Architecture
Architecture
Pine-wrapped beach house on Chile's coast offers panoramic ocean views
A beach house wrapped in a pavilion of slatted pine wood on the coast of Chile by LAND Arquitectos has uninterrupted views of the South Pacific. More
A beach house wrapped in a pavilion of slatted pine wood on the coast of Chile by LAND Arquitectos has uninterrupted views of the South Pacific. More
Swedish design studio Front has created a collection of colourful rugs, then transformed the design to produce matching poufs. More
Italian architecture office 2A+P/A has brought an Ettore Sottsass painting to life to create a black barrel-roofed pavilion for an architecture festival in Orléans, France. More
American artist Paul Raphaelson has published photographs of Brooklyn's dilapidated Domino Sugar Factory, revealing the eerie rust-covered spaces along the East River that were abandoned in 2004 and demolished a decade later. More
Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect the San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. More
A team of five designers has created a new brand identity for Russia's tourist board, which references the graphic style of suprematist artworks. More
Chilean studio Apio Arquitectos has used wooden barns as a reference for this nature retreat, with pitched roofs and facades wrapped in grey metal and pine. More
The plastic mirrors typically found in Parisian barber shops provided the cues for this design by French duo Normal Studio, for Scandinavian brand Muuto. More
The Obama Presidential Center will be presented to the Chicago City Council today. But its proposed siting in the city's Jackson Park will both remove acres of public land and blight Fredrick Law Olmsted's historic landscape design, argues The Cultural Landscape Foundation president Charles A Birnbaum. More
An injunction that would have prevented Herzog & de Meuron from redeveloping Chelsea FC's football stadium has been blocked by the local council, paving the way for construction to begin. More
Pale brickwork, oak furnishings and terrazzo flooring combine in this light-filled extension to a Victorian house in London's Shepherd's Bush, designed by architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike. More
Two Jordanian architects have devised a modular, easy-to-assemble system of street furniture to bring ad-hoc playgrounds to cities, refugee camps and other environments lacking in public space. More
Dezeen promotion: lighting brand Zumtobel has worked with Marte.Marte Architects to develop a bespoke lighting system for the huge new halls of the Messe Dornbirn exhibition centre in western Austria. More
Artist Emmanuelle Moureaux used over 100,000 paper number cut-outs to create this multihued installation designed to visualise the passing of time. More
Mexico City studio Comunal Taller de Arquitectura has completed a prototype for social housing in a mountain town, using a prefabricated bamboo frame that residents can use to replicate the structure in just seven days. More
Canadian studio Kl.tz Design has included a staircase with suspended timber steps and a thin metal balustrade in the bright interiors of this renovated home. More
Design duo Estudio Persona has based this range of furniture on the aesthetic of their native Uruguay, which they describe as "far from the exuberantly colourful Latino cliché". More
British designer Thomas Heatherwick suffers criticism for his latest project, a pair of New Towers with bulging windows, in this week's comments update. More
Hong Kong studio James Law Cybertecture has developed a prototype for low-cost, stackable micro homes in concrete pipes, which could slot into gaps between city buildings. More
British fashion designer Paul Smith has designed a collection of handwoven rugs, featuring the multicoloured stripes that are synonymous with his brand. More