Jean Nouvel sues over "totally disproportionate" Philharmonie de Paris late fee
Architect Jean Nouvel is counter-suing the Philharmonie de Paris over the €170.6 million fine he was slapped with when the concert hall opened late and over-budget. More
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Samsung Mobile Design Competition finalists present their wallpaper designs to the jury
In this movie, jury members discuss how the finalists in the wallpaper category of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition incorporated elements of nature and colour into their responsive designs. More
Foster + Partners completes Philadelphia's tallest building
Foster + Partners' Comcast Technology Center skyscraper in Philadelphia contains "Silicon Valley-style" work spaces topped with a 12-storey Four Seasons Hotel. More
Junya Ishigami's Japanese water garden wins €100,000 Obel Award
ObelArt Biotop Water Garden, an artificial landscape by Junya Ishigami near the Nasu Mountains in Japan, has won the inaugural Obel Award. More
All-black sauna embedded in Stockholm's rocky island frames sea views
Architect Matteo Foresti has designed a sauna set into the rocks of an island within the Stockholm archipelago that's lined with dark oak and black stone. More
Barbie lists Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb
Barbie has listed her glamorous Malibu beach house on Airbnb for a lucky holidaymaker to enjoy this month. More
Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio design reusable pavilion for BBC
Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio have designed a two-storey pavilion for BBC Studios that can be dismantled and reused, and then recycled at the end of its life. More
Clover Hill Residence by Ravi Raj occupies historic foundry in rural New York
American studio Ravi Raj Architect has overhauled a 19th-century masonry building on a wooded New York property to create a contemporary weekend home for a pair of urban dwellers. More
Faceted roof casts zigzagging shadows over London house extension
Tsuruta Architects has topped a conservatory extension in London with a faceted timber and glass roof that casts zigzag shadows over a wood-lined dining space. More
Sophie Dries renovates Haussmann-era apartment in Paris for clients who are "really into colour"
French architect Sophie Dries has combined a pair of mid-19th-century Parisian flats in a design that brings together street art and colour blocking. More
Alexis Dornier builds trio of tropical villas in Bali's surf haven Uluwatu
Architect Alexis Dornier puts a new spin on Balinese vernacular in his three Uluwatu Surf Villas, at a retreat billed as a paradise for surfers. More
JHL Design converts abandoned Portland penthouse into moody office space for tech firm
US studio JHL Design emphasised "the interplay of light and shadow" and other classic Japanese principles when turning a vacant penthouse in Portland into a tech firm's office space. More
Lucy McRae creates hugging machine as an antidote to the "touch crisis"
Los Angeles-based artist Lucy McRae has created a machine she calls the Compression Carpet, which offers a hug to a person craving intimacy. More
Kapsimalis Architects converts caves for summer houses on Greek island
The vaulted forms and underground caves of an old house on the Greek island of Santorini have been converted into a holiday home complex by Kapsimalis Architects. More
Daisy Newdick develops DIY process for making coffee from dandelions to promote biodiversity
Central Saint Martins graduate Daisy Newdick has created a roaster for making dandelion coffee to demonstrate that consumers can brew the beverage in their own homes from root to cup. More
Stacked shipping containers form Stow-Away London hotel and wine bar
Design studio Doone Silver Kerr turned a stack of used shipping containers into a hotel and wine bar with a geometric facade of welded fins that function as sunshades. More
Shigeru Ban covers Swatch headquarters in vaulting timber shell
A double-curved timber shell constructed from 7,700 timber pieces forms the Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban in Biel, Switzerland. More
Dezeen Awards 2019 design category winners revealed
The 10 winning design projects for Dezeen Awards 2019 have been revealed. The list includes public seating that doubles up as a barrier, a silent wearable breast pump and a self-cleaning water bottle. More
Digital models and augmented reality used to build twisting pavilion in Tallinn
SoomeenHahm Design, Igor Pantic and Fologram have built a twisting pavilion for the 2019 Tallinn Architecture Biennale using augmented reality and old-fashioned woodworking. More
Dezeen Awards 2019 interiors category winners revealed
The 10 interiors projects that have won Dezeen Awards 2019 have been announced. They include a compact black house designed to stand out like a minimalist sculpture, and a micro-flat in Taipei. More