Architecture
Architecture
Plans for 800 new London art and design studios rejected
A proposal by architects SelgasCano to turn a south London car park into 800 creative workspaces has been rejected by the local council. More
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Design
Design
Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has partnered with a London jewellery gallery to create "wearable sculptures" designed to look like reinforcing bars used in construction (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Raumlabor builds industrial-looking sauna above the waters of Gothenburg port
The industrial harbour of Swedish city Gothenburg is the setting for this sauna by Raumlabor, which features a rusty steel exterior and a warm timber-lined interior (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Peter Marigold's pocket-sized FORMcard melts into mouldable plastic glue
London-based designer Peter Marigold is launching a remouldable bioplastic card that can be used to make new tools and modify or repair broken objects (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Foster + Partners' Roman history museum begins construction in south of France
Roman artefacts will be housed in this museum and archaeology centre by Foster + Partners, which is now under construction in France (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Wave of super-tall towers in Manhattan sparks protests over shadows
New Yorkers are speaking out against a rash of super-tall skinny skyscrapers by architects including SHoP and Robert AM Stern, which they say will overshadow Central Park. More
Lighting
Lighting
Today we like: lights
Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. Marked by displays of brightly-coloured lights and fireworks, the festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.
To mark the occasion, we're revisiting some of the best lighting design from our archives, including an immersive installation that mimics the movements of fireflies and a spinning disk that created glowing light inside a dark gallery (pictured). See all our lighting design stories »
Design
Design
Virtual reality mall lets consumers shop alongside digital giraffes and zebras
Dutch Design Week 2015: British designer Allison Crank has created a virtual reality shopping centre that allows users to commission bespoke objects within a world of floating neon signs and stray zoo animals (+ movie). More
Dezeen has reached 250,000 Instagram followers!
London-based illustrator Daniel Clarke created this image for us to celebrate our 250,000th follower on Instagram. Follow us here for the best architecture, interiors and design images.
Architecture
Architecture
Du Besset-Lyon transforms former sanatorium into Clermont-Ferrand School of Architecture
Paris studio Du Besset-Lyon has converted and extended a 1930s sanatorium to create a new school of architecture in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand (+ slideshow). More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
Orang+Utan vegetarian cafe features stark white tiling and neon signage
Ukrainian studio AKZ Architectura completely covered the interior of this vegetarian cafe in Kyiv with white tiles and installed a "jungle" in the toilets (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
House in Nara by Keiichi Sugiyama boasts a raised cedar terrace
An elevated terrace stretches along one side of this narrow house in Nara, Japan, providing the residents with glimpses into the neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
Nendo adds reflective surfaces to offices and cafe in Kenzo Tange's Tokyo arts centre
Japanese design studio Nendo has completed a set of mirrored interiors for a cafe and office in Tokyo's Kenzo Tange-designed Sogetsu Kaikan building (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Plans unveiled for super-tall tower in Brooklyn by SHoP Architects
New York-based SHoP Architects is designing Brooklyn's first super-tall skyscraper – a spindly structure that will rise 1,000 feet over the downtown district. More
Design
Design
Grocery-delivering robots by Skype co-founders to be tested in London next year
Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Ahti Heinla are trialling a fleet of six-wheeled self-driving robots designed to deliver shopping to consumers' doorsteps. More
Design
Design
Audi uses gaming technology to test vehicle designs in the virtual world
German manufacturer Audi is adapting gesture-control technology used in the gaming industry to make its vehicle design processes more efficient. More
Design
Design
Egg-shaped urns for cremated ashes rock back and forth without falling over
Wolfgang Natlacen's ovoid funerary urns can rock like a Weeble toy to offer an alternative to the "grey and sad conformism of death" (+ movie). More
Design
Design
Michael Young's portable Brionvega WearIt speakers pack into a miniature satchel
Industrial designer Michael Young has partnered with Italian electronics company Brionvega to launch a portable speaker, designed as an alternative to the "audio trash market". More
Comments
Comments
"Architects should spend more time designing for the super poor"
Comments update: architect Magnus Ström is helping the super rich commission bespoke homes, but should more attention be placed on housing for the less fortunate? Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More
Residential
Residential
Stefano Boeri unveils plans for "vertical forest" tower in Switzerland
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has revealed designs for a plant-covered 36-storey tower in Lausanne, Switzerland, continuing the "vertical forest" concept he trialled with a pair of towers in Milan (+ slideshow). More