San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion breaks ground
News: construction has started on a major extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), designed by Snøhetta to double the gallery's exhibition and education space. More
News: construction has started on a major extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), designed by Snøhetta to double the gallery's exhibition and education space. More
Mesh cloaks and structured veils in this fashion collection by Nicolas Alan Cope and Dustin Edward Arnold conjure ghostly apparitions. More
A huge concrete beam appears to balance on its edge along the roof of this Hawaiian house by Californian architect Craig Steely (+ slideshow). More
News: a prosthetic hand designed for people with missing fingers has been made available to download from the 3D-printing design database Thingiverse (+ movie). More
Cologne designer Thomas Schnur has created squishy lamps made out of rubber. More
This renovated apartment in Berlin features raw concrete ceilings and floors that combine oak parquet with decorative tiles (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen promotion: over 500 exhibitors will showcase their work at design festival DMY Berlin, taking place at the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport next week from 5 to 9 June. More
News: architecture writer and founder of BLDGBLOG Geoff Manaugh has been announced as the new editor-in-chief of technology website Gizmodo. More
Red clay normally used for flower pots and roof tiles has been made into lamps by Slovakian designer Tomas Kral. More
A pitched roof and six walls appear as a single block of concrete around these two residences in Geneva by Swiss architects clavienrossier (+ slideshow). More
News: a 1960s football stadium in Brazil has become the first of several in the country to be equipped with a solar-powered roof in preparation for next year's FIFA World Cup. More
Dutch design office Rietveld Landscape has built an arched foam screen with hundreds of building-shaped holes inside a disused chapel at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (+ slideshow). More
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Zaha Hadid has opened a gallery in Clerkenwell, central London, to display her furniture and design to the public (+ slideshow). More
News: architect Frank Gehry has warned that performances at his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles could be ruined by the noise of a subway line planned nearby. More
Motion graphics designer Al Boardman celebrates five Chicago skyscrapers in this short animation. More
Product news: the seat of this chair by Venetian designer Luca Nichetto is made of folded felt. More
An elongated timber prow oversails a solid brick base at this school boathouse in Worcester, England, by British studio Associated Architects (+ slideshow). More
Light from small ceramic pendants is bounced off large steel bowls to form these lamps by London designers Studio Vit. More
The partners of new Vancouver studio Scott & Scott Architects created this remote snowboarding cabin for their own use at the northern end of Vancouver Island. More
Product news: Australian company DesignByThem has added a range of bright recycled-plastic chairs to its collection. More