Olympic Impact
Olympic Impact
"Destructive" Olympics should be shrunk to save carbon, say experts
The Olympic Games cannot continue in their current form, sustainability experts have told Dezeen as part of our Olympic Impact series. More
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Expo 2025 Osaka
Expo 2025 Osaka
Kengo Kuma & Associates reveals design for Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed a boat-informed structure for Qatar's national pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. More
Comments
Comments
"Thank God for Heatherwick's sparkling creations" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing plans revealed by Heatherwick Studio for a glass shopping centre in Seoul with volumes that resemble "rippled hourglasses". More
Design
Design
Yayoi Kusama installs mirrored orbs outside Liverpool Street Station in London
For Infinite Accumulation, her largest-ever permanent sculpture, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has created a series of connected metallic spheres by the Elizabeth Line entrance of London's Liverpool Street Station. More
Interiors
Interiors
Bofink Design Studio creates "beefy" interior for members' club in Stockholm
Stockholm-based Bofink Design Studio has turned the Börshuset cattle-auction building into a members' club, updating its Jugend interior with plywood panels that evoke animal skins. More
Dezeen Awards China
Dezeen Awards China
Two weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards China 2024
There are only two weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards China 2024. Register your details and submit your entry by Friday 23 August at 23:59 Beijing time for the chance to be crowned a Dezeen Awards China winner! More
Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Lucia Moholy's photographs provide a different perspective on the Bauhaus
An exhibition at Prague's Kunsthalle explores the life and work of Lucia Moholy, whose photographs helped to bring the Bauhaus to international attention. Here, curator Meghan Forbes picks five images that illuminate her often-overlooked legacy. More
Architecture
Architecture
Appareil Architecture tops wooden Quebec home with sloped single-pitch roof
Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has created a wooden, light-filled mountain house with a single-pitch roof in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. More
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda features world's tallest residential skyscraper
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the world's tallest residential skyscraper, which has been approved for Brazil. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Architecture
Architecture
Airbnb creates life-size Polly Pocket house in Massachusetts
As part of its ongoing Icons series, Airbnb has created a life-size rental version of a Polly Pocket compact toy, which includes mock-up versions of clothing and oversized furniture. More
School Shows
School Shows
Ten interior and spatial design projects by students at University of Pécs
Dezeen School Shows: a children's centre featuring a playground and learning spaces is included in Dezeen's latest school show by the University of Pécs. More
Architecture
Architecture
Michael Green Architecture designs world's tallest mass-timber skyscraper for Milwaukee
Vancouver studio Michael Green Architects has released plans for a development in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which includes a mass-timber skyscraper that would be the tallest in the world if completed. More
Architecture
Architecture
Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture
Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. More
Olympic Impact
Olympic Impact
"The Paris Olympic Village air-conditioning debacle is a perfect illustration of the barriers to climate action"
The row over air conditioning in the athletes' village at the Paris 2024 Olympics demonstrates the scale of the challenge we face in gaining acceptance for sustainable building technologies, writes Smith Mordak as part of our Olympic Impact series. More
Architecture
Architecture
Beacon House extension by Office S&M features bubblegum pink tiles
A London house extension designed by Office S&M features a ceramic facade with the same pink glaze used for Tube station tiles on the Hammersmith and City Line. More
Marmoleum Design Challenge
Marmoleum Design Challenge
Winner of Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge revealed
A multipurpose space by Tuominen Patel that encourages democratic engagement has won Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge, as revealed in this video produced by Dezeen. More
Interiors
Interiors
Post Company and Lázaro Rosa-Violàn turn 17th-century convent into Lisbon hotel
Design studios Post Company and Lázaro Rosa-Violàn have combined historic features and contemporary touches for the Locke de Santa Joana hotel on the site of a convent in Lisbon, Portugal. More
Design
Design
EJM Studio's Pew stool reimagines traditional church pews with "tricky angles and curves"
London-based EJM Studio has designed a collection of oak stools made from repurposed timber, modernising traditional British church pews with a contemporary sculptural approach. More
Architecture
Architecture
Kartwheel Studio "honours and revamps" mid-century Texas beach motel
Austin-based design agency Kartwheel Studio has renovated a structure to preserve the mid-century modern atmosphere of the 1960s seaside motor lodge in Galveston, Texas. More
Architecture
Architecture
Eight contemporary houses in Hawaii that respond to the island environment
Large, overhanging roof eaves and homes with multiple dwellings are featured in this roundup of eight houses located on the islands of Hawaii. More