Hotels
Hotels
Heatherwick Studio set to turn "extraordinary" BT Tower into hotel
UK practice Heatherwick Studio is set to turn the 177-metre-high BT Tower in central London into a hotel, following its sale to American hotelier MCR Hotels. More
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Comments
Comments
"Interesting, but aesthetically it's already dated" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Danish architecture studio BIG's recently completed skyscraper in Texas. More
Stockholm Design Week
Stockholm Design Week
Harvest Moon aims to make compost toilets "a part of everyday life"
Swedish bathroom brand Harvest Moon has launched its first product, a waterless toilet that allows "even the most squeamish" to turn their waste into soil and fertiliser. More
News
News
Studio Egret West to transform former Heinz HQ into London housing
UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London, which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. More
Design
Design
Furniture made from scrap aluminium carries "traces of giant factory saws"
Dutch design firm Studio ThusThat has developed a series of furniture and homeware that was cut from a single sheet of aluminium "crust" – an offcut of the smelting process. More
Interiors
Interiors
Paris duplex by Johanna Amatoury references architecture of Greek islands
Harnessing soft whites and gently curving plaster forms, interior designer Johanna Amatoury has brought a holiday-house feel to this apartment in the peaceful Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. More
Architecture
Architecture
SILO creates Steel Louise house for Charlotte neighbourhood with "dramatic contradictions"
US studio SILO has created a sculptural, metal-clad home in North Carolina for one of its principals that is meant to break away from the "suburban-type" development emerging in its historic setting. More
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda features Migaloo's giant luxury submarine
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Migaloo's design for a submersible superyacht. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Mexico City art week
Mexico City art week
Zaventem Ateliers recreates furniture collection in cardboard after customs delays
Belgian design collective Zaventem Ateliers has recreated a full furniture show in cardboard after the majority of the pieces it was to show at a Mexico City exhibition were stalled in transit from Europe. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Fried-egg" canopy tops Sunny Side Up extension by THISS Studio
Architecture practice THISS Studio has reconfigured the dark interior of an interwar house in east London, adding an extension characterised by timber joinery and a curved aluminium roof. More
News
News
Mies van der Rohe Award reveals finalists for 2024
The seven finalists for this year's edition of the Mies van der Rohe Award have been revealed and include a Czech art gallery, an urban space in southern Sweden and a copper-clad convent in Corsica. More
Stockholm Design Week
Stockholm Design Week
Stockholm Furniture Fair "created a testbed for new ideas"
With trade shows falling on hard times, this year Stockholm Furniture Fair set itself on a new path. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser explores whether other fairs can learn from the Swedes' approach. More
Interview
Interview
Tech designers "forgot new ideas" after iPhone says Nothing's Adam Bates
London-based start-up Nothing is trying to upend the consumer-tech industry. In this interview, the company's design director, Adam Bates, discusses how. More
Opinion
Opinion
"The state of Britain's ageing homes has become a national shame"
It's crucial that whoever wins the upcoming general election prioritises fixing the UK's energy-inefficient housing, but the message doesn't seem to be getting through to our political leaders, writes RIBA president Muyiwa Oki. More
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Bobby Berk, Faye Toogood and Gaetano Pesce announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2024
The first five judges for Dezeen Awards 2024 have been announced and include interior designer Bobby Berk, designers Faye Toogood and Giles Tettey Nartey, alongside architects Gaetano Pesce and Suchi Reddy. More
Events
Events
Five US-based architecture and design events from Dezeen Events Guide
Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980 and Theaster Gates: Wonder Working Power are among the current and upcoming architecture and design events taking place in the US that are featured in Dezeen Events Guide. More
Architecture
Architecture
Tariq Khayyat Design Partners wraps Dubai housing complex around public plaza
Vertical louvres adorn the facades of The H Residence, a mixed-use housing complex completed by architecture studio Tariq Khayyat Design Partners in Dubai. More
Interiors
Interiors
Brasserie des Pres draws on the vibrant history of Paris's Latin Quarter
The storied location of this brasserie in Paris inspired interior studio B3 Designers to fill the restaurant with tasselled chairs, disco balls and other flamboyant decor. More
Design
Design
Gallery Fumi combines "refined with the quirky" for US debut exhibition in Los Angeles
Cardboard furniture by Max Lamb and an oversized screen in the shape of "a curled up woman" by artist Saelia Aparicio are among the works displayed at a Gallery Fumi exhibition that coincides with the Frieze LA art fair. More
Architecture
Architecture
Malvina Zayat perches House in the Clouds on hilly site in Argentina
Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". More