News
News
David Chipperfield's West Village residences finally receive go ahead
After three rejected planning applications, British architect David Chipperfield has been given the go-ahead for a residential building in New York's West Village. More
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Technology
Technology
Dezeen remembers the mobile phones that time forgot
Flip phones, lipstick phones, mango phones – the announcement that Nokia may be reissuing the iconic 3310 mobile phone has the Dezeen team reminiscing about the handsets of years gone by. More
News
News
Tonkin Liu reveals tapering tower complex for Zhengzhou
London-based architecture firm Tonkin Liu has revealed its plans for a family of fritted-glass skyscrapers, which will be arranged around a central plaza in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. More
Architecture
Architecture
Eastwest Architecture adds charred-cedar gym to garden of London home
Eastwest Architecture has sunken a compact gym into the garden of an east London home, featuring bright birch-lined interiors and a mirror wall that creates the illusion of a larger space. More
Technology
Technology
New virtual reality tool helps architects create dementia-friendly environments
Scottish architect David Burgher has developed a new virtual reality tool that mimics the visual impairments experienced by dementia sufferers to help architects design better spaces. More
Interview
Interview
BMW working with psychologists to help robot cars befriend passengers
Self-driving cars will need to "build up a relationship" with their occupants to reassure them that they are safe, according to BMW board director Peter Schwarzenbauer. More
Design
Design
Es Devlin's folding star destroyer looms over The Weeknd's world tour
An origami paper plane and futuristic star destroyer come together in Es Devlin's set design for The Weeknd's Starboy: Legend of The Fall tour, which kicked off in Stockholm on Friday. More
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture students build latticed-wood community centre in German refugee camp
Architecture students from Germany's University of Kaiserslautern have built this wooden community centre for a refugee camp in Mannheim, which is fronted by a latticed screen. More
Job of the day: professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a professor/associate professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, whose students built a seaside sauna that staggers over the Norwegian landscape in 2015 (pictured). More ›
Fashion
Fashion
Hussein Chalayan returns to London Fashion Week with collection exploring "isolated individuals"
Models ripped the fronts off their shirts to reveal glittery confetti at Hussein Chalayan's Autumn Winter 2017 show, which explored ideas surrounding identity and Greek folk culture. More
Architecture
Architecture
Stefano Boeri reveals plans for tree-covered towers in Nanjing
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a "vertical forest" in China, a pair of towers covered with trees and trailing plants in the centre of Nanjing. More
Architecture
Architecture
Skinny Manhattan residential skyscraper by KPF nears completion in Flatiron District
New photos reveal the glassy exterior and thin sculpted form of Madison Square Park Tower, a 65-storey apartment building by US firm Kohn Pedersen Fox that is slated to open this year. More
News
News
Frank Gehry to teach online architecture course
Frank Gehry will teach an architecture and design course for online education platform MasterClass, sharing his creative process and offering critique on student work. More
Architecture
Architecture
Key projects by Serpentine Pavilion architect Diébédo Francis Kéré
For those unfamiliar with the work of African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, here's a look at 10 of his most important projects to date. More
News
News
AIA calls for "fair and impartial immigration policies"
The American Institute of Architects has expressed "deep concern" that US president Donald Trump's travel restrictions are damaging the country's architecture and construction industries. More
Promotion
Promotion
Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2017 will explore changing workspaces
Dezeen promotion: Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne has revealed the programme for this year's event, which will feature exhibitions focused on new ways of working. More
Comments
Comments
"Zaha Hadid Architects is a lot more successful when more restrained"
Are the designs for a "restrained" Beijing skyscraper a step in the right direction for Zaha Hadid Architects? In this week's comments update, readers are claiming the firm is better when it tones down the curves. More
Architecture
Architecture
Schmidt Hammer Lassen reveals new images of Greenland cultural centre to mark its 20th anniversary
These newly released photographs show the undulating timber-clad form of the Katuaq Cultural Centre of Greenland, which Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen credits as being its "breakthrough" project. More
Interiors
Interiors
Studiomama uses adaptable furniture to create what might be London’s smallest house
Studiomama has overhauled this tiny single-storey house in north London with adjustable plywood furniture including a fold-out bed, a standing desk and extendable dining benches with pink cushions. More
Architecture
Architecture
Diébédo Francis Kéré reveals tree-inspired design for Serpentine Pavilion 2017
African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has been selected to design this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which is set to feature a roof that mimics a tree canopy and a central waterfall. More