Mecanoo reveals renovation plans for New York Public Library
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has unveiled its masterplan to overhaul the New York Public Library's main beaux-arts building on Fifth Avenue. More
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Latest Dezeen Mail features a leafy Vietnamese restaurant and IKEA's sustainable chair
This week's Dezeen Mail includes Vietnamese architecture studio Kientruc O's conversion of a Ho Chi Minh City house into a plant-filled restaurant and IKEA's sustainable Odger chair by Form Us With Love. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More of the year's best architecture from day two of World Architecture Festival 2017
A "slightly ugly" shopping centre and a woodland holiday home shaded by two broad roofs are among the category winners announced on the second day of the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. More
Watch Dezeen and Dornbracht talk with Neri&Hu and Rafael de Cárdenas about eclectic design
Dezeen teamed up with design brand Dornbracht to host a conversation with Neri&Hu and Rafael de Cárdenas in Berlin on the theme of eclectic design. More
More of 2017's best interiors announced at Inside festival day two
A garage and offices located within a former missile factory and a tiny hutong cafe, both in Beijing, are among the category winners from day two of this year's Inside festival awards. More
First hijab-wearing Barbie released in tribute to Olympic athlete
Mattel has launched a Barbie based on Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad – the brand's first ever doll to come with its own hijab. More
Watch Pierre de Meuron and Charles Jencks discuss Elbphilharmonie
Herzog & de Meuron's Pierre de Meuron and architecture critic Charles Jencks swap roles in this panel discussion at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More
Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump's wall
The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America's southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country's president Donald Trump is planning to build. More
Five promising internship opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week
There's a whole host of exciting, paid internships available on Dezeen Jobs right now. We've selected five of the best, including roles at KAAN Architecten in Rotterdam, Architizer in New York and NC Design & Architecture in Hong Kong. More
Studio B creates skinny backyard dwelling for landscape architect in Colorado
Long, narrow shotgun homes influenced the design of this backyard structure in Boulder by Studio B, which features a concrete base and an upper level wrapped in grey metal and glass. More
AHEAD Middle East and Africa announces 2017 winners of hotel design awards
Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Awards for the Middle East and Africa include a safari retreat in Botswana and a five-star cliffside resort and spa in Oman. More
Watch Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discuss designing for collective experience at World Architecture Festival
Architects Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discussed designing religious, arts and civic facilities for the collective experience at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More
Survey of top architecture firms reveals "quite shocking" lack of gender diversity at senior levels
Just three of the world's 100 biggest architecture firms are headed by women and only two have management teams that are more than 50 per cent female, a survey by Dezeen has revealed. More
Wild robots could replace vanishing species, says Robotanica curator
Robots could be released into the countryside to help restore damaged ecosystems, according to the curator of an exhibition held at Dutch Design Week last month. More
Good design is about clean air and water, not a Louis Vuitton bag, says Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde has called on designers to shift focus away from designing luxury items and instead to tackle the problems facing the world such as pollution. More
Super Local uses waste glass to produce sustainable terrazzo homeware collection
Discarded glass is transformed into terrazzo to create this range of furniture and objects, which Dutch studio Super Local designed in collaboration with Zanzibari craftspeople. More
Watch Will Alsop and John Marx talk about performative architecture at World Architecture Festival 2017
British architect Will Alsop joined American architect John Marx in conversation on day two of World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. More
Soil-based render creates terracotta-coloured walls for Mexican forest houses by Taller Hector Barroso
To help this cluster of houses blend into their setting in a Mexican forest, architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso chose to cover the walls in a render made using local soil. More