Architecture
Architecture
Modernist architect Michael Manser dies aged 87
British architect Michael Manser, a pioneering Modernist and founder of the Manser Medal, has died aged 87. More
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Design
Design
Hay redesigns IKEA's iconic blue Frakta bag
Danish design brand Hay has redesigned IKEA's iconic blue and yellow bag as part of a newly announced collaboration with the Swedish furniture giant. More
Architecture
Architecture
Kunlé Adeyemi's floating school suffers "abrupt collapse"
Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has confirmed reports that his award-winning Makoko Floating School has collapsed. More
Architecture
Architecture
WATG wins competition to design freeform 3D-printed house
A team of architects in Chicago has proposed a house made of 3D-printed plastic and carbon-fibre panels wrapped around glazed walls (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
White Arkitekter selected to build timber-framed high-rise in Sweden
Swedish firm White Arkitekter has won a competition to design a cultural centre and hotel in Skellefteå, Sweden, with its proposal for the "tallest wooden building in the Nordic countries" (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Trafalgar Square crazy golf project cancelled following failed Kickstarter campaign
London Design Festival 2016: the organisers of the London Design Festival have scrapped plans for a designer crazy golf course in Trafalgar Square following the failure of its crowdfunding campaign. More
Architecture
Architecture
ArDe design fair at Somerset House cancelled due to lack of sponsors
The ArDe architecture and design fair, which was due to open at Somerset House in London this week, has been cancelled due to lack of sponsorship. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion revealed on Instagram
Instagrammers have been sharing images of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, conceived by Bjarke Ingels as an "unzipped" wall of bricks – including construction snaps by the Danish architect himself. More
Architecture
Architecture
Gensler unveils skyscraper design for site of Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire
Global firm Gensler has proposed an alternative skyscraper concept for the waterfront site in Chicago where a spiralling, supertall condominium tower by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava was slated to rise. More
Design
Design
Trafalgar Square crazy golf project for London Design Festival in doubt
London Design Festival 2016: organisers of the London Design Festival are discussing the fate of its flagship crazy golf project for Trafalgar Square after a Kickstarter fundraising campaign looked set to fail to meet its target. More
Architecture
Architecture
Designs by Adjaye and Henning Larsen revealed on Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art shortlist
Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen Architects and Caruso St John are among the seven shortlisted teams whose designs for a major new art museum in the Latvian capital have been unveiled today (+ slideshow). More
News
News
This week, budget supermarket Aldi hit the headlines for selling replica Eames chairs
This week on Dezeen: discount supermarket Aldi triggered a debate about copyright laws in furniture design this week after it emerged the company was selling replica versions of a classic chair design by Ray and Charles Eames. More
Interiors
Interiors
Ilse Crawford named Maison&Objet Designer of the Year
London designer Ilse Crawford will create a hub space for Maison&Objet's Paris fair in September after being awarded the title of Designer of the Year. More
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Furniture
Furniture
Aldi says replica Eames chair "does not infringe design rights"
Discount supermarket chain Aldi is selling pairs of replica Eames chairs for £39.99 – a fraction of the £339 it costs to buy a single authorised version of the chair. More
Architecture
Architecture
Foster + Partners' first Brooklyn project is a waterfront office development
UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the design for its first project in Brooklyn: a development of offices and creative workspaces on the Red Hook waterfront. More
Architecture
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron reveals more photos of new Vitra Design Museum gallery
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has released a full set of images of the Vitra Schaudepot – a new gallery for the permanent collection of the Frank Gehry-designed Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Plumen seeks small investors to fund new lighting product launches
Business news: low-energy designer lighting brand Plumen has launched a crowdfunding drive to fund new product launches and "kick the business up to the next level". More
Architecture
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard "Jenga tower" nears completion in New York
The Jenga-like form of Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron's residential skyscraper in Tribeca, New York, has been captured by Instagram users ahead of its imminent completion. More
Architecture
Architecture
Skyscraper Museum chronicles explosion of "super-slender" towers in New York
New York's Skyscraper Museum has released an online tool that tracks the growing number of skinny skscrapers in the city. More
Architecture
Architecture
UK creatives reject Brexit, according to poll
EU referendum: A survey of the UK's Creative Industries Federation members has shown that 96 per cent are in favour of remaining in the European Union. More