Building & Construction

A spiralling cable-net roof modelled in the image of a Fibonacci sequence tops a new public greenhouse designed by Canadian studio KPMB Architects in Winnipeg. Located in Assiniboine Park just outside downtown Winnipeg, the Leaf is a 35-acre (14-hectare) complex that includes a central greenhouse building and 30 acres (12-hectares) of public gardens and greenspace. …

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site in New York. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture studio Rex has completed the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site in New York, which was designed as a cubic structure covered …

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Architecture studio Tatiana Bilbao Estudio has completed an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico, with a labyrinthine structure that “merges marine and terrestrial elements in its architectural design”. The Sea of Cortez Research Center sits on an estuary near the ocean and is part of a general regeneration project for Mazatlán Central Park. Tatiana Bilbao Estudio’s intention …

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Promotion: Italian brand Lithos Design has unveiled four new textures as part of its Pietre Incise wall covering collection, which features three-dimensional surfaces with “infinite perspectives”. The Pietre Incise collection includes 26 patterned designs by designer Raffaello Galiotto and aims to let the “natural materiality” of marble shine through. Lithos Design has added four new …

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A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. Nestled into a grassy site near the coast, the home sits on a stone base and was designed to merge traditional Indian design with …

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Featuring houses that reach daringly out over steep bluffs and a T-shaped home in Sweden, this roundup collects 10 of the most dramatic cantilevered buildings recently published on Dezeen. Photo by Federico Cairoli Casa Himmel, Paraguay, by Bauen Nestled in the forests of Guaira, Paraguay, Casa Himmel features three concrete walls projecting out over the site’s …

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More can be done to support emerging designers in London says Jan Hendzel, who curated an exhibition focused on emerging talent at this year’s London Design Festival. Jan Hendzel Studio curated the 11:11 exhibition, which paired 11 established designers with 11 emerging designers, to draw attention to interesting south London designers. The 11:11 exhibition (top) was …

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Designer Summer Chen has combined artificial intelligence and sensor-embedded lingerie to create a “touch-to-text” system generating erotica, developed as part of her studies at the Royal College of Art. Titled Enigma, the project involves a lingerie set laced with haptic sensors that capture data such as where a person is touching themselves, for how long …

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Bacteria were used to grow this one-off edition of the Bou Bag by Danish fashion brand Ganni, made from a leather alternative by London biotech company Modern Synthesis that contains no plastic or petrochemicals. On show as part of the Material Matters fair at London Design Festival, the handbag was made by cultivating nanocellulose – a …

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Promotion: specially curated playlists and unique signature scents are just some of the multi-sensory ways in which developer Moda Living is tailoring its neighbourhoods to boost residents’ wellbeing. Leaders in the build-to-rent space, Moda Living have partnered with designers such as design and interior architecture studio Amos and Amos, interior designer Naomi Cleaver and Leeds-based …

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