Tom Dixon to launch Materiality range during Milan design week
Milan 2016: British designer Tom Dixon will debut a range of homeware that references the brand's material "building blocks" in Milan next month. More
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Flower Kindergarten by Jungmin Nam features curvy classrooms and colourful corridors
Walls with built-in flowerpots and a staircase that functions as a play space both feature at this Seoul kindergarten by local architect Jungmin Nam (+ slideshow). More
Converted warehouse office by Domaen features sculptural plywood meeting rooms
A pair of conference rooms are housed within a sculptural glass and plywood volume at the centre of this Los Angeles office, created by California studio Domaen in a converted warehouse (+ slideshow). More
China moves to prevent "oversized, xenocentric and weird" architecture
China has released a directive that could put an end to the country's trend for bombastic architecture. More
"The copy in contemporary culture is both despised and feared"
Opinion: by walking out of Berlin's Neues Museum with an illicit 3D scan of the bust of Queen Nefertiti, a pair of artists has forced us to question whether conservation is an act of care or a radical form of repression, says Sam Jacob. More
Dezeen Mail issue 294 features this week's biggest stories in architecture and design
Sou Fujimoto's spotlight installation for fashion brand COS, a pyramid-shaped superyacht and this year's Bjarke Ingels-designed Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (pictured) feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail.
Herzog & de Meuron's Blavatnik School of Government "inspired by parliamentary spaces"
Official images have been released revealing the tiered form of Herzog & de Meuron's school of government and public policy at the University of Oxford, England (+ slideshow). More
ABC Carpet & Home photographs latest campaign inside Milwaukee Art Museum
Dezeen promotion: American home design retailer ABC Carpet & Home has shot the campaign for its new range of silk rugs inside Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum. More
New York "courtscraper" by Bjarke Ingels set to open in March
Via 57 West, the tetrahedron-shaped Manhattan apartment tower by BIG, is preparing to welcome its first group of tenants next month. More
Carlo Ratti designs mile-high observation tower with a park on top
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has unveiled plans to build a mile-high observation tower, envisioned as a vertical alternative to New York's Central Park. More
Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal to quietly open next week
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is scheduled to partially open next week in Lower Manhattan, more than a decade after work began. More
All architecture needs a humanitarian approach, says Jacques Herzog
Architecture is a fundamentally humanitarian profession according to Swiss architect Jacques Herzog, who believes a building's success should be judged on whether it is filled with people. More
Narrow São Paulo house rebuilt for an elderly resident by Terra e Tuma
Brazilian office Terra e Tuma has demolished and rebuilt the narrow São Paulo home of an elderly woman to combat numerous problems with structure and sanitation (+ slideshow). More
Bureau Betak uses silver balloons as backdrop for Mary Katrantzou's "prom night" fashion show
Designer Mary Katrantzou's London Fashion Week show took place on a foil-covered catwalk in front of a wall of silvery balloons, created by Paris studio Bureau Betak at Central Saint Martins arts college. More
Melbourne house by Austin Maynard is deliberately half the size of its neighbours
A trio of glass-ended boxes forms this compact Melbourne house by Austin Maynard Architects, which was designed to give the resident family "just the right amount of space" (+ slideshow). More
Hostem references wooden sculptures for temporary east London store interior
Garments hang from a handmade oak structure inside fashion boutique Hostem's pop-up store, which was inspired by the works of American artist Oscar Tuazon (+ slideshow). More
Design, Bitches creates eclectic LA restaurant filled with retro video games
LA studio Design, Bitches drew from influences including film noir and Postmodernism for its design of a combined Asian-fusion restaurant and video arcade, called Button Mash (+ slideshow). More
Marc Newson uses the "idea of a uniform" to create G-Star RAW Spring Summer 2016 collection
Australian designer Marc Newson's latest collection for fashion brand G-Star RAW is designed to make it easy to throw together an outfit in the morning (+ slideshow). More
Furniture and lighting design is "saturated" says Benjamin Hubert
Design Indaba 2016: industrial designer Benjamin Hubert has explained why he shifted his energy away from furniture design, saying "everyone seems to be designing the same thing" in the sector. More
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter creates spiky roofline for Romsdal Folk Museum in Norway
Oslo studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has completed a pine-clad cultural museum in western Norway, featuring a spiky roofline designed to help break up the scale of the building (+ slideshow). More