Design
Design
World's biggest aircraft "the Flying Bum" crashes on test flight
The bulbous aircraft known as the "Flying Bum" has slowly nose-dived into a field during its second test flight in the English countryside (+ movie). More
-
Architecture
Architecture
Five of the best houses in Colorado on Dezeen
This roundup of homes in Colorado is next up in our series celebrating residential architecture across the US, and includes a renovated chalet in Aspen and a cluster of rugged cabins built by graduate students (+ slideshow). More
Interiors
Interiors
Neri&Hu mimics rocks and tree branches inside Shanghai theatre and exhibition centre
Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has used wood-covered sticks and sandstone slabs to create a cavernous interior for a new cultural centre in the city's emerging Hongqiao district (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Kariouk Associates sneaks around planning laws to gain lake vistas for A Bower House
To gain views of Lake Erie from a sheltered plot, architecture firm Kariouk Associates designed this Canadian house to include a "love nest" that pokes above the treetops (+ slideshow). More
Interiors
Interiors
Tokyo apartment by Minorpoet features kitchen hidden behind folding doors
Design studio Minorpoet has overhauled a 1960s apartment in Tokyo to create a simple home and workplace that has its kitchen hidden behind folding wooden doors (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Apollo Architects completes earthquake-resistant house with a hat-like roof
A pointy wooden roof tops this concrete house in Tokyo, which led Apollo Architects & Associates to name the building Hat. More
Design
Design
Magnetic Sound2 speaker designed to be easily moved and mounted
Korean design studios Cloudandco and 11+ have teamed up to create this pocket-sized wireless speaker that can be mounted onto a fridge (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Hem House by Sanuki Daisuke features patterned window grilles and a hidden roof garden
Patterned grills screen the windows of this terrazzo-covered house in Ho Chi Minh City, which has been designed by local studio Sanuki Daisuke Architects to make the most of the site's little natural light (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Lubrano Ciavarra clads weekend retreat in Rhode Island using cedar and rough-cut slate
Providing sweeping views of a wilderness reserve was the primary goal for US studio Lubrano Ciavarra when designing this large wood-and-slate holiday home in Rhode Island (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
The 10 top installations and exhibitions at London Design Festival 2016
London Design Festival 2016: with this year's London Design Festival less than a month away, Dezeen's Alice Morby selects her pick of the best installations and exhibitions that will be taking place across the capital. More
Architecture
Architecture
Soho House and Michaelis Boyd turn derelict farm into luxury members' hotel
Soho House & Co's in-house design team and London architects Michaelis Boyd have overhauled a run-down farm in Oxfordshire to create Soho Farmhouse – a hotel that combines English countryside style with "upstate New York cabin culture" (+ slideshow). More
Comments
Comments
"Scrapping the Garden Bridge wouldn't indicate that the UK has lost confidence"
Comments update: readers are discussing Thomas Heatherwick's controversial Garden Bridge this week after the British designer suggested that ditching the project so soon after Britain's vote to leave the European Union would be a step "backwards" for the country. More
Architecture
Architecture
Arch 11 completes Rocky Mountain home atop a concrete plinth
Colorado architecture firm Arch11 has raised a single-family residence on a concrete plinth to provide unobstructed views of the Rocky Mountains (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Call for entries to American Architecture Prize 2016
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for architects to submit projects to the American Architecture Prize, which will be judged by Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Sadie Morgan and Will Alsop (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Iwan Baan photographs Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Vagelos Educational Building in New York
Photographer Iwan Baan has released new images of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's recently completed medical building for Columbia University, which trades a typical educational facility's "boring" horizontal layout for vertical organisation (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Tokyo Olympics medals could be made of old smartphones
To make medals for Tokyo 2020, Olympic organisers are considering mining Japan's vast repositories of e-waste for millions of discarded smartphones and computers. More
Interiors
Interiors
La Granja Ibiza is a members-only retreat with a rustic "back-to-basics" design
Designer Armin Fischer has converted an old stone farmhouse in the Ibizan countryside into a rustic members-only retreat offering guests ritualistic activities like communal farming and meditation (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Adidas unveils toddler versions of Kanye West's Yeezy Boost 350
Sports brand Adidas is releasing child-size editions of the popular Yeezy Boost trainers designed by rapper Kanye West (+ slideshow). More
Retail
Retail
Sunset-hued counter welcomes customers at Tokyo cheese tart shop by Yota Kakuda
Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has combined industrial and citrus tones in his interior design for Bake Kitasenju, a cheese tart shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
MAD transforms Japanese house into curvaceous kindergarten with a slide along one wall
Chinese studio MAD has draped a "skin" of white asphalt shingles over the wooden structure of an old house in Japan's Aichi Prefecture to create a kindergarten with a curving roofline (+ slideshow). More