Design
Design
Dubai to fight fires in world's tallest skyscrapers using jetpacks
Dubai, home to the world's tallest skyscraper, will use jetpack-equipped firefighters in high-rise emergencies as early as next year. More
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Design
Design
Apple design team abandoning sketchbooks for the Apple Pencil, says Jonathan Ive
Jonathan Ive says Apple's design team is moving away from pen and paper in favour of the company's recently released Pencil stylus and iPad. More
Architecture
Architecture
Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal springs a leak
New York's long-delayed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, has encountered a new problem: a leaky ceiling. More
Residential
Residential
Vaulted House by vPPR is a London residence topped by six protruding skylights
Six vaulted skylights form the roof of this west London house by architecture studio vPPR, which also features two sunken courtyards (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Vollebak sportswear collection includes a ceramic-skinned jacket that protects wearers from falls
Sportswear brand Vollebak has launched a pink hoodie that relaxes the wearer before sport and a jacket with ceramic panels that helps prevent injuries from steep falls (+ slideshow). More
Job of the week: concept designer and illustrator at Arckit
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a concept designer and illustrator at Arckit in London, the company behind a three-dimensional modelling system to rival Lego. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Residential
Residential
Tsubasa Iwahashi completes Hyōgo house containing three types of staircase
Behind a simple concrete exterior, this house by Japanese architect Tsubasa Iwahashi contains a complex arrangement of rooms connected by three different kinds of staircase (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Luz Interruptus fills 3,000 condoms with water to create giant raindrops
Water and light-filled condoms that resemble oversized droplets hung over the heads of visitors to this London installation by Spanish studio Luz Interruptus. More
Architecture
Architecture
Lateral Office redesigns the Canadian campsite for the 21st century
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Toronto studio Lateral Office has developed five city-inspired proposals for campsites suited to 21st-century lifestyles (+ slideshow). More
Retail
Retail
SO-IL creates flexible light-filled showroom for Versace's New York headquarters
New York studio SO-IL has completed a Manhattan showroom for Italian fashion house Versace, featuring movable white displays and columns sheathed in mirrors (+ slideshow). More
Retail
Retail
Tom Dixon's Manhattan showroom is his first outside London
British designer Tom Dixon has opened a permanent store in New York's Soho neighbourhood, saying America has become "a land of opportunity" for his brand. More
Furniture
Furniture
Nucleo shows antique furniture cast in resin at New York art and design show
Italian design group Nucleo has cast an antique wooden ladder in clear resin as part of a collection that will be shown at The Salon Art + Design show in New York this week. More
Architecture
Architecture
Perforated brick elevator by Carles Enrich connects medieval Spanish town to riverside
Spanish architect Carles Enrich has built a 20-metre-high elevator next to a Catalan cliffside to connect the old and new parts of a town (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
The Interlace by Ole Scheeren was designed to "build a sense of community"
World Architecture Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, Eric Chang of Buro Ole Scheeren discusses the importance of the communal courtyards in The Interlace, the "vertical village" that was crowned World Building of the Year 2015 last week. More
Dezeen Mail issue 279 features a selection of this week's best stories and discussions
This week's Dezeen Mail includes grocery-delivering robots, the Ole Scheeren-designed World Building of the Year and a Chilean housing block featuring a textured facade of zigzagging bricks (pictured).
Retail
Retail
Blackened cedar planks cover the facade of COS Toronto store
Fashion brand COS has opened its first Canadian store, concealing a minimal-looking interior behind a blackened cedar facade (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Smartphones and tablets spell the end for open-plan living, say UK architects
The trend for open-plan living may be over say architects, as families now favour "broken-plan" homes that offer more privacy for using mobile devices. More
Interiors
Interiors
Greg Haji Joannides restores interior of ruined 17th-century Greek island house
Designer Greg Haji Joannides used historic photographs as a guide when creating a new contemporary interior for this earthquake-damaged house on the Greek island of Nisyros (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Nendo's MINIM+AID kit contains emergency supplies for earthquake victims
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a minimal emergency kit for those affected by earthquakes, containing a whistle, radio, raincoat, lantern, water container and multipurpose case in a slender tube (+ slideshow). More
Today we like: robots
Robots are set to completely transform the construction industry, according to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann and Austrian architect Wolf D Prix.
From affordable robotic arms to self-driving grocery delivery pods and a bridge that will be 3D-printed by robots, 2015 has seen big jumps in the use of programmable machines in design. See all of our stories about robots »