Anna Winston
V&A director quits after expressing dismay over Brexit vote
The German director of the V&A museum in London Martin Roth is stepping down after five years, after describing the results of the EU Referendum as a personal defeat. More
Marcel Wanders creates circus-themed collection of tableware for Alessi
London Design Festival 2016: circus tents, clowns, elephants and strongmen are transformed into kitchenware and tableware in Marcel Wanders' latest collection for Italian design brand Alessi, which will launch in the UK during the London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More
Here's what you can build for less than £1 million in the UK
With houses in London now selling for as much as £26 million, the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize shortlist offers some slightly more attainable inspiration for anyone with the time and energy to build from scratch. More
Carbuncle Cup shortlist reveals frontrunners for Britain's worst building of 2016
Six buildings have been shortlisted for architecture's most unwanted award – the Carbuncle Cup 2016 for the UK's worst new building (+ slideshow). More
UK architects predict crash in workload in face of Brexit uncertainty
Brexit crisis: architects have reported concerns over the future of their businesses in the first major survey of confidence levels since the EU referendum. More
Drop in number of UK children studying creative subjects could trigger skills shortage
The Creative Industries Federation has warned that the UK could face a creative skills shortage, after the latest GCSE results revealed a drop of almost 10 per cent in students studying Design and Technology. More
Soho House and Michaelis Boyd turn derelict farm into luxury members' hotel
Soho House & Co's in-house design team and London architects Michaelis Boyd have overhauled a run-down farm in Oxfordshire to create Soho Farmhouse – a hotel that combines English countryside style with "upstate New York cabin culture" (+ slideshow). More
Cornwall Gardens is a huge Singapore home with a stepped garden on its roof
A+Awards: featuring a swimming pool, waterfall, Koi carp pond and a terraced roof garden, this large family home in Singapore was another of the winners in Architizer's 2016 A+Awards (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen Mail issue 319 features this week's best stories and discussions
A house in Aspen that has been renovated to celebrate its imperfections (pictured), Peter Zumthor's latest renders for the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art and a debate over the relevance of the Kardashians to architecture feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail.
Heatherwick defends Garden Bridge as investigation reveals £22 million funding gap
Thomas Heatherwick has defended his Garden Bridge proposal for London's River Thames, after a BBC report found that the project was missing £22 million in funding. More
House in Mikage by Sides Core contrasts white surfaces with exposed wooden beams
Osaka studio Sides Core has created a house in Kobe, conceived as a series of simple wooden containers (+ slideshow). More
Creative industries must present a united front to make best of Brexit says John Sorrell
Creatives must "get their act together and speak with a united voice" to protect the future of the sector post-Brexit, according to London Design Festival and Creative Industries Federation founder John Sorrell. More
Rhode Island holiday home by Bernheimer Architecture features pyramid-like skylights
A+Awards: the next project in our series on winners from this year's A+Awards organised by US site Architizer is a holiday home for a Brooklyn-based family in Rhode Island, with a charred-timber facade (+ slideshow). More
Ergonomics not evolving quickly enough for the modern workplace, says Haworth
Haworth white papers: working styles are changing, but ergonomic design is stuck in the days of the "cubicle farm" and not evolving quickly enough to support more mobile employees, according to US furniture giant Haworth. More
Sayama Forest Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura is covered with hand-bent aluminium shingles
A+Awards: next up in our series on winning projects from Architizer's 2016 A+Awards is a small chapel by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura, which features extreme gables and a roof covered in 21,000 aluminium shingles (+ slideshow). More
More architects hit by Brexit slowdown as construction heads for recession
Brexit crisis: housing architect O'Mahony Pike has revealed it is shutting its London office while Grimshaw is letting go of staff, as projects dry up thanks to the uncertainty caused by Brexit. More
Bartlett head calls for new models of education to protect future UK architects
The head of one of the world's top architecture schools has called for an overhaul of architecture education and accreditation in the UK following new statistics about the high rate of mental health issues among students. More
Designers submit ideas for Brexit design manifesto
Brexit design summit: the freedom to recruit talented staff from overseas is "completely essential" according to leading UK designers, who have submitted ideas for a design manifesto to help the sector thrive after Brexit. More
House Zilvar by ASGK Design is an angular wooden home in the Czech countryside
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer is this energy-efficient wooden home on the outskirts of a small village in the Czech Republic, which was one of the private houses recognised in this year's A+Awards (+ slideshow). More
Artist turns Luis Barragán's remains into diamond to trade for his archive
An American artist has turned the remains of legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán into a diamond, and is offering to exchange the gem for the architect's professional archive, which is currently housed on the Vitra campus (+ slideshow). More