Design
Design
Daan Roosegaarde aims to rid cities of pollution with Smog Free Tower
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund what he describes as the largest air-purifier in the world (+ movie). More
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Today we like: wedding architecture
Architecture-loving couples can choose from an increasing number of options for their nuptials. Wedding venues from our archives include this spiralling chapel in Japan, a golden beachside "tower of love" in England and a cardboard pop-up chapel in New York's Central Park. See all our stories about wedding architecture »
Architecture
Architecture
Retrospect Vineyards House by Swatt Miers offers expansive views of California's Wine Country
For a working vineyard in California, Swatt Miers Architects has completed a single-family home with outdoor living spaces, a swimming pool and a glass-walled guest suite (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
"Alexander McQueen changed fashion and I changed jewellery" says Shaun Leane
Exclusive interview: jeweller Shaun Leane was one of fashion designer Alexander McQueen's closest friends and collaborators. As the sellout Savage Beauty exhibition closes at the V&A, Leane spoke to Dezeen about how the duo "tried to change people's perceptions of what jewellery and fashion should be". More
Furniture
Furniture
Greycork challenges Ikea with a flat-pack living room in a box
Rhode Island furniture company Greycork has created a collection of quick-assembly, flat-pack pieces that are intended "to be a better alternative to Ikea" (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Waterside park by MIA Design Studio runs alongside a lake in Vietnam
Vietnamese office MIA Design Studio has transformed a polluted lake in the city of Qui Nhon into a scenic visitor attraction, with the addition of a waterside park that conceals a new sewage system (+ slideshow). More
Job of the week: textiles product developer at Soho House & Co
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a textiles product developer at Soho House & Co, which has outposts in Europe and North America including Soho House Berlin (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Residential
Residential
Paul Archer Design pairs glass with marble for extension to a remodelled London townhouse
A glossy black marble wall divides the glass facade of this extension to a 19th-century townhouse in north London by local architecture office Paul Archer Design (+ slideshow). More
Competition
Competition
Competition: five copies of The Lego Architect book to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers No Starch to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book that explores architectural styles and iconic buildings with Lego. More
Furniture
Furniture
Henry&Co's Chayr features a seat made from hay and grass
Italian studio Henry&Co has used a material created by binding hay and grass to form the seat of this untreated beech wood stool. More
Architecture
Architecture
Undulating facade of Yinchuan art museum references the gradual shift of a Chinese river
The ribbon-like facade of this art museum near Yinchuan, China, was designed by Beijing firm WAA to mimic the layers of sediment left by the gradual shifting of the nearby Yellow River (+ slideshow). More
Interiors
Interiors
Rainbow hues are cast onto the walls of Kubo Tshushima's Tokyo wedding chapel
Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects has renovated a wedding chapel in Tokyo's Ebisu district – painting each windowsill in colours of the rainbow to "impart faint hues" as light filters through (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
"Experimental architecture emerged to question Postmodernism's jokes"
Pomo summer: amid the joy and humour of the Postmodern movement, a serious and experimental form of architecture developed to offer both seductive and frightening versions of reality, says Aaron Betsky in his first Opinion column for Dezeen. More
Residential
Residential
Visual artist recreates Paul Rudolph house as the architect intended it to be
LA-based architect and visual artist Dan Huh has created a set of renderings that depict Paul Rudolph's original design for the celebrated Milam Residence in Florida (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen Mail #265
A Back to the Future-style hoverboard (pictured), Kengo Kuma's first public commission in America and 11 lost icons of Postmodern architecture feature in Dezeen Mail issue 265. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
Design
Design
Yves Behar debuts cube-shaped set-top box for Canal+
Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject has redesigned the set-top box, creating a matt black cube for French TV network Canal+ (+ movie). More
Graphics
Graphics
Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo designer refutes plagiarism accusations
Kenjiro Sano, who unveiled his logo design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last month, has denied allegations that he copied the design from an emblem for a Belgian theatre. More
Residential
Residential
Pleysier Perkins transforms a former warehouse into a private urban residence in Melbourne
A full-height window and a projecting seating nook interrupt the facade of this suburban Melbourne house created by local studio Pleysier Perkins in a former warehouse (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Gemma Roper's internet radio lets users select music by tempo
Graduate shows 2015: this device by Royal College of Art graduate Gemma Roper allows the user to stream music according to the pace and rhythm they want to listen to (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
RiverBanks house by Foz Design embraces its scenic Hudson Valley setting
Perched on a sloped site along the Hudson River in New York, this house by Foz Design capitalises on its picturesque setting with a living room overlooking the water and an infinity pool facing the woods (+ slideshow). More