Interiors
Interiors
Anonym creates workspace and lobby for TV production company in Bangkok
Splashes of green are used throughout this Thai TV production office, which features a new inner courtyard that can be viewed from different areas. More
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Design
Design
"Smart devices introduce a fundamental ambiguity over who is in charge"
Opinion: "smart" technology promises to make our lives easier by learning what we like and giving us more of it, says Reinier de Graaf. But who will really be in control when the machines know everything about us? More
Residential
Residential
GENS "hides" a contemporary house inside a traditional but top-heavy Alsatian building
Larch and corrugated metal both clad the triangular gables of this house by GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture, which was designed to mimic neighbouring properties in France's Alsace region (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Londoners' "tastes have improved" say architects as home-extension market explodes
A growing thirst for contemporary design is transforming the market for house extensions in London, according to architects working in the city (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Klein Dytham builds latticed community hall for Toyo Ito's post-earthquake recovery programme
Five years after the devastating Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, Klein Dytham Architecture has unveiled a community hall for recovering city Sōma, designed to look like a huge straw hat (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Aston Martin to offer design consulting services
Business news: British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has set up a service to provide companies with design, engineering and manufacturing consultation. More
Job of the week: senior designer at Design Research Studio
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio, which created the 1920s cruise liner-influenced interior for London's Mondrian Hotel (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Architecture
Architecture
SHoP and West 8 masterplan extends Philadelphia skyline across the Schuylkill River
New York studio SHoP Architects and Dutch landscape firm West 8 have designed a new city quarter for Philadelphia that would extend the skyline beyond its traditional boundary, the Schuylkill River (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Kraków Oxygen Home designed to offer sanctuary for lung cancer sufferers
A pair of Iranian architects have won a competition to design a support centre for lung cancer sufferers in the Polish city of Kraków, where air pollution is at dangerously high levels. More
Software and web design
Software and web design
Yuta Takahashi's Tsunami App warns users of potential disasters
Japanese designer Yuta Takahashi has proposed a smartphone app that would provide information and warnings about tsunamis, which could save lives during events like the devastating Tōhoku earthquake five years ago (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
GilBartolomé Architects creates cavernous "Gaudiesque" residence with a zinc-shingled roof
A wavy zinc-covered roof covers the front of this residence by Madrid practice GilBartolomé Architects, which is dug into a steep cliff face overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Spain's Granada province (+ slideshow). More
Interiors
Interiors
UME Architects creates home and studio for a photographer in revamped Kyoto apartment
Exposed concrete is paired with white furnishings in this two-level Kyoto property that Japanese studio UME Architects has converted into a photographer's home and atelier (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture for Humanity relaunches as Open Architecture Collaborative
Following the bankruptcy and collapse of Architecture for Humanity in 2015, local chapters have banded together to create a new organisation called Open Architecture Collaborative (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Fletcher Priest wins approval for major Piccadilly Circus redevelopment
The spaces behind the iconic illuminated signs of London's Piccadilly Circus are set to be occupied for the first time since the 1950s, as part of a renovation by Fletcher Priest Architects that includes a huge rooftop extension. More
Design
Design
Trunki loses design rights battle against "rip-off" Kiddee
Children's suitcase brand Trunki has lost its legal battle with Hong Kong rival Kiddee, after the UK's Supreme Court ruled that design rights had not been infringed. More
Dezeen Mail issue 296 features this week's biggest stories in architecture and design
BMW's shape-shifting concept vehicle, French architect Odile Decq's "bubble house" renovation (pictured) and Calais' Jungle refugee camp feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail.
Retail
Retail
David Chipperfield creates "palazzo atmosphere" for Valentino store in London
Italian fashion house Valentino has continued its collaboration with British architect David Chipperfield for its new flagship boutique on London's Old Bond Street (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Cement shingles create scaly facade for French barn conversion by GENS
Fibre-cement shingles cover this gabled barn in northeast France, which GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture has converted into five apartments (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Iris van Herpen creates "bubble-like exoskeleton" dresses for Autumn Winter 2016 collection
Optical light screens created mirrored rainbow effects at Dutch designer Iris van Herpen's Autumn Winter 2016 fashion show in Paris, which featured intricate garments that looked like soap bubbles (+ movie). More
Interiors
Interiors
Alexander Fehre adds bright colours and patterned wallpapers to small London flat
Studio Alexander Fehre used different wall and ceiling finishes to define the spaces of this 45-square-metre flat in central London. More