Ten homes where exposed brickwork creates textured interiors
For our latest lookbook, we've collected 10 interior projects from Dezeen's archive that feature exposed brickwork, from industrial-looking walls to vaulted ceilings. More
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Dezeen 15 festival highlights include Es Devlin calling for "code of conduct" for architects and designers
The first week of the Dezeen 15 digital festival celebrating Dezeen's 15th birthday saw Yasmeen Lari call for "a new activism among architects" and Winy Maas state "it's okay to lose a commission" if the client resists sustainable proposals. More
Note Design Studio creates Core and Remnant seats as opposite versions of the same silhouette
Spanish furniture brand Sancal has released Core and Remnant, two coordinating seating ranges by Note Design Studio that play with negative and positive space. More
White stucco wraps Getty View Residence by Abramson Architects in Los Angeles
White surfaces, both inside and out, offer the ideal backdrop for artwork in this light-filled home created by LA firm Abramson Architects for a creative client. More
University of North Carolina Charlotte spotlights 10 architecture projects
A museum that pairs monitoring soil with artistic research and a women's home that offers pregnant women and mothers a space for empowerment are included in Dezeen's latest school show by the University of North Carolina Charlotte. More
The Filmmaker's Hut is a "mystical" black cabin overlooking a Finnish lake
Tar-coated wooden shingles cover the walls and roof of this small cabin, which architecture office Pirinen & Salo designed as a studio for a filmmaker on a wooded site beside lake Porovesi in Finland. More
Ten inviting hotel interiors with a laid-back bohemian feel
For our latest lookbook, we've collected 10 hotels from the Dezeen archive with free-spirited bohemian interiors that nod to the 1960s and 1970s. More
This week the mostly windowless Munger Hall university dormitory block caused controversy
This week on Dezeen, a proposed university dormitory at the University of California was criticised for housing 90 per cent of its 4,500 students in windowless rooms. More
Populous revamps World's Fair pavilion in Seattle to create Climate Pledge Arena
Photovoltaics and a rainwater harvesting system feature in a hockey stadium in Seattle that has been designed by architecture firm Populous and named after Amazon's Climate Pledge initiative. More
UK government has "no intention" of delivering on its COP26 pledges, Cambridge scientist tells RIBA climate conference
The UK's net-zero strategy is as unrealistic as "magic beans fertilised by unicorn's blood" and will fail to deliver the emissions reductions promised by 2030, according to Cambridge University engineering professor Julian Allwood. More
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presents 10 architectural projects
A kindergarten designed for an ecological disaster and a project that explores the legacy of those buried and forgotten on Hart Island are included in Dezeen's latest school show by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. More
Mostly windowless mega dormitory "fixes Corbusier's errors" on Unité d'Habitation says billionaire designer
Billionaire investor Charles Munger's design for Munger Hall, a much-criticised student dormitory at the University of California, was informed by Le Corbusier and will "last as long as the pyramids," he has claimed in an interview defending the project. More
Prefabricated bamboo community centre in Pakistan built by local people
Decorative bamboo screens enclose the Zero Carbon Cultural Centre, a giant pavilion in Makli built by local people together with architect Yasmeen Lari's Heritage Foundation of Pakistan organisation. More
Earthen stove by Yasmeen Lari lets women in rural Pakistan cook in an eco-friendly way
Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has developed a mud and lime-plaster stove that counters the unfavourable environmental and health consequences of cooking with open fires. More
Yasmeen Lari works with impoverished villagers to re-pave Karachi's old town
Architect Yasmeen Lari and Heritage Foundation of Pakistan have worked with disadvantaged communities to craft terracotta tiling for a pedestrianised street in the historic heart of Karachi. More
Yasmeen Lari sets out her vision for "barefoot social architecture" in a live interview as part of Dezeen 15
Day five of the Dezeen 15 digital festival featured a live interview with Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari, who explained her work developing low-carbon buildings for disadvantaged people. More
Open Architecture unveils rock-like concert hall in a valley outside Beijing
Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed The Chapel of Sound, a monolithic open-air concert hall in a valley next to the ruins of the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. More
Ten top-heavy buildings that are bigger at the top than the bottom
David Adjaye's upside-down supertall skyscraper proposal for New York has raised eyebrows, but it's not the only tall building that increases in size as it rises. Here is a roundup of 10 other top-heavy buildings. More
"Hedonistic" future could be better for the environment says Bjarke Ingels at COP26
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes hydrogen-powered flights, an Architects Climate Action Network talk and Bjarke Ingels on a "hedonistic" future. More
"We need to do away with the prevalent colonial mindset and the desire to create imposing megastructures" says Yasmeen Lari
Architect Yasmeen Lari calls for a form of low-impact architecture that benefits disadvantaged people in her manifesto written for the Dezeen 15 digital festival. More