Promotion
Promotion
Designjunction returns to London Design Festival 2015
Dezeen promotion: designjunction will return to the London Design Festival from 24 to 27 September 2015 in two new venues on Southampton Row (+ slideshow). More
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Architecture
Architecture
Slovenian mountain cabin by OFIS and Harvard students shelters climbers from extreme weather
Airlifted into position by the Slovenian army, this tiny Alpine shelter perches on a rocky outcrop below Skuta Mountain and can sleep up to eight mountaineers (+ slideshow). More
Comments
Comments
"The Broad museum represents the start of something big for Los Angeles"
Comments update: LA's architectural boom continued to set the agenda this week as the first official photographs of The Broad museum were published. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More
Design
Design
Francis Bitonti 3D-prints gold-plated Mutatio shoes for United Nude
New York designer Francis Bitonti has created a range of shoes for Dutch footwear brand United Nude, with different 3D-printed heels shaped using algorithms (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Barnaby Barford's Tower of Babel comprises 3,000 tiny ceramic shops
London Design Festival 2015: London artist Barnaby Barford has stacked 3,000 tiny shops made from bone china into a version of the biblical Tower of Babel at the V&A museum (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
OSA submerges concrete home in a hill above Italy's San Giuliano lake
Sunken below the crest of a hill in southern Italy, this concrete home and its outdoor pool were designed by Rome studio OSA to be almost imperceivable from the road above (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
3D-printed gold collection aims to transform the jewellery industry
Future Makers: digital manufacturing could "reshape the jewellery industry," says designer Lionel T Dean, who has created a collection that is 3D printed in 18 carat gold (+ movie). More
Lighting
Lighting
Luca Nichetto designs modular Alphabeta pendant lamp for Hem
London Design Festival 2015: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a lamp for Scandinavian design brand Hem, which comprises colourful shades that stack in customisable combinations (+ movie). More
Residential
Residential
Brady Mallalieu Architects adds slatted timber balconies to east London housing scheme
Vertical timber slats provide shade and privacy for staggered balconies arranged across the facade of this east London housing development by local architects Angela Brady and Robin Mallalieu (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Craggy concrete walls surround South Korean sculpture park by Archium
Rough concrete and crumbling stone walls act as a windbreak for the grounds of the Bauzium sculpture gallery in South Korea by Seoul studio Archium (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Montforthaus is a curving stone and glass cultural centre in a medieval Austrian city
A strip of glazing interrupts the seamless stone-clad surfaces of this multipurpose cultural venue, which Berlin office Hascher Jehle Architecture designed for a site in the Austrian city of Feldkirch (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Daan Roosegaarde's Smog Free Tower opens in Rotterdam
Designer Daan Roosegaarde has installed the "largest smog vacuum cleaner in the world" in Rotterdam to help improve the city's air quality (+ movie). More
Residential
Residential
House in Mexico by T38 Studio contains a private courtyard garden
On the edge of Mexico's border with the US, this house by New York-based architects T38 Studio hides an enclosed courtyard garden behind its black stucco volumes (+ slideshow). More
Interiors
Interiors
Swiss chocolate influences Marcel Wanders' Kameha Grand Zurich hotel
Chocolate-patterned wall panelling and sofas shaped like Toblerones feature in Dutch designer Marcel Wanders' Swiss-inspired hotel in Zurich (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
PPA Architectures completes gallery space and residence overlooking a Toulouse golf course
This multifunctional building by French studio PPA Architectures, provides a residence, gallery, workshop and events space, and stands at the edge of a golf course on the outskirts of Toulouse, southern France (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid teams up with Nikken Sekkei to submit new bid for Tokyo 2020 stadium
Zaha Hadid is working with Japanese architecture and engineering firm Nikken Sekkei to win back the Tokyo Olympic stadium project after its first competition-winning design was thrown out in July (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Cast-concrete Galway Picture Palace by dePaor Architects stands behind a Georgian terrace
This moulded concrete cinema by Irish studio dePaor Architects is built on the site of a Georgian merchant's house in Galway, west Ireland (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Nic Owen Architects updates ornate Melbourne terrace with ribbed steel extension
A pair of steel-clad volumes with pitched roofs and glazed gables provide additional living space behind the ornamental facade of this Victorian terrace in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Lars Beller Fjetland designs self-extinguishing Moment candlestick for Wrong for Hay
Maison&Objet 2015: this cast-iron candle holder by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland automatically puts out the flame just before the wick burns out (+ movie). More
Residential
Residential
Junichi Kato clads House in Shigaraki in dark brown-coated steel
The wooden frame of this two-storey family home in Japan's Shiga Prefecture is disguised by a layer of ridged steel panels (+ slideshow). More