Artistree raises a telescopic treehouse in California
US company Artistree Home designed a treehouse with vaulted form, raised off the ground in Sonoma County, California. Completed in 2023, the latest design — known as Spyglass by Hometree — is a 300-square foot (28-square-metre) residence in an 11-acre (5-hectare) forested lot in Occidental, California. Artistree Home has created a treehouse with a vaulted…
Atelier Local draws on brutalist architecture for House in Ancede
Raw finishes and “as found” materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home, which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. Called House in Ancede, the house sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint…
Dezeen readers name Racine by Frank Lloyd Wright best furniture design of 2023
As part of our review of 2023, Dezeen readers have voted the reissue of the Racine collection designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Steelcase as the best furniture design of 2023. Originally designed for the SC Johnson Administration building in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1939, the collection received by far the most votes with almost 32 per cent of…
Blurring Boundaries wraps sculptural brick home around tree in Indian forest
Indian studio Blurring Boundaries has used organic forms and natural materials throughout Asmalay, a curvaceous home that wraps around trees in a forest near Mumbai. Nestled within a network of mango trees in Indian coastal town Alibag, the house was designed to showcase the connection between architecture and nature. In response to the surrounding canopy…
Mauricio Alonso creates Tomm House for irregular site in Mexico
Clay tiles line the front of a slender family house in San Miguel de Allende that was designed by local architect Mauricio Alonso to be in “continuous dialogue with the landscape”. Designed for a family of three, the house is located in a dense neighbourhood and occupies an oddly shaped property in a cul-de-sac. To…
Mamout reclaims materials from demolished warehouse for Belgian courtyard house
Materials from a dismantled warehouse were used to build this courtyard house named Dailly, which local studio Mamout has nestled between two buildings in Belgium. Dailly is arranged around two courtyards and features colourful spaces filled with reclaimed materials. Mamout has created a Belgian courtyard house “The project stems from its urban location and the…
Dezeen’s top 10 hotels of 2023
Already thinking about your next getaway post-Christmas? Here is Dezeen’s pick of 2023’s top 10 hotels, put together as part of our review of the year. Our selection of the most popular and noteworthy hotels featured on Dezeen this year includes what is possibly the world’s skinniest in Indonesia, the grand conversion of a 1940s…
Studio AMB “reinterprets ancient traditions” for guesthouse in Japan
Architecture practice Studio AMB has renovated a century-old traditional Japanese home in the Misumi region of Shimane to create a minimalist guesthouse, featuring a communal ground floor that is open to the elements. Intended to give a new generation of visitors the opportunity to “experience the local climate and culture” of the small fishing village,…
Merry Christmas from Dezeen!
Merry Christmas! We’ll be back tomorrow – in the meantime read our review of 2023 and enjoy this Christmas tree designed by British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori. The review of 2023 rounds up the most interesting and popular architecture, design and interior stories from the past year. It includes roundups of the the year’s rebrands, innovative…
Restored Book Tower in Detroit features hospitality venues by Method Co
Several restaurants and a hotel have opened within Detroit‘s historic Book Tower as part of a years-long restoration project of the building undertaken by its developer and architecture studio ODA. The 1920s skyscraper has undergone extensive restoration work over the past seven years by local developer Bedrock, which has transformed the former office building into…