Furniture
Furniture
Peder Moos table breaks auction record for most expensive piece of Nordic design
A dining table by Denmark's late Peder Moos has broken the world auction record for a piece of Nordic design, selling for over £600,000. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Architects' Journal and Architectural Review to end print editions after 120 years
British architecture magazines the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review are set to end their print editions and will move to digital only in the next 18 months. More
Architecture
Architecture
Amanda Levete becomes latest architect to design a Maggie's Centre
Amanda Levete's firm has revealed its design for a Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Southampton, England, set at the centre of a tranquil flower garden. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Amanda Levete's tree canopy-like MPavilion opens in Melbourne
Fibreglass petals overlap to create the transparent roof of Amanda Levete's forest-inspired MPavilion, which opened to the public today in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid is "resentful and wronged" says Stephen Bayley
Design critic Stephen Bayley has attacked architect Zaha Hadid, describing her as aggressive, intractable and bitter. More
Design
Design
Apple is working on a touchscreen smart ring device
Tech giant Apple has filed a patent for a "wearable ring device" with touchscreen and voice-control capabilities, paving the way for a potential launch of the Apple Ring. More
News
News
This week, the RCA was in hot water and Kate Moss became a designer
This week on Dezeen: London's Royal College of Art hit the headlines this week following the suspension of its world-famous Design Interactions course and supermodel Kate Moss (pictured right) announced her foray into interior design. More
Architecture
Architecture
Royal College of Art rector apologises for statements about staff
Royal College of Art rector Paul Thompson has apologised for making comments that appeared to blame departing staff for putting the school in "an unnecessary state of jeopardy" and has defended the school's financial position. More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid's first residential building in New York includes $50 million penthouse
New York developer Related Companies has released new images of Zaha Hadid's High Line-adjacent building to tempt buyers into investing in the project (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Piet Hein Eek begins long-term collaboration with IKEA
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek is creating a collection of limited-edition furniture for IKEA, set to launch in 2017, as part of a wider collaboration with the Swedish company. More
Architecture
Architecture
Rural Urban Framework awarded Curry Stone Design Prize at Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Hong Kong design and research group Rural Urban Framework has been awarded the 2015 Curry Stone Design Prize for humanitarian architecture (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron designs art museum made of stacked wooden boxes in Vancouver
The Vancouver Art Gallery has unveiled a conceptual design for its new building by Herzog & de Meuron, featuring a series of stacked volumes clad in wood (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
3D-printed Ice House by Clouds AO and SEArch wins NASA Mars Habitat contest
NASA – the US space agency that announced the discovery of flowing water on Mars this week – has chosen a winner in its contest to design proposals for 3D-printed housing on the red planet (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
First official images of Damien Hirst's south London gallery released
Images have emerged of Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery – designed by London architecture studio Caruso St John in a row of converted and extended theatre warehouses. More
Architecture
Architecture
Alejandro Zaera-Polo updates Birmingham's New Street station
Architecture firm AZPML has completed its £750 million overhaul of Birmingham New Street railway station in the UK – but co-founder Alejandro Zaera-Polo says the result "could have been much better". More
Architecture
Architecture
Rafael Viñoly unveils designs for pair of Chicago skyscrapers
New York-based Rafael Viñoly Architects has conceived a pair of residential towers for Chicago's growing South Loop neighbourhood, on a site overlooking a park. More
Architecture
Architecture
Award-winning building destroyed by volcano seven months after completion
An award-winning visitor centre completed last year by Oto Arquitectos on the Cape Verde island of Fogo has been destroyed by a volcano (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Grimshaw Architects to design £100 million Eden Project in China
Grimshaw Architects, the London firm behind bubble-shaped ecological park the Eden Project, has signed a £100 million deal to design a similar scheme named China Eden in Qingdao. More
Design
Design
RCA in "state of jeopardy" after Design Interactions staff departures
The Royal College of Art has suspended its world-famous Design Interactions course after failing to find replacements for staff who resigned earlier this year. More
Interiors
Interiors
Kate Moss moves into interior design with "retro-glamour" holiday home
Supermodel Kate Moss has become the latest celebrity to launch a design career, creating interiors for a house that forms part of a "luxury second homes" development in the English countryside. More