Watch our talk with Studio Swine in Brooklyn
Dezeen spoke to British-Japanese design duo Studio Swine about the future of technology, art and design during this talk held in New York at Brooklyn creative space A/D/O. More
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Amazon to develop Alexa-enabled prefab homes
Amazon has invested in Californian home design and prefabrication company Plant Prefab, with plans to integrate its suite of voice-controlled Alexa devices into affordable easy-to-build houses. More
"Amin, it's ugly demolish it"
In this week's comments update, readers can't agree on whether architect Amin Taha's Dezeen Award-shortlisted housing block is beautiful, or ugly and should be demolished. More
Amit Studio enlivens Tel Aviv cafe Bana with pink windows and metal racks
Pale pink window casings, potted plants and fresh produce colour this vegan restaurant in Tel Aviv, with interiors by local firm Amit Studio. More
Balenciaga's Spring Summer 2019 collection aims to question the digital era
Models walked through a kaleidoscopic tunnel intended to replicate the inner workings of a computer at Balenciaga's Spring Summer 2019 ready-to-wear show at Paris Fashion Week. More
Architecture & Design Film Festival New York includes world and US premieres
Dezeen promotion: movies about famous architects and Dezeen's drone documentary Elevation will be shown during the Architecture & Design Film Festival in New York, 16-21 October 2018, and readers receive a discount on tickets. More
Sky bridges criss-cross SHoP's Midtown Center in Washington DC
A trio of elevated walkways links two wings of a glass-faced office building by SHoP Architects, which is located four blocks away from the White House. More
Zaha Hadid Architects to design concert hall for Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia. More
Anti-flood greenery-boosting Climate Tile installed in Copenhagen street
Danish architecture studio Tredje Natur has installed a street paving system in Copenhagen that aims to reduce street flooding and create green spaces. More
10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition
MAD, Penda and Open Architecture are among 10 Asian studios that have built futuristic concept homes in Beijing, including a living garden, a nomadic Martian pod and a modular home inspired by Beijing's hutongs. More
Mud-spraying drones build prototype for emergency homes
Stephanie Chaltiel used drones to coat a shelter in clay, demonstrating a fast construction method that could be used in refugee camps and disaster zones. More
TDO designs office for The Modern House inside 20th-century church hall
Architecture studio TDO has transformed a disused church hall in London into a versatile office for estate agent The Modern House, which feature lofty ceilings and modular furniture. More
Renzo Piano's studio designs "imaginary island" containing 102 of the architect's projects
The Royal Academy of Arts in London is exhibiting a design for a city island, populated entirely with buildings designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More
Åbäke establishes year-long School of Fugu to explore radical new way of learning
London-based graphics studio Åbäke has used a poisonous fish as the starting point for an educational journey, and is showcasing the results at the Istanbul Design Biennial. More
Stone skeleton of Amin Taha's 15 Clerkenwell Close pays tribute to 11th-century abbey
Here's a detailed look at 15 Clerkenwell Close, the housing block built by Amin Taha + Groupwork with a rugged structure of raw quarried limestone, which is currently under threat of demolition. More