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Design and architecture are overdue for a Performance Review

November 17, 2025 Nat Barker 0

With design and architecture seemingly in crisis, our Performance Review editorial series will interrogate the multitude of issues plaguing the industry. Though people don’t say it very often, everyone knows it: design and architecture are broken. In most countries with well-established creative industries, many working architects and people in related roles are exasperated by measly earnings,

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Dubai courtyard installation examines how “architecture evolved in the region”

November 11, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year’s Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. Titled When Does a Threshold Become a Courtyard?, the installation was positioned in the Dubai Design District and created by studio

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Auckland apartment block by Monk Mackenzie integrates Fisher & Paykel appliances

November 11, 2025 Siufan Adey 0

Ergonomic kitchens fitted with Fisher & Paykel appliances feature in this eight-apartment building in Auckland, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen for the luxury kitchen brand. Designed by local architecture studio Monk Mackenzie in collaboration with developer Artifact, Jervois Apartments sits on a ridgeline in the central Auckland suburb of Herne Bay. 

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Forbo’s Flotex flooring offers a “blank canvas” for designers

November 6, 2025 Sonia Singh 0

Flooring brand Forbo has revealed how its floor covering acts as a clean canvas for designers to print on, as shown in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. Called Flotex, the flooring product is flocked using nylon 6.6 fibres, which are hard-wearing and resilient, and can be used across a variety of environments. According to

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Forbo’s Flotex flooring offers a “blank canvas” for designers

November 6, 2025 Sonia Singh 0

Flooring brand Forbo has revealed how its floor covering acts as a clean canvas for designers to print on, as shown in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. Called Flotex, the flooring product is flocked using nylon 6.6 fibres, which are hard-wearing and resilient, and can be used across a variety of environments. According to

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Lanza Atelier shrouds circular pavilion in water dripping chains

November 4, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

Local studio Lanza Atelier has created a pavilion in the plaza of a famed Mexico City shopping centre, with a wooden platform surrounding a central reflecting pool. Named A10 Pavilion, the eight-metre-tall structure was built directly on top of a fountain in the plaza of El Palacio de Hierro in Mexico City’s affluent Polanco neighbourhood.

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Lanza Atelier shrouds circular pavilion in water dripping chains

November 4, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

Local studio Lanza Atelier has created a pavilion in the plaza of a famed Mexico City shopping centre, with a wooden platform surrounding a central reflecting pool. Named A10 Pavilion, the eight-metre-tall structure was built directly on top of a fountain in the plaza of El Palacio de Hierro in Mexico City’s affluent Polanco neighbourhood.

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Eight architecture and design events in November from Dezeen Events Guide

November 4, 2025 Sophie Chapman 0

Dubai Design Week, Dezeen Awards 2025 party and Designart Tokyo are among the key architecture, design and art events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this November. Other events taking place during the month include Design Mumbai, BDNY, Hiroshima Architecture Exhibition, World Architecture Festival and the 15th Shanghai Biennale: Does the flower hear the bee?. Hiroshima Architecture

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The Collector’s Residence showcases collectible Portuguese design in a “lived-in space”

November 2, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design collective Luso filled a townhouse in Lisbon with works by emerging Portuguese designers and makers to demonstrate how collectible design can coexist with everyday living. The Collector’s Residence was furnished and styled by The Modern Spaces to showcase its Alba development – a former warehouse in the city’s Marvila neighbourhood that the real estate

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Fold-out greenhouse with opening sides transforms into pavilion for agricultural education

October 31, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture practices Office for Roundtable and JXY Studio have designed an expandable greenhouse clad in polycarbonate panels that hinge open to create a space for sharing food and knowledge about urban farming in Guangzhou, China. The project, titled Your Greenhouse Is Your Kitchen Is Your Living Room, aims to challenge systemic farming practices by presenting

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