Architecture
Architecture
Shanghai skyscraper wins first American Architecture Prize
The twisting Shanghai Tower by international firm Gensler has scooped the top award of the inaugural annual American Architecture Prize. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Foster + Partners uses extra-long bricks for Chinese university campus
Foster + Partners has used custom-made bricks to build a campus near Shenzhen, encompassing a university, a hotel and housing that all take in views of the South China Sea. More
Landscape
Landscape
Carlo Ratti proposes floating plaza for Florida waterfront
Architecture office Carlo Ratti Associati has used submarine technologies to design a buoyant public space off the coast of West Palm Beach's Currie Park. More
Interiors
Interiors
Workplace design can help workers feel happier says new report by Haworth
Haworth white papers: the right office design can increase the happiness of employees, whereas ping-pong tables, slides and even pay rises can't, according to new research by Haworth. More
News
News
Herzog & de Meuron to extend Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its competition-winning plans to extend the Mies van der Rohe-designed Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, creating the Museum of the 20th Century. More
Architecture
Architecture
Foster + Partners unveils supertall twin towers for Miami
UK firm Foster + Partners has released plans for a pair of skyscrapers to be constructed in Brickell, Miami, which will take advantage of the city's new height limit. More
Architecture
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie Hamburg announces completion in lights
Herzog & de Meuron's long-delayed Hamburg concert hall has announced its completion to the city in huge illuminated letters. More
News
News
Who's hot? Find out when Dezeen Hot List launches next week
Which are the architects, designers, brands, schools and events that Dezeen readers most wanted to read about over the last year? We'll reveal the answers when we launch Dezeen Hot List on 9 November. More
Design
Design
Vitra covers Eames Lounge Chair in fabric to celebrate 60th anniversary
Swiss furniture brand Vitra is launching a limited-edition version of Charles and Ray Eames' Lounge Chair to commemorate its 60 years in production. More
Design
Design
Tesla and SolarCity unveil inconspicuous solar roof tiles with "quasi-infinite" lifespan
Elon Musk has realised his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", combining camouflaged roof tiles with an updated version of the energy-storing Powerwall. More
Design
Design
Zaha Hadid-designed trophies to be presented at Brit Awards
The trophies awarded to musicians at next year's Brit Awards will have been designed by the late Zaha Hadid. More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week, Philippe Starck and Kodak both revealed new smartphones
This week saw French designer Philippe Starck and American imaging company Kodak both venture into smartphone design. More
Design
Design
Apple redesigns MacBook Pro to include touch-sensitive second screen
Apple has unveiled its first update to the MacBook Pro laptop since 2012, which includes a secondary display between the keyboard and screen. More
Graphics
Graphics
MoMA adds original emojis to permanent collection
New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced the addition of the original 176 emoji set to its collection of "humble masterpieces". More
Design
Design
Kodak rebrands with retro-style logo
Kodak has rebranded for the first time in 10 years, ditching its typographic logo for a red and yellow version of the marque it used during the 1970s and 80s. More
Design
Design
Philippe Starck designs smartphone with edge-to-edge screen
French designer Philippe Starck has designed his first smartphone: the Mi Mix for Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. More
News
News
Creative Industries Federation outlines "red-line issues" for Brexit negotiations
Brexit: the Creative Industries Federation has published a report calling for the UK's art, design and cultural industries to be put "at the heart of government thinking" as the nation prepares to leave the European Union. More
News
News
MAD unveils competing Lucas Museum designs for San Francisco and Los Angeles
After abandoning plans in Chicago, Beijing studio MAD has now revealed two new designs for its George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art – one for San Francisco, and a different one for Los Angeles. More
Architecture
Architecture
David Chipperfield and Zaha Hadid among shortlist for inaugural RIBA International Prize
RIBA International Prize: the Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed the six projects competing to be named world's best new building, including David Chipperfield's Museo Jumex and Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center. More
Technology
Technology
Self-driving truck hits the road in the US to deliver 50,000 cans of Budweiser
An autonomous truck filled with 50,000 cans of beer has completed a 120 mile-long journey in the USA, something the company behind it is claiming to be a world first. More