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  • Seven dental clinics designed to take the pain out of check ups

    Architects and designers have created these seven dental offices with bright and colourful interiors to offer patients a more enjoyable and worry free experience.

    Dent Protetyka, Poland, Adam Wiercinski

    The pick-up window inside this Polish denture clinic designed by Adam Wiercinski is outlined with green lines that form the shape of medical services cross.
    Located inside an old tenement building in Poznan, the 10-square-metre space is modelled after the city’s small kiosk shops. Steel mesh separates the waiting room and shopfront from the tiny consultation room situated in the rear of the space.
    Find out more about Dent Protetyka ›

    The Urban Dentist, Germany, Studio Karhard
    Studio Karhard designed The Urban Dentist in Berlin to mimic the flashy interiors of Berghain, the electronica nightclub in the German city also completed by the firm.
    LED lights border the edges of the fluted glass walls, while in the treatment rooms the sink and supplies are stored inside a pink cabinet that is topped with a colourful speckled counter.
    Find out more about The Urban Dentist ›

    Sou Smile, Brazil, SuperLimão
    Brazilian studio SuperLimão inserted a pink polycarbonate volume inside Sou Smile, a dental health treatment centre in São Paulo that manufactures dental appliances.
    The rounded structure houses a consultation room, while the rest of the converted warehouse building is outfitted with open-plan workstations and a laboratory for manufacturing dental appliances.
    Find out more about Sou Smile ›

    Waiting room, China, RIGI Design
    A rectangular “dining” table and play area for children feature in this colourful clinic in Tianjin, China designed by RIGI Design.
    The play space is framed in the shape of a house and decorated with animal-shaped furnishings. Treatment rooms are located along a corridor fronted with glass walls. Large black digits painted on the hardwood floor designate the room number.
    Find out more about the waiting room ›

    Ortho Wijchen, Netherlands, Studio Prototype
    For this office in Wichen, Netherlands has inserted the treatment areas between translucent glass partitions. To ease patient’s comfort each the of chairs faces a wall of windows that provide a view of a grassy pastoral landscape.
    “The open setup of the plan and the large panoramic view towards the garden create a light and spacious place in which the patient feels comfortable,” the studio said.
    Find out more about the Ortho Wijchen ›

    Go Orthodontistes, Canada, Natasha Thorpe Design
    Slatted timber panels clad the walls and reception desk in this orthodontist practice in Quebec, Canada designed by Natasha Thorpe Design.
    The boards of Douglas fir wood cover storage cabinets and form shelves in the office. In the consultation room there are several dental chairs and a row of black cabinets. Translucent glass spans across the laboratory and instrument sterilisation room concealing its interiors from the outside.
    Find out more about the Go Orthodontistes ›

    Impress, Spain, Raúl Sanchez Architects
    The curve of a smile informed the design for Impress, a dental clinic in Barcelona designed by Raúl Sanchez Architects.
    Large rounded boards crafted using pine wood form partitions in the office. The studio chose the material to add warmth to the typically white and sterile environment. Red, blue and grey accents add a playful element to the design and tie in with the company’s branding.
    Find out more about the Impress ›

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  • “The desire for escapism is at an all-time high” say visualisers creating fantasy renderings

    With coronavirus confining people to their homes and rising fears over environmental destruction, a new breed of visual artists is creating utopian landscapes, buildings and interiors for armchair escapists. Here are nine of the best practitioners. Renderings depicting ethereal seaside homes to surreal, pastel-hued dreamscapes have become popular in recent months as people in lockdown
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  • Five houses where the courtyard is the heart of the home

    Charmaine Chan has highlighted 25 recently completed courtyard houses for her book Courtyard living: Contemporary houses of the Asia-Pacific. Here she picks five of the most interesting. As the book’s title suggests, Courtyard living: Contemporary houses of the Asia-Pacific is a compilation of houses completed in the past 10 years across Asia and Oceania that are focused […] More

  • Seven Santorini island retreats by Kapsimalis Architects

    From converted caves to underground pools, here are seven hotels and houses on the Greek island of Santorini designed by local studio Kapsimalis Architects. Saint Hotel, Odi Stepping down towards the sea from the cliffs of the village of Odi, Saint Hotel features terraced patios with bright blue pools and white walls. In total the hotel […] More

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    Six bakeries and sweets shops with delectable interiors

    We’ve rounded up six bakeries and shops for sweet treats that have been designed with cream interiors just as delicious as the goods for sale. BreadBlok by Commune, Santa Monica, California Commune created BreadBlok bakery with warm materials like plaster walls, limestone slabs and terracotta tiles. The project fuses sandy tones that relate to its […] More

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    10 movies with striking interior design to watch under lockdown

    The coronavirus crisis means we’re spending more time indoors than ever before, so Dezeen’s Natasha Levy has selected 10 films with stand-out interiors that can offer some escape from your own four walls. [embedded content] The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014 The snowy mountaintops of a fictitious country in Eastern European is the backdrop for The […] More