Architecture
Architecture
Annabelle Selldorf designs new primary school for rural Zambia
A New York-based nonprofit organisation has commissioned Selldorf Architects to design an elementary school for a remote village in southern Zambia. More
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Design
Design
Studio Job creates "travelling circus" stage set for Mika tour using giant illustrations
For its first music project, Studio Job designed a stage set featuring oversized illustrations and a giant disco ball for British musician Mika's No Place In Heaven tour (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Formafantasma uses terracotta and PVC to create "deconstructed architecture" for Sportmax catwalk
Amsterdam studio Formafantasma used lengths of translucent plastic to create "infinite loops" around the catwalk for fashion label Sportmax during Milan Fashion Week. More
Comments
Comments
"Stephen Bayley's criticism has the unfortunate undertones of sexism"
Comments update: is the architecture industry sexist? Dezeen readers are discussing the inflammatory issue after design critic Stephen Bayley described architect Zaha Hadid as aggressive, intractable and bitter. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More
Design
Design
Yves Béhar's Edge is an update on a classic Movado watch
Swiss watch brand Movado has collaborated with industrial designer and Fuseproject founder Yves Béhar to reinterpret its iconic Museum Dial timepiece. More
Architecture
Architecture
Diller Scofidio + Renfro completes new art department building for Stanford University
California's Stanford University opens a new building today by Diller Scofidio + Renfro that houses the school's art and art history department, with a design featuring two interlocking strands (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
BIG designs stepped 79 & Park residential development for Stockholm
Bjarke Ingels Group has unveiled plans for a foliage-covered terraced block of apartments, which are under construction in Stockholm's Gärdet district (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Tatiana Bilbao addresses "urgent need" for housing Mexico's poorest inhabitants
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Tatiana Bilbao presents a flexible building prototype that offers a solution to Mexico's social housing shortage during the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Oving Architecten shrouds concentration camp house in glass as a memorial to the holocaust
The former home of an SS commander at Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, the Netherlands, has been enclosed within a giant glass vitrine by Dutch studio Oving Architecten. More
Design
Design
Bouroullec brothers design textured Rombini tile collection for Mutina
French design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a range of porcelain tiles for ceramics brand Mutina that can be combined to create various pattern and shape configurations (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Vo Trong Nghia adds bamboo restaurant and beach bar to spa resort in Vietnam
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has added three bamboo buildings with thatched roofs to the Naman Retreat in Vietnam, including a restaurant filled with huge trumpet-shaped columns (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Children's museum opens inside David Adjaye's Sugar Hill housing in Harlem
Murals and brightly covered paintwork cover the walls of a children's art museum that has now opened on the lower floors of the David Adjaye-designed Sugar Hill housing complex in Harlem, New York (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
Lanzavecchia + Wai's PLAYPlay collection includes tables that stack like hamburgers
Design duo Lanzavecchia + Wai's latest collection of furniture includes a ping-pong dining table and stackable designs based on hamburgers (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Breaded Escalope models two-person bar on iconic Adolf Loos speakeasy
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design studio Breaded Escalope has constructed a wooden enclosure that creates an intimate drinking space for two, modelled on Modernist architect Adolf Loos' American Bar. More
Architecture
Architecture
You don't need to be an architect to design buildings, says Dror Benshetrit
Clients are increasingly attracted to designers who "think differently", while architects are restricted by knowledge says Dror Benshetrit – whose New York studio is developing a giant urban island off the coast of Istanbul (+ slideshow + interview). More
Architecture
Architecture
Aranda\Lasch presents art park designs for sensitive ecological site in Bali
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: US firm Aranda\Lasch has unveiled plans for an art park for a Chinese-Indonesian philanthropist, proposed on terraced rice paddies in the Bali countryside (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
Peder Moos table breaks auction record for most expensive piece of Nordic design
A dining table by Denmark's late Peder Moos has broken the world auction record for a piece of Nordic design, selling for over £600,000. More
Architecture
Architecture
Architects' Journal and Architectural Review to end print editions after 120 years
British architecture magazines the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review are set to end their print editions and will move to digital only in the next 18 months. More
Architecture
Architecture
Amanda Levete becomes latest architect to design a Maggie's Centre
Amanda Levete's firm has revealed its design for a Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Southampton, England, set at the centre of a tranquil flower garden. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Amanda Levete's tree canopy-like MPavilion opens in Melbourne
Fibreglass petals overlap to create the transparent roof of Amanda Levete's forest-inspired MPavilion, which opened to the public today in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens (+ movie). More