Architecture
Architecture
MVRDV's angular Valley skyscraper opens in Amsterdam
A mountain-like angular skyscraper with jagged peaks named Valley, which was designed by Dutch studio MVRDV, has officially opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More
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Architecture
Architecture
GRAAM Architecture wraps Burgundy office building in timber exoskeleton and "glass veil"
A glazed skin hangs from a timber exoskeleton at this office building in France by French studio GRAAM Architecture, which has been shortlisted in the business building category of Dezeen Awards 2022. More
London Design Festival
London Design Festival
Swivel by Sabine Marcelis is a rotating stone chair installation at London Design Festival
For this year's London Design Festival, designer Sabine Marcelis has installed several rotating chairs made with stones from Dutch material brand SolidNature to help visitors interact with each other. More
Set and stage design
Set and stage design
Architectural "touchstones" make The Rings of Power world look real, says production designer
The sets for Amazon's The Rings of Power television series draw on a range of historical European architectural vernaculars to make the fantasy world believable, says production designer Ramsey Avery in this interview. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
Ubiquitous Energy aims to make transparent solar windows a global standard
US company Ubiquitous Energy has invented a thin coating that turns windows into transparent solar panels, providing other ways to harvest renewable energy in buildings beyond rooftop panels. More
Architecture
Architecture
Buro Happold and Cookfox Architects develop living facade for birds and insects
British engineering company Buro Happold and American architecture studio CookFox Architects have developed a prototype for a terracotta facade system that can house small wildlife, insects, birds and plants. More
Architecture
Architecture
ACT! Studio and Borhaven Arkitekter add "joyous" floating sauna to Oslo harbour
Norwegian architecture studios ACT! Studio and Borhaven Arkitekter have created the Bademaschinen floating sauna in Oslo harbour. More
Architecture
Architecture
Moon-shaped resort proposed for Dubai to provide "space tourism for all"
Designers Sandra G Matthews and Michael R Henderson have created a concept for a 224-metre-high spherical resort that would include a moon-like experience, which they hope to realise in four locations around the world. More
Architecture
Architecture
Tallinn Architecture Biennale exhibition explores "notion of food both literally and metaphorically"
An edible building envelope and curved mycelium bricks feature in the curatorial exhibition at this year's Tallinn Architecture Biennale in Estonia, which explores the future of architecture through the lens of food. More
Architecture
Architecture
No Architecture arranges Flower House in the Berkshires around hexagonal courtyard
No Architecture arranged pavilions around a hexagonal courtyard to form a family nature retreat in rural Massachusetts that "reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology". More
Architecture
Architecture
Milwaukee mayor declares September 16 Santiago Calatrava Day
The city of Milwaukee has dedicated September 16 to Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to commemorate the Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum, completed in 2001. More
Architecture
Architecture
NOA extends Alpine hotel with wellness area resembling an upside-down village
Network of Architecture referenced reflections in water when creating the Hub of Huts, a well-being area that appears to defy gravity at the Hotel Hubertus in South Tyrol. More
Architecture
Architecture
Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto design "insect hotel" Alusta Pavilion in Helsinki
Rugged clay forms the walls of this pavilion in Finland by architects Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto, which aims to provide an urban habitat for pollinators and was featured as part of Helsinki Design Week. More
Architecture
Architecture
Revamp of Venturi Scott Brown's National Gallery extension would be "an act of vandalism"
Architects, critics and academics are concerned about Selldorf Architects' plans to remodel Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's postmodern Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London. More
Design
Design
Coventry City creates trio of Coventry Cathedral football kits to mark building's 60th anniversary
English team Coventry City will play this season in football kits designed by sports brand Hummel that were informed by the city's Basil Spence-designed cathedral, which was consecrated in 1962. More
Design
Design
Eleven Burning Man 2022 installations that showcase deep-desert design
A bulbous sculpture by architects Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange, an ornate temple and a walkway made of recycled ocean plastic were featured at the annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of western Nevada. More
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen reveals the world's 31 leading studios shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022
Dezeen has announced the studio shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes studios Alexander & Co, Populous and Objects Of Common Interest. More
Design
Design
Sandi toilet uses conveyor belt rather than water to dispose of waste
Solid waste is "flushed" away with a conveyer belt in the Sandi toilet, invented by recent Brunel University graduate Archie Read for the hundreds of millions of people who are currently living without safe sanitation. More
Architecture
Architecture
Twenty significant buildings opened by Queen Elizabeth II during her 70-year reign
As people around the world mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away yesterday at the age of 96, we look back at 20 of the most significant buildings she opened during her reign of 70 years, the longest in British history. More
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate newsletter features "skaters' paradise" cafe in South Korea
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a cafe in South Korea with ramped walls and a discussion about the labour market after US studio Bernheimer Architecture announced it is unionizing. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More