavilion-like house on the North Fork of Long Island that includes a detached garage and pool. Read more ›   University of Sheffield spotlights ten student architecture projects Dezeen School Shows: a masterplan designed to provide a safe space for marginalised groups in Boston and a proposal for improving a former mining village in South Yorkshire are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at University of Sheffield. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise