Architecture
Architecture
10 designs for the future of space travel
As advances in technology put space travel back on the agenda, we've rounded up some of the best interstellar design from the pages of Dezeen. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Domed roof garden covers Waterfront Restaurant by Pro-form Architects
Visitors to this restaurant near Shanghai can enter by crossing a bridge over a lily pond or ascend onto its plant-covered roof to enjoy views of the adjacent lake (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Jacknife designs leather ice skates based on vintage Canadian designs
Toronto design studio Jacknife has developed prototypes for a range of recreational ice skates inspired by traditional leather models. More
Pinterest
Pinterest
New Pinterest board: Snøhetta
Snøhetta unveiled its design for the new Paris headquarters of French newspaper Le Monde this week, so we've collected together the multidisciplinary design firm's best projects from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board.
Residential
Residential
LGA creates wood and cement home for a curator and her art collection
This trapezoidal house in Toronto by LGA Architectural Partners features stark white interiors to frame its owner's art collections and create a projection screen for a light installation (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Zsanett Szirmay turns cross-stitch patterns into musical scores
Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay has transferred folk embroidery patterns onto strips for a punched card music box, which plays the traditional motifs as sounds (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture for Humanity co-founders "deeply saddened" as charity's head office closes
News: non-profit organisation Architecture for Humanity has closed its San Francisco headquarters and laid off its staff after apparently being unable to continue funding humanitarian projects. More
Design
Design
London's Brutalist landmarks star in Omi Palone music video
Music: a selection of the UK capital's most prominent Brutalist buildings are featured in the video for post-punk band Omi Palone's track Architecture. More
Residential
Residential
Franken Architekten engraves ghost timbers into facade of Frankfurt house
German studio Franken Architekten milled a pattern of squiggly lines into the outer surface of this house and studio in Frankfurt's old town, replicating the outline of timbers from the building it replaced. More
Design
Design
Tubular installation forms backdrop for Issey Miyake menswear campaign
Orange tubes bend and twist to suggest the outline of a living space in a set created by Spanish studio Stone Designs for presenting Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake's latest Homme Plissé collection (+ movie). More
Furniture
Furniture
Jasper Morrison designs Kali chair to fund African orphanage
Stockholm 2015: this wooden chair by British designer Jasper Morrison was created for use in a Tanzanian orphanage and will be sold to fund the centre's development. More
Architecture
Architecture
Slabs of corduroy-textured concrete encase a Spanish home by Muka Arquitectura
Muka Arquitectura's ribbed concrete residence completes the "first piece of the urban puzzle" for a largely undeveloped area of the Spanish city Ciudad Real (+ slideshow). More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week details were revealed of Antoni Gaudí's first project outside Spain, Google unveiled a potential rival to Apple's iPhone and the Sky Garden opened at the top of Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie building (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. More
Architecture
Architecture
Rogers Stirk Harbour's Cheesegrater skyscraper documented in timelapse film
Movie: photographer Paul Raftery and filmmaker Dan Lowe have produced a timelapse documentary showing the construction of Rogers Stirk Harbour's recently completed Leadenhall Building in London, also known as the Cheesegrater. More
Retail
Retail
David Chipperfield kicks off Driade role with Milan showroom interior
Italian design brand Driade has officially opened its new Milan showroom by David Chipperfield Architects – one of the British architect's first projects as the company's artistic director (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
Normann Copenhagen launches Form furniture by Simon Legald
Northmodern 2015: Danish designer Simon Legald's seating range for furniture brand Normann Copenhagen draws inspiration from hundreds of chair designs throughout history (+ slideshow). More
Job of the week: retail designer/architect at Parfums Christian Dior
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a retail designer/architect for the perfume branch of fashion house Dior, whose glass fragrance tester is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Architecture
Architecture
A tube of striped orange wood encloses Max Pritchard's treetop studio
This cylindrical timber pavilion topped by a large flat roof was self-built by Australian architect Max Prichard as a tiny studio for his treetop residence (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Refurbeasts project aims to rehabilitate "taboo" fur coats
Dutch costume designer Lisa Louwers turns unwanted fur coats into soft toys as a tribute to the animals that the material was taken from (+ slideshow). More
Technology
Technology
Google pulls sales of Glass to focus on development
News: Google is suspending sales of its controversial Glass augmented reality headsets in order to "graduate" the product, which is being given its own research division. More