Gaiss tops red home in Latvia with corrugated metal roof

Red-painted timber walls and a white corrugated metal roof form the "bold and distinctive" exterior of House Comet, a family home in Riga, Latvia, designed by local architecture studio Gaiss.

Named after its location on Komētas Iela, or Comet Street, in Riga's suburbs, the 175-square-metre home is a contemporary take on a traditional Latvian barn, informed by its surroundings where urban and rural meet.

"The neighbourhood marks a transition between a newly developed apartment district and an intact green forest area in Riga," Gaiss told Dezeen.

"Given its distance from the denser parts of the city,...

Six things reduced to the bare minimum by John Pawson

This week, designer John Pawson brought his minimalist ethos to fashion with his first garment. Here, we look at six minimalist things created by the British designer.

Well-known for his many pared-back architectural designs, Pawson has also designed a wide variety of minimalist products, including furniture, blankets, oil lanterns and paints.

Here are six of Pawson's simple, clean designs:

Cashmere – Stone, Crossing and Lake for Oyuna

Mongolian cashmere brand Oyuna's founder Oyuna Tserendorj described its collection, designed by Pawson, as "soft architecture."

She told Dezeen that creating it was a way to focus on the architectural aspect of her Mongolian heritage.

"Architecture is very much a part of the...

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This week we begun our architecture and design Performance Review

This week on Dezeen, we launched our latest series, Performance Review, which will explore the multitude of issues plaguing the architecture and design industry.

To kick off the serious architecture critic Edwin Heathcote set out 12 things wrong with architecture, which created a fervent debate in the comment section.

We also looked at how architecture fees got so low, and Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser posited 10 things wrong with design.

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia was named America's first chief design officer by president Donald Trump, a role that will focus on increasing the user...

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Glenn Catteeuw — Portfolio

FWA of the day 22 November 2025:

Glenn Catteeuw — Portfolio

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Portfolio of interactive art director Glenn Catteeuw

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Portfolio of Edoardo Lunardi, Senior Frontend Developer, web & design enthusiast. From Italy, based in Vienna.

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New puzzles: Bioluminescence and Ocean Tapestry

Every holiday season we release new puzzles, this year our new puzzles feature art by Franz Anthony, a scientific illustrator whose work I’ve been following for a long time. Bioluminescence ($60 with 141 coral cut pieces) Ocean Tapestry ($120 with 436 pieces in wave and coral cut) are in the shop now.

I’ve been following the work of Franz Anthony (@franzanth on bluesky) for many years now. Franz is a scientific illustrator I first encountered on Twitter back in the day, thanks to his hilarious and intriguing posts about invertebrates. He also founded #InverteFest, an online event celebrating invertebrates (on bluesky...