Human Organs-on-Chips wins Design of the Year 2015
Microdevices that replicate the functions of human organs have beaten Google's self-driving car and a concrete innovation centre to be crowned Design of the Year 2015 by London's Design Museum. More
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Philippe Starck's "simple" ceiling light can be rotated with a broom
Designer Philippe Starck has created a spotlight that can be adjusted with a broomstick. More
Shortlist announced for Inside Awards 2015 World Interior of the Year
An Australian office with 26 different types of working environment, a house for an art collector in Singapore and a red-hued sushi bar in Italy are included in the shortlist for the Inside Awards 2015 (+ slideshow). More
Daniel Fügenschuh adds white concrete loft to a 20th-century apartment block in Austria
This white concrete extension has been added to the roof of an old apartment block in the Austrian city of Innsbruck, providing extra rooms and a roof terrace with panoramic views (+ slideshow). More
World Building of the Year 2015 shortlist announced
World Architecture Festival 2015: a ribbon-like chapel in Japan, a cavernous wooden grotto in Canada and an Australian house designed to look like a village are among the 338 projects shortlisted for awards at this year's World Architecture Festival (+ slideshow). More
Serpentine Pavilion 2015 by SelgasCano photographed by Iwan Baan
Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has captured the colourful plastic-wrapped structure designed by Spanish architects SelgasCano for the Serpentine Gallery's annual pavilion programme (+ slideshow). More
MLZD's lakeside bird-watching centre features rammed earth walls and an aviary
Walls made from compressed earth combine with timber-clad surfaces and glass to help this visitor centre for the Swiss Ornithological Institute complement its natural setting on the banks of a lake (+ slideshow). More
Cardboard pavilion burned in Valencia "to highlight the emptiness of political discourse"
This geometric cardboard pavilion by art collective Pink Intruder was set alight in Valencia as part of the city's Fallas festival earlier this year (+ slideshow). More