Technology
Technology
Apple secures license to test self-driving cars in California
Tech giant Apple has joined the list of companies approved to test driverless vehicles on California's roads. More
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This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week, Dezeen revealed the winner of our Brexit passport design competition
This week on Dezeen, we revealed the winner of our unofficial Brexit passport competition after the nine shortlisted designs were featured on the BBC Daily Politics. More
Architecture
Architecture
Modular farm tower for sites across Africa wins international skyscraper competition
Polish designers Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski have envisioned a conceptual high-rise building that would act as a vertical farm, able to be disassembled and moved to different locations across sub-Saharan Africa. More
Residential
Residential
Glass-bottomed Sky Pool suspends swimmers 500 feet above Houston
A transparent portion of a swimming pool atop a high-rise development in Houston, Texas, projects outward so brave residents can view both the skyline in front and the ground 40 storeys below. More
Architecture
Architecture
Architects and contractors defend ethical decision to bid for Trump wall
Companies from both sides of the US-Mexico border have defended their decision to submit proposals for Donald Trump's wall, saying they do not see any ethical issues. More
Architecture
Architecture
KPF completes South Korea's tallest skyscraper
American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed the 555-metre-high Lotte World Tower in Seoul, which is now the tallest building in South Korea and the fifth-tallest building in the world. More
Interiors
Interiors
Workplace design must change to combat "epidemic" stress levels says UNStudio founder
Secluded pods that allow office workers to meditate, smash things or scream will be commonplace in two years time says UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel, after research found that stress-related illness costs the US economy $300 billion a year. More
Architecture
Architecture
"London is looking more and more like Dubai" says architect Adam Caruso
The lack of regulation over London's new architecture has turned the city into a "free for all", according to Adam Caruso, one of the architects behind the Stirling Prize-winning Newport Street Gallery. More
Architecture
Architecture
MAD and Stefano Boeri propose crinkled towers and vertical forests for Milan's disused railway yards
MAD, Stefano Boeri Architetti and Mecanoo are among five architecture studios to unveil proposals to completely transform unused railways across Milan, creating high-density housing and swaths of greenery. More
Architecture
Architecture
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to design British Library extension
British firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has been appointed to design a new research centre for the British Library in London. More
Graphics
Graphics
"Poetic and powerful" proposal by Scottish designer wins £1,000 Brexit passport design competition
Scottish graphic designer Ian Macfarlane has won first prize in Dezeen's unofficial Brexit passport design competition with a cover that transitions between the burgundy EU passport and the dark blue of the old, pre-EU British passport. More
Architecture
Architecture
Bjarke Ingels to star in feature-length documentary
In the trailer for a new documentary staring Bjarke Ingels, the Danish architect and BIG founder has revealed the anxiety and pressure he feels to create "extraordinary" architecture. More
News
News
Jeff Koons recreates the Mona Lisa on a Louis Vuitton handbag
Artist Jeff Koons has teamed up with fashion house Louis Vuitton to create a collection of bags and accessories featuring imitations of some of the world's most famous paintings. More
Fashion
Fashion
Edward Enninful to become first male editor of British Vogue
Edward Enninful has been named as the new editor of British Vogue, making him the first man to take the helm in the fashion magazine's history. More
Architecture
Architecture
Sledding path to loop around roof garden of Beijing civic centre by Andrew Bromberg
An undulating path will curve around the roof garden of this Beijing shopping centre by American architect Andrew Bromberg, and be covered in a layer of fake snow for sledding in winter. More
News
News
Peter Zumthor ditches the black for his LACMA expansion plans
Peter Zumthor has released new images of his proposals for Los Angeles County Museum of Art revealing that, in contrast to his early designs, the Swiss architect has opted for light tones for the building's exterior. More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week, Milan hosted the world's largest design event
The design world descended on Milan this week, where we've been reporting on the best installations, products and events at the city's annual celebration of creativity. More
Architecture
Architecture
Garden Bridge should be ditched, finds financial inquiry
The plug should be pulled on the contentious Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge, despite over £45 million of public money already bound up in the project, according to a new report. More
Architecture
Architecture
Grayson Perry and Apparata team up to create A House for Artists in east London
British artist Grayson Perry is working with London-based architects Apparata on an affordable housing scheme with integrated studios for artists in Barking, east London. More
Architecture
Architecture
Asif Khan and Brian Eno collaborate on energy-themed pavilion for Kazakhstan expo
British architect Asif Khan and musician Brian Eno have unveiled their design for the UK Pavilion at the Astana Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan, which will explore the origins of energy. More