Architecture
Architecture
James Stewart Polshek to receive 2018 AIA Gold Medal
The American Institute of Architects has announced James Stewart Polshek as the recipient of its highest accolade, to be awarded next year. More
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Design
Design
Pantone names Ultra Violet as colour of the year for 2018
Colour company Pantone has chosen a vibrant purple shade, named Ultra Violet, as its colour of the year for 2018. More
Interiors
Interiors
Workplaces must include spaces for work and rest to foster innovation, finds Haworth
Studies of how the brain works show that offices can only facilitate creative thinking if they offer spaces for both focused work and restorative activities, says furniture brand Haworth. More
Architecture
Architecture
Qatar's shipping-container football stadium can be taken apart and reassembled after the match
Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects' Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. More
News
News
Restaurant and Bar Design Awards employee defends "stale, male, pale" jury
An employee of an international design awards programme has hit out at critics of its overwhelmingly male jury, accusing a female designer of highlighting the issue out of spite for not being shortlisted. More
Architecture
Architecture
MVRDV and BIG to create new neighbourhood in Abu Dhabi's Makers District
Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed plans to build a cluster of mixed-use towers in Abu Dhabi, featuring pixellated corners that will frame a public square designed by Danish studio BIG. More
Architecture
Architecture
BIG designs chequerboard-covered stadium that will house the Texas rodeo
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG is set to build a sports and music venue in Austin, Texas, with a domed chequerboard roof and an area for rodeo at its centre. More
News
News
RIBA announces student winners of President's Medals 2017
A novel response to London's housing crisis and a study of the stark living quarters of Welsh quarrymen in the 1800s were just two of the student projects recognised by this year's RIBA President's Medals. More
News
News
Commonwealth Institute building destroyed in Design Museum conversion, says heritage body
The transformation of London's former Commonwealth Institute into a new home for the Design Museum has resulted in the loss of a "magnificent post-war masterpiece", according to the Twentieth Century Society. More
News
News
Dezeen named Digital Service of the Year at IBP Awards
Dezeen has won another award for digital journalism, with judges praising the brand's "global ambition and constant innovation". More
Design
Design
Prolific logo designer Ivan Chermayeff dies aged 85
New York-based graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff, whose iconic designs include logotypes for New York's MoMA and LA's MoCA museums, has died aged 85. More
News
News
Herzog & de Meuron wins contest for Swiss bank on the shore of Lake Geneva
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its designs for the new headquarters of Swiss wealth management service and private bank Lombard Odier, which will overlook Lake Geneva. More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week, the UK's best new house and London home extensions were revealed
This week on Dezeen, an angular country home based on hop kilns won the title of UK house of the year, and 30 projects were shortlisted for the Don't Move, Improve! 2018 awards. More
News
News
Sou Fujimoto and AWAA win Brussels tower contest
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and Belgian studio AWAA teamed up to design this mixed-use tower complex on the outskirts of Brussels, which will comprise a scooped roof and facade covered in tree-lined balconies. More
Architecture
Architecture
New images released of MAD's design for hilltop village in Beverly Hills
These new renderings reveal more details of the plant-covered residential complex that Chinese architecture studio MAD is building in Beverly Hills. More
Architecture
Architecture
Oxford and Cambridge need good design to become "UK's Silicon Valley" say architects
Architects welcome the UK government's plans to build one million new houses between Oxford and Cambridge, but are demanding a comprehensive design strategy to deliver it. More
Design
Design
Formula One reveals new visual identity by Wieden+Kennedy
Formula One's branding has been overhauled for the first time in over two decades, in a bid to widen the sport's fanbase. More
Architecture
Architecture
Foster + Partners to add "missing piece" to Rogers' Marseille airport extension
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to add a glazed terminal building to Marseille Provence Airport, which will link the 1990s extension designed by Richard Rogers with the original 1960s building. More
Fashion
Fashion
Stella McCartney calls for overhaul of "incredibly wasteful" fashion industry
Designer Stella McCartney and ex-sailor Ellen MacArthur are calling for the fashion industry to rethink textile production methods to radically reduce the amount of waste it produces. More
Architecture
Architecture
Smart city planned for former US Navy airfield near Boston
Architecture firms Elkus Manfredi and Sasaki have unveiled a masterplan to transform a parcel of land south of Boston into a smart city, the latest in a string to be announced for North America. More