Architecture
Architecture
MVRDV to transform Seoul overpass into High Line-inspired park
Dutch firm MVRDV has been selected to transform an elevated road in Seoul into a public park that could become South Korea's answer to the High Line. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Assemble becomes first design studio shortlisted for the Turner Prize
London collective Assemble has been named on the shortlist for the Turner Prize 2015, marking the first time an architecture or design studio has been recognised by the UK's most important art award (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
"We need critics and curators" says new head of Design Academy Eindhoven writing programme
Design writer Justin McGuirk has been named head of the writing and curating programme at Design Academy Eindhoven, with the school saying there is an urgent need to train a new generation of writers and critics. More
News
News
Dezeen opens New York office and launches dedicated US content
Dezeen has opened for business in New York! We now have an editorial team based in the city producing content about architecture and design in the United States, which can be found at www.dezeen.com/usa. More
Architecture
Architecture
David Chipperfield reveals plans for Royal Academy of Arts overhaul
David Chipperfield has today unveiled his plans to reconfigure and renovate the Royal Academy of Arts in London, which will include building a bridge between two historic buildings. More
Design
Design
European design brands target America amid booming demand for luxury design
The American market for high-end design is "growing incredibly" according to European brands, who are opening showrooms and restructuring their US businesses to take advantage of booming sales. More
Architecture
Architecture
Szczecin Philharmonic Hall wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2015
The Szczecin Philharmonic Hall in Poland by Spanish studio Barozzi Veiga has won the European Union's architecture prize, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. More
Architecture
Architecture
Artists rally to protect Russell Page garden at New York's Frick museum
Prominent names in the contemporary art world are fighting to save the Russell Page-designed viewing garden at New York's Frick Collection museum. More
Architecture
Architecture
Adjaye in the frame for Obama library ahead of official announcement
Chicago is expected to be named as the location for the Obama presidential library next week, with David Adjaye tipped to be the project's architect. More
Architecture
Architecture
LinkedIn blocks BIG and Heatherwick's proposed Google HQ
The future of Google's new BIG- and Heatherwick-designed California headquarters is in jeopardy – because social network LinkedIn has been given most of the land required to build it. More
News
News
Dezeen wins Commercial Campaign of the Year at the British Media Awards 2015
Dezeen has won Commercial Campaign of the Year at the British Media Awards 2015 for our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers collaboration, beating publishers including News UK, Trinity Mirror and Time Inc. More
News
News
Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt names Graves and Burks among 2015 award winners
The late Michael Graves, MOS Architects and Stephen Burks are among the 11 winners of the prestigious 2015 National Design Awards, given annually by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Gottlieb Paludan Architects fuels Copenhagen's ambition to become carbon-neutral by 2025
Danish firm Gottlieb Paludan Architects has seen off competition from BIG, Henning Larsen Architects and 3XN to win a project designing a new biomass-fired heating and energy plant in Copenhagen. More
Architecture
Architecture
Foster + Partners to build hipster village in Dubai
Foster + Partners has revealed its plans for a creative community in Dubai modelled on the fashionable neighbourhoods of New York's Meatpacking District and east London's Shoreditch. More
Architecture
Architecture
Robots will be used to construct BIG and Heatherwick's Google HQ
Google's new California headquarters by Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick is set to be built using robot-crane hybrids. More
Architecture
Architecture
Anti-Expo protests turn violent in Milan
Police have fired teargas at protesters opposing the Milan Expo on its opening day, who have set fire to cars and plastered the city in anti-Expo graffiti. More
Design
Design
Elon Musk launches Tesla batteries for the home in bid to cut fossil fuel usage
Tesla founder Elon Musk has launched two batteries designed to power homes and businesses in an attempt to reduce the world's reliance on fossil fuels for generating electricity. More
Architecture
Architecture
MIT named world's top university for architecture
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the world's best university for architecture, according to new global rankings. More
Design
Design
Royal College of Art named as world's top design school
London's Royal College of Art is the top-ranking design school in the world, according to an annual league table of the world's best universities. More
Architecture
Architecture
Milan Expo 2015 opens to the public
Milan Expo 2015: the Milan Expo has opened its doors to the public today, with over 9 million tickets already sold (+ slideshow). More