Dezeen Magazine

This week on Dezeen

This week Thomas Heatherwick revealed plans for a park in Abu Dhabi resembling the cracked surface of a desert (pictured) and category winners for the Designs of the Year 2014 awards were announced. Read on for more of the week's top architecture and design news, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track.

Drowned is a dreamy dance track by Madrid-based producer Skygaze.

Listen to more Dezeen Music Project tracks »

3D-printed-buildings-China_dezeen_1sq
A 3D-printed building by Chinese materials firm Yingchuang New Materials

A Chinese materials firm hit the headlines after reportedly 3D-printing ten buildings in just 24 hours using a custom-built machine, while Foster + Partners submitted plans for a residential skyscraper in London, which is set to become the tallest of its kind in the UK.

Shigeru-Ban-creates-luxury-interiors-for-private-housing-project-in-New-York_dezeen_1sq
Shigeru Ban redesigns interiors for iron-clad New York apartment block

In other architectural news, images were revealed of an apartment block redevelopment in New York featuring interiors designed by this year's Pritzker Prize winner, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban.

Hans-Hollein
Architect Hans Hollein dies aged 80

And the architectural community was saddened by the death of architect, Postmodernist and Pritzker Prize laureate Hans Hollein, who died in Vienna at the age of 80 after a long illness.

Stacked-Light-by-Sander-Wassink_dezeen_7
Stacked Lights by Sander Wassink and Ma'ayan Pesach

Our latest updates from Milan 2014 included lamp shades made from vintage and discarded glass stuck together with brightly coloured resin, a mirror made from chemical waste, and a wooden desk designed to provide a playground for cats.

BMW_Vision_Future_Luxury_Dezeen_SQ
BMW's Vision Future Luxury

Augmented reality was back on the agenda again this week as BMW unveiled Vision Future Luxury, their latest saloon concept car, which features augmented display technology.

Gravity-Sketch-dezeen_square-1
A Gravity Sketch 3D drawing pad that allows users to sketch in three dimensions

In our latest Dezeen and MINI Frontiers movie, the team behind the revolutionary Gravity Sketch 3D drawing pad claimed architects will soon be able to walk around inside sketches of their projects, editing their designs as they go.

Elding-Oscarson-completes-Swedish-seaside-house-in-Molle_dezeen_1sq
A house in the seaside town of Mölle by Stockholm studio Elding Oscarson

The most popular architecture story we published was a house in the Swedish town of Mölle featuring a lower section that is entirely transparent, closely followed by a house in Germany with a mirrored facade.

Bernd-Zimmermanns-mirror-clad-House-wz2-distorts-its-surroundings_dezeen_1sq
Bernd Zimmermann's mirror-clad House wz2

More architecture | More interiors | More design | More news