Herzog & de Meuron creates boutique hotel in historic Volkshaus Basel
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has created a boutique hotel inside a century-old building in the heart of its home city, Basel. More
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Phoenix Instinct creates smart wheelchair with "intelligent centre of gravity"
Scottish designer Phoenix Instinct has developed a lightweight wheelchair with a movable axle position that automatically adjusts the chair's centre of gravity to stop overbalancing. More
Ibizan architecture influences white walls of Casa Elisa in Argentina
Architecture studio Grupo Boreal has completed a house in Argentinian mountains with Mediterranean-style white walls and red-brick steps up to a roof terrace. More
Rancho Sierra Allende is a gabled Mexican holiday home wrapped around trees
Local studio Fabián M Escalante H Arquitectos has designed a steel-clad holiday home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which wraps around existing trees to fit in with the surrounding area. More
Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2020
For our review of 2020 here are Dezeen's top 10 staircases this year, including a blue steel stairway by Virgil Abloh and a house by Nendo divided by giant concrete stairs. More
OEO Studio creates colourful cantina for Copenhagen eatery Hija de Sanchez
Instagram-friendly shades of pastel pink, sandy yellow and cobalt blue feature in Hija de Sanchez Cantina, a new Mexican restaurant in Copenhagen designed by OEO Studio. More
Peruvian mountains surround geometric and red Casa Huayoccari by Barclay & Crousse
Lima studio Barclay & Crousse has completed this house with reddish stone and concrete walls, and dramatically slanted roofs to echo mountains. More
Dezeen's top eight churches of 2020
We're kicking off our review of 2020 with a look at Dezeen's top eight churches from the past year, including floating, rainbow-topped and timber places of worship. More
Latex "is a noble and natural material that does not kill animals"
Latex can help replace polluting materials such as leather and plastics, according to designers working with the plant-based material. More
Textured black brick props up "beak-like" windows in Dutchess County Studio
US studio GRT Architects has completed this black house with huge triangular windows in New York's Dutchess County, which has the layout of an open-plan studio. More
Dolmen Shelter is a fictional boutique hotel with stone-shaped guest suites
Creative duo Davit and Mary Jilavyan created the renderings of this imaginary hotel after seeing an insignificant rock feature near their Moscow home. More
Beate Karlsson uses silicone to make claw shoes and wearable replicas of Kim Kardashian's bum
Self-professed "mother of silicone" Beate Karlsson uses the rubbery material to make shoes in the form of human claws and padded shorts that imitate Kim Kardashian's bum in a bid to design never-before-seen items. More
Terracotta tiles add warmth to Wiltshire farmhouse kitchen by Emil Eve Architects
Emil Eve Architects has extended a farmhouse in Wiltshire, England, by adding a kitchen that features terracotta tiles both inside and out. More
Ten peaceful bedrooms designed by architects
A Shaker-style sleeping space and a bed chamber with a colour scheme informed by California deserts are among the ten serene, architect-designed bedrooms in our latest Dezeen Lookbook. More
Sam Jacob Studio builds raised forest of pyramidal trees for Electric Nemeton Christmas display
Elevated tree-like obelisks light up Granary Square in London's King's Cross as a socially distant Christmas celebration, designed by Sam Jacob Studio to be a crossover of "a fairy-tale forest with modern architecture". More
Santa Kupča creates duvet-style dresses for video calling during lockdown
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Santa Kupča's Stuck-at-Home Masquerade collection includes three pillowy garments that are designed to be worn during remote video calls in coronavirus isolation. More
Whittam Cox Architects creates colourful student housing for Sheffield's Park Hill
British practice Whittam Cox Architects has completed student housing Béton House, the latest redevelopment phase of the brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield, England. More
Hassell and OMA complete top-heavy WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth
Architecture firms Hassell and OMA have renovated a group of old buildings in Perth, Australia, and stitched them together with protruding metal-clad structures to create the WA Museum Boola Bardip. More
Ten dining rooms in American homes that are a feast for the eyes
With glimpses of the seaside to views of the Rocky Mountains, our latest Dezeen Lookbook rounds up 10 dining rooms in American houses that would be spectacular settings for a Thanksgiving dinner. More
Dezeen Awards 2020 design project winners revealed
The 12 winning design projects for Dezeen Awards 2020 have been revealed. Winners include a pocket-sized HIV home testing kit, an installation designed entirely from seaweed and postage stamps that warn of the impact of climate change. More