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Atelier Matteo Arnone creates symmetrical home for two DJs

December 28, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Italian practice Atelier Matteo Arnone has completed House for Two Musicians, a minimal, symmetrical home with a pair of recording studios on the site of an old winery in Portugal. Surrounded by vineyards at Quinta do Alamo in Carnota near Lisbon, the dwelling occupies the footprint of a dilapidated brick wine store that once stood

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Perforated brickwork wraps The Gong music centre by Atelier Oï

October 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated brick walls wrap an open-roof stage at this circular music centre in Cambodia, completed by Swiss architecture studio Atelier Oï. Named The Gong after its circular shape, the centre was designed for the 150-hectare campus of Smiling Gecko, an educational charity founded by Swiss photographer Hannes Schmid in 2014. It contains recording studios, a

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Eight stylish nightclub interiors characterised by novel design approaches

July 7, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve chosen eight nightclubs that utilise clever construction methods and aesthetic solutions to execute elevated interiors with grand fittings and lavish fixtures. The nightclub interiors, which range from an underground bunker in Beirut to a PVC inflatable in Geneva, spotlight ambitious designs that prioritise audiovisual quality and user experience through contemporary

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Klymax nightclub by OMA was designed to be a “sonic sweet spot”

May 20, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Architecture studio OMA has collaborated with DJ Harvey on a nightclub at the Potato Head resort in Seminyak, Bali, where optimised acoustics and a sprung dance floor elevate the experience for partygoers. After completing the resort itself in 2020, OMA returned to work with the Potato Head Design Studio on the interiors for Klymax, which are

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Laidlaw Music Centre designed from “the point of view of the performer”

November 9, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

This video by Stephenson& offers a glimpse inside Laidlaw Music Centre by architecture studio Flanagan Lawrence, which is in the running for this year’s RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The film is the second in a series of videos being published by Dezeen this month with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in

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TO Arquitectura creates vaulted Mexico City music school from reclaimed masonry

October 11, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican studio TO Arquitectura has worked with the local community to create a music school that features a vault made from recycled and donated masonry in Mexico City. Known as the Kithara Music Kiosk, the 645-square foot (60-square metre) project sits on an 860-square foot (80-square metre) corner lot in the Yuguelito neighbourhood. TO Arquitectura completed

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Dezeen Agenda features MSG Sphere Las Vegas opening

October 10, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the opening of MSG Sphere Las Vegas, the world’s largest spherical structure. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. The Populous-designed MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened last week with a concert by U2 featuring bespoke artworks by designer Es Devlin and artist John Gerrad which were displayed on

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MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard

October 3, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2 featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin, artist John Gerrard and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen. Designed by architecture studio Populous and completed in July, the entertainment venue is billed as the world’s largest spherical structure,

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Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens

August 3, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Caples Jefferson Architects has created an extension for the Louis Armstrong House Museum complete with a curved facade and a green roof in Corona, Queens. The 14,000-square foot (1,300-square metre) wing – known as the Louis Armstrong Center – is located across the street from the original house museum, which was once the American

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Klein Dytham Architecture gives Fender’s first flagship store a welcoming feel

July 12, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Klein Dytham Architecture has aimed to counter rock music snobbery with its design for guitar brand Fender’s Tokyo flagship store, which is meant to feel welcoming to people who might feel judged in other guitar stores. The Fender store sits across the bottom four floors of the glass-walled Ice Cubes building, a 12,000-square-metre space in

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