Architecture
Architecture
Norman Foster remembers Zaha Hadid's "courage, conviction and tenacity"
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: architect Norman Foster has shared his tribute to Zaha Hadid, following her unexpected death yesterday at the age of 65. More
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Job of the week: eyewear designer at Ron Arad Associates
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an eyewear designer at Ron Arad Associates in London – the studio that created 3D-printed single-piece glasses for pq eyewear (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Architecture
Architecture
Key Operation completes cedar-clad warehouse at Inagawa cemetery
Both charred and red-dyed cedar clad this warehouse by Tokyo studio Key Operation, located at a cemetery in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture where David Chipperfield is also adding new buildings (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Aniela Hoitink creates dress from mushroom mycelium
Dutch textile designer Aniela Hoitink has created a dress using disc-shaped pieces of mushroom mycelium, which she believes will "change the way we use textiles". More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid: a life in buildings
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Dezeen remembers Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, who has died suddenly aged 65, with a selection of projects that demonstrate her importance to contemporary architecture (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Daniel Libeskind and Richard Rogers lead tributes to Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: architects Daniel Libeskind and Richard Rogers are among those paying tribute to Zaha Hadid, after news broke today of her death at the age of 65. More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid dies following a heart attack
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: British architect Zaha Hadid has died aged 65, following a sudden heart attack. More
Dezeen Mail issue 299 features this week's biggest stories in architecture and design
A competition-winning proposal to transform Manhattan's Central Park into a sunken landscape (pictured) leads this week's edition of Dezeen Mail, followed by Herzog & de Meuron's Vitra gallery and "thigh gap" jewellery designed to challenge idealised beauty.
Architecture
Architecture
"Disparity in the values assigned to architecture and landscape architecture continues"
Opinion: a proposal to surround New York's Central Park with a giant "sidescraper" epitomises architects' disregard for designed landscapes, says president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Charles A Birnbaum. More
Residential
Residential
Phillip Lühl uses "bagged concrete bricks" to build two extensions to a Namibia house
Architect Phillip Lühl has added a pair of extensions to a Modernist house in Namibia, using cement brickwork textured with the coarse fibres of hessian fabric (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
Jonas Forsman uses 3D knitting to create folding Shift Chair for Moooi
Extra Moooi: in our next exclusive movie for Moooi, Swedish designer Jonas Forsman explains how he used 3D-knitting techniques to make his foldable Shift Chair for the Dutch brand as comfortable as possible. More
Retail
Retail
Case-Real references snowy Japanese mountains with Aesop Sapporo store interior
Materials and colours used throughout the interior of this Aesop store in Sapporo, Japan, were designed by architecture studio Case-Real to mimic the surrounding landscape of snow-topped mountains (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
March Gut creates "landscape of seating" on roof of vineyard wine tavern
Design studio March Gut has converted a wine cellar in northern Austria into a tavern, with stepped seating on the roof to allow customers to get a better view of the surrounding vineyards (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Karim Rashid's Bump smartphone charger "eliminates the knotty tangle of power cords"
New York designer Karim Rashid has unveiled a smartphone charging device that neatly stores a metre-long cable in a loop around its outside (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
SOM builds new Geneva headquarters for Japan Tobacco International
Architecture firm SOM has completed a major new headquarters for Japan Tobacco International in Geneva, Switzerland, featuring an innovative facade of glass triangles and a huge central courtyard (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
LA architects create imaginative cat houses for charity auction
A sinuous enclosure that doubles as seating and a shelter inspired by the yin-yang symbol are among the cat houses by Los Angeles architects that were created to benefit an animal welfare organisation (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Remote-controlled flying cyborg beetles could replace drones
A group of engineers and scientists has come up with a way to remotely control insects, which they believe could provide an "improved alternative to remote-controlled drones". More
Architecture
Architecture
WA Sauna by goCstudio floats on Seattle's Lake Union
Visitors can take a plunge into a cold lake after warming up in this floating wooden sauna by Seattle firm goCstudio – the latest example of the trend for buoyant architecture (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Sebastian Herkner designs Plateau range of oval-shaped bathroom products
Milan 2016: rounded trays extend from the sides of these bathroom fixtures by German designer Sebastian Herkner for Italian brand Ex.t. More
Design
Design
Reebok to launch Sigourney Weaver's Alien Stomper trainers
Reebok has announced the release of the boot-like sneakers worn by Sigourney Weaver in 1986 sci-fi film Aliens. More