Bernardes Arquitetura renovates Rio's beachside Hotel Arpoador
Triangular balconies and a three-sided rooftop pool overlook Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach from this hotel, renovated by Brazilian firm Bernardes Arquitetura. More
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Designers create migration-themed Winter Stations on Toronto beach
A wintery beach in Canada provides the setting for colourful installations based on the concept of migration, both human and natural, for Toronto's annual Winter Stations programme. More
Dong-Ping Wong and Virgil Abloh design a city in 15 minutes
Architect Dong-Ping Wong and fashion designer Virgil Abloh have produced a sketch design for a city during a 15-minute video call live on stage in Cape Town. More
Sigurd Larsen proposes modular village on apartment block roof
In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video, we explore a proposal by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen to house Berlin's growing population on the roof of an existing apartment building. More
Sheila O’Donnell wins Woman Architect of the Year 2019 award
Sheila O'Donnell of O'Donnell + Tuomey has been named Woman Architect of the Year 2019, with DnA founder Xu Tiantian winning the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture. More
Call for entries to the Radical Innovation Award for travel and hospitality design
Dezeen promotion: the Radical Innovation Award is inviting designers, architects, hoteliers and students to submit innovative concepts that "push the boundaries" of travel and hospitality. More
Curved bookshelf organises Pascali Semerdjian's VLP apartment in São Paulo
Brazilian studio Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos has overhauled a São Paulo apartment inside a 1960s building, adding in a semi-circular wooden library to house the owner's extensive book collection. More
National University of Singapore's SDE4 building is a prototype of sustainable design
Serie Architects and Multiply Architects have built a zero-energy design school in Singapore featuring breezy open-air learning spaces. More
UNStudio develops The Coolest White paint to cool down our cities
UNStudio and Monopol Colors have created an extremely reflective white paint that can reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb and cool cities in the face of climate change. More
Stefano Boeri designs Tirana Vertical Forest in Albanian capital
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has designed a vertical forest tower for Tirana, Albania, which will be planted with colourful and scented flowers and herbs. More
"You don't have to be a vegan to live sustainably"
We don't all need to become vegan to create a sustainable and biodiverse future, in fact quite the opposite, argues designer Sebastian Cox, in response to Erez Nevi Pana's suggestion that vegan design can limit climate change. More
Open Architecture designs Chapel of Sound concert hall to look like hollowed-out boulder
Open Architecture is building a concert hall in a valley north of Beijing, designed to look "as if a strange and prehistoric boulder had fallen there long ago". More
Fogia's showroom sits inside a 19th-century steam engine workshop
Code Concept subtly overhauled this old steam engine shop just outside Stockholm to create a showroom for Swedish furniture brand Fogia, adding a series of deconstructable display fixtures to its interiors. More
Dezeen to co-host Assembly 2019 talks programme at Design Shanghai
Dezeen is co-hosting a programme of architecture and design panel discussions at Design Shanghai on 7 and 8 March 2019. More
Sophie Rowley designs marble-like furniture from repurposed denim
New Zealand-born designer Sophie Rowley gives new life to discarded denim offcuts by recycling them into pieces of furniture with marble-like markings. More
TAKA incorporates turtle tank into end wall of House in a Palm Garden
A snapping turtle tank provides a view through to a palm tree garden in an extension to a former council house in Dublin, designed by architecture studio TAKA. More