Interlocking cypress-wood planks form the roof of the Mikuni Izukogen restaurant that Kengo Kuma has perched on a rocky hillside in Honshū, Japan. Mikuni Izukogen is located on the Izu Peninsula, a resort area known for its rugged beaches, luscious greenery and abundance of hot springs. Kengo Kuma and Associates wanted the building to appear […] More
AHEAD is announcing the best new hotel designs in the Americas today, in a video ceremony broadcast as part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with the hospitality awards programme. The ceremony will be broadcast in four parts from 9:00am LA time/12:00pm New York time/5:00pm UK time, which can be viewed in order below. The most […] More
Alberese stones and Carrara marble are some of the Italian materials architects Emanuela Frattini Magnusson and Pietro Todeschini used for the interiors of this Tuscan holiday home. The one-storey house is situated in the small city of Grosseto, set on a hillside that overlooks rolling vineyards and olive groves. It belongs to a US-based couple […] More
Five interior design students from Regent’s University London present proposals for the overhaul of a once-vacant Woolworths department store in Margate, UK, in this VDF school show. The schemes range from a cave-diving centre to an observatory, and were all developed as part of the school’s Urban Flux studio that asks students to “investigate ideas […] More
Aluminium modules form display cases for this clothing store in London’s Covent Garden, which Paris studio Laurent Deroo Architecte designed for French clothing brand APC. Called Mistral, the project is the latest that Laurent Deroo Architecte (LDA) has created for Atelier de Production et de Création (APC) as part of their 15-year-long partnership. The volumes […] More
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. Restaurant Ya is nestled amongst the houses, temples and office buildings of the Dafangjia Hutong in Beijing, serving up dishes inspired by the cuisine of China’s Yunnan region. It previously […] More
A “bed-cabinet”, kitchen island and boxed-in bathroom help organise the floor plan of the Spinmolenplein penthouse in Ghent designed by Jürgen Vandewalle. The 60-square-metre Spinmolenplein apartment is located on the top floor of the tallest residential building in the Ghent, which rises up 25 storeys. It was erected in the 1970s in an area that […] More
The winners of the AHEAD Americas awards will be announced tomorrow in a virtual ceremony broadcast on Dezeen as part of Virtual Design Festival. The ceremony will take place from 9:00am LA time/12:00pm New York time/5:00pm UK time and will be broadcast on Dezeen’s YouTube channel as well as on the Virtual Design Festival homepage. […] More
