Preview of products to launch at May Design Series
Dezeen promotion: international brands will be launching new products at this year's May Design Series event, taking place in London from 18 to 20 May. More
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Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas and Kengo Kuma join fight to save Moscow's Shukhov Tower
News: architects including Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas, Kengo Kuma, Thom Mayne and Elizabeth Diller have launched an urgent appeal to Russian president Vladimir Putin to halt demolition of Moscow's iconic Shukhov Radio Tower. More
"Architecture is not art" says Patrik Schumacher in Venice Architecture Biennale rant
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: director of Zaha Hadid Architects Patrik Schumacher has taken to Facebook to launch an attack on political correctness in architecture and a perceived trend for prioritising art over form-making. More
OMA plans San Francisco skyscraper
News: architecture firm OMA is working on designs for a 167-metre skyscraper on Folsom Street in San Francisco. More
Franco-Prussian war site hosts block of flats by Guérin & Pedroza Architects
A seven-storey block of flats by Guérin & Pedroza Architects is the latest addition to a project transforming the site of a nineteenth century fort outside Paris into a new residential district (+ slideshow). More
Giant timber nest provides meeting room at Baya Park offices by Planet 3 Studios
A wooden pod resembling the woven structure of a bird's nest can be used for meetings at this sales office for a property development in Mumbai by local firm Planet 3 Studios (+ slideshow). More
Uma by Kazunaga Sakashita updates archetypal trestle table
The base of this table by Japanese designer Kazunaga Sakashita was inspired by trestles found in factories and on construction sites. More
Angular balconies stretch towards sunlight at North Star Apartments by Nice Architects
This social housing block in Slovakia by Bratislava studio Nice Architects features a series of protruding balconies that angle towards sunlight whilst blocking out the noise of car traffic below (+ slideshow). More
Tammo Prinz's conceptual skyscraper would be built from tessellating modules
German studio Tammo Prinz Architects has developed a concept for a residential skyscraper built from a stack of modular cubes and dodecahedrons (+ slideshow). More
"Google was cubicle land when we started designing offices for them"
Interview: Clive Wilkinson, the architect behind the office design at Google's Silicon Valley headquarters, tells us how he convinced the internet giant to move away from "humiliating, disenfranchising and isolating" workers' cubicles (+ transcript). More
Walls of foliage will surround towers at Gardens of Anfa by Maison Edouard François
Flowering vines will sprawl across the facades of these four tower blocks underway in Casablanca by French studio Maison Edouard François, creating a series of brightly coloured vertical gardens. More
Nendo's solo exhibition in Milan to showcase chairs that mix printed and natural grains
Milan 2014: Japanese design studio Nendo has created a range of chairs with wood grain patterns printed onto natural timber for a forthcoming solo show in Milan. More
Populous completes Arena das Dunas for FIFA World Cup 2014
Twenty huge aluminium petals fold around this 42,000-seat stadium that sports architecture firm Populous has completed in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, ahead of the FIFA World Cup kicking off this summer (+ slideshow). More
Halfbike by Kolelinia lets riders stand up while pedalling
Transportation start-up Kolelinia has created a vehicle that uses pedal power to transport riders around town while standing up, like a low-tech version of a Segway (+ movie). More
Wooden strips coil around staircase at Strasbourg hotel by Jouin Manku
A spiral of wooden strips surrounds a staircase in the restaurant of this Strasbourg hotel, designed inside a former equestrian academy by Paris studio Agence Jouin Manku (+ slideshow). More
Johnston Marklee's Vault House frames beach views through multiple arches
A sequence of vaulted ceilings and arched openings sets up layered vistas through the interior of this beach house in Southern California by Los Angeles firm Johnston Marklee (+ slideshow). More
Cliq coat hangers by Flow Design replace hooks with magnets
These clothes hangers by German-Latvian creative agency Flow Design don't feature hooks, instead attaching to the underside of any metal surface with magnets (+ movie). More
Vega Cottage by Kolman Boye Architects references weathered Norwegian boathouses
This solitary wooden cottage on the Norwegian island of Vega was designed by Swedish studio Kolman Boye Architects to resemble the weather-beaten boathouses that are dotted along the island's coastline (+ slideshow). More
Hinged shutters camouflage with facade of Humberto Conde's Portugal townhouse
Hinged panels discretely integrated into the facade of this house in Parede, Portugal, by Lisbon architect Humberto Conde protect the property when the owners are away. (+ slideshow). More
Curvaceous oak staircase ascends through converted convent by John Smart Architects
A dramatic oak staircase with a sweeping handrail connects the five storeys of this Victorian convent building in south London, which has been converted into four homes by John Smart Architects (+ slideshow). More