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A Polish Apartment Designed Around Functionality and the Sunset

On the 18th floor of the tallest residential building in Poznan, Poland, the 18TH Apartment, with just under 700 square feet, has been reimagined by wiercinski-studio. With an emphasis on functionality and views of the city, this apartment blends minimalism,…

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How ghost stories helped save the architecture of New Orleans 👻

When iconic buildings in the French Quarter were faced with demolition, ghost stories and the occult helped in stopping this potential architectural tragedy. Want even more AD? Subscribe to the magazine and get a free tote ►► https://bit.ly/3Oh8McU Still haven’t…

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Leibal — Karuizawa House

Karuizawa House is a minimal home located in Karuizawa, Japan, designed by Takahiro Endo. This verdant site, hidden away from neighboring homes, offers a tranquil escape. Summer memories revolve around cooling watermelons in the nearby stream, while autumn beckons with…

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César Béjar Studio inserts minimal pink house into Mexican street

Mexican architecture firm César Béjar Studio has sandwiched a minimalist pink house between two buildings in Culiacán, Mexico, while bringing light into its centre via atriums and voids. Completed in 2020, Casa en Tres Rios is covered entirely in a…

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Cultural Center in China Has Roof Inspired by the Shape of Bamboo Leaves

With a roof inspired by the shape of bamboo leaves, the Anji Culture and Art Center will house six different venues, including a theater, sports center, and art education center. Designed by MAD Architects, the sleek buildings fan out into…

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Cultural Center in China Has Roof Inspired by the Shape of Bamboo Leaves

With a roof inspired by the shape of bamboo leaves, the Anji Culture and Art Center will house six different venues, including a theater, sports center, and art education center. Designed by MAD Architects, the sleek buildings fan out into…

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This week BIG completed The Spiral supertall skyscraper in New York

This week on Dezeen, we reported that BIG completed its first supertall skyscraper, a 66-storey commercial high-rise wrapped with a series of stepped terraces. Located along New York’s High Line, The Spiral reaches 314 metres-high and its footprint reduces towards the…

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Movie Villain Lairs: The Big Lebowski’s Jackie Treehorn

Jackie Treehorn “mixes a hell of a caucasian.” His house is also full of details giving away the fact that he’s the true villain of The Coen Brothers 1998 classic “The Big Lebowski” Want even more AD? Subscribe to the…

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LG Smart Cottage Is the Future of PreFab Architecture

What is the future of the modern home going to look like? According to LG Electronics, it should be smaller, smarter, modular, and markedly more energy efficient (and of course, operated by their own ThinQ app). Such prognostication takes form…

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Leibal — Los Durmientes

Los Durmientes is a minimalist home located in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, designed by Bernardo Chavez Peón. The homeowners, during their initial visits, expressed a desire for simplicity, mentioning they’d be satisfied even with a basic tent-like structure. The architect’s…

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Leibal — House on the Air

House on the Air is a minimalist residence located in Valencia, Spain, designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. This region witnesses the daily dance of the sun, casting its golden hues on the horizon, and the architectural designs here are specifically…

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Dezeen Debate features “refreshing” metro station in Tehran

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a brick metro station in Tehran. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. KA Architecture Studio designed an entrance to the Jahad Metro Plaza comprised of barrel-vaulted forms made from handmade bricks. Commenters were…

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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. Called 75.9 House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a…

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Defining DC Power Architecture With Fowlkes Studio

Catherine and VW Fowlkes attended architectural school together – not at the same place (Catherine graduated from MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning, VW from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design) but at the same time: “We lived together and had…

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Jon Batiste gifted Suleika Jaouad her writing hero Joan Didion’s desk

Not every writer gets to say they own their hero’s desk but Suleika Jaouad is not one of them! Want even more AD? Subscribe to the magazine and get a free tote ►► https://bit.ly/3Oh8McU Still haven’t subscribed to Architectural Digest…

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BIG’s first supertall skyscraper reaches completion in New York

Architecture studio Bjarke Ingels Group has announced the completion of The Spiral, the studio’s first supertall skyscraper and first commercial high-rise in New York City that features a “Ziggurat silhouette”. It reaches 1,031 feet (314 metres) into the sky, making…

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A Modernist Pavilion-Style House on a Secluded Lake

When graphic designer, Bart Crosby, longed for a serene fishing escape outside of the city on a secluded lake in Northern Wisconsin, Wheeler Kearns Architects delivered just that. The Clearwater Lake Retreat marries a single-story modernist structure with its rustic…

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Inside a NYC Theater Encased in 5,000 Marble Tiles | Unique Spaces | Architectural Digest

Today Architectural Digest travels to Lower Manhattan to tour the newly completed Perelman Performing Arts Center. An integral part of the new World Trade Center site, architects Joshua Ramus and David Rockwell were eager to give the arts a new…