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    StudioAC designs Toronto house “disguised as a gallery”

    Canadian architectural practice StudioAC has taken cues from the work of late American designer Donald Judd for fittings inside this Toronto home. Called Shallmar Residence, the two-storey home was renovated by the local studio for a family of five with an impressive collection of Canadian art. It dates back to the 1950s and is located […] More

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    Workshop Architects designs Filux Lab art centre for Mérida's festival of lights

    A colonial house in Mérida, Mexico has been revitalised into a cultural hub for the city’s annual festival of lights by local studio Workshop Architects. The arts centre and workshop has been designed to host visitors and artists attending the Festival Internacional de Las Luces (FILUX) in the Mexican city Workshop Architects renovated the historic […] More

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    Dezeen announces plans for digital guide to Milan design week 2020

    Are you exhibiting or holding an event in Milan this April? If so, get your event listed in Dezeen Events Guide, which is launching a special section dedicated to the world’s biggest design fair. Dezeen’s guide to Milan 2020 will go live one month before Milan design week, which this year takes place from 21 […] More

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    Patrik Schumacher and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg are judges for Dezeen Awards 2020

    Architect Patrik Schumacher and TV presenter Michelle Ogundehin will be joined by artist-designers Jaime Hayon and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg to judge the third edition of Dezeen Awards. The four are among the latest 25 names to be added to this year’s star-studded panel, joining Norman Foster, Paola Antonelli, Joyce Wang and Michael Anastassiades, who were […] More

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    Palazzo Daniele is a “contemporary place with an ancient structure”

    Architect Roberto Palomba describes his firm’s approach to renovating the Palazzo Daniele hotel in Puglia, Italy, in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Palazzo Daniele, which was named Hotel of the Year at the 2019 AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, is a nine-suite boutique hotel housed in a 158-year-old palazzo located near the […] More

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    Shortlist unveiled for AHEAD Asia 2020 hospitality awards

    A Shigeru Ban-designed boutique hotel in Japan and a resort that hides amongst the Malaysian rainforest are among the projects to be shortlisted in this year’s AHEAD Asia awards. The AHEAD Asia awards honour exceptional hospitality projects that have been launched, opened or reopened on the continent between September 2018 and August 2019. All submissions […] More

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    Architecture and design events in February 2020 from Dezeen Events Guide

    Modernism Week in Palm Springs, Stockholm Design Week and the Collect crafts fair and Surface Design Show in London are among the architecture and design events taking place this month and listed on Dezeen Events Guide. Other events taking place in February include Madrid Design Festival, Nomad St Moritz and Object Rotterdam. Stockholm Design Week […] More

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    David Adjaye curves pink concrete around Los Angeles store The Webster

    David Adjaye has used pink-tinted concrete to form a “tough and gentle” store in Los Angeles for fashion retailer The Webster, which marks the British-Ghanaian architect’s first project in California. Adjaye Associates was enlisted to create the 11,000-square-foot (1,022-square-metre) flagship store for the luxury retailer at the base of the Beverly Center. Photograph by Laurian […] More