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Fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies from coronavirus aged 59
Fashion designer Alber Elbaz, who worked as creative director at French fashion houses Lanvin and Yves Saint Laurent, has passed away at the age of 59. More
Fashion designer Alber Elbaz, who worked as creative director at French fashion houses Lanvin and Yves Saint Laurent, has passed away at the age of 59. More
Dezeen promotion: after investigating the history and properties of alabaster stone, Barcelona-based Amarist Studio has created a set of designs that treat the material like a "moldable plastic element". More
London architecture studio Jonathan Tuckey Design is set to add a hempcrete extension to a house in a conservation area in Cambridge, UK. More
French studio Mars Architectes has built a Japanese-informed wooden apartment building within the courtyard of a 1970s housing complex in Paris. More
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has created a triangular memorial in London for Brixton resident Cherry Groce who was wrongfully shot by police in 1985. More
Designed to make the prime minister appear more presidential, the defunct Downing Street briefing room highlights Boris Johnson's insecurity, says Owen Hopkins. More
Pastel colours and wicker furniture clash playfully with the leopard-print fabrics in this Miami hotel, created by American designer Ken Fulk for musician Pharrell Williams. More
Dutch design brand Moooi has partnered with 3D artist Andrés Reisinger to mass-produce his Hortensia chair, which went viral on Instagram as a rendering and become known as "the chair that could not be made". More
Graux & Baeyens Architecten has modernised a 1960s bungalow in De Haan, Belgium, by opening up the interior and adding cross-shaped steel supports to the main living spaces. More
Shading devices help reduce glare at The Rosling Center, a research facility focused on public health designed by architecture firm The Miller Hull Partnership for the University of Washington. More
A conical roof covered in shingles caps The Mushroom guesthouse, which ZJJZ Atelier has built in a pine forest in Jiangxi, China to draw visitors away from a "mundane ordinary life". More
Sculptural furniture and French oak panelling define this plush family office in Amsterdam, which has been renovated by local studio Framework. More
Fleming Park House is a home in Melbourne designed to have enough room for a family of seven, but to also feel cosy when the children have moved out. More
A series of vaulted, brick arches overlook a circular swimming pool at a boutique hotel in Puerto Escondido designed by Mexican architect Alberto Kalach. More
Chinese design firm Studio 10 has used translucent materials and winding ramps to create a series of abstract spaces to display artefacts at the Fashioned from Nature exhibition at the V&A's outpost in Shenzhen. More
Chilean studio Max-A combined local materials with modular construction to keep costs down on the Casa Tobita holiday home. More
For our next lookbook, we've selected ten courtyards and enclosed outdoor spaces where the designers have created inviting places to sit and relax. More
This week on Dezeen, we marked Earth Day by looking at ways architects and designers are addressing climate change. More
Home Pharmacy is a plant-themed decorative textile wall hanging that comes with switchable paper petals infused with peppermint and lavender. More
American graphic designer Kii Arens has created an NFT-backed artwork that is being used to sell a physical house in Thousand Oaks, California. More