Deezen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Dutch studio Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed Villa K340, a house in The Hague formed of interlocking blocks finished with contrasting timber and plaster. Francois Verhoeven Architects designed the villa in the residential district of Vroondaal, which sits close to the beaches and dunes on the coast of the Netherlands.

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MAY 22, 2023

Wood is a timeless material that has been used in construction and interior design for centuries. In this article, we’ll explore some wooden inspiration for your home, and offer tips and ideas for using this natural material to add warmth and beauty to your living spaces.

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Archinect

APRIL 17, 2023

Academic fellowships provide unique opportunities for designers and researchers to explore specific topics of interest while teaching. Archinect's Fellow Fellows series showcases individuals who are currently in or have recently finished an architecture fellowship.

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Habitus Living

JANUARY 23, 2024

At the heart of FR House’s architectural approach is integrating the structure with its steep, narrow site and focusing on natural ventilation as a primary cooling method. The design is a cluster of concrete volumes, each defining a separate room with a window framing unique views of the ocean, landscape, or sky.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2023

Promotion: an office with plaster walls that looks like rammed earth and a hotel bar with ombre walls, which fade from fiery red to burnt orange feature in this roundup of interiors finished in custom plaster walls by British brand Clayworks.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 29, 2024

Being a natural element and presenting a negative carbon footprint at the end of its life cycle, wood offers multiple finishes, textures, and tones that can be associated with being outdoors and providing, on some occasions, spaciousness, warmth, and relaxation at the same time. La Pinta Chalets / Ramoni Balestro Arquitectura.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Dezeen Showroom: rugs informed by polluted rivers and tiles that take cues from traditional ceramics are the latest interior finishes to be featured on Dezeen Showroom. Designer Álvaro Catalán de Ocón collaborated with Spanish brand Gan to create a collection of rugs that depict four significant waterways and their topographical surroundings.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

This week's lookbook rounds up eight interiors with furnishings and surfaces finished in burl-wood veneer, allowing its swirly, psychedelic graining to serve a decorative function. Mixed and matched with other patterns, the material is now used to communicate a kind of organic understated luxury, much like natural stone.

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designboom

JUNE 18, 2023

the facade and sloping roof are finished with untreated bamboo slats that harmonize with the surrounding greenery. The post protruding windows bring nature inside spee architecten’s sustainable house in holland appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As part of the Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2022 collaboration, Danish designer Anne Brandhøj has created a chair that explores the line between "functional sculpture and sculptural furnishing". Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2022 is a partnership between Dezeen and Copenhagen Design Agency. Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2022.

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Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Presented with such a challenge, interior designer Royston Ho from Oblivion Lab has used colours, materials and decisive space planning strategies to convert the unit into a homey abode. The clients love the wabi-sabi aesthetic and wanted to incorporate elements of it into their home,” says Royston.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

Promotion: Spanish company Cupa Pizarras has developed Cupaclad, a facade cladding system made from slate that aims to provide a sustainable alternative to conventional exterior finishes. Cupaclad was designed to have a natural, clean aesthetic that aims to adapt to any style of building, from the traditional to the contemporary.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Informed by changing attitudes to workplace design following the Covid-19 pandemic, the two buildings have been renovated with a focus on wellbeing and a connection to nature. The approach to the Now building focuses on more cost-effective, flexible spaces, while the Here building is finished to a higher specification.

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Hotel Designs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Image credit: Atlas Concorde Marvel Onyx brings to Marvel World – the project dedicated to the exploration of the finest marbles – the luminosity of onyx and the unique vibe this stone generates when struck by light, further enhanced by a high-gloss polished finish.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The property has a main residence designed by Pennsylvania-based Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 2012. When new owners purchased the property in 2016, they engaged us to make additions to the site that respected the natural character of the sparsely populated island," the firm said. The guesthouse was built on a 24-acre (9.7-hectare)

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Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Intended to mimic a "spa-like retreat", the Peckham home was remodelled to brighten its dark, closed-off interior and help bring nature in. We wanted to explore how the house could use natural elements to play to the senses," he continued. "We The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Deezen

APRIL 28, 2023

Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang has designed the Gilder Center in Manhattan to prioritize connectivity, creating a massive cavernous atrium meant to provoke a sense of exploration and discovery. Gang pointed to the lack of formwork in the shotcrete design and the promotion of science learning in general.

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Dwell

JUNE 1, 2022

Project Details: Location: London, England Year Built: 2021 Architect: Boano Prišmontas / @boanoprismontas Footprint: 161 square feet From the Architect: " Boano Prišmontas designed and manufactured a digitally fabricated tiny home for a dwelling in North London. The dwelling has underfloor heating controlled by a thermostat sensor.

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Hotel Designs

APRIL 12, 2023

Hotel Designs was invited to take an exclusive look at the array of new luxury lighting designs on offer, set to light up the industry… The mix of luxury raw materials and the brand’s attention to detail and finish, brings tactility into focus with the Northern Lights SS23 collection.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Designers Inma Bermúdez, Moritz Krefter, Jorge Penadés and Alvaro Catalán de Ocón have created three playful wooden furniture pieces on show at Madrid Design Festival. Devised by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), Natural Connections was on show in the entrance hall of the cultural building Matadero Madrid.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Indonesian practice Stilt Studios has completed a series of "nature-centric" villas for the Grün Uluwatu resort in Bali , which are elevated on steel columns to sit among the tree canopy. This approach allows for a more sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the built environment and nature,” he added.

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Hotel Designs

MARCH 31, 2023

Hotel Designs Geberit brings nature into the bathroom Geberit brings nature into the bathroom As guests increasingly look for sustainable and eco-friendly options in the hotel experience, Geberit explores ways of integrating nature into hotel bathroom design.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Designed to blend in with the landscape, the home is built around rocks and features exposed natural materials that reference the surrounding stones and pine trees. Throughout the design process, we wanted to maintain a sensitivity to this special place and create a home that is quiet and deferential to the context," he told Dezeen.

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Hotel Designs

JULY 3, 2023

Thanks to its excellent performance characteristics, the finish is also easy to clean and needs no specialist, or ongoing maintenance. Giving the touch of real oak – from rough to smooth and everywhere in-between – the technology is also responsible for its matt finish with almost absent shine levels for a natural ‘unfinished’ effect.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2023

Danish design practice Natural Material Studio has unveiled its Human Nature exhibition, which featured compostable biofoam seating and biomaterial textiles, at 3 Days of Design. Human Nature features metres-long biotextile installations "It's something that we are curious about, expanding the scale," she added.

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Habitus Living

JULY 9, 2023

From preserving the integrity of the organic designs invented by nature, to protecting the physical environment from further pollution, Neolith is a guardian of the natural world — both in practice and in design. At the heart of Neolith’s foundation lies a desire to protect.

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Dwell

APRIL 21, 2022

Recently updated by designer Jordan Bavka, the 1930s Los Feliz home features arched openings, antique fixtures, and hand-painted limewash walls. Developer and designer Jordan Bavka renovated this 3,960-square-foot English Tudor–style residence in the Los Feliz Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2023

For this special lookbook sponsored by Danish design company D Line, we've selected ten interiors that showcase architectural details by the brand including door handles , taps and drawer pulls. D Line has been designing and manufacturing architectural hardware and sanitary ware since 1971.

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designboom

APRIL 7, 2022

One of the surface specialist’s newest decorative panels, Master Oak, is indistinguishable from its natural-world inspiration. The post unilin panels’ master oak finish out-performs the real wood equivalent appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2023

In our latest lookbook , we highlight 10 bedroom interiors that introduce earthy colour palettes and natural materials to evoke a sense of calm and tranquility. Stone surfaces, timber panelling, linen fabric, accents of clay and limewash finishes add subtle textures to the interior spaces.

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The Spaces

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Patricia Urquiola designed the earthy interiors of this Rome hotel , using plants and natural materials to contrast the building’s grand, historic exterior. Bedrooms – which start around £900 per night – are dressed in wholly neutral shades, with walls finished in ancient Roman lime plaster.

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Deezen

JULY 8, 2022

Sustainably-sourced timber has been used for the structure, cladding and interior of this mews home in Highgate, London , designed by local architect Russell Jones. The site previously held the garage and rear garden of an adjoining house, which informed the design of the new building. "[The] The photography is by Rory Gardiner.

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2024

Dezeen Showroom: a collection of console tables and benches informed by kimonos are included among products on Dezeen Showroom that were presented during Milan design week. Floor and table lights as well as wall lamps are also included in the Pop lighting collection , which comes in a selection of playful colourways and metallic finishes.

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Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Japanese practice Nori Architects has completed Minimum House in Toyota, Japan , as a "new prototype of urban housing" designed to reduce construction waste and be easily repaired or adapted in the future. Minimum House was designed by Nori Architects. Read: Tomoaki Uno Architects designs house in Japan with Aztec-informed pyramid.

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Archinect

JANUARY 9, 2024

GNIZDO HOUSE epitomizes the perfect blend of nature, tradition, and modern architecture, offering a unique space where the walls contribute to healing. Constructed with firewood concrete and finished with a reed covering, the living walls create an eco-conscious dwelling that seamlessly connects with its natural surroundings.

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Deezen

APRIL 30, 2023

An undulating concrete roof topped with grass covers this house in the Czech Republic, designed by local architecture studio RO_AR. Located alongside a wildlife corridor at the edge of the Hlubocepy district in Prague, the family home is designed to be a "bridge between the urban and the natural".

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2022

Deep eaves shelter openings connecting indoor and outdoor spaces at this kindergarten in Maebashi, Japan , which architecture studio Hibinosekkei designed to enhance awareness of the changing seasons. Natural tones and tactile surfaces feature inside. Read: Bernardo Bader Architekten designs extension to timber kindergarten. "At

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