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      Dezeen Awards China 2023 architecture shortlist revealed

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      Dezeen has announced the 34-strong architecture shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes buildings by Trace Architecture Office, AIM Architecture and Thomas Heatherwick.

      The shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in seven different architecture project categories, represent the best buildings recently created in the country.
      Among the projects, which are located in 21 different cities across China, is a viewing tower at a panda sanctuary, the 1000 Trees shopping centre in Shanghai by UK-based Heatherwick Studio and an art museum in Tibet.
      The shortlist also features an abandoned wooden home that was renovated with 3D-printed walls and the Dance of Light skyscraper by Aedas.
      Dezeen Awards China 2023 shortlists revealed this week

      The shortlisted projects were selected by a jury that includes architects Ole Scheeran, Ma Yansong, Rossana Hu, Garett Hwang and Ting Yu.
      This is the first edition of Dezeen Awards China, which is in partnership with Bentley Motors. Following the architecture shortlist, the projects shortlisted in the design, interiors and China designers of the year categories will be unveiled throughout the week.
      Above: An art museum in Tibet is one of the shortlisted projects. Photo courtesy of And Studio. Top: Other shortlisted projects include the renovation of a 1920s building in ShanghaiAll shortlisted buildings are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards China website, where you can find more information about the project.
      The winner of each architecture project category will be announced at a party in Shanghai in December, with the seven winners competing for the title of Chinese architecture project of the year, which is sponsored by The Dalmore.
      Read on for the full architecture shortlist:
      Cactus House by Shi·Ye Architecture Design & Research Practice. Photo courtesy of Shi·Ye Architecture Design & Research PracticeResidential project 
      › Cactus House, Kunming, Yunnan, by Shi·Ye Architecture Design & Research Practice› House M001, Shunyi, Beijing, by Guò Bàn Ér› Erya Villa, Foshan, Guangdong, by Touchstone Interior Design› Hotel on Tile, Fangshan, Beijing, by Beijing Jimei Survey and Design› Mi Luo City Duan Wu Community Villager Relocating Project, Miluo, Hunan, by Zaozuo Architecture Studio
      O · Power Cultural and Art Centre by Shenzhen Huahui Design. Photo courtesy of Shenzhen Huahui DesignCultural project
      › O · Power Cultural and Art Centre, Nanshan, Shenzhen, by Shenzhen Huahui Design› Tibetan Thangka Art Museum, Lhasa, Tibet, by And Studio› Houhu·Contemporary Architecture Cultural Center, Changsha, Hunan, by WCY Regional Studio› Serrangel, Foshan, Guangdong, by ​​Ce-St Design Studio
      Panda Tower by Shanghai United Design Group. Image courtesy of UDGCivic project
      › Chengdu Tianfu City Planning Hall, Tianfu, Chendu, by And Studio› Shanghai Library East, Pudong, Shanghai, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen› Panda Tower, Chengdu, Sichuan, by Shanghai United Design Group› Yiwu Chian Wutong Yard, Jinhua, Zhejiang, by All Studio› Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School, Haikou, Hainan, by Trace Architecture Office
      Traditional House of the Future by The University of Hong Kong. Photo courtesy of The University of Hong KongHeritage project
      › The Vanished Garden, Datong, Shanxi, by XJ Design Agency› Somekh Building Renovation, Shanghai, by Shisuo design› Yan Shan Art Museum, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, by Evolve Design› Traditional House of the Future, Guizhou, by The University of Hong Kong› Ruins Cave Garden, Dali, Yunnan, by ArConnect
      NIO Delivery Center by Kokaistudios, Photo by RawVision StudioWorkplace project
      › NIO Delivery Center, Jiading, Shanghai, by Kokaistudios› Xixi Campus Phase 4 of a Zhejiang-Based Large Internet Company, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, by NBBJ› URBREW Craft Beer Mashing Workshop, Handan, Hebei, by Name Lab› Dance of Light Skyscraper Project, Chongqing, by Aedas› Hainan Energy Trading Building, Haikou, Hainan, by Kris Yao| Artech ​​
      Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Zone Phase I by RSHP, Image courtesy of RSHPMixed-use project
      › Taikoo Li Qiantan, Shanghai, by 5+Design› Fairy Li (Chaichanglong Historic Area Urban Regeneration and Redevelopment), Shaoxing, Zhejiang, by SpActrum› Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Zone Phase I, Shenzhen, Guangdong, by RSHP› HARMAY FANG, Shanghai, by AIM Architecture› 1000 Trees Phase 1, Shanghai, by Heatherwick Studio
      Miwo Hotel by AT Design. Photo courtesy of AT DesignHospitality project
      › Sleeping Lab Hotel, Beijing, by Atelier d’More› Lost Villa in Simianshan, Chongqing, Kong_Architects› JII Chuan, Chongqing, by VARI Design› Moganshan B&B, Huzhou, Zhejiang, by SZ-Architecture› Miwo Hotel, Lishui, by AT Design
      Dezeen Awards China 2023
      Dezeen Awards China is the first regional edition of Dezeen Awards, to celebrate the best architecture, interiors and design in China. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent in China.

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      Adi Goodrich and Sam Klemick among exhibitors at INTRO/LA

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      Curated by design consultancy Small Office, this year’s INTRO/LA features sculptural furniture from local designers such as Adi Goodrich, Sam Klemick and Jialun Xiong.

      The exhibition is being shown in Small Office’s Los Angeles showroom, with pieces displayed among semi-transparent dividers.
      Pieces by Los Angeles designers Adi Goodrich, Sam Klemick, Jialun Xiong and more are on display at INTRO/LAIt showcases both emerging and established Los Angeles designers.
      “The show is to display how diverse the community is, and how everyone’s working in different styles and production methods and materials,” Small Office founder Paul Valentine told Dezeen.
      For the first time, the exhibition is hosted at the showroom at Small Office, which runs the event. On the left is a collection by Estudio Persona and on the right is a collection by Adi Goodrich”[It’s] really to show the expansive of creativity here, rather than zero in on one trend and say, ‘this is what’s happening’.”

      Colourful, geometric pieces from Adi Goodrich’s Sing Thing collection are on display, including multi-tiered lamps, a checkered dining chair and playful, flat-pack side tables.
      Designer Sam Klemick showcased the Sweater Chair, a simple wooden chair draped with a carved-wooden sweaterThe collection is an homage to the silhouettes and character of the French L’Esprit Nouveau movement, as well as Lina, an influential woman in Goodrich’s life who taught her “how to live”.
      Sam Klemick’s Sweater Chair and an accompanying, wiggle-legged stool sit nearby.
      Jialun Xiong’s architectural side table features geometric cut-outsRecently on display as part of 2LG Studio’s You Can Sit With Us exhibition, the Sweater Chair consists of a carved-wood sweater draped over the backrest of a chair of the same material.
      An aluminium side table inspired by “the exterior of a boxy home” by designer Jialun Xiong sits among a chair, bench and stool featuring stainless steel elements and minimalistic lines.
      Caleb Engstrom’s Wet Wool chair is made of wooden and metal pieces draped with resin-soaked woolXiong’s Dwell side table consists of a metallic cube with rectangular and circular slices taken from around its body, “representing different architectural elements to enrich the user’s experience”.
      Caleb Engstrom’s Wet Wool chair is made of resin-drenched wool draped and set to dry over metal and wood pieces, which debuted earlier this year at Los Angeles Design Festival 2023,

      Nine design highlights from Los Angeles Design Festival 2023

      The chair sits next to a stackable side table made of rubber, lacquer and resin table bases used in Engstrom’s other pieces. One such base layer contains “faux” lemons trapped in its transparent form.
      Other work includes rustic wooden stools and lighting by Ravenhill Studio, spikey, wooden chairs and a large mirror by Objects for Objects and scalloped, ceramic planters and side tables from BZIPPY. Also on show was a collection by Leah Ring and Adam de Boer as well as studio Waka Waka, which has a production studio next door.
      The exhibition was curated to highlight the diversity of local work. The collection shown is by Taidhg O’NeillThe INTRO series was started in 2013 as a platform to showcase both emerging and established designers in contrast to the traditional trade show format. Valentine aims to create “one interior feeling” by displaying pieces from various designers in close proximity to one another for a community-oriented exhibition.
      Previous design exhibitions around Los Angeles include Future Perfect’s Dear Future show, which displayed work from Gaetano Pesce and a variety of shows at Los Angeles Design Festival 2023.
      INTRO/LA is on show at Small Office in Los Angeles until 17 November. See Dezeen Events Guide for more architecture and design events around the world.
      The photography is by JJ Geiger.

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      Dezeen Awards 2023 party tickets now on general release

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      Remaining tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2023 party in London on Tuesday 28 November are now available to buy on general release. Book your tickets now before they sell out!

      Early-bird ticket sales ended last night, Tuesday 31 October, at 11:59pm London time. All remaining tickets are now available at our general release price of £175 + VAT. You can also save a further 10 per cent if you book a package of 10 tickets or more.
      Taking place at Shoreditch Electric Light Station in London on 28 November, we will celebrate the winners of Dezeen Awards 2023 with food, drink, live entertainment and music throughout the night.
      The winners of all 39 Dezeen Awards project categories will be revealed, as well as the overall architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects of the year.
      We will also be announcing the six Designers of the Year and revealing the winner of the inaugural Bentley Lighthouse Award.

      The party will be a chance for everyone to come together to celebrate their achievements with fellow nominees and winners, as well as our illustrious Dezeen Awards 2023 judges.
      Judges this year include Patrik Schumacher, Patrizia Moroso, Giulio Cappellini, Sabine Marcelis, and Tola Ojuolape. See who they crowned as winners when they collect their trophies, and join in the celebrations.
      Tickets selling out fast
      With three quarters of all tickets already sold for this year’s glamorous event, make sure to grab the final few tickets before they are gone. Don’t miss out on this year’s celebrations!
      Book your ticket now via Eventbrite: dezeenawards2023.eventbrite.co.uk
      Email [email protected] if you have any questions. Sign up to our Dezeen Awards newsletter to get updates on the winners party and future editions of Dezeen Awards. More

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      Less than 48 hours left to secure Dezeen Awards 2023 party early-bird tickets

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      Early-bird ticket sales for this year’s Dezeen Awards party end tomorrow, Tuesday 31 October, at 11:59pm London time. Hurry up and secure your place at our reduced rate and join in the celebrations.

      Tickets for the event cost £175 + VAT. However, you can save 20 per cent and book your ticket for the special early-bird price of £145 + VAT if you order before tomorrow. You can also save a further 10 per cent if you book a package of 10 tickets or more.
      Early-bird tickets selling fast
      There is limited time left to save 20 per cent on ticket prices for this year’s dazzling event at Shoreditch Electric Light Station in London on Tuesday 28 November.
      We will celebrate the winners of Dezeen Awards 2023 with food, drink, live entertainment and music throughout the night – don’t miss out!

      Winners revealed at the party
      The winners of all 39 Dezeen Awards project categories will be revealed live at the event, as well the overall architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects of the year.
      We will also be announcing the six Designers of the Year and revealing the winner of the inaugural Bentley Lighthouse Award.
      Introduced this year, the Bentley Lighthouse Award recognises designers who are curious and courageous in their approach, and whose work has had a beneficial impact on social and environmental sustainability, inclusivity or community empowerment.
      Book your Dezeen Awards 2023 party ticket now via Eventbrite: dezeenawards2023.eventbrite.co.uk
      Email [email protected] if you have any questions. Sign up to our Dezeen Awards newsletter to get updates on the winners party and future editions of Dezeen Awards. More

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      Five days left to book early-bird tickets to Dezeen Awards 2023 party

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      There are just five days left to save on tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2023 party. Book now to secure your place at our reduced early-bird rate and see this year’s winners announced.

      Early-bird tickets will be on sale until 23:59 London time on 31 October 2023. Save 20 per cent and book your ticket for the special early-bird price of £145 (excluding VAT) if you order before 23:59 on 31 October 2023.
      You can also save a further 10 per cent if you book a package of 10 tickets or more.
      Buy your early-bird tickets now!
      Taking place at Shoreditch Electric Light Station in London on 28 November, we will celebrate the winners of Dezeen Awards 2023 with food, drink, live entertainment and music throughout the night.

      The winners of all 39 Dezeen Awards project categories will be revealed, as well the overall architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects of the year.
      We will also be announcing the six Designers of the Year and revealing the winner of the inaugural Bentley Lighthouse Award.
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      If you are travelling to London for Dezeen Awards 2023 you can save further on your stay with our hotel partner, One Hundred Shoreditch. Located just under a 10 minute walk away from the venue in the heart of Shoreditch, it is the ideal spot for your stay in London.
      Use the code Dezeen23 as a “rate access/corporate code” when booking to save an extra 20 per cent off the best available price.
      Book your Dezeen Awards 2023 party ticket now via Eventbrite: dezeenawards2023.eventbrite.co.uk
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      Customers exchange urine for soap at Het Nieuwe Instituut pop-up shop

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      Cultural centre Het Nieuwe Instituut is rethinking the archetypal museum shop with a pop-up at Dutch Design Week, designed to encourage more ethical, resource-conscious consumption.

      Instead of offering a straightforward exchange of wares for money, New Store 1.0 gives patrons the opportunity to trade their urine for a piece of Piss Soap and encourages them to place their phones on specially designed fixtures to provide lighting for the venue once the sun goes down.
      Het Nieuwe Instituut has launched its debut pop-up shop at Dutch Design WeekTaking over Residency for the People – a hybrid restaurant and artist residency in Eindhoven – the pop-up also serves up two different versions of the same seabass dish, one made using wild locally caught fish and the other using fish that was industrially farmed and imported.
      The pop-up is the first of two trial runs for the New Store, aimed at helping Rotterdam’s Nieuwe Instituut work out how to design its own museum shop to prioritise positive social and environmental impact over mere financial gain.
      Arthur Guilleminot’s Piss Soap is among the projects on offerIn collaboration with the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and research consultancy The Seeking State, the second trial will take place at next year’s Milan design week, with the aim to open the first dedicated shop in the museum’s Rotterdam location in 2025.

      “It all started out with the idea that we don’t have a museum shop per se,” Nieuwe Instituut’s programme manager Nadia Troeman told Dezeen. “A museum shop, as we know, has books and trinkets and gadgets. And it’s not really doing well for the planet or the environment.”
      “So we were like, how can we make the act of consuming better? How can we consume differently to help not just ourselves but the environment as well?”
      Visitors are invited to donate their urine via a poster in the toilet. Photo by Jennifer HahnFor the Dutch Design Week (DDW) pop-up, Nieuwe Instituut found the three featured projects by Dutch designers Arthur Guilleminot, Brogen Berwick and Arnout Meijer via an open call.
      The aim was to help the designers trial their ideas for how the exchange of goods could be less extractive and transactional in a real-world scenario.
      This can then be placed on a shelf outside the bathroom. Photo by Tracy Metz”The project is part of a broader institutional agenda of ours to become more of a testing ground,” explained the museum’s director Aric Chen. “It’s part of rethinking the role of cultural institutions as being places that can do more than host debates, discussions and presentations.”
      “So our aim is to take some of these projects that try to think about how we can do less damage, take them out of the graduation shows, take them out of the museum galleries, take them out of the biennales and put them into the real world, with real consumers, audiences and real people to see what we can learn from it,” he continued.

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      Guilleminot used the opportunity to expand his ongoing Piss Soap project, with a poster in the venue’s toilet inviting visitors to donate their pee by relieving themselves into designated cups and discreetly placing them on a newly added shelf outside the bathroom window.
      This can then be exchanged for a piece of soap, made using urine donated by previous participants and other waste materials from human activities such as used cooking oil.
      The soap takes three months to cure and is entirely odourless, helping to break up dirt and grease thanks to the urine’s high ammonia content.
      Those who are eating at the New Store can choose between two kinds of fishThe aim of the project is to find a new application for an underutilised waste material and engage people in a kind of circular urine economy.
      “The idea was to revive the ancient tradition of using pee to make soap, which was done for many centuries, including in ancient Rome,” said Guilleminot.
      “Could I make a modern product using this ingredient and, in the meantime, also change our feelings of disgust about our golden organic liquid?”
      The shop’s interactive lighting fixtures were designed by Arnout MeijerThose having dinner at the New Store can choose between two iterations of the same fish dish.
      The first uses wild seabass that was caught locally by fishers Jan and Barbara Geertsema-Rodenburg in Lauwersoog while the other was farmed in Turkey and imported by seafood market G&B Yerseke.
      Devised by Berwick, who is a design researcher and “occasional fisherwoman”, the project challenges diners to ask themselves whether they are willing to pay the higher price associated with locally caught fish in exchange for its environmental benefits.
      “With the fish, they get a receipt of transparency,” Troeman added. “And one is obviously longer than the other.”
      The shop is open until 29 OctoberDiners were also asked to provide their own illumination as the sun goes down, in a bid to make them aware of our overconsumption of energy and the adverse effects our light pollution has on the natural rhythms of other animals.
      For this purpose, Meijer designed two wall-mounted fixtures inside the New Store that have no internal light source and are simply composed of discarded glass shards topped with wooden shelves made from old beams.
      If they require more light, guests have to place their phone on this ledge with the flashlight on, funnelling light onto the glass shard through a narrow slit in the wood.
      It takes over Eindhoven’s artists’ residency and restaurant Residency for the PeopleThis reflects and refracts light around the space while revealing various crescent moon shapes engraved into the glass in a nod to the circadian rhythm.
      “It’s really about our dependence on the constant supply of energy,” Troeman said. “Can we embrace the dark and hence be more environmentally friendly? It has benefits for everyone and everything.”
      Exploring more circular forms of exchange was also on the agenda at last year’s Dutch Design Week, when designer Fides Lapidaire encouraged visitors to trade their own poo for “shit sandwiches” topped with vegetables that were fertilised with human waste.
      The photography is by Jeph Francissen unless otherwise stated.
      Dutch Design Week 2023 is taking over Eindhoven from 21 to 29 October. See Dezeen Events Guide for information about the many other exhibitions, installations and talks taking place throughout the week.

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      Dezeen Awards 2023 party tickets on sale!

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      Tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2023 party to celebrate this year’s winners are now on sale. Book now to secure your place at our reduced early-bird rate!

      Taking place at Shoreditch Electric Light Station in London on 28 November, we will celebrate the winners of Dezeen Awards 2023 with food, drink, live entertainment and music throughout the night.
      The winners of all 39 Dezeen Awards project categories will be revealed, as well the overall architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects of the year.
      We will also be announcing the six Designers of the Year and revealing the winner of the inaugural Bentley Lighthouse Award.

      World’s 85 best buildings shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2023

      The party will be a chance for everyone to come together to celebrate their achievements with fellow nominees and winners, as well as our illustrious Dezeen Awards 2023 judges.

      Judges this year include Guilio Cappellini, Patrizia Moroso, Sabine Marcelis, Yves Béhar and Thom Mayne. See who they crowned as winners when they collect their trophies, and join in the celebrations.
      Tickets for the event cost £175 + VAT. However, you can save 20 per cent and book your ticket for the special early-bird price of £145 + VAT if you order before 31 October 2023. You can also save a further 10 per cent if you book a package of 10 tickets or more.
      Book your ticket now via Eventbrite: dezeenawards2023.eventbrite.co.uk
      Email [email protected] if you have any questions. Sign up to our Dezeen Awards newsletter to get updates on the winners party and future editions of Dezeen Awards. More

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      Madera displays contemporary flooring and millwork products in Los Angeles showroom

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      Design and fabrication firm Madera has unveiled its latest showroom in Los Angeles, which was designed to showcase wood flooring and millwork products and has been captured in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen.

      The West Coast hub, which is Madera’s second showroom, is located in the Arts District of Los Angeles while its flagship showroom is in New York City.

      The showroom features a selection of wood products ranging from the brand’s signature wide-plank Thrasher flooring to custom cabinetry and benches.
      The space, which was converted from a former metal foundry into a showroom, aims to encourage clients to embrace wood and view it as an essential and natural element in design.
      Madera’s made-to-order Thrasher cabinetry is displayed in a living room spaceThe entryway features bespoke Douglas fir tables and benches, while the living room space has made-to-order Thrasher cabinetry showcasing the various finishes the brand offers.
      The kitchen displays a large custom island combining Madera’s Dogwood Ash and Travertine finishes, while a nearby conference room houses the brand’s Abechi Façade cladding in black.
      The showroom kitchen features a custom island that combines Madera’s Dogwood Ash and Travertine finishesMadera’s mission is to bring the natural beauty of wood into the spaces their clients inhabit to “redefine its place in the modern home”, according to the brand.
      Its Los Angeles wood shop, where custom stair parts and millwork elements are produced, is located only a short distance from its showroom.
      Madera’s showroom is located in the Arts District of Los AngelesThe brand recently launched its Seamless Wood Design system, which aims to ensure wooden products in an interior all complement each other.
      The system was created to offer designers and homeowners a customisable option that enables them to retain the character of wood throughout an interior.
      Partnership content
      This video was produced by Dezeen for Madera as part of a partnership. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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