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Nestled at the northernmost point of Denmark in the picturesque town of Skagen, the Skagen Klitgaard Beach House stands as a testament to architectural homage, familial togetherness, and seamless integration with the natural surroundings. Designed by PAX Architects, this stunning summer retreat draws inspiration from Skagen’s Black Period, incorporating the historical use of burned shipwreck wood into its distinctive exterior and thatched roof.

Designer: PAX Architects

The exterior of the Skagen Klitgaard Beach House pays homage to the historical legacy of Skagen. The black-painted timber exterior and thatched roof evoke the charm of houses built during the Black Period, where charred wood from shipwrecks was a common building material. This architectural choice creates a connection to the town’s history while establishing the house as a visual delight against the coastal landscape.

The architectural concept revolves around the central theme of fostering togetherness, especially among three generations of occupants. The house is designed to accommodate various needs, from communal gatherings in the centrally located kitchen to more secluded areas for moments of solitude. Despite the diverse purposes of each space, a continuous pitched roof unifies the entire house, emphasizing the idea of ‘being under one roof.’

Special attention is given to inclusivity within the Beach House. The architects incorporated an acoustic ceiling to mitigate noise levels, creating an environment conducive to both family life and individual retreats. Fluid zones within the layout allow for visual connectivity between different areas while maintaining a strong sense of connection to the surrounding landscape.

Recognizing the importance of family mealtime, the kitchen is positioned centrally, acting as the heart of the house. Thick oak mullions frame large glass panels, creating a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor spaces. This design choice not only blurs the boundaries but also brings the beauty of the landscape indoors, enhancing the overall living experience.

To cater to the diverse needs of its occupants, the ceiling heights vary in different spaces. Lower ceilings in intimate zones, such as the multi-purpose room behind the kitchen, create a contrast with the open and social areas, offering a variety of atmospheres within the house.

The interior design, characterized by muted colors and extensive use of sustainable Douglas fir, seamlessly blends with the natural surroundings. The tactile qualities, scent, and soothing sounds of wood contribute to a warm and inviting atmosphere, aligning perfectly with the vision of the house being an integral part of the natural environment.

The collaboration with Danish company Dinesen reflects a commitment to quality and precision. Responsibly sourcing timber from forests in France and Germany, the architects ensured not only a visually stunning but also a sustainable and enduring home.

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Madrid Design Festival and Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this February.

Other events taking place during the month include design festivals Design Doha and Stockholm Design Week, and fairs Frieze Los Angeles, Seoul Living Design Fair and Object Rotterdam.

Object Rotterdam
2 to 4 February, The Netherlands

Object Rotterdam is an annual design fair that takes place in the Dutch port city, spotlighting emerging and established designers from across The Netherlands.

The fair includes art, design, architectural pieces, fashion and examples of traditional crafts from over 140 exhibitors.

Object Rotterdam invites interior, art and design professionals and enthusiasts to the warehouse and office building HAKA-gebouw for three days.

Stockholm Design Week
5 to 11 February, Sweden

The 22nd edition of Stockholm Design Week takes place this year, with open showrooms, exhibitions, product launches, design fairs, workshops and parties taking place across seven days in February.

The programme of events is located across the city, with the majority located in central Stockholm.

Stockholm Furniture Fair is one of the largest events of the festival, showcasing 200 exhibitors from 6 to 10 February. The 2024 edition’s guest of honour is Italian design duo Formafantasma, who have made an installation for the event.

Dezeen has launched its digital guide to Stockholm Design Week 2024.

Madrid Design Festival
8 February to 17 March, Spain

Spain‘s capital city celebrates the seventh edition of its design festival, with more than 170 brands and institutions taking part in the events.

More than 50 exhibitions and installations form Madrid Design Festival‘s schedule, alongside workshops, open showrooms, awards, film screenings, talks and tours.

While events take place across the city, the festival’s hub is Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, a cultural centre in Madrid‘s Salamanca district.

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
13 February to 26 May, UK

London’s Barbican Centre presents the Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art exhibition, exploring textiles as a representation of societal issues and human emotions through the work of over 50 artists.

Addressing the use of textiles, threads and fibres, the exhibition showcases hand-crafted designs and large-scale installations.

The pieces on display are informed by themes of violence and imperialism, as well as resilience and hope.

Seoul Living Design Fair
22 February to 3 March, South Korea

Seoul‘s annual design fair, which welcomes more than 100,000 visitors each year, highlights the latest trends in the lifestyle design industry.

The 11-day fair displays acoustic, kitchen and tableware, office and lighting products, as well as furniture, art, textiles and fashion.

Alongside the exhibition, the event hosts a series of talks and seminars and an awards ceremony at the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center.

Design Doha
24 February to 5 August, Qatar

Design Doha is a new biennial festival taking place in Qatar‘s capital city, predominantly located in Doha Design District, in the Msheireb neighbourhood.

Hosting its first edition, Doha aims to celebrate the best of design in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through exhibitions, awards, talks and workshops.

Dezeen is a media partner for Design Doha 2024.

Frieze Los Angeles
29 February to 3 March, USA

Frieze hosts its fifth art fair in Los Angeles in February and March, returning to Santa Monica airport this year after its relocation in 2023.

The event spotlights works by around 100 global galleries, organisations and institutions across four days, exploring a range of contemporary art mediums.

Other global editions of Frieze Art Fair take place in New York City, Seoul and London.

About Dezeen Events Guide

Dezeen Events Guide is our guide to the best architecture and design events taking place across the world each year. The guide is updated weekly and includes virtual events, conferences, trade fairs, major exhibitions and design weeks.

Inclusion in the guide is free for basic listings, with events selected at Dezeen’s discretion. Organisers can get standard, enhanced or featured listings for their events, including images, additional text and links, by paying a modest fee.

In addition, events can ensure inclusion by partnering with Dezeen. For more details on inclusion in Dezeen Events Guide and media partnerships with Dezeen, email eventsguide@dezeen.com.

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Father and son architect duo Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade explain how they furnished Lisbon’s Art Legacy Hotel entirely with Moooi products in this video produced by Dezeen for the Dutch furniture brand.

Lisbon practice Rebelo De Andrade designed the interiors of the five star Art Legacy Hotel, located in the Baixa-Chiado district in the city’s centre.

The hotel is notable for its exclusive use of Moooi products and rooms with bold primary colour schemes.

“Hospitality is always about image and stories,” said Luís Rebelo De Andrade, founder of the studio, in the exclusive Dezeen video interview. “We wanted the guests, when they come to this hotel, to have a completely unexpected experience.”

“So, we proposed to our client that we make a hotel with only Moooi products, to give it a very strong identity.”

Moooi’s products were used throughout the hotel, including carpets, furniture, lighting, wall coverings and art pieces.

“Moooi is everywhere in the building,” said Tiago Rebelo De Andrade, who is partner and principal architect at the studio and Luís Rebelo De Andrade’s son. “When you enter the hotel, all the colours, all the textures, all the furniture from Moooi helps us to tell a different story in every floor.

The project is a renovation of a historical office building. Alongside overhauling the hotel’s interior, Rebelo De Andrade also redesigned its facade.

According to Tiago Rebelo De Andrade, Moooi’s blend of modernity and classical references suited the studio’s approach to designing the hotel’s interiors.

“Moooi is classic but in a way that can also be modern,” he said. “It’s a modern-classic building.”

Luís Rebelo De Andrade decided to partner with Moooi on the hotel’s interiors after visiting the brand’s Museum of Extinct Animals exhibition at Milan design week in 2018.

Each room in the Art Legacy Hotel has either a blue, red, yellow or green colour scheme, with matching wall coverings, furniture and tiling in the bathrooms.

“When I first met Moooi’s products, I felt that it uses a lot of primary colours,” he said. “So I used primary colours in a very strong way in the hotel. They are colours that provoke you.”

In the video interview, the duo also discussed their working relationship.

“My son, he provokes me,” said Luís Rebelo De Andrade. “We had to educate ourselves on how to work together.”

“I offer my experience, he offers his youth in projects,” he continued. “So I think it’s a good mix.”

“It’s difficult because it’s a father and son relationship,” added Tiago Rebelo De Andrade. “We are always arguing, but at the end of the day, we drink a bottle of wine so that we can make peace with each other.”

Other recent projects from Moooi include the IDEO-designed Pallana suspension lamp, made up of adjustable ring lights, and the rope-like Knitty Chair designed by Nika Zupanc.

The photography is by João Guimarães.

Partnership content

This video was produced by Dezeen for Moooi as part of a partnership. Find out more about Dezeen’s partnership content here.

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California architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has created a central structure for a sports complex in Florida with a sloped concrete shell designed to “make a spectacle of rainfall”.

The Field House at Pompano Beach’s Youth Sports Complex is a 4,100-square-foot (380-square-metre) structure that holds concessions and offices for the surrounding sports fields. It also features signage for the sports complex and has storage for the various facilities.

The Field House consists of a glass building wrapped with a board-formed concrete shell, which forms a wrap-around porch with a yellow-painted metal lattice on the north elevation.

The concrete shell protects the internal glass structure – where the offices and storage are located – and the outdoor spaces around it.

Described as “playful and sculptural” by Brooks + Scarpa, the shell slopes down towards the ground at points with large openings formed between the ground linkages.

The roof of the shell slopes down gently towards a central point, from which water is funneled by gutters into an adjacent rain garden, to capitalise on the heavy precipitation in Pompano Beach, a municipality north of Fort Lauderdale.

“The roof is sloped in a way to make a spectacle of rainfall from the scupper,” said Brooks + Scarpa.

“The rain cascades from the roof into a rain garden where the water is infiltrated back into the aquifer.”

The metal lattice at the north elevation has been painted yellow. It forms an undulating pattern as it connects with the ground and is suspended above at parts, creating a curtain-like entry to the porch area.

Small metal tabs were affixed to the poles of the lattice to form the letters “YSC”, creating a welcoming sign for the complex when viewed from afar.

A concrete bench wraps around the lattice.

The yellow of the lattice is carried inside, on the ceilings of the porch overhang and some of the interior structure’s facades, both of which are clad in corrugated metal panels.

Large blue fans hang from the ceiling of the porch to provide an area of respite from the Floridian heat. The porch area was oriented to provide clear views of the fields and the adjacent parking lot.

“A concession area and office space provide clear views of the fields and parking areas to create a safe and attractive event space,” said the studio.

“The design is made of highly durable and cost-efficient materials.”

“Low-impact” landscape design was included to take advantage of the water-gathering system on the roof of the structure. This includes gardens with rocks and shrubs, interspersed by patches of grass and circulation paths leading away from the Field House towards the other facilities on the complex.

The Youth Sports Complex covers 10 acres and holds fields for soccer, football and lacrosse.

Brooks + Scarpa won the prestigious AIA Gold Medal in 2022. It has offices in California and Florida and its recent work includes a housing block with a curving aluminium screen in Los Angeles.

The photography is courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa.

Project credits: 

Architecture: Brooks + Scarpa
Structural, mechanical and electrical engineering: RGD
Landscape design and civil engineer: KEITH

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Everyone deserves the opportunity to multitask, but not everyone has $3500 for an Apple Vision Pro headset. The metaverse’s biggest feature-push has been its ability to let you host multiple screens in your virtual space, allowing you to work on simultaneous projects or even keep dedicated displays for work/entertainment/inspiration. However, an obvious alternative to strapping glasses to your face is to simply have multiple screens in the real world! You could opt for a bulky, non-portable monitor… or something as sleek as the FlipGo from JSAUX. Designed to look like a super-slim laptop, the FlipGo is, in fact, a dual-monitor setup that connects to your laptop or PC with a single cable. In mere seconds, it gives you three screens instead of one, with a variety of mounting/docking accessories like folio cases, stands, and VESA mounts, along with two screen sizes to choose from, depending on your needs and requirements. When you’re done, just shut the FlipGo like you would a laptop. It’s that simple… and frankly, it’s a lot better than having a massive VR block strapped to your head. And at $329, it’s a lot cheaper too.

Designer: The JSAUX Team

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What stands out immediately with the FlipGo is its design, balancing the fine line between screen size, portability, and sheer sleekness. Available in two sizes (13.5 inches and 16 inches), it manages to provide ample screen space without feeling bulky. The 13.5-inch model weighs 1.1 kg, while the 16-inch variant is slightly heavier at 1.6 kg, underscoring its portability. But it’s not just about the size and weight; the display quality is a visual treat. With resolutions of 2256×1504 (2.2K) for the smaller model and 2560×1600 (2.5K) for the larger one, and a 100% sRGB color gamut, the FlipGo promises vibrant and crisp visuals. The 60Hz refresh rate, although standard, contributes to the smoothness of the display.

Magnetic Design

The FlipGo isn’t just versatile in its physical design; its functionality is equally adaptable. Switching between UltraView (dual-screen) and DuoViews (triple-screen) modes is effortless, which is a big plus for those who value productivity without technological complexity. The FlipGo is also accompanied by a variety of stands and mounting accessories, giving you everything from a portable folio case/stand to a much more comprehensive magnetic VESA Stand attachment that gives you full freedom to orient and use your dual-screen setup however you see fit… and even adapt between mounting styles depending on your needs. This allows the FlipGo to cater to a wide range of users – from professionals who need extra screen space for spreadsheets and presentations, to designers and coders who thrive with a broader canvas for their creative and technical work.

Connectivity is another area where the FlipGo shines. It’s equipped with an array of ports, including USB-C and Mini HDMI, catering to various devices and preferences. The inclusion of DisplayPort MST for Windows and DisplayLink for Macs, albeit requiring software installation for the latter, shows JSAUX’s commitment to versatility. The ergonomic design of the FlipGo also deserves mention, featuring multiple stand options like the Flex Folio, Snap Stand, Stand Holder, and Snap VESA Adapter, allowing users to easily magnetically snap on or off their dual-screen gadget onto a variety of stand options, allowing users to find their perfect viewing angle.

The two sizes are split across Pro and Standard tiers, offering a variety of features unique to each tier. The Pro variants offer the aforementioned UltraView mode (a single-cable dual-screen experience), along with DisplayLink support, whereas Standard tier users can skip on Pro features but even get an optional upgrade to include touchscreen input, turning your FlipGo into a portable tablet for your workstation! The visual clarity, resolution, and color reproduction remain standard across all tiers, regardless of whether you opt for Pro or Standard variants. The FlipGo starts at $329 for the 13.5-inch model, while the larger 16-inch model starts at $479. Both models come with a 12-month warranty, lifetime support, and international shipping beginning May 2024.

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