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Dezeen InteriorsStudio Cadena fills Medellín cafe with 31 towering wooden columns Architecture firm Studio Cadena has designed a forest-like interior for the Masa cafe in Medellín, Colombia, where over 30 plywood columns stretch to a concrete ceiling to create an "atmosphere without walls or enclosure
RemodelistaSt. Oak: A Stripped-Back Holiday Apartment by a Creative Pair in Germany Over the years, so many of our favorite “renovations” have had one approach in common: They let the space lead, often stripping back more than is added. So much harder than slapping on the new. So this lament, by photogr
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AD IndiaIndia7 coffee table ideas to elevate your living room design From carved mahogany and aged Chettinad wood to marble, teak and travertine, these coffee table ideas prove the centre of the living room deserves its moment.
House & GardenA 200-year-old stone cottage in Yorkshire transformed with joyful colour and pattern When interior designer Cath Beckett decided to leave London behind, she knew what she wanted – and found her dream house at first try. What unfolded next was a head-to-toe transformation that sensitively brought the prop
Designboomtravertine, timber, and desert-toned textures shape groundeddesign’s villa limni in dubai interior’s restrained material palette extends to the exterior through a travertine-clad facade.
Apartment TherapyLimewashed Walls Gave This Kitchen a Vintage, Minimalist Redo Adding a limewash paint treatment to your walls can add a vintage, worldly aesthetic to even a brand-new space. It’s often used in living rooms and bedrooms, but DIYer and apartment dweller Teresa Rudolph added it to her
BRUTUSJapanKōichi Uchida Pays Homage to Contemporary Craftsman Takejiro Hasegawa
Home & DecorSingapore$500,000 Renovation for an interior designer’s luxury hotel 5-room DBSS in Serangoon with spa bathrooms & a gaming room From a rare Madagascar Labradorite stone, book-matched marble slabs, to Versace tiles, this DBSS flat is more luxurious than many condominiums.
MonocleDiplomatic Design 101: The UN’s newest visitor centre is a study in architectural monotony If minimalism has become the visual language of institutional reassurance, then the Portail des Nations speaks it fluently.
AD IndiaIndia5 beautiful stone homes in remote India with a timeworn appeal Weathered walls, natural textures and plenty of character!
InterniIn Cork, Ireland, there is a very special cooking school At Ballymaloe Cookery School, you live in symbiosis with a forty-hectare organic farm. And everything—the gardens, the livestock, and the hospitality—is managed in an integrated and sustainable manner
InterniMarmomac 2026: natural stone returns to the centre of the debate From 22 to 25 September, Marmomac returns to Veronafiere to mark its sixtieth edition and revitalise its identity through new curatorial perspectives, urban installations, awards and a lecture by Carlo Ratti
The NordroomDark Oak, Terrazzo, and Bold Colors Define This Architect-Designed Oslo Apartment Set within a classic 1930s Oslo building, this architect-designed two-bedroom apartment combined period surroundings with a bold, contemporary interior filled with color and exclusive materials. Extensively upgraded in 2
Dezeen InteriorsLeroy Street Studio renovates historic New York City theatre for A24 For its first brick-and-mortar venue, production company A24 worked with New York design office Leroy Street Studio to overhaul the city's oldest Off-Broadway theatre to host live productions and screen movies. A24 purch
Dezeen ArchitectureSquare-metre studio strapped to tree in "exaggerated response" to office rental prices German architecture studio Opposite Office has created a one-square-metre treehouse to work from, fixed to a tree at the Bauhaus University campus in Weimar. Opposite Office designed the compact tree-bound structure, nam
DominoBefore & After: This Designer Built His Kitchen Almost Entirely from Wood Scraps And there’s nothing hodgepodge about it.
RemodelistaThe Pine House 1970: A Modern Danish Summerhouse in Liseleje In the idyllic coastal setting of Liseleje, Denmark, sits The Pine House, the summerhouse of Kasia Sznajder and Fred Aartun. Kasia, a brand strategist formerly with Reform (her recent work includes production for Copenha
Coco Lapine DesignA contemporary home with modern furniture and limewash walls This historic apartment (via Historiska Hem) carries the quiet confidence of a home that knows exactly what it wants to be. Light grey limewash walls and considered material choices run throughout, creating a layered int
Dezeen InteriorsEBBA Architects designs Cup of Joy cafe in Marylebone to "provide a sense of delight" Local studio EBBA Architects has designed the first London outpost for Istanbul cafe chain Cup of Joy, using clay plaster, stone and an opaque-glass ceiling to evoke the feeling of being in a courtyard. The studio drew o
My Scandinavian HomeA Magical Theatre Home on the Danish Island of Møn Sometimes a home lands in my inbox that completely stops me in my tracks. Last week, these photographs arrived from the Danish island of Møn and, from the very first image, I knew this was somewhere rather special. The o
YatzerPunto Zero Bring Theatrical Contrast to a Historic Ferrara Apartment At Casa Fràra in Ferrara, Punto Zero sets rediscovered frescoes and timber ceilings against a brass staircase, walnut and marble. Discover the contrast.
YatzerThe Biennale of Contemporary Keramics 2026 in Rhodes Recasts Clay as a Living Language The Biennale of Contemporary Keramics 2026 spreads 42 artists across five historic Rhodes venues, framing ceramics as a living Mediterranean language.
Sight UnseenMurano glass, plaster flowers, mosaic tables: All the hits from New York Design Month so far Plus: Is 2026 the year of the woman welder?
Nordic DesignNordiska Kök Unveils a Captivating 60s-Inspired Oak Kitchen Designed in Collaboration with Architect Ingrid Pay A captivating blend of nostalgia and contemporary sophistication.
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