Dezeen Day
Dezeen Day
Richard Hutten to speak about circular design at Dezeen Day
Designer Richard Hutten will speak about design and the circular economy at Dezeen Day in London on 30 October. More
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Design
Design
ArtCenter Viewbook features 40,500 unique modernist-inspired covers
US designer Brad Bartlett used an algorithm to give each copy of design school the ArtCenter's prospectus a different cover, playing on the modernist graphics of alumnus Alvin Lustig. More
Architecture
Architecture
John Ronan creates affordable housing in Chicago with colourful balconies and a library
A spectrum of vivid hues were incorporated throughout a mixed-use building in Chicago by John Ronan Architects that contains a public library at ground level and low-cost senior housing up above. More
News
News
London's mayor calls on architects to design for a circular economy
The mayor of London's office has published a document to help property developers and architects to design for a circular economy, with ideas such as rental furnishing and using blockchain technology. More
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards 2019 architecture category winners revealed
The 10 winning architecture projects for Dezeen Awards 2019 have been revealed. They include a cultural centre overlooking the Persian Gulf and a locomotive shed that has been transformed into a public library. More
Opinion
Opinion
"To end plastic pollution, we first need to eliminate language pollution"
Designers' efforts to reduce the environmental impact of their products are being hampered by confusion over terminology and rampant greenwashing, writes Marcus Fairs. More
Architecture
Architecture
Cambodian school has a gridded facade that doubles as a jungle gym
The interchangeable steel grid of windows, shelves and lockers of a school in Sneung, Cambodia, designed by Orient Occident Atelier can also be used as a climbing frame. More
Design
Design
Britain's new £20 note features David Chipperfield's Turner Contemporary
The Bank of England has revealed its "most secure" banknote to date – a £20 polymer note featuring David Chipperfield's Turner Contemporary gallery, and a portrait of the artist it's named after. More
Interiors
Interiors
South Korean clinic designed to promote "bond of sympathy" between patients
Seoul studio By Seog Be Seog uses a palette of warm materials and soothing colours to create a feeling of familiarity within the Aeichi Korean Medical Clinic in South Korea. More
Design
Design
Robotic mirrors follow the sun in installation by Kimchi and Chips
Halo by Seoul-based art studio Kimchi and Chips features 99 robotic mirrors that move continuously throughout the day, following the sun like sunflowers. More
Architecture
Architecture
Japanese house has hidden courtyards for growing fruit and drying laundry
Three internal courtyards in a timber-clad bungalow designed by Osaka-based practice Arbol in Akashi, Japan, provide space for growing food and drying clothes. More
Design
Design
Davidpompa shows Origo lights in shipping container for Mexico City design week
Mexico City design studio Davidpompa has added a slender floor lamp and a small table lamp to its Origo collection made from volcanic rock, which it showed in a shipper container. More
Interiors
Interiors
Modernist Casa Möbius reinvigorated with contemporary designs for Mexico City's design week
Second Life showcases the works of Mexican architects and designers at the modernist Casa Möbius on the outskirts of Mexico City as part of the city's design week. More
News
News
Architect, critic and Maggie's Centres co-founder Charles Jencks dies at 80
Charles Jencks, architecture historian, landscape architect and director of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres has passed away at the age of 80. More
Interiors
Interiors
Very Studio brings light to Taiwan's Sunny Apartment with vaulted ceiling
Arches spring up across the ceiling of this apartment in Taiwan, which Very Studio has overhauled to appear more bright and spacious. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Attempts to stop terrorism at the fringes of architecture are becoming increasingly useless"
Architects and designers can't design ways to protect mass terror attacks in America's public spaces, but they should join the fight to eliminate the problem at its cause, argues Aaron Betsky. More
Architecture
Architecture
Atelier Liu Yuyang reuses old farmhouses to create boutique hotel in rural China
A mountainous river valley forms the backdrop to the XY Yunlu Hotel, which Atelier Liu Yuyang has built within a series of renovated farmhouses in Guangxi, China. More
Architecture
Architecture
Mas Fernandez designs BL House to embrace natural setting in Valparaíso
A folded metal roof tops this holiday home by Chilean firm Mas Fernandez Arquitectos, which was built using simple, cost-effective materials. More
Dezeen Day
Dezeen Day
Winners of Dezeen Awards 2019 project categories will be announced from tomorrow
The moment has arrived! Winners of the 30 Dezeen Awards project categories will be announced this week, starting tomorrow with the architecture categories. More
Architecture
Architecture
Smith Residence by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple is a "village" of gabled steel structures
This house designed by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple for a site on the Nova Scotia coast comprises a cluster of Corten-clad buildings that are influenced by traditional fishing huts. More