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Studio McW turns London home into a "space primed for hosting"

Open-plan entertaining spaces equipped with a marble kitchen island and skylit dining table occupy the heart of this London home renovated by Studio McW for the founders of a luxury catering company.

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Dezeen's top five houses of August 2025

A pair of houses in Australia along with homes in Sweden, Belgium and Italy feature in Dezeen's houses of the month for August.

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Studio &Space renovates 1930s Amsterdam home with "iconic spiral staircase"

Dutch firm Studio &Space has refurbished a time-worn house in Amsterdam, transforming it into a family home with bespoke furnishings and sophisticated finishes that evoke the feeling of a high-end hotel.

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Philadelphia gallery Dudd Haus showcases "underrepresented" design

The co-founder of the ongoing design collective Jonald Dudd has opened a physical gallery in Philadelphia to present a roster of emerging avant-garde talents.

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Peter Besley shelters Brisbane home with walls of perforated brickwork

Perforated screens of reclaimed terracotta brick and metal mesh for climbing plants wrap the volumes of this home in Australia, designed by local architect Peter Besley.

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Four of the best dumbphones for a digital detox

The most desirable phones are no longer only the ones with the most advanced features. Here, contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf reviews four of the best contemporary dumbphones with deliberately pared-back functionality.

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Can we quit our air-con addiction?

As the world gets hotter demand for cooling systems is increasing, but energy-hungry air conditioning risks making the situation worse. Starr Charles explores whether more efficient solutions are possible.

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Snøhetta designs waterfront district to echo mountain landscape in Borneo

Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled designs for a mixed-use coastal development "reminiscent of a mountain range" in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

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Smooth sofa by Krystian Kowalski for Tylko

Dezeen Showroom: Polish furniture brand Tylko has branched out from modular storage to produce its first seating design: a highly customisable sofa by industrial designer Krystian Kowalski.

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Aesop illuminates cave-like Hainan store with ceiling oculi

Skincare brand Aesop's first store in Hainan Island, China, was designed to evoke an underwater cave and features oculi decorated with an algae-based film.

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Jobe Burns uses traditional methods and materials to revive historic West Country farmhouse

Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its rural identity and timeworn details.

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51-1 Arquitectos creates pink concrete convent in Peru

Local studio 51-1 Arquitectos has stacked a vertical convent made of pink-coloured concrete and grey brick screens onto an urban site in Lima, Peru.

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Zaha Hadid Architects brings Richmind's vision to life for sculptural Oystra development

Promotion: developer Richmind and executive architects Dewan Architects + Engineers have commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to design the Oystra development in the UAE, which features a 40-metre curved steel truss spanning two towers.

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RogCreathon: Boundaries & Friction

Dezeen Competitions: Center Rog's latest competition encourages young designers to take part in a design sprint where they'll create innovative projects that converge disciplines and materials.

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Interlinked geometric shapes form Tadao Ando-designed National Museum of Uzbekistan

Construction has begun on the Tadao Ando-designed National Museum of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, which will be comprised of interconnected concrete squares, circles and triangles.

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Slab seating collection by Jumphol Socharoentham for Waste is More

Dezeen Showroom: designer Jumphol Socharoentham and Thai brand Waste is More have created a seating collection made partially from recycled plastic, used coffee grounds and sugarcane waste.

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Barcelona social housing by MIAS Architects is a "tribute to the cultural roots of its inhabitants"

Spanish studio MIAS Architects has renovated a historic housing block in the centre of Barcelona into a series of social housing apartments, defined by a bold palette of red render, patterned ceramic tiles and geometric metal grilles.

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Hé replaces traditional roof of Flemish home with glazed winter garden in Belgium

Brussels-based architecture studio Hé! has updated a traditional Flemish home in Belgium, inserting a glazed timber and metal volume to form a "new living space" on its upper floor.

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Interior of FUBA bakery in Madrid explores "dialogue between the ancestral and futuristic"

Stainless steel furnishings sit against cave-like walls in this health-conscious bakery in Madrid designed by Spanish studio Isern Serra.

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Odami reinvents the "old-world apothecary" at Toronto's Living Beauty

Terracotta-toned tiles fan out across the floor of this spa and retail space, which Canadian studio Odami has completed in a former industrial building in Toronto.

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