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Speaker design studio Silence Please has created a showroom for its bespoke speakers outfitted with a tea room, record store and listening space in a New York City loft. Located in Manhattan's Bowery neighborhood, the Silence Please space spreads out over one, long loft, with its showroom and seating area at the front and the The post Silence Please creates "giant living room" for New York showroom and listening space appeared first on Dezeen.

Mexican architecture firm Estudio Cristina Grappin has opened a large stone house to coastal breezes between the courtyard and the Pacific Ocean in Punta Mita, Mexico. Known as Casa Quinto Sol, the 2,440-square metre residence was designed to to be an "ode to its surroundings," according to the studio. "By integrating into the verdant cliffs The post Estudio Cristina Grappin uses local stone for Mexican beach house appeared first on Dezeen.

Dezeen Showroom: informed by art deco architecture, the H04 pull handle by US studio Civilian for Bankston Architectural brings an impactful material interplay to doors and joinery. The H04 Pull Handle Long combines a geometric composition of spherical and linear elements with a rich materiality, creating a striking yet functional accent piece. Polished chrome or The post H04 Pull Handle Long by Civilian for Bankston Architectural appeared first on Dezeen.

Dezeen Competitions: the Shaping Water Competition seeks designs for an installation celebrating the essence of water for Clerkenwell Design Week. Organised by Dezeen in partnership with Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard, the contest challenges entrants to come up with bold and imaginative ideas for a large-scale installation for St John's Gate, a prominent historic The post Shaping Water Competition appeared first on Dezeen.

A "single unifying canopy" links the four volumes of Jinji Lake Pavilion, designed by Danish studio BIG as a nod to its tree-planted site in Suzhou, China. Overlooking Jinji Lake, the 1,200-square-metre building contains four metal-clad public spaces, arranged around a central courtyard where locals can gather. Designed by BIG in collaboration with local studio Arts The post BIG completes glass-tiled pavilion overlooking lake in Suzhou appeared first on Dezeen.

US company Alef Aeronautics has released videos of its Alef Model Zero electric flying car driving on a road in California before vertically taking off into flight. Designed for a future where cars can fly over traffic to solve congestion issues, the prototype completed a test flight in San Mateo on Wednesday this week, hovering The post Videos reveal vertical takeoff of electric flying car in California appeared first on Dezeen.

Paris-based studio Lina Ghotmeh Architecture has been selected to renovate the British Museum's Western Range galleries in London. Lina Ghotmeh Architecture, which is led by Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh, was announced as the winner of the historical museum's two-stage international competition to oversee the transformation of a third of its gallery space. The winning studio The post Lina Ghotmeh appointed to complete British Museum gallery redesign appeared first on Dezeen.

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a family home in India with a 400-kilogram chandelier in the foyer, designed by Bengaluru studio Multitude of Sins. Two hundred skilled artisans from across the country collaborated to create the interiors, with around 80 per cent of the dwelling's furniture, light fixtures and artworks made bespoke The post "Cathedral of kitsch" says commenter appeared first on Dezeen.

British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to revitalise a former industrial area in Romania's coastal city of Constanța, including transforming existing silos into theatres and pavilions. Foster + Partners collaborated with local stakeholders and Romanian real estate developer Iulius on the 38-hectare masterplan. The intention was to design a district that would benefit the The post Foster + Partners to transform brownfield site in Romanian port city into new district appeared first on Dezeen.

Australian firm Pattern Studio has renovated this Sydney house for a father and his grown-up children, filling the rooms with oversized stone, cherry burl and butter-soft Douglas fir. The home, nicknamed Daddy Cool, was designed to accommodate both shared and private spaces for the client and his two adult children, laying the groundwork for peaceful The post Daddy Cool is a "slick but not stiff" Sydney home renovation appeared first on Dezeen.