Promontorio adds concrete spiral staircase to 1980s office building in Lisbon
Portuguese studio Promontorio has transformed a 1980s office building in Lisbon into a high-tech headquarters featuring a spiralling concrete staircase. More
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Promontorio's brick-clad Lubango Center rises above an Angolan town square
Brown brick facades of Promontorio's tower in the Angolan town of Lubango recall the tones of traditional African rammed-earth buildings. More
Michel Rojkind, Patrizia Moroso and other stars decide Dezeen Awards winners
Fifteen leading architects and designers have chosen the winners for the first ever Dezeen Awards ahead of the presentation ceremony in London next month. More
Atelier NL sources clay from London brick manufacturer for Dezeen Awards trophy
Atelier NL co-founders Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck explain how they will use London clay to create the trophies for the inaugural Dezeen Awards, in this movie Dezeen filmed at their Eindhoven studio. More
Vo Trong Nghia Architects creates "cave-like" Nocenco cafe with swirling bamboo ceiling
Vo Trong Nghia Architects used bamboo to create spiralling structures that flow from the ceiling to the floors and conceal concrete pillars at this rooftop cafe in the Vietnamese city of Vinh. More
Shen Ting Tseng Architects' pavilion "floats" above a plaza at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Shen Ting Tseng Architects created a canopy made from 320 box kites, which move with the wind and appear to lift this pavilion at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum off the ground. 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
Gad Line+ Studio creates low-cost housing in rural Chinese village
This affordable housing development in China's Fuyang District, near Hangzhou, features sloping tiled roofs and a pared-back material palette inspired by the region's vernacular architecture. More
Steel-framed "winter gardens" form the facade of Nightingale 1 housing development
Breathe Architecture has completed an apartment building in an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, with metal-framed winter gardens arranged along its street facing facade. More
Franklin Azzi Architecture converts Nantes warehouses into art school
A pair of former warehouses topped with saw-toothed roofs have been transformed into a school for fine arts by Franklin Azzi Architecture, in the French city of Nantes. More
Architects and designers celebrate Dezeen Awards 2018 shortlists
Daan Roosegaarde, Lee Broom and Henrik Vibskov were among the architects and designers that joined Dezeen at the Delta Light showroom in London last week for a party to celebrate the shortlists for Dezeen Awards. More
Dezeen Awards studios shortlist reveals biggest design talents of 2018
We can now reveal the architects and designers competing to be named best established or emerging studios at the Dezeen Awards, including Christ & Gantenbein, Universal Design Studio, Note Design Studio and Atelier NL. More
Dezeen Awards 2018 design shortlist showcases the hottest new products and concepts
Today we're revealing the design shortlist for Dezeen Awards, including robotic furniture that reconfigures your home, a sofa that can be flat-packed and ceramics made from metal waste. More
Dezeen Awards 2018 interiors shortlist spotlights the best indoor spaces on the planet
We're now revealing the interiors shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards, including a London church converted into a home, a gallery in a former sex shop in Japan and a multicoloured exhibition in Sweden. More
Dezeen Awards 2018 architecture shortlist reveals the world's best new buildings
Today we're announcing the architecture shortlist for the first Dezeen Awards, featuring a rammed-earth cricket pavilion in Rwanda, a structure made out of kites in Taiwan and a wooden house in a Norwegian forest. More
Chinese architects and designers make big impact on Dezeen Awards
With the Dezeen Awards shortlists due to be announced next week, here's a detailed look at the geographical diversity of the architecture and design studios in the running. More
Studio categories longlist of Dezeen Awards 2018 revealed
Leading names such as MAD and Fuseproject, as well as rising stars like Sigve Knutson and Penda, are among those named on the longlist for the studio awards. More
Matthew Mazzotta builds retractable Storefront Theater for Nebraska community
An unassuming storefront in a small Nebraska town flips down to become a 100-seat theatre, which artist Matthew Mazzotta installed to reinvigorate the neglected main street. More
Dezeen Awards 2018 design longlist announced
A table made from flexible concrete cloth, a garment that could allow humans to breathe underwater and tableware made from food waste are among 171 design projects that made the longlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards. More
Dezeen Awards 2018 interiors longlist revealed
There are 207 interior-design projects on the longlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards, including a revamp of a house built by Frank Gehry, a loft apartment in a former tank station and the offices of IKEA's creative team. More