Building & Construction

Local practice Studio Fffaaarrr has designed a coffee shop-cum-tennis club, complete with full-size tennis court, in the centre of the Indonesian capital. The Common Grounds Terra cafe and Menteng Tennis Club project in Jakarta “is an experiment in typology, which explores the possibilities and the collaborative functions between the two,” Studio Fffaaarrr co-founder Andro Kaliandi […]

Japanese creative studio Konel has developed a sleepwear concept that uses embedded sound and lighting to promote sleep based on the wearer’s biometric data. The ZZZN Sleep Apparel System was presented at Milan design week and developed in collaboration with data specialist NTT DX Partner and technology firm Soxai as part of a project aimed at

Promotion: optimised flooring is the key to improving the sound, look and feel of our interior spaces as they become increasingly multifunctional, says soft flooring specialist Modulyss. The wellbeing-focused soft flooring pioneer explained that as our interior spaces become more multifunctional, they will require optimum flooring solutions to accommodate the “ever-blurring boundaries between work and

Dezeen Showroom: design brand Aire Collection worked with Portuguese studio Dooq on a sculptural side table composed of various geometric cuts of marble. The Playing Games side table is made up of intersecting planes of marble with soft, rounded corners. Playing Games side tables consist of marble and metal components Available in two sizes, the

American studios Lehrer Architects and AyD have used thick concrete slabs to create an open-air “vertical mausoleum” covered with trees within a renowned Los Angeles cemetery. The architecture studios alternated concrete slabs, open voids and greenery when creating the structure, which rises 100 feet from the edge of Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Its height makes it

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an interview with Philippe Starck at Milan design week. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. In an interview at this year’s Milan Design Week, Dezeen asked Philippe Starck whether design is becoming increasingly associated with luxury, given the strong presence of luxury brands. “There is a very,

Photos of construction at the Obama Presidential Center Museum Building in Chicago have shown an exterior wrapped in granite panels, as well as the interior of the partially completed uppermost floors. The Museum Building was designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and joins a number of buildings on the 19-acre Obama Presidential Center campus,

Dezeen Showroom: Australian studio Heliograf has launched a new, wired iteration of its Light Soy lamp, designed with a focus on versatility. The Light Soy Flex can be plugged into mains power via a two-metre universal cable, allowing it to function as a pendant, wall or table lamp. The new Light Soy Flex is a

Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Casalgrande Padana has branched out from designing tiles to create a range of tables with durable and antibacterial porcelain stoneware tops. Decorative as well as hygienic, the tables in the Convivialis collection are topped with a single large-format tile – available various sizes – that gives them a seamless appearance. The

Blond founder James Melia and Harry’s head of design Ryan Dougherty describe how their Double Vision exhibition compared traditional and artificial intelligence-led design processes in this video produced by Dezeen. For the Double Vision exhibition, industrial design practice Blond teamed up with grooming brand Harry’s to put artificial intelligence to the test, each setting out