Mismatched furnishings create "bipartisan aesthetic" at The Line DC hotel
A mash-up of different styles is used to decorate this hotel in Washington DC, which New York firm INC Architecture and Design created inside an old church. More
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Park House envisions converting multi-storey car parks into apartment blocks
Our latest MINI Living video features a conceptual housing project, with houses made from shipping containers placed within repurposed multi-storey parking garages. More
Foster's $13 billion Mexico City airport scrapped after public vote
Foster + Partners' new airport for Mexico City has been cancelled midway through construction, following a public referendum that resulted in a majority vote against the project. More
"One of the most beautiful houses I have seen in years"
In this week's comments update, readers can't agree whether Peter Zumthor's Secular Retreat is worthy of praise. More
Wulf Architekten brightens German disease research centre with Velux skylights
Dezeen promotion: Wulf Architekten has used Velux's modular skylights at a research centre in western Germany, to flood its entrance and oval-shaped laboratory building with natural light. More
Dutch Invertuals presents products that champion using less
Eindhoven-based design studio Dutch Invertuals has curated an exhibition of 10 objects, to question whether – in the anthropocene era – it is possible to reduce the volume of non-essential products in our lives. More
Slats shade LOHA's San Vicente 935 apartment building in West Hollywood
American firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a housing block in Los Angeles that features a central courtyard and open-air stairwell lined with wooden slats and white wire mesh. More
Plat Asia's Forest Dining Club immerses diners in Chinese woodland
Beijing-based architecture studio Plat Asia has completed a restaurant in the Chinese resort town of Aranya featuring three glass-walled dining rooms that look out onto a surrounding forest. More
Giant mirrored ball installed in Tokyo office to encourage city to think beyond 2020 Olympics
A seven-metre high silver sphere has been placed in the atrium of a Tokyo office by artist Akira Fujimoto and architect Yoko Nagayama, as the zero in the number 2021, to draw attention to the year after the Olympics takes place. More
There is "no good Brexit" say Foster, Rogers and Chipperfield in open letter to UK prime minister
Over 1,000 leading architects have signed a letter to the UK prime minister stating that Brexit would be "devastating" to the architecture profession. More
Valentí Albareda turns bomb-blasted banana warehouse in Barcelona into triplex apartment
Crumbling brick surfaces hint at the rich past of this triplex apartment in Barcelona, designed by architect Valentí Albareda with arch-shaped openings and warm oak floors. More
Refugio shelters aim to make solitary bees feel at home in cities
Mexico-based creative studio MaliArts has designed a series of three structures for solitary bees living in built-up areas to help welcome nature into urban environments. More
Thomas Heatherwick hopes Coal Drops Yard will be "new heart" for King's Cross
Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire to create a new public space for London in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the recently opened Coal Drops Yard shopping centre in King's Cross. More
Claesson Koivisto Rune creates nine objects that reference its Villa Widlund
Architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has worked with Japanese makers to create nine pieces for Tokyo lifestyle store Time & Style, which are based on a house it built overlooking the Baltic Sea. More